Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-09
AN ACT omendotory of on act tromed Z

AN ACT omendhory of on act tromed by
 Me General -1sSemJly of Me .Stote of -1r-
 kansas, opproeed Jonuory 7M. 1857, en-
 tiled on oct 70 proride for rojsing aad re-
 poiring lecees in CHicot county
 SEC. l. Be a enocfed 5y He General As- scmbly oJ' Me State of 1rkonSas, That among the qualifications of a voter for le- wee inspector enumerated in the first section of said act, be included also that of q le- vee taxpayer.
 SEC. ; Be t tinher enoctca, That sec tion five of said act be so amended as to re- quile the levcc inspector to lay off said county into five levee districts and the qua liticd voters of each evee district elect an inspector for their own district, and each of said inspectors shall have the power to appoint an assistant to aid him in the dis charge of his duties when he may deem it necessary, and such assistant shall be enti- tied to receive as compensation for his ser vices the sum of three dollars per day for each day he may serve.
 SEC. 3. Be a .turther enocted, That sec tion l of said act be so amended as to al- low to each inspector the sum of five dol lars per day for each day while engaged in actual service, instead of the sum of two dollars per day, as in such section express ed.
 SEC. 4. Be < .taHher enacted, That sec tion l2 of said act be so amended as to al- low all persons who send out hands to re- pair leveeS under the provisions of such section, the sum of one dollar per day for each hand as specified in said act. that the inspector have the power to call out with the hands the owner or oversecr if he deem 1t necessary: such owner or overseer shall have control over his hands and work m- der the direction of said inspector, and said owner or overseer shall be entitled to the sum of three dollars per day for his servi- ces and he shall be subject to penalty of ten dollars for each day he refuses or neg lects to accompany his hands and work as specified in said section.
 SEC. ). Be a turher enacted, That sec tion Is of said act be so amended as to re- quiIe each levee made in pursuance of said act, to have seven feet base to every foot in height, instead of six feet base.
 SEC 6. Be H thriller enacted, That sec tion l4 of saiu act be so amended as to fiy the rate of taxation at not less than one fourth of one per centum nor more than one per centum upon the assessed value of said land; Prouided, That all unimproved land coming within the meaning of said act within four miles of the MsSissippi ri yer, be valued at not less than five dollars per acre.
 SEC. :. Be t fu,ther enacted, That the board of levee inspectors provided for by this act have the authority and they are hereby empowered to employ an engineer to examine, survey and lay off the portions of work to be done in constructing such le- wees by proper metes and bounds, and said board of inspectors shall allow such enpip- eer such an amount for his services as such board shall deem fit and right, to be paid out of the levee fund.
 SEC. 8. Be t .further enacted, That the words "which are or shall be taxable for State revenue be stricken out of section II of an act entitled an act to provide for making and repairing levees in Chicot county, and all laws or parts of laws com ing in conflict with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
 SEC. 9. Be a .farther eaacted That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the act to which this is an amendment, re- lative to the redemption of lands sold for taxes in Chicot county, be and the same are hereby repealed.
 SEC. 10. Be aturther enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and af. ter its passage.
 APPROVED. Dist Februarv. 1859