New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-05

PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY. -
No. 20.
AN ACT

<AIY AL ..sts.
To provide for the cleaning out Of Bayou
Portage and Bayou Mayors, and digging
canal from bayou Mayors to Bayou
Yokely, for the purpose Of securing Q
better drainage to large portion Of the
Of the State thereto.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
Of Louisiana in general assembly convened,
That the sum Of ono hundred thousand dol
lars be and the same il hereby appropriated
out of the treasury Of the State Of Louis
lama for the purpose Of cleaning ont Bayou
Portage and widening Bayou Mayors, and
digging canal d; from Ss Hyc';.; layers N
seven and ten degrees west, across the
boundary line between townships number
fourteen and fifteen, to its intersection with
Bayou Yokely. it being about four miles,
and then to clean out and deepen Bayou
YOkely. =
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
James B. Price, Z. X. Diossy. and samuel
Randlett, are hereby appointed commits
intend and take charge Of said work, to re-
ceive the appropriation and to expend the
same - their Judgment may dictate upon
the said work, and to that end are hereby.
vested with all the usual and requisite
power to make contracts, purchases, and
build or purchase suitable drodge boats,
machinery, etc., and shall elect president
and treasurer from their own number, and
also appoint such officers and agents - may
be necessary for carrying cut the purposes
and salary in each case, etc., and do and
perform al such things as may be
requisite and necessary for the speedy
and efficient completion Of this work;
provided, that within sixty days from
the passage Of this act the said commits
sioners file 1t the Office of the Secretary Of
State their Oaths Of Office and bonds, In
sOlid0. in the penal sum Of one hundred
thousand dollars, for The faithful execution
of the work and expenditure of the apprO-
priation herein made.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the appropriation before provided for shall
be paid as follows:
Firxt-That upon the passage of this act
and fling of their oaths Of Office and bonds,
it shall bc the duty 4f the Auditor to issue
his warrants upon the Treasurer for one
half the amount appropriated, to the order
Of the president Of the commissioners, to be
building o suitable dredge boat, and work
ing the same in cleaning said bayous
Portage and Mayors, and digging said canal.
SecOnd-That upon the clearing ont of
bayous Portage and Mayors, and widening
to at least forty feet and deepening to four
and . half feet, to bc evidenced by the aft.
Qavlt OF the PRESIDENT OF the commissiOners.
and approved by an engineer appointed by
the Governor, the balance of the appropri-
alton shall become due and payable in the
same manner ~ heretofore provided.
SEC. T. Be it further enacted. etc., That
the commissioners named in this act shall
not be liable or held responsible any further
than for the faithful expenditure OF the ap-
preparation made herein.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That in the event Of the expenditure herein
authorized amounting to more than the ap-
hereby authorized to levy an assessment
upon all the lands to be benefited by said
priation herein. authorized shall have been
expended, which said assessment shall be