Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-17

suffer all the pains and penalties oi
perjury; provided, that such officer
shall not indirectly charge or re-
ceive any compensation for admin
istering such oaths.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc,
That as there are many bodies OF
land which have been approved in
bulk to the State by the general
government as swamp and overflow
ed lands, through which the town.
ship and section lines have not been |
run SO as to prevent the same to be
subject to preemtion or sale, it shall
be the duty of the Register of the
State Land Office to have such sur
veys made thereof as may be neces-
sary I'M accordance with the existing
United States laws and regulations
governing such work.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc,
That section twenty-five of act No.
3S extra session of 1870 is hereby
repealed, and that ths unexpected
balance of ten thousand dollars ap-
propriated by that act be and is
hereby appropriated out of the
swamp land fund to carry ont the
provisions of the fifth section of this
act, and this appropriation shall be
payable to the Register upon his
own warrent, for field and Office
work to be done as provided in sec
ton five of this act.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, etc,
That if any person or persons shall
cut, remove, or otherwise dispose of,
or he employed in cutting, remov-
ing, OF orthewise disposing of, any
timber or wood of any kind from
the lands belonging to this State or
donated to this State by the United
States, unless duly authorized so to
do by a competent officer of this
State, such person or persons so Of
Tending, and being thereof duly
convicted before any court of com
petent jurisdiction, shall pay fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars,
and be imprisoned not exceeding
one year.
Sec. 5. BE it further enacted, etc,
That as regular tract books of sales
have not heretofore been prepared,
and many of the township maps
upon which sales were Represented
have been SO worn as to unfit fo1
use, it shall be the duty of the Re-
gister to purchase necessary books
on which all sales shall be recorded
and he shall have the mays and list.
of approvals to the State of every
character of lands now lii his Office
, recopied and bound, in proper
books and portfolios, districts.
Sec. Q. Be it further enacted, etc.
: That the sum of fifteen Thousand
, dollars, or SO much thereof as ina,
he necessary, be and is hereby ap
propriatcd to carry out the proyi
{ sions of section eight of this ac'
. and that il shall be payable out O
the swamp land fund upon the war
| rant of the Regular of the Stat
Land Office, upon investigation an
approval of the Auditor of Publ
I Accounts.
Sec. 10. BE it further enacted, etc
! That as the Commissioner of tn
= United States General Land Offic
6 has called for a statement of sue
Z lands within the provisional gran
o to the New Orleans, Opelousas an
4 Great Western Railroad Compan
: as have been lawfully disposed of,
shall be the duty of the Register c
the State Land Office to prepar
4 lists Of sales and plats Representing
: them, and to transmit to the Unite
: States Commissioner, General Lam
# Office, copy thereof, approved b.
O the Governor, retaining the origins
e so approved in his office.
~ Sec. IL. Be it further enacted, etc
r That to carry out the provisions c
4 the last proceeding section the sur
4 of five thousand dollars, or so niue
thereof as may be necessary, be an
is hereby, appropriated out of tn
v swamp Land fund, to be paid b
. the Treasurer on the warrant of th
y Auditor, and on accounts previousl
l. approved by the Register of th
4 Land Office.
Il
Sec. II. Be it fur!hertnacted, etc
> That all sales and locations of publ
IS lands made by this State from th