New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-03

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to cause an accurate survey to be made of
the work necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of this act, and shall furnish to said
board of commissioners complete plans and
| specifications of the work necessary to
thoroughly drain the said Grand Marie,
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That
said board of commissioners shall have the
right to proceed, and are hereby empowered
| tn drain the said Grand Marie. and thew
shall cause plan thereof to be made, &C.
| curately designating the lands to be drained
and the names of the prOprietOrs Such
plan or plans shall be deposited i'll he Office
| of the recorder of mortgages Of tue parish
! of Iberia, and notice shall be inserted i'll
! one newspaper published III said parish,
! once each week during four weeks IN sac
! cessiOn, announcing that such board OF com
| missiOners will proceed to drain said
| Grand Marie, describing the place where
the plan thereof is deposited, and the
| probable cost OF the work. After such
| publication, provided the mortgages
rest only ON the land known as the Grand
MaraIs, said board OF commissioners shall
apply by petition to the district court Of
said pai ish of Iberia, which court, upon due
proof being made OF the publjcali N Of said
notices aforesaid, shah decree that each
portion Of the property situated within the
limits of the property tn lie drained, and all
property to be benefited by said drainage,
designated on the plan made 10y said board
of commissioners, is subjected to a first
mortgage lien and privilege in favor of said
board of commissioners for such amount as
may be assessed upon such property tor its
proportion Of the costs Of draining said
Grand Marie, and interest thereon at eight
per cent per annum from demand thereof;
the decree Of the district court shall be re-
corded in the office OF tho recorder OF mort
cages in said parish. and certified copy Of
the aforesaid plau shall be deposited IN sand
office for the information OF the recorder.
Said recorder shall be entitled TO ten dollars
for the recording Of said decree and the
deposit of said plan; and in ease he
be required by said hoard of com
missiOners to record the said decree
in the name of any or all Of the proplIetors
Of real property designated on SAID plan,
he shall he entitled 10 receive fifty cents
for such special recording; and whenever
the recorder may be required TO deliver a
certificate of mortgages on any real prop
erty embraced within said plan, as desig-
mated by said board of commissioners, each
recorder shall mention therein that such
property is subject to a lien, privilege and
first mortgage in favor of the board of com
missiOners Of said parish, for such sum OF
money as may be assessed ON such property
for the drainage thereof. Said lien, priv
lcge and first mortgage shall take prece-
dence over all mortgages, liens and privi-
leges whatsoever, whether conventional,
legal or judicial, aud shall attach to said
property until the amount assessed and the
interest thereon shall have been paid In
full
SEC. ). Be it further enacted, etc, That
said board of commissioners shall have the
right, anti ARE hereby authorized and en-
powered, TO levy such uniform assessment
or assessments upon the lands benefited
by the drainage Of said Grand Marie, to de-
fray the construction of the canals, Ievees,
machinery and other works necessary for
the purpose of carry ing out the provisions
of this act, which shall be collected as the
wants of such board of commissioners may
require.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
on nen-p payment Of the amount OF the assess
ment made by said board of commissioners
Judgment thereof shall be recoverable be-
fore the district court, and the lands so as
sessed shall be sold according to law. Such
assessment shall he sued for by the follow
ing mode of proceeding, to wit: As soon as
any assessment has been made, and notice
thereof shall have been given, copy
thereof shall be filed III the district court Of
said parish, in which tableau of assessment
thus TO be fled the property assessed shall
be set forth, together with the amount as
sessed and the names of the OwDers thereof,
if known; and If the owners names are not
known, then it shall be stated in said as
roll that the property assessed be-
longs TO owners unknown; that petition
shall be filed with said assessment roll pray
ing for an order that all persons whom it
NAV concern do show cause within thirty
days from the first publication of said or
der, if any they have, why said assessment
roll shall not be approved and hCm0lOgated;
that said order thus rendered shall be pub
lished at least once each week for four
weeks in one newspaper published in said
parish, and after said publication the said
court shall, on motion of the counsel of said
board Of COMMISSIONERS, approve and no.
said assess ment rolls, which shall
be a Judgment against the property as
sGsSed. and the owners thereof, on which
execution may issue as on Judgment rem
dered in the ordinary mode of proceedings,
and the court shall, at the same time and in
the same Judgment. order the delinquent
parties to pay five per cent in addition to
the amount assessed to pay costs and cOun-
sci fees.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted. etc, That
no compensation shall be allowed to said
for their services, but they
shall have the right 30 appoint and employ
such officers and e8plOyes as they deem
proper and fl their salaries and compen-
satiOn.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the lands reclaimed under the provisions Of
this act shall be exempt from taxation until
the year eighteen hundred and eighty-fve.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall teke effect aud be in force
from and after its passage, aud that all
laws or parts of laws contrary to or in any
wise conflicting with the provisions of this
act be and the same are hereby repealed
(Sgned) 0 Il. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) p. Is. 5. PINCHBACk,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
Approved April .. 1872.
(Signed) II c. WARMOTH,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
a true copy:
+. j. HEBRON,
Secretary Of State