RS 3689.13 - Inspection and acceptance of work; payment
The police jury shall upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed thereunder and the improvements made, and if the work be found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with said contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the engineer for the parish, said police jury shall by ordinance duly adopt, approve and accept said work and fulfill its obligations under the said contract by full payment therefor of any and all amounts and balances due the said contractor, including all retained percentages for payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates and which percentages were retained pending the completion of said work.
Acts 1952, No. 430, §13.