The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-02-24

be made and maintained; penalties for
Fobstrhcting same; dividing the parish
into Road Districts and providing for the
election or appointment of as many road
Overseers as there may be road Districts
in the Parish; duties of Road Overseers
and penalties for failure to perform
them; manner OF causing roads to be
made or opened when owners Of land
whereupon saiu roads are situated fail to
do so; penalties for failing to work, re-
pair or make roads when notified to do
so by the proper officers; how notices
are given to present and absent owners;
by whom costs are paid, action in rem
for payment of costs, etc; authorizing
travellers to open bars, gates ETC., when
roads are impossible etc how Road over
seers are dismissed; no expenses on
roads made by the Parish without spe-
cial appropriation how vacancies of the
Offices of Road Overseers are filed; pen
alties for digging wells or holes of q
dangerous nature along or near
the public roads. A
SECTION BE it otd65hed by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Lafourche
in meeting assem- bled, that all roads in
this parish, regularly laid out or appoint
ed by virtue OF an act Of the General As
sembly of this State, or Ordinance of
this Jury, or that has become public by
prescription, are hereby declared to be
public roads.
SECTION2.-Bei it further ordained,
etc. that all owners of lald in this parish
wherein or through which q puplic
future. shall deliver same to the public
and keep same free from all sobstaales,
ia censteat and complete repair at hill
individual expense. except such roads
as are hereinafter provided for, provided
if any land owner has more than one
road passing on his said land, then he is
to maintain the front or main road on
ly.
SECTION 3.-Be it further ordained,
ETC., that the public roads of this Parish
she'll have as far as practicable width
Of not less than Thirty (30) feet; they
shall be constructed and ditched SO as to
give prompt aud throughongh drain
age, and to that end all over or owners
of land having public road thereon,
shall be required to open and maintain
at all times a sufficient ditch or bitches
leading through his or her or their lands
towards the basin or swamp land there
of or into the bayou Lafourche:to afford
all the drainage required by the Public
road, and any person controversing the
foregoing provision shall be subject to
a fine of not less than Ten dollars for
each day elapsing after expiration of
the time granted TO him and specified
in the notice of the Road Overse5r di-
recting him to make such delivery; any
cross bitches thai may, be necessary to
drain the roads shall be securely and
safely bridged or tiled width of not
less than twenty-five feet.
SECTION 4.-Be itfurfher ordained,
ETC., tt.at all sluices across the public
road used for the purpose of irrigation
Of crops, or for any other purpose, shall
be SO constructed as not to flood or |
damage the road in any manner, and all |
such sluices shall be covered with |
blanks not less tnan two inches in thick /
1ess and the width Of the entire road. |
md any person violating or permitting |
he above provision to be violated shall |
he subject to fine of not less than fifty /
dollars, recoverable before any Conrt of I
;ompeten jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.-Be itfurther ordained,
,ct., that the Police Jury of this Parish
hall annually elect by ballot three
Road Overseers, each of whom shall be
by the President of the
'olice Jury, and shall serve for one year
rom the day of his election, or until his
nccessor shall have been elected and
Qualified, provided, however, that the
ifst road overseers elected hereundefi
hall serve only until the First day oil
october of the present year. The said
)verseer snail furnish bond for the faith
VI performance of his duties in a sum
lot less than such salary as may be al
Gifted to him Tor his annual services in
aid capacity. The Jurisdiction of said
)verseers shall extend to all roads, brid
es and causeways within their respec-
i've districts. Each of said Road Over
GERS shall receive an annual salary of
seven Hundred and Eighty
ollars, payable monthly by the Presi-
ent of this Jury by warrant on the Pa
tsh Treasurer. All Road Overseers
han reside in the district for which he
5 elected.
SECTION 6-Be it further ordained
to-, that this Parish shall be divided
nto three Road Districts, as follows:-!l
NO. shall extend from the s
PIPER line of the Parish, both banks of
he Bayou Lafourche, down the lower
inc Of the Town of Thibodaux, on the
light descending bank of the Bayou La
purche, and to the lower line Of the /.
sienzi Plantation on the left descend
1g bank OF the Bayou Lafourche, and 4
malt comprise ail back settlements in
alf parish whose sortie to the Bayou
.afourcne Public Road il within said
ortion of the Parish, il
DISTRICT NO. . shall extend 'front.'
ne lover line of District No /, bothI;
anks Of theHayoU Lafourche to the Ba
asaria Canal Oh both sides of the Bay-
II Lafonrche, and shall include all E,
ack settlements whose sortie TO the
ayou La4ourche public road is withini
"a portion OF the parish.
DISTRICT NO.3 shall extend from
ie lower line of District No 2, down to
ae Gulf of Mexico, both hanks Of the Il
ayou Lafonfche and shall comprise all
ack settlements i'll that portion of thIs.
srish. = !
SECTION BE it further ordained.
C., that II shall be the duty of the road / /
verseers to devote his constant and en- !,
re attention to the roads and works OF
5 district ard The 1lroner main tea q /, q