The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16
commend its passage.
D. w. C. BROWN, Chairman.

The amendments recommended by the
committee to House bills Nos. 164 and
l65 were adopted.
House bill No. 165, reported by the
was ordered to be engrossed
and calendared for q third reading.
House bill No. 164 was referred to the
committee of the whole.
Mr. Hampstead, of Iberville, moved
that the order Of the day be postponed
for one hour.
Carried
By unanimous consent, Mr.. Davidson,
of Livingston, offered the following re-
solution, which was read and adopted
under suspension of the rules:
Resolved, That the Committee on Char
table and Public Institutions of the State
of Louisiana, having examined said dworks
and institutions, are entitled to their mile
age, and the Committee on Contingent
Expenses of the House are instructed to
pay the same.
The Committee on Internal Improve
ments submitted the following further re-
port, which was read, received and ac-
cepted, and the bill reported was referred
to the committee of the whole, made the
special order of the day for Tuesday
next, at one o'clock, and its printing
ordered:
COMMITTEE on INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, !
New Orleans, February, IA, 1871.
To the Honorable G. w. Carter, Speaker of the
House of Representatives:
SR-House bill No. 81, entitled ian
act to amend and re-enact section No.
1885 Of an act to provide for the removal
Of distractions in Bayou Bartholomew,
and to improve the navigation of the same
and making nm appropriation thereof,
approved March 5, 1870" having been
referred to the Committee ON Internal
improvements, am instructed to report
that the committee have thoroughly in
vestigated the whole subject, and find
that the original law passed, making the
appropriation, couldno. be consummated,
for the reason that there was no money
to the credit of the fund in the treasury,
from which the appropriation was to be
drawn; that under the direction of the
Board of Public Works the contract was
made, and about one-half the work conf
pleted, viz, the two first divisions, and
the contractors have not been paid; that
it is all important to interest of the State
that the whole work should be done as
soon as possible according to the original
estimate made by the engineer of the
Board of Public Works, copy of which
is hereunto annexed; and it is only just
that the contractors should be paid &C.
cortling to contract, and as authorized by
the certificate of the State Engineer, a
copy of which is also annexed to this re-
port; wherefore your committee are un'
animously in favor of the bill and recon-
mend its passage.
DIV. c. BROWN, Chairman.
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Estimate of necessary work to be done
in cleaning out Bayou Bartholomew fol
thepurpose of safe and valuable steam
boat navigation. Survey commenced
May 8, completed May 10.
First division-from the junction
with the Ouachita river to the
Spyker ginhouse, as one plat of
work, accompanying, twenty
five miles, 2GOO trees, ten to
thirty inches in diameter, to be
cut down and removed from
channel, stumps to be grubbed
up and removed or level with
surface of ground, 81 each. :. $40, ,40(
1000 trees from six tO-in diama-
ter, So each. ................ $3,6O(
283 logs (say ane-half imbedded
in the sand and mud. requiring
the use of powerful appliances
be removed, $15 each. ....... $4,24i
Banks of bayou to be cleared of
willow trees, bushes and stumps
cut level or grubbed: aggregate
distance, twenty-seven miles
and one-quarter, in width fifty
feet ON both sides of bayou;
$3.50 per mile. :. sl2,27(
Additional clearing on points,
forty-fve acres ut fifty dollars
rer nero 22OO(