The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1854-04-29


| SECTION 1.--Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives OF the State of Louisiana
| General Assembly convened That the navigation OF
the Atchafalaya and Courtabeau Rivers shah be i'm.
proved from the junction of the former with the old
bed OF the Mississippi River to the mouth Of and up
the latter, to the head of the Petit Diabe" and
leyee shall be made the Southern bank latter
30 as to prevent the escape of the current which drift
from the Atehafaaya therein, and passage shall be
cleared OF snags sixty feet wide through the whole
extent.
Seer. BE it further enacted, &c, That William
Ofutt, of Washington, Louisiana Walthal Burton,
William q. Nelson, E. S. Gordon, John H. Morgan,
of the Atchafalaya be and the same are hereby ap-
pointed Commissioners with the State Engineer to
carry this act into effect and the of Fifteen Thou
sand Dollars (S15000) to be paid out of the General
fund, be and the same is hereby specially appropria-
ted payable to the contractor or contractors on the
warrant Of least four of said commissioners in such
sum or sums as required not exceeding Four thou
sand dollars $4,000 at one time
SECT. 5.-Be it further enacted, &c, That said
commissioners shall let out to the lowest bidder the
performance o. said contract after giving thirty days
notice Of the time and pisee in two newspapers, to
wit the Louisiana Courier and the 0peousas Courier
said adjudication to take place at the house of Mrs.
Robin, On the Atchaalaya River, on the first day Of
June next (ls54l between the hours of 10, A. NJ,
and 4, P. u.
SECT. 4.-Be it further enacted, &c. That three of
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 in that case one of said commits
soners shall be authorized to adjourn said adiudca-
ton until quorum makes its appearance and should
said quorum not appear on the third day of June
1854, then said members present, or any member of
them shall let out said contract; provided said adu-
ion With oil AOoS r.nfov
of Fifteen Thousand Dollars (S15000.)
SECT. t5.-Be it further enacted, &C., That said
Commissioners are authorised and required 10 take
bond and security from the undertaken of said con-
tract, In the sum of five thousand dollars tS5O00)
payable to the Governor of the State and his sue
cessors in Office conditioned for the faithful performs
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 a |
second adjudication on the same day, or they will |
postpone the same until the next day. and if no sale
taxes place on that day, the commissioners shall I
re-advertise and LET out said contract as aforesaid
SECT. 6.-Be it further enacted, &C., That ma /
oFity OF the commissioners present at the adiudi-
cation, shall be sufficient to approve of the bond
II the undertaken, but at least four of said commits
'loners must agree on receiving said work or con-
.ract as56s
SEcr. 7.-Be it further enacted, &C., That the
conditions of said contract and all the particulars
hall be Published at length in said advertisement
Sect. 6.-Bs it further enacted, &c, That in
case the undertaken should fail to perform his en-
sagement, it shall be the duty Of the Attorney
General or District Attorney to institute suit before
my Court of competent Jurisdiction, for the col
eetion of said bond, its amount to be deposited in
he Treasury of the State to the credit of the State
engineer, to be afterwards applied by said COM
nissioners to improve the navigation of the Atcha-
alaya River.
SEcT 9.-Be it further enacted, &c., That the
tate Engineer be and he is hereby authorised to
ause said contract to be published on or before the
fseenth day of April next tls541, in the manner
foresaid.
Seer. 10-Be it further enacted, &C., That this
ct take effect from and after its passage.
April 18th, 1s54.-1n1.