The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1854-05-13

SECTION BE 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State Of Louisiana in
General Assembly convened, That the navigation Of
the AtchafaIaya and CourtabIeau Rivers shall be i'm
proved from the junction Of the former with the cid
bed of the Mississippi River to the mouth Of and up
the latter, to the head OF the Petit D!able' and
eyee shall be made the Southern bank of the latter
SO as to prevent the escape OF the current which DRIFT
from the Achafaiaya therein and passage shall be
cleared OF snags sixty feet wide through the whole
extent
SECT. BE it further enacted, &c, That William
Otutt, Of Washington, Louisiana, Walthal Burton,
William Il. Nelson, Z. S. Gordon, John II. Morgan,
Of the Atcbaalaya, be and the are hereby ap-
pointed Commissioners with the State Engineer to
carry this act into effect and the Of Fifteen Thou
sand Dollars Sl5000J to be paid out Of the General
fund, be and the is hereby specially appgopria-
ted, payable to the cont actor contractors, 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.
SECT. 3.-Be it further enacted, &c. That said
commissioners shall let 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 ut the house OF Ms
Robbin, the Atchatalaya River, the first day Of
June next 1854 between the hours Of 10, \. NJ,
and 1, ?. II.
said Commissioners shall form 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 III that case OF said commits
sionefs shall be authorized to adjourn said adudica
ton 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 contract provided said adju
dicatOn with all expenses does net exceed the sum
of Fifteen Thousand Dollars (515000.)
Sect. 5.--Be it further 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 tS5000l
payable to the Governor of the State and his sue
in office conditioned for the faithful perform
ance of the same, said bond to be furnished the
premises the day OF the adjudication, and in de-
fault thereof said commissioners shall make
second adjudication on the day, they will
postpone the until the next day. and if no sale
takes place on that day, the commissioners shall
re-adrertlse and let out said contract aforesaid
Seer. 6.-Beit further enacted, &c, That ma
jority of the commissioners present at the adiud-
cation, shall be sufficient to approve of the bond
of the undertaken but at least four of said commits
sioners must agree on receiving said work c0a-
tract
SECT. BE it further enacted &c. That the
conditions of said contract and all the particulars
shall be published at length in said advertisement
BEET. S--De II fuTtHeF eiacteH, &C. L nat IN
the undertaken should fail to perform his en-
gagement it shall be the duty of the Attorney
General District Attorney to institute suit before
any Court of competent Jurisdiction, for the col
lection of said bond its amount to be deposited in
the Treasury Of the State to the credit of the State
Engineer, to be afterwards applied by said COM /
to improve the navigation OF the Atcha-
iaiaya River.
Sect. 9.-Be it further enacted, &C.. That the I
State Engineer be and he is hereby authorised TO
cause said contract TO be published on before the
fifteenth day of April next (lS54} in the manner t
aforesaid.
Sect. 10-Be it further enacted, &c. That this
act take effect from and after its passage. /
Anrll 18th. 1SI4-1fn |