Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-27
No-4s:
AN ACT ~

AN ACT
To amend and re-enact section two of an
act relative to the Louisiana Levee Com
pany, a corporation organized under the
general laws of this State, constituting
it a body polite and corporate, with GER
tain powers, privileges and franchises,
and contracting with SAID corporation
for the construction, mGintainanee and
repairs Of certain levees, and providing
for compensation therefor, approved
February 20, 1871; also, to amend and
re-enact section one of an act entitled
ian act ratifyihg and confirming Q con-
tract between the Louisiana Levee Com
pany and the Governor OF the State of
Louisiana approved February y, III
providing for the acceptance of said
amendments by the Louisiana Levee
Company, and authorizing and requiring
a yearly estimate of leyees to be built !;
reducing the compensation therefor from
sixty TO fifty ceuts per cubit yard, and
providing for committing timber work
into earth work.
| Section /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly conyen-
ed, That the second section of act No. OF
the session of 1871, approved February 20,
| 1871, and entitled IAN act relative 10 the
Louisiana Leyee Company, a corporation
organized under the general laws OF TINS
State constituting it body polltie and
corporate, with certain powers, privileges
| and franchises, and contracting with said
| corporation for the construction, maintain
ance and repairs Of certain levees and pro-
viding for compensation therefor" said se-
| cond section of said act being in the follow
| ing Words
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
for the purpose of providing aud maintain
| ing proper and efficient leyees throughout
all the portion of the State watered by the
! Mississippi river ard the rivers, streams
| and bayous running into and from the
same, and to protect the inhabitants from
| inundations. the State of Louisiana con-
! tracts and agrees with the sand Louisiana
Levee Company in terms as follows:
| l. That in order to maintain uniform
and perfect system, the location and dimen-
sons of ell levees to be constructed, main.
| tsined, repaired and kept in repair and
maraged, shall be determined by com
mission of three engineers, to be appointed
as follows, to-wit:
One by the Governor of the State ofLou
/ isiana, who is hereby authorized and oil
rected to appoint said engineer within
| thirty days after the acceptance OF the
/ terms of this act by the said company as
hereinafter provided; one by the Louisians
Leyee Company, and one by the govern.
ment of the United States. 1t shall be the
duty of said commission, and they are here
by directed to determine the proper loca
ton and dimensions of all the levees to b'
constructed, repaired or strengthened by
the said corporation, and the standard o
dimensions to which they shall be main
tanned by said company, and to report tn,
same with maps and proiles thereof, ant
the number of cubt yards to be built IL
the construction of new levees. and IN tn
strengthening, enlaTging and repairing To
levees now in existence, TO the Secretary o
/ War, the Governor of the State, and tn
! President1o of said company, which repor
shall be made in sections of five miles o
! more of said levees.
Any two members of said commission
shall be competent to do and perform tn
duties hereby imposed upon the said com
mission, and their decision shall DO suth
cient and shall be accepted and taken
and for the decision of said commission
provided, that the neglect, failure or re
fusal Of the government of the Unite'
States OF Of the Governor of this State &
appoint.a memhersof said commission a
| aforesaid shall not, in any respect, inyali
date or annul this agreement, and the sal,
/. commission and the members of 1T, ant
, each of them, is vested with all and ever
. power, authority ami right requisite an
necessary for the discharge of said duties
2. That the said Louisiana Levee Con
pany for and in consideration of the con
| pensation, benefits, rights and powers herr
matter stated, shall take charge of, ma q
| age, control, construct, maintain, repai
= and keep in repairs, all the levees in TIL
State On the Mississippi river, its tributs
ries and outlets, and such levees in I'll
State of Arkansas az may be necessary (
/ | protect any of the lafds Ct this from over
! flow by the waters of the Mississippi or A
kansas rivers, provided however, that th
{ consent Of the State of Arkansas be frG
, had and obtained to the building, COZ
structing, maintenance, management an
. repairing Of said leyees in said last mention
ed State. ..t..-.s
3. That for the purpose of carrying OF
the provisions of the precedent article, IL
! said Louisiana Levee Company is hereb
, vested with the sole and exclusive custod
management and control of all the levei
I of this State fer the period of twenty-or
years from the day when this act sha
tdhO cliCNt nhiN wi lOA0A1oA- oht-A Ia
1 full right and authority, at all times,
I enter upon and occupy, as far as may
i necessary: by their surveyors or engineer
r contr actors, agents and servants, togeth.
, with all necessary carts, animals, tool
materials and equipments all such lant
g as may be necessary, and TO remain
/ long as may be necessary for the purpol
of doing and performing all and singuli
the matters and things required to be dor
. and to performed in and about the inspec
! ing, building, construction, maintenance
I. repairing or management of the levees
4 aforesaid, and to take free of cost, fro
4 said land, stone, gravel, earth and timbe
! as the same [may1 be necessary for Il
r purpose aforesaid with full right Of va
f and tho right and power to use and occuI
, sufficient portion of land, without rem
a neration to the owner or occupant thereC
! for the purpose of locating, erecting, co
! str,icting, repairing and extending sa
i levees; and the said corporation shall ha'
! all the rights, powers and prerogativ
with respect to the location, constructio
> maintenance and management of said
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