The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-23
NIL Tiger Island Gain
Or Lose By Being A
Separate Road District?

movement and as to the rights and
privileges which, in his interpreted
ton of the law on such matters, the
new road district might hope to en-
joy. 1t seems that it is the opinion
of the District Attorney that the
new district may vote bonds for the
purpose of building new roads a.
long any clearly defined roads or
streets in the district and that as
long as the bond issue is applied to
the particular road or streets voted
upon, no injunction could be secur-
ed or sustained against the applica-
ton Of bond moneys voted in ac-
cordance with the laws of the State.
Such roads or streets to be builded
might be either in the rural part of
the district, inside the corporate
limits Of any city or town in the
district or covering roads and
streets botn within and without the
district. 1t appears to be mis- further
opinion that such roads to be built
need not necessarily be continuous
roads from the rural section of the
district through any incorporate
body but might be for the purpose
Of building cross streets or laterals
or for any part of street or road
if such road or street to be built be
clearly presented in the plans Of
fered to the voters when any pro-
posed bond issue might be brought
before them.
Other attorneys have advanced
the opinion that the district has the
power to vote bonds but not to ap-
ply them except at the direction of
the parish police jury. Still others
have stated that the new district
may vote bonds and apply them in
certain restricted manner, as, for
instance, the building of direct
road running thru the district and
that no provision could be made for
laterals or cross streets. Again, it is
said that, while the new district
might build any roads for which
they could vote bonds, the, roads
would be turned over to the police
jury when completed and that that
body would have the same control
thereafter as over all other roads in
the parish. Further different views
of the legality Of the movement as
far as the bonding and building is
concerned present the idea that the
road laws passed by the last legisla-
ture are incomplete and liable to be
voided, and that any road arrange
ments or agreements made between
Tiger Island and the parish of St.
Mary are liable to be in conflict
with the statute when corrected.
The matter Of road building in
St. Mary Parish, whether on Tiger
Island or another part Of the parish,
is vitality important. The need of
streets in Morgan City is felt by
every resident of this city. The road
question in this community is no
longer a question of whether roads
are needed or not needed but a
question of how they can be Sc
cured in the best manner and at the
earliest possible date. If the citizens
of Tiger Island have been iill-advised
in asking that Tiger Island be made
a separate district, there is not
shadow Of doubt that those citi-
zens who presented the petitions
will be among the first to correct
any mistake that has really been
made. If the right thing has been
done, the road commissioners will
proceed along the lines that appear
to them as best. If the growing OPP
inion that an error has been made,
prove well founded, the men of
the district road commission
will undoubtedly put the matter up
to the district and secure any relief
that may be possible in the situa-
ton.