New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-15

IL. y. " ANhOlH II,
Governor of the State of Loui siana.
Be and the same is hereby amended and
re enac ed so Is TO read as follows:
SECTION |. Be il enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives. Of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That all the provisions of contract
entered into between the Louisiana Levee
Company, party Of the first part, and the
Governor of the State of Louisiana, PAL ty
of the second part, are hereby accepted,
ratified and confirmed, the aforesaid con-
tract being in terms az follows, to wit:
United States of America, State of koui>i
ana, city of New Orleans.-BtfUre me-
Pierre Charles Cuvillier, notary public in
and for the CITY and parish of Orleans,
duly commissioned and sworn, and in
tire presence of the witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared NJ. A. Bryson, John n. Botin-
ger, j. 5. Clark, John j. Anderson, George
f. Sherman, 7. Y. Barbot, A. q. Brice,
Charles L. Howard, John A. Morris. A. d.
Banks, II. G. Millaudon, +. &. Remck, NJ
A. Southworth. II. I. Burgess, Durant Da
Ponte and Michael Hahn, herein represent
ing the Louisiana Levee Company, body
corporate, established under the laws of
this State by an act dated the eleventh of
February. 1871, in this office, the said
Louisiana Levee Company being the
party hereto of the first part, and
ii. c. Warmoth, Governor of the State
Of Louisiana, III his said capacity, party
hereto of the second part, who severally
declared as follows:
Whereas, A bill has Ia1sed both houses
of the General Assembly of the State OF
Louisi ma under the title of IAN act relative
to the Louisiana Levee Company, corpora
ton organized under the general laws of
the State, constituting it d body polite and
corporate, with certain powers, privileges
and franchises, and contracting with said
corporation" etc, which said bill is now
before the Governor of said State for his
approval, and whereas said parties of the
first part will be required to accept the
terms, conditions and stipulatons of said
act OF the General Assembly after it be-
come. d law before the same will become
binding on the said parties OF the first part,
and
Whereas. Certain notifications OF and
additions to said act and contract are ad
visable' and have been agreed on between
the parties hereto OF the first and
second parts, and IL is desirable that
such notifications and additions be clearly
defined and stipulated between the parties
aforesaid before tho bill or act aforesaid
shall become q Law. with view that after
the said act is signed and is accepted by
the parties OF the first part, the said modin-
cation and additions shall Dc embodied IN
an &C. of the General Assembly, 90 aid in
doing which the parties hereto Of the first
and of the second part, and each subscriber
individually shall give hi. earnest aid. with
the understanding that should. for any
cause whatever. the bill embodying said
notifications and additions fail to become
a law. nevertheless the parties to this act
agree and bind themselves that said modi
fcations and additions. as stipulated and
set forth in this act, shall be forever obliga
tory and binding upon the said parties of
the first part. unless released therefrom by
the said fparties! OF the second part. There.
fore the following are stipulated and agreed
to as thd notifications and additions here.
inbefote mentioned and referred to. viz:
I. Article three Of the second section Of
said act shall be so construed that no greater
rights or privileges shall be granted 10 said
company, party Of the first part empower
Ing them 20 take private property for the