The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-16

! ding to the provisions of this Ordinance
ana generally to cause to be eAecu,eu
ana su?erintend the execution OF NE
Road laws Of this State and Parlsh. ~
| or any partthereof. unless he shan nave
| previously flied with the Presldent VI
the Poliee Jury, sworn statement aiu
report OF the conditions OF tne foaus
WITHIN his district, and that he mas coih-
p!led with all the provisions OF THIS a "
dlnance and the laws of this state rela-
tive 10 rnhc Roads Any - hg Nave oy the
roads within his district made and Kept
in repair according to the true Intent OF
the stipulations of this Oodinance, shal:
be liable to fine equal in amount 70 9ne
salary due and unpaid to him by the fa-
IRISH and said fine shall be imposed on a.
ny road overseer liable thereto on mo
| ton made and carried by atWo-thlfds
| vote of the Police Jury in regular or eau
| meeting assembled.
SECTION s.-Re it further ordained,
etc, tina whenever any Road overseer
shall deem IL necessary to make, open
! or repair any portion of the publlc Foaas,
whether it be the track of the road, pfld
geS thereon Or the drainage dltcnes there
OF. within his district, he shall give TO
each inhabitant and land owner obllga-
tee to make, open or repair any portlon
or all of said road, a written or printed
notice, which shall be served upon hir
personally Or at his domiclle upon some
person oyerfourteen years OF age, ana
| in case no ore can be found upon WhoD!
above shall NzHade by posting same IN
some conspiet5us place on the premises,
or some other public place in the vicinl-
tv.
| SECTION 9.-Re it further ordained
| etc, that at the expiration of the time
! fixed by regular notice, as above set
| forth, for the completion of any word or
I dered by him TO be done on any pnblic
load within his jurisdiction in confor-
nifty wishthe road ordinances OF the Pa
ted. said Road Ovcrseer shall proceed to
do the word by hiring hands and teams
required in the premises
provided he shall not be authorized to
pay more than One and 75-I0A dollars per
day for hands in the execution of said
work, an6. the President of the Police Ju
nv is hereby authorized to warrant on
the Treasurer Of this Parish in payment
of the detailed account Of said Road o.
verseer, giving the name of each person
employed by him, the number OF days
each laborer worked and the amount
paid them per day, and also the exact
quantity and cost of the material used
| ulIus-oh4u
" and in business like form.
SECTION 10.-Be it furtll. + ordained
etc., that all moneys outiayed by the Pc
lice Jury under the stipulatioEs of the
foregoing section shall be recoverable
from the person whose duty it was to
make said work. before any Cour of co1.l
petent jurisdiction on the suit Of the
| President Of this J ury. in his official ca
pacity, and all Judgments obtained by
/ l,;, I
cial privilege in favor of the Parish of
Lafourche Oh all the property Of the per
son or persons or corporation against
whom judgements shall be rendered and
shall rank and have priority Oh all 9th
er ordinary judgements, mortgages and
liens and privileges previously existing
on thereal estate and personal property
of such person or persons, associations
or corporations, and further, such per=-
son or persons. associations or corpora
| tions against whom suitsshall have been
entered as above, shall be declared gull
| ty of q misdemeanor and shall be sub
iect to criminal prosecution in the
Courts of this State and under the law
governing criminal prosecutions and tri
ais, and upon trial and conviction before
a Court of Competent Jurisdiction be sen
fenced to pay. besides the Judgment
hereinahoye provided for, a fine OF not
less than Five dollars, nor more than
twenty dollars, or imprisoned In the pa
rish jailfor not less than five days nor
and imprisonment at the discretion of
the court.
SECTION 11.-Be it further orllain-
ed, etc, that whenever any proprietor
of lands shall have a road which is i'm
passable, any person under the necessity
of passing said place. shall be authorized
to open fences, bars or gates of said pro-
prietor in order to make himself pas
sage through his enclosure, but said pas
scnger shall be obligated to replace the
| said gates, bars or fences in the condi-
| ton in which he found them, as nearly
| as possible.
SECTION 12-Be it further orlain-
ed, etc, that if any person shall unlaw-
| fully or maliciously destroy any public
| bridge or part thereof or in any manner
| njure or render same dangerous or i'm
passable, said offender on conviction be-
| fore any Court Of competent jurisdiction
shall be liable to fine of not less than
ten dollars, nor more than one hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned in the Parish
Jail not less than five days. nor more
than thirty days, or both, the fine and
imprisonment. at the discretion OF the
Court.
SECTION 13,-Be it further ordained,
ETC., that the Police Jury reserves the
right of Diminishing and relieving any
Road Overseer OF his office for cause Of
which it shall be its own judge. Any
vacancy in the office of Road Overseer
shall be filled by election by the Police
Jury at the first regular or called meet
ing of the Jury after such vacancy has
occurred,
SECTION 14.-Be it further ordained
ETC., that no expenses shall be made on
any public road, except those hereina-
bove provided for, unless same shall
have been previously covered by special
or general appropriation.
SECTION 15.-Be it further ordained
etc.. that the Road Overseers shall have
he right to order the public roads of this
Parish to be properly drained, and for
that purpose shall order the cutting of
drains and bitches, where necessary, o.
yer and through private property, provi
ded said drains De opened and so located
as to be least injurious to the owners of
tho property, and any owners refusing
or neglecting to perform his duty in
this respect when ordered SO to do by
the Road Overseer OF the District in
which his lands are situated, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and up
on conviction before h any Court 20 Of com
dollars for each day of such default, or
imprisonment in the Parish jail not
more than ten days, or both, the fine and
imprisonment. at the discretion of the
Court; and any person digging well or
hole OF a dangerous nature along or near
the public highway and leaving same
unenclosed shall be liable to a fine of
ten dollars for each offense, before any
court OF competent jurisdiction,
SECTION 16.-Be it further ordained
ETC., that all laws or parts of laws, or
Ordinances relative to roads previously
adopted by this Jury, be and the same
are hereby repealed, and this ordinance
shall go into effect from and after it's
first publication.
Adopted February Sth., 1912.
CO Coulon ] L Basset,