The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1854-04-22
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Opelousas, April 1st. 1854.
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SECTION BE it enacted by the Senate an
House OF Representatives Of the State of Louisiana
General Assembly convened, That the navigation o
the Atchafalaya and CourtabEeau Rivers shall be i'm
proved from the junction okthe former with the oil
bed OF the Mississippi River TO the mouth of and uT
the latter, to the head of the 'Petit Diablen and
leyee shall be made the Southern bank the latter
SO as to prevent the escape of the current which drf
from the Atchatalaya therein and passage shall b,
cleared OF snags sixty feet wide through the who'll
/ extent
/ SECT. 2.-Be it further enacted &c, That William
Oaatt, of Washington, Louisiana, Walthal Burton
William Fl. Nelson, z. S. Gordon, John TT Norpan
OF the Atchafalaya, be and the same are hereby ap
pointed Commissioners with the State Engineer ia
carry this act into effect and the sum of Fifteen Thou
sand Dollars (s15000 to be paid out of the General
fund, be and the same is hereby specially appropra
ted payable to the contractor or contractors on the
warrant OF at least four Of said commissioners in such
sum or sums as required, not exceeding Four thou.
sand dollars $4,000 at one time. s.sss-sss-sss
SECT. S.-Be it further enacted Be- That eaid
commissioners shall let out to the lowest bidder the
performance of said contract after giving thirty DAYS
notice OF the time and place, in two newspapers to
wit the Louisiana Courier and the Opelousas Courier
said adjudication to take place at the house of Mrs
Robbin, on the Atchafaaya River on the first day of
June next 1851 between the hours of 10. A. Il,
and a, r. d. rf assg =
A5ESKs GI2CtGu, &c, lhaE three OF
said Commissioners shall form a quorum to let out
said contract, and in case said quorum should not
meet on said first day Of June, on the premises as
aforesaid, then and in that case one of said commits.
sonels shall be authorized to adjourn said adudica-
tion until quorum makes its appearance; and should
said quorum not appear on the third day of June
1854, then said members present. any member of
them shall let OUT said contTaet provided said adiu-
dieation with all expenses does not exceed the sum
n Eiftann Thausapd noIlare {SIsaaaN
SECT. 5.-Be it father enacted, &c, That said
Commissioners are authorised and required to take
bond and security from the undertaken of said con-
tract, IN the sum Of five thousand dollars ls580ol
payable to the Governor of the State and his sue
ceSsors in office conditioned for the faithful nerfar
ance of the same said bond to be furnished on the
premises, on the day OF the adjudication, and in de-
fault thereof said commissioners shall make
second adjudication OF the same day, or they will
postpone the san1eunsil the next day and if no sale
takes place on that day, the commissioners shall
re-adTertise and let out said contract as aforesaid
Seer. 6.-Be it further enacted, &c, That ma.
loTity of the commissioners present at the adudi
eatIon, shall be sufficient TO approve of the bond
OF the undertaken, but at least four of said commits
sioners must agree % receiving said work OF con-
tract.
SECT. 7.-Be it further enacted, &C., That the
conditions Of said contract and all tie particulars
shall be published at length IN said advertisement
SECT. s.--Be i further enacted, &C., That in
case the undertaken should fail to perform his en-
gagement, it shall be The duty of the Attorney
General or District Attoney toinstitnte suit before
any Court of competent Jurisdiction, for the COL
lection Of said bond its amount to be deposited In
the Treasury ofthe State to the ereditof the State
Engineer, to be afterwards applied by said CON-
lssioners to improve the navigation Of the Atcha
falaya River sr
Seer. 9.-Be 1t further enacted, &c. That the
State Engineer be and he is hereby authorised to-
cause sad contract to be published or before the
aforesaid. @ aasssa 4 IS sTss1~
sEcT. f0:--be It further enectei, &c, That this
April 18th, 1s54.-lm.