Year: 1879

Jury, there were present--Mr. Fergus
President, and Messrs. Perron,
Fisher, Carmena, Montegudo, Millican,
Nesbit, Burnett, Roberts and Graham


The minutes of last meeting being re ad,
the same were corrected as follows:


Mr.. Nesbit wished it to appear on the
record that it was his motion to red nce
the per diem Of the Police Jurors to ~ 90
per day-(it being an amendment VIII ich
was lost.) lie


Mr.. Roberts asked that his motion to
reduce the salaries Of the Parish Physi-
clan and Constable be inserted on the
minute book.


Mr.. Roberts and Mr.. Nesbit claiming
to have voted in the affirmative on the
of$2.50 per diem to members
Of the Police Jury, the necessary correc-
tion was made.


Mr.. Roberts, on behalf of the road





committee, reported the following road
ordinance, which was unanimously
adopted:


ROAD ORDINANCE.


BE It ordained by the Police Jury Of the
Parish Of East Baton Rouge, That all
public roads of this parish shall be
worked between the 1st day of August
and the 18th Of September Of each year.


RESOLVED, That all male persons be-
tween the ages Of fifteen and forty-fve
be subject to road duty.


Resolued further, That any person lia-
BILE to road duty by any ordinance Of the
Police Jury, who shall fail, neglect or
refuse to work on the public road, when
notified according to law, shall forfeit
and pay fine Of not less than one nor
more than five dollars for each day he
shall fail, refuse or neglect to work on
said road; same to be recovered before
any court of competent jurisdiction by
ordinary process, in the name of the Po-
lice Jury of said parish.


Resolved further, That any person liza
BILE to road duty under any ordinance Of
the Police Jury, who shall fail, refuse or
neglect to work when notified according
to law, shall forfeit and pay fine Of not
less than one nor more than five dollars,
or be imprisoned in the parish prison not
less than one nor more than five days for
each day he shall refuse, fail or neglect
to work on said road same to be en-
forced before any court of competent
Jurisdiction, by indictment or informa-
ton, in the name of the State of Lou
isiana.


Resolred further, That all public roads
of the parish shall be worked not less
than six nor more than twelve days of
each year.


Resolved further, That each and every
road overseer must keep his road in good
repair, and that he be empowered to
order out his hands in case of necessity
on one days notice.


Resolred further, That at the time of
general work of the roads in August, the
overseer must give each person liable to
road duty, ten days notice.


Any road overseer who shall fail to
perform his duty shall, on conviction
before any court of competent jurisdic-
ton, be fined not less than fifty nor more
than one hundred dollars, or imprison-
ment of not less than ten or more than
thirty days, together with cost of court.


Any person engaged in the growing Of
crops outside of the corporate limits of
the city of Baton Rouge, and residing in
said city, shall be liable to road duty Oh
the road on which said crops are Sit
uated.


The mere presence of a road hand
while the roads are being worked, and
the bridges being built or repaired, shall
not be sufficient to excuse said road hand
from the fine or Imprisonment, but he
shall obey the orders of the road'over-
seer and perform not less than eight
hours per day of faithful work. Any
failure of this section shall be deemed as
having failed to work on the roads and
bridges, and shall make such road hand
liable to the fine or Imprisonment as il
he remained away.


The following report of the finance
committee was read and adopted:
To the President and Members o. the Police


Jury:


GENTLEMEN-The undersigned, your
committee appointed to devise means fol
paying all just claims against the parish,
report their inability to hand you any
satisfactory statement at this time
There being no warrant account kept
prior to the year 1875, it is impossible to
arrive at even an approximation of oul
indebtedness.


We therefore ask that you grant us
further time, with the privilege of EN-.
ploying an expert to assist us in our in.
vestigations. Respectfully, ETC.,


J. D. FISHER,


" JOHN NESBIT,


CHAS. +. GRAHAM.


The special committee appointed to
examine and report on the laying out of
the road generally known as the "Rob.
erts Road' being unprepared to report,
asked an intermission of fifteen minutes,
which was granted.


On reassembling, all the members were
present, and the aforementioned com.
mittee submitted the following report,
which was received and adopted:


We find that both routes as already