New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-04
OBIE ms RaPuBLIOA n TUESDAY JUNE 1872 & We

right to proceed, and are hereby empowered
to drain the said Grand Marie, and they
shall cause plan thereof to be made, ae-
eurately designating the lands to be drained
and the names of the prOprietOrs. Such
plan or plans shall be deposited in the office
Of the recorder of mortgages of the parish
of Iberia, and notice shall be inserted in
one newspaper published in said parish,
once each week during four weeks in sue
cessiOn, announcing that such board OF com
missiOners will proceed to drain SAID
Grand Marie, describing the place where
tbe nlan thereof is deposited, and the
probable cost of the work. After such
ppnbIicatiou. provided the mortgages
rest only on the land known as the Grand
Marais. said board of commissioners shall
annIv bv petition to the district court OF
said parish of Iberia, which court, upon due
proof being made Of the publication OF sald
notices aforesaid, shall decree that each
portion of the property sltuated WlIhln I ne
limits of the property to be drained, and all
property to be benefited by said drainage,
designated on the plan made by said board
of commissioners is subjected TO ursG
mortgage lien and privilege in favor OF SAID
hoard of commissioners for such amount as
may be assessed upon such property Tor It's
proportion of the costs OF draining sald
Grand Marie, and interest thereon at eight
Der cent per annum from demand thereof
the decree of the district court shall be re.
corded in the office of the recorder OF mort
cages in said parish, and certified copy OF
fhe aforesaid plan shall be deposited in said
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 case he
ha reouired by Said board of COM
rnissioners to record the said decree
in fine name of any or all of the prOprietors
of real property designated on said plan,
he shall he entitled to receive fifty cents
for such special recording; and whenever
the recorder may be required to deliver
certificate of mortgages on any real prop
erty embraced within said plan, as deslg-
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
lege and first mortgage shall take preee-
dence over all mortgages, liens and priv
leges whatsoever, whether conventional,
legal or judicial, and shall attach TO SAID
property until the amount assessed and the
interest thereon shall have been paid In
full
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
said board of commissioners shall have the
right, and 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, levees,
machinery and other works necessary for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this act, which shall be collected as the
wants of such board of commissioners may
require. NtL
SEC 6. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
on nen-paYment of the amount of the assess
l. e fgza,o
Judgment thereof shall be recoverable Se-
fore the district court, and the lands so as
sessed shall be sold according to law Such
assessment shall be 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 in the district court of
said parish, in which tableau of assessment
thus to be filed the property assessed shall
be set forth, together with the amount as
sessed and the names of the owners thereof,
if known and if the owners names are not
known, then it shall be stated in said as
sessment 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 hOmOlogated;
that said order thus rendered shall be pub
ished 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 hO-
mologate said assessment rolls, which shall
be a Judgment against the property as
sessed, 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 Z. Be it further enacted, etc, That
no compensation shall be allowed to said
commissioners for their services, but thew
shall have the right to appoint and employ
such officers and employees as they deem
proper, and fix their salaries and eompen-
satiOn.
SEC g. 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. g. Be it further enacted, etc. That
this act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage, and 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.
tSigned) O. II. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House of REPRESENTATIVES.
(Signed) P. B. S. PINCHBACK.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Approved April %, 1872.
(Signed) H. G. WARNOTH
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
Ed HERRoN,
Secretary of State.