The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-02-17
ORDINANCE NO H2.

| V1Q1QS at whose expense SatQ TOauS small
be made and maintained; penalties for
into Road Districts and providing for the
election or appointment of as many road
fOyerseers 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 said roads are situa ted fail to
pair or make roads when notified to dc
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; Nc. expenses on
| roads made by the Parish without spe-
| cial appropriation; how vacancies Of the
| Offices of Road Overseers are filled; ben
alties for digging wells or holes OF a
dangerous nature along or near
| the public roads.
SECTION BE it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish Of Lafourche
i in meeting assembled, that all roads in
ed by virtue of an act of the General AS
sem bly, OF this State, or Ordinance of
this Jury. or that has become public by
prescription, are hereby declared to be
public roads.
- SECTION2.-Be it fur Their ordained,
etc. that all owners of land in this parish
whereon or through which 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, provide
if any land owner has more than one
road passing on his said land, then he is
to nainta the front or main road on
SECTION s.-Be it further ordained,
ETC.; ,tha.ahe public roads Of this Parish
shall have as far as practicable a width
of not less than Thirty 800 feet; they
shall be constructed aud ditched so as to
give prompt and throughongh drain
age, and to that end all over or owners
of land having public road thereon.
shallbe required to open and nlatota2n
at all times sufficient ditch OF bitches
leading through his OF her or their ands
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 controyersing the
foregoing provision shall be subject to
. 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 Cversesr 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 it further ordained,
ETC., t:.at all sluices across the public
road used for the purpose of irrigatio
IF crops, or for any other purpose, shall
ne 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
less and the width Of the entire road.
md any person violating or permitting
he above provision to be violated shall {
,e subject to Il fine of not less than fifty
tollars, recoverable before any Conrt Of {
jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.-Be itfurther ordained, |
ct, that the Police Jury of this Parish
hall annually elect by ballot three !.
TOAD Overseers, each of whom shall be :,
commissioned by the President of the e
'olice Jury, and shall serve for one year
rom the day Of his election, q until his :
uccessor shall have been elected and :
provided, however, that the
lrst road overseers elected hereunder !.
hall serve only until the First day of )
october OF the present year. The said :
,verseer snail furnish bond for the faith :
III performance Of his duties in sum !
'ot less than such salary as may be al
aid capacity. The Jurisdiction of said I
'versesIs shall extend to all roads, brid I
vs and causeways within their respec~ !
i've districts. Each of said Road Over I
GERS snail receive an annual salary of
even Hundred and Eighty :
oilars, payable monthly by the Presi- :
ent OF this Jury by warrant on the Pa
lsh Treasurer. All Road Overseers .
hall reside in the district for which he E
elected. =
SECTION e.-Be it further ordained .
to-, that this Parish shall be divided .
1to three Road Districts, as follows:-l
DISTRICT NO. l shall extend from the 4
PIPER line of the Parish, both banks of {
ne Bayou Lafourche, down the lowerf
ne Of the Town of Thlbodaux, on the
lght descending bank of the Bayou La
1urche, and to the lower line of the Z
slenzl Plantation on the LETT descend
1g bank OF the Bayou Lafourehe, and
aail comprlsesll back settlements in
iid parish whose sortie to the Bavou :,
afourche Public Roud il within Said u
ortion of the Parish. q
DISTRICT 40. , shall extend from Fl
le lower line. of Dstrics No ! ho4h
*nks OF theBHyou Lafourche to the Ia
ltarla Canal on both sides of the BAY t,
Lafourche, and shall include all n
lch settlements whose sortie to the =
aYou Lafourche public road is within Il
10 portion of the parish. T
DISTRICT NOS shall extend from o
e lower line nf District No 2, down to -
e Gulf OF Mexico, both banks OF the -
you hafourche and shall comprise all / &C
en- en- settlements in that portion of this q,
SECTION BE it further ordained. Ct
:. that it shall By the duty of the road tr
erseers to devote his constant and en- :.
altentlon to the roads and works OIL ..