New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-02

immediately after the passage of this act
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 empO wered
TO drain tue said Grand Marie, and they
shall cause a plan thereof to be made, ac
curately designating the lands to be drained
and the names of the prOpretors. Sneh
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
the plan thereof is deposited, and the
prObuble 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 parish Of Iberia, which court, upon due
proof being made of the publication of said
notices aforesaid, shall decree that each
portion of the property situated within the
limits OF the property to be drained, and all
DIulDtIlN ~ Ut ututuAtu Nv sdll uAdihus5Ot
designated ON the plan made by said board
of commissioners, is subjected to a hrst
mortgage lien and privilege in favor OF SAID
board of commissioners for such amount as
may be assessed upon such properly tOr us
proportion of the costs of draining sald
Grand Marie, and interest thereon az elght
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 a certified copy Of
the 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
DO required by said board of COM
missiOners to record the said decree
in the name of any or all of the prOprietOrs
of real property designated on said plan,
he shall lie 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 desig
mated by said board of commissioners, each
recorder shall mention therein that sucn
property is subject to a lien, privilege and
first mortgage in favor of the board oil com
missiOuers of said parish, for such sum of
money as may be assessed on such property
for the drainage thereof Said lien, privl-
lege aud first mortgage shall take prece-
dence over all mortgages, liens and prlvl-
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. s. Re it further enacted, etc, That
said buaIti 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.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
on nen 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 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 tiled the property assessed shall
be set forth, together with the amount as
sesseG ard the names of the owners thereof
if known: and if the owners names are not
known then it shall be stated III said as
sessmeEt roll that the property assessed be
longs to owners unknown: that petition
shall be dled with said assessment roll pray
ing for ali 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 shalE uut be approved and hOmOlogated;
that said order thus rendered shall be pup
lished at least once each week Tor tour
weeks in one newspaper published In SAID
nd nftnp said notification the SAID
court shall on motion of the counsel OF SAID
board Of commissioners, approve and no
mOloratc said assessment rolls, which shall
be a iud gnent against the property as
sessed aud the owners thereof, on which
execution NAV 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 ia pay five per cent in addition to
the amount assessed to pay costs and cOun-
sci fees.
SEC. :. Be it further enacted, etc, That
no compensation shall be allowed 10 salu
commissioners for their services, but they
shall have the right to appoint and employ
such officers and employees as they deem
proper. and tx their salaries and cOmpen-
satiUn.
SEC. 8 BE it further enacted etc, That
the lands reclaimed under the provisions OF
this act shall be exempt from taxation until
the wear eighteen hundred and eighty-tive.
SIC. 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 he and the same are hereby repealed.
lSignrdl O. H. BREWSTER,
Sneaker IF the House of Representatives.
lSimed) P.B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved April %. 1872 ~
JSignrdl II c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
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