The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
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yidine at whose expense said roads shall
be made and maintained; penalties for
obstructing same; dividing the parish
into Road Districts and providing for the
election or appointment OF as many an road
Oyerseers as there may b road districts
in the Parish duties f Road Ov' rseers
and penalties for failure to perform
them; manner of causing roads to be
made or opened when owners Of land
whereupon said roads are situate d fail to
do so; penalties for failing t. work, re-
pair or make roads whom notified to- do
so by the proper oific, rs; how notices
are given to present and absent hWll1fs;
by whom costs are paid, action i'll 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 appropriat ton how vacancies OF the
Offices Of Road Overseers are filled; pen
alties for digging wells or holes OF q
dangerous nature along or near
the public roads.
SECTION 1.-Beit ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Lafourche
in meeting assembled, that all roads IN
this parish, regularly laid out or apnoint
ed by virtue OF an act OF the General AS.
sembly of this State, or Ordinance or
this Jury, or that has become public by
prSsCflpJlOus arc A0lCOy N0S4"4S0 w "
public roads.
sECTION2.-Be it further ordained,
etc, that all owners of land in this parish
whereon or through which 9 puplic
road shall pass, whether now or in the
future. shall deliver same to the public
and keep same free from all obstacles,
in constant and complete repair at his
individual expense. except such roads
as are hereinafter provided for, royidsai
if any land owner has more tlsii nc
road passing on his said land, tn ! h. Is
| to main tain the front or maisa r al o.1-
SECTION 3.-Be it further orslaii.ed,
ETC., that the public roads of this Parish
shall have as far as I,ractlcabl a width
of not less than Thirty 800 t; they
shall be constructed and ditch d $ as to
give prompt and throughongh rain
age, and to that end all over or @ncrs
shall be required to open and maintain
ut all times sufficient ditch or bitches
leading through his or her or their lands
towards the basin or swamp lall there
of or into the bayou Lafourche t. afford
all the drainags required By tie Pn5!ic
road, and any PRISON cuntr0v rslng the
foregoing provision shall be subject to
fine OF not less than Ten cellars TT
each day elapsing after expiration OF
the time granted to him and specified
in the notice of the Road 0vecsesr ai-
recting him to make such delivery; any
cross bitches thai may &c necessary to
drain the roads shall be securely and
safely bridged or tiled a width of not
less than twenty-five feet.
SECTION 4.-Be itfurfher ordained.
ETC., that all sluices across the public
road used for the purpose of Irrigation
of crops, or for any other purpose, shall
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damage the road in any mann r, and all
such sluices shall be covered with
planks not less than two inch 6 in thick
ness and the width of the entire road.
and any person violating or permitting
the above provision to he violated shall
he subject to fire of l.t loss than fifty
dollars, recoverable before any Conrt of
competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.-Be itfurther ordained,
ect.. that the Police Jury of this Parish
shall annually elect by ballot three
commissioned by the President of the
Police Jury, and shall serve for one year
from the day Of his election, or until his
successor shall have b en- elected and
qualified, provided, h 1-Esvar, that the
first road overseers IL ted hereunder
shall serve only until the First day t
October OF the pres mt year. The said
full performance of his duties in a sum
not less than such salary as may be al
lotted to him Tor his annual services in
said capacity. The Jurisdiction of said
Overseers shall extend to al roads, brid
ges and causeways within their respec-
tive districts. Each of said Road Over
seers shall receive an animal salary of
Seven Hundred and Eighty
dollars, payable monthly by the Presi-
dent of this Jury by warrant on the Pa
IRISH Treasurer. All Road Overseers
shall reside in the district for which he
is elected.
SECTION 6.-Be it further ordained
etc, that this Parish shall be divided
into three Road Districts, as follows:-
DISTRICT NO. l shall extend from the
upper line of the Parish, both banks of
the Bayou Lafourcha, down the lower
line Of the Town of Thibodaux, on the
right descending bank OF the Bayou La
fourche, and to the lower line of the
Rienzi Plantation ON the left descend
ing bank of the Bayou Lafourche, and
shall comprise sll back settlements in
said parish whose sortie to the Bayou
Lafourche Public Road ia within said
portion of the Parish.
DISTRICT NO. 2 shall extend from
the lower line of District No /, both
bdiihs VI taeI1dyou IdtOurcbe 10 the LA
rataria Canal on both sides of the Bay
GU Lafourehe, and shall include all
hack settlements whose sortie TO the
Bayou Lafourche public road is within
said portion Of the parish.
DISTRICT MOB shall extend from
the lower line "f District No ., down to
the Gulf o. Mexico, both banks OF the
Bayou Lafourche and shall comprise all
back settlements i'll that portion on his
parish.
SECTION BE it further ordained,
etc. that it shall be the dat II tie road
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