The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16

Il writ of mandamuS, directed to
said officer who shall neglect, fail
or refuse to perform said matter
Or things as aforesaid, command
ing him to do and perform tho
matter or thing 50 as aforesaid re-
quired OF him, and said judge shall
therefore issue said mandamuS;
that said Judge may, in
his decretiOn, appoint speeia
commission, with full power TO do
and perform such matter or thing;
aud to comply with the require
mentS of such provision of this
act; and the actions and proceed
ing Of said commissioner i'll the
premises shall have the same va
lidity and force us ifthey had been
done and performed 10y said officer.
be and the same is hereby
amended and reenacted SO as to
read as follows:
SeCs =. BE it further enacted, etc,
That for the purpose of providing
and maintaining proper and eff
cient lcveeS throughout all the
portion of the State watered by
the Mississippi river and the riv-
erS, streams aud bayUuS running
into aud from the SAME, and to
protect the inhabitants from in
undtions. the State of Louisiana
contracts aud agrees with the
said Louisiana Devee Company
i'll terms as follows: s .aL
l. That in order to maintain
Il uniform and perfect system, the
locations and dimensions of all
leveeS to be constructed, main
tanned repaired, and kept in re-
pair and munaged. shall be tie
termined by IL commission of
three engineers, to be appointed
as follows; to wit, One by the
GOvernOt Of The state of Louis
lana, who Is hereby authorized
and directed 10 appoint said en-
gineer within thirty days after
the acceptance Of the terms OF
this act by the said company; as
heseinalter provided; one by the
Louisiana Levee Company, and
one by the government of the
United States. 1t shall be the
duty of said commission, and
they Dire hereby directed to de.
termined the proper location and
dimensions of all; levees to be
constructed, repaired Ur strength
ened by said corporation, and
the standard of dimensions to
which they shall be maintained
by said company, and to report
the same with maps and profiles
thereof, and the number OF cubic
yards To be built in the conStruC-
tiOn of the new leveeS, and iii the
strengthening, enlarging and re-
pairing the leveeS now i'll exist
ence, to the 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 statement in detail of
the number and the location of leveeS
to be constructed during the year next
ensuing, with careful estimate of thG
number of cubic yards such levees will
Contain when cou!pleted, and stall de-
liver one copy of said statement and
estimate to the GoAern"r of the State,
one copy to the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts. and one copy To the president
OF the Louisiana Lryea Company, and
the said Company shall not be required
to build during the year, any l3Yees
except those required tn be built by
said commission; provided. however,
that in case of the destruction or
threatened destruction of any leveGs
from the caving of the banks suBse-
quent to the first day of October, ind
after the report aud statement abpvo
referred 70 shall be made. then said
commission shall be authorized to sub
stituts levees Ia front Of such breaks
or threatened breaks III lieu of other
icyees of less pressing necessity; and
provided further, that IN cases when
such substitution can not be made with
out detIimcnt 10 public interests, then
the Leyee Company shall build the
levees in front of such breaks, and the
cost of the sduie shall be credited tu
the account nf.said company on the
next succeeding year. A member Of
said commission appointed by the Gov
ernor shalt be- paid by the State at the
rate of six thousand dollars per annuni.
Any two members pf said commission
shall be competent to do and perform
the duties Imposed upon said commits
sion, and their decision shall be sufii-
cient and shall be and accepted and
taken as and for the decIsiou of said
commissiony provided, that the neg
iect, failure are refusal of the govern
ment ofthe United States, or of the
/ Governor of this State, TO appoint a