The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1859-06-22

+ the work Of each able bodied woman N
: sum Of one dollar per day, which shall )
; allowed as credit upon the amount of ia
!, due by any lcsee tax payer who shall ful
nish such labor, and in order to supply tn
dsmand for money or means for the purpos
Of completing or making future repairs o
said leyees, and paying the expenses incurre'
by the Commissioners or Inspector in carry
: ing cut the provisions and objects of til
ordinance, it is further ordained that al
annua! tax be hereby imposed upon eacl
individual owning land in said Levee. War,
for the purpose Of defraying the aforcsai,
expenses, and especially Tor keeping sal,
levees in good repair, which tax shall no
exceed in amount the sum of twenty cents
tfor each acreof land owned in this Ward b.
the individual. 20 taxed, which tax shall
oc assessed and collected ia the nannc
hereinafter prescribed.
\ When said 1evecs are entirely finished 1,
the requisite dimensions, and are fount
upon thorough inspection, to be safe and il
good repaie, the Commissioners are author
lied to suspend the colIectionsof taxes during
such lime as ,hey may ia their discretion
| deemAexpedent.
! Sec. s. BE j, further ordained, That when
eyet in time Of Fgi water, crevasse shall
take place in any'levec, or in the Judgment
Of the Inspector, there shall be Imminent
danger Of such an occurrence, it shall q
the duty of the Inspector to summon inme
diatey, a sufficient number Of hands to re-
pair to the point Of danger, there to stop OF
prevent such crevasse. Said hands shall be
called out in proportion to the number Of
hands owned by each proprietor, and if any
proprietor or his or her overseer or agent re.
fuse to furnish the hands required Of him o,
her as above, (said requisition being in wri.
ting and specifying the member Of hanis) he
or she shall pay fine Of three dollars per
day for each hand so refused.
Sec. z. Every lssee which may be exposed
to the action o. s1mboSHs afea,sl,ali. have
At least one foot more base to every foot IN
height than is prescribed herein for other
levees, and such leyees shall be iascined on
the river side or ont side with pickets, under
thu penalty prescribed in the third section.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty OF the Leyee
Tax Assessor to call personally On each and
every resident land owner and the agent or
agents Of non resident land owners in said
Ward, and said land owners, or their agents
shall deliver an oath to the assessor to the
number of ACRES of bis or her land in said
Levee Ward, as near as he or she can as
certain to tho best of his or her knowledge
and belief, which oath shall be administered
by the Assessor. And if any resident owner
of land or the agent Of any nonresident
land owner shall fail or refuse to Gender such
assessment on oath, as aforesaid, it is hereby
made the duty Of the Tax Assessor to assess
the lands Of such delinquent according to
the most reliable information he can obtain.
And the number Of acres Of land belonging
to any non resident land owner, shall, il
there be no agent for such non resident in
said ward, Be likewise assessed by the asses
sor according to the most reliable informa-
ton be can obtain.
Sec. Q. Tho Commissioners are hereby
empowered and authorized to contract with
one or more persons to build the levees con-
templated herein, and the contract or con-
tracts shall be let out 70 the lowest bidder,
provided the amount bid by the lowest bid.
der shall not in the opinion Of the Commits
sioners be too much for said work, thirty
days public notice thereof hasi5g been pre-
viously given. Any contractor who rnay
undertake the building Of said levees, shall
enter into bond with good security condi-
kioned for the faithful performances Of said
works within the time required, the bond 10
be in sum equal to the supposed value Of
The services to be rendered, payable to the |
Leyee Commissioners. The levees TO be |
made and completed By the FIRST day Of Feb
ruary, A. D, 1850.
Sec. 10. II the Commissioners shall not |
be able TO contract for the ievees as afcre. |
said; tie said Commissioners shall then haze
The power to summon and make acquisitions |
affbe owners or holders or overseeis If slaves |
o said levee ward, in proportion 70 the
number Of hands, Of each individual, to fur
pish hands and all the necessary implements
carts, teams, wheel Burrows, hand barrows,
spades, hoes, axes, DC, DC, for the building /
md finishing Of the levees as aforesaid,
which requisitiop Of labor, TEAMS. carts, DC,
md implements, shall be made Of such ow-
ser or holder Of overseer Of slaves At such !
lime or times IS the Commissioners may in |
heir discretion think necessary.
J 6ec. III. Each. owner, holder, N 0verseer
II sIaves who shall furnish hands under the
provisions cf this ordinance, shallreceivo =
Of ons dollar and twenty five
,ents per day for the labor Of each ablei
,odied man, and one dollar per day for the