Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-31


comply with the requirements or such pro.
vision of this act I; and the actions and
proceeding of said commissioners in the
premises shall have the Same validity and
force - # they had been done and perform
cd BY aid ofaocr. rs /
Be and the same Is hereby amended and
so as to read rs follows.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
for the purpose of providing and maintain /
ing proper and efficient levees throughout |
all the portions of the State watered by |
he Mississippi river and the rivers, streams |
and bayous running into and from the |
same, and to protect the inhabitant from |
inundations, the State of Louisiana con- |
tracts and agrees with the said Louisiana !
Levee Company in terms as follows.
l. That in order to maintain a uniform
and perfect system. the location and dimen- |
siOns of all levees to be constructed, main |
tanned, repaired and kept in repair and
managed, shall be determined by com
mission Of three engineers, to be appointed
as follows, to wit. One by the Governor
of the State of Louisiana, who is hereby
authorized and directed to appoint said en-
gineer within thirty days after the accept
ance of the terms of this act by the said
company, as herein after provided; one by
the government Of the United States. 1t
shall be the duty of said commission, and
they are hereby directed to determine the
proper location and dimensions Of all levees
to be constructed, repaired or strengthened
by said corporation, and the standard of
dimensions to which they shall be maintain
ed by said company, and to report the same
with maps and proiles thereof, and the
number of cubic yards to be built in the
construction of new leyees, ani j, the
strengthening, eplargin" ai.,' u li..a sLo
levees now III existence, 10 $40 secretary Of
War, the Governor of the State and the
president of said company. They shall also,
ON or before the first day of October in
each year, prepare report, with a state
ment in detail of the number and location
of the levees to DO constructed during the
year next ensuing, with a careful estimate
Of the number of cubic yards such levees
will contain when completed, and shall de-
| liver one copy of said statement and esti
mate to the Governor of the State, one copy
so the Auditor Of Public Accounts, and one
copy to the president of the Louisiana Lee
wee Company, and the said company shall
not be required to build, during the year,
any levees except those required to be built
by said commission; provided, however,
|
ed destruction Of any levees from the cav
ing of the banks subsequent to the first day
of October, and after the report and state
ment above referred to shall be made, then
said commission shall be authorized to sub
stitute levees in front of such breaks or
threatened breaks in lien of other levees of
less pressing necessity and provided furth-
er. thyt in cases when such substitution can
not be made without detriment to public
interests, than the Levee Company shall
build the levees in front of such breaks,
and the cost of the same shall be credited
to the account of said company on the next
succeeding year. The member Of said COM
mission appointed by the Governor shall
be paid by the State at the rate ofsix thou
sand dollar per annum. Any two members
of said commission shall be competent to
perform the duties imposed upon said CON-
mission, and their decision shall be suffi-
cient and shall be accepted and taken as
and for the decision of said commission
provided, that the neglect, failure or refus-
al of the government Of the United States,
OF os the Governor of this State, to appoint
member Of said commission as Aforesaid
shall not in any respect invalidate or an.
, null this agreement. Aud the said commits.
sion, and the members of it, are, and each
of them is, vested with all and every pow
er, authority and right requisite and neces
sary for the discharge of said duties.
9. That the said Louisiana Levee Com
, pany, for and in consideration Of the com
pensation, benefits, rights and powers he Q
matter stated, shall take charge of, man
age. control, construct, maiutain, repair
an d keep in repair all the levees in tbi
State on the Mississippi river, its tributa
ries and outlets, and such levees Ill tn,
State of Arlausas as may be necessary II
protect any OF the lands Of tho State iron
overflow by the waters of the Mississippi
or Arkansas river; provided, however
that the consent of the State of Arkansa
be first had and obtained to the building
constructing, maintenance, management
and repairing of said levees in the said las
mentioned State.
5. That for the purpose OF carrysrs; ca
the provisions of the preceding article. tn
said Louisiana Levee Company is here4.
vested with the sole aud exclusive custody
Management and control of all the lcvee
of this StaSs for the period of twenty-on
wears from the day when this act shall tax
effect. Said corporation shall have ful
right and authority at all times to ente
upon and occupy, as far as may be necessa
~, by their surveyors or engineers, cor
tractors, agents and servants, together wit
|, all necessary carts, animals, tools, mater
ais and equipments, all such lands as ma
l be necessary and to remain as long as ma
, be necessary for the purpose of doing au
performing all and singular the matter
and things required to be done and pei
formed in and about the inspecting, build
ing, construction, maintenance, repairin
. or management of the levees as aforesaid
Q and to take, free of cost, from said land.
!. stone, gravel, earth and timber as the sam
! may be necessary for the purpose afort
said, with full right of way and the RICH
= and power to use and occupy sufacien
J portion of land-without remuneration
the owner OF occupant thereof-for tn
!, purpose of locating, erecting, constructing
: repairing aud extending said levees an
. the said corporation shall have all til
. rights, powers and preroga.,seS, 81 =,
: spect to the location, constructions, rnair
= tenance and management of said levees .
are now vested by law in the State, paris
or municipal authorities; provided, how
y ever, that said corporation shall have II