New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-11
LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
AN ACT

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To Provide for the Improvement Of the
Navigation OF Red River
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened.
That the navigation of Red River shall be
improved by filling up at a proper point on
Old River so as to prevent the waters of Red
River from running into Toni's Bayou during
low water season, and by removing logs,
trees, stumps and other distractions to the
navigation OF Twelve Mile Bayou, Red
Bayou, Polson's Bayou, Polson's Lake, and
other lakes above Shreveport, and also
by making cut-ofs on said bayous at differ
emit bends.
SEC. Be it further enacted, ETC., That in
order to have the above works completed
during the present low water, William s.
Mudgett Charles W. Keeting, NJ. H.
Crowell, be and are hereby appointed Com.
missloners in behalf of the State, and
hereby authorized to employ competent
Engineer, ard to have him without delay to
examine said works, and prepare plans and
specifications Of the work to be done, and
to make the same SO as to show the proposed
and necessary work in convenient sections,
with estimates of the Just and proper cost
of each section and of the whole work.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
as soon as said estimates, plans and specif-
shall and they are hereby authorized TO
contract in the name of the State of Louis
lana with a competent. person or persons to
do said work according to such plan and
specifications, payable In instalments at the
completion of each section and upon the
certificates of said Commissioners that the
section has been completed according to
contract.
SEC. 4. Be 1t further enacted, etc., That
the total cost of said improvements shall
not exceed the sum of one hundred and
thirty-hve thousand dollars, for which the
contractor or contractors shall bind them.
selves to receive the. bonds of the State Of
Louisiana, payable to bearer at twenty
years after the date Of the contract, and
bearing seven and thirty hundfedths per
eentum interest per annum.
eNC. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
fne Governor OF the State Of Louisiana
snail cause 70 be prepared and printed the
number Of bonds necessary for delivery To
the contractor Or contractors on presenta-
lion q me Certificate of said Commission
ers that they arc en5itled to the same, which
dollars each, with twenty coupons for tie
annual Interest appended thereto. and
which said bonds shall have been signed by
the Governor and countersinnad bv Ibe Sec.
rotary Of State under the seal AZ the state.
the Auditor of Public Accounts ana state
treasurers tney snail De ueA*zrEG to the
Auditor, and issued BY him TO IL con-
tractor or contractors upon the pfssenfa-
ton of aforesaid certificates Of The said
Commissioners.
SEQ. 6. Be 1t further enacted, etc That
at maturity OF said coupons OF Interest ana
bonds respectively, the State Treasurer be
and be Il hereby authorized End required
TO pay she same TO any bearer thereof, out
q any funds in the treasury Of the State
noa Otherwise appropriated.
Gzq. Z. Be Il further enacted, ETC., That
q soon q lizard Of Public Worka may be