The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-16
Laws o. tie State Of Louisiana.
Published by Authority.
No. 49, AN ACT

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10 amend and re-enact section two
ofan act entitled An Act rela-
tive to the Louisiana Levee
Company, a corporation organ
lied under the general laws of
this State, cOnstitutingit BODY
l. polite and corporate, with GER
tain powers, privileges and fran
chlSeS, and contracting with
said corporation for the con-
struction, maintenance and re-
s. pair OF certain leveeS, and pro-
viding for compensation there
for, approved February 20, 1871:
also, TO amend and re-euact sec
ton one of an act entitled "An
Act ratifying and confirming
"a contract between the LouiSi-
ana LeVee Company and the
Governor of the State of Louisi-
ana" approved February 2S,
1871; providing for the accept
ance of said amendments bv the
Louisiana Levee Company, and
authorizing and requiring a
yearly estimate oflevees to be
built; reducing the compensa-
ton therefor from sixty to fifty
cents per cubic yard, and provid-
ing for committing timber work
into earth work. -.-....
Section l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tiveS of the State of Louisiana in
General Assembly convened, That
the second section of act No. 1 of
the session of 1911, approved Feb
raary 20, 1871, and entitled "An
Act relative to the Louisiana
Levee Company, a corporation
organized under the general laws
OF this State, constituting it a
body polite and corporate, with
certain powers, privileges and
franchises, and contracting with
said corporation for the constrUc-
ton maintenance and repair of
certain leveeS, and providing for
compensation therefor said sec
ond section of said act being in the
following words:
Sec. =. Be it further enacted,
etc, That for the purpose of pro-
NIding and maintaining proper
and efficient levees throughout all
the portion of the State wartered
by the Mississippi river and the
rivers, streams and hayouS run
nlng into and from the same, and
TO protect the inhabitants from in
undatiOns, the State of Louisiana
contracts and agrees with the said
louisiana Leyee Company i'll terms
as follows:
l. that in order to maintain a
uniform and perfect system, the
location and dimensions of all
leveeS TO be constructed, maintain
ed, repaired and kept in repair and
managed, shall be determined by i
commission of three engineers, TO
be appointed rs follows, to wit:
One by the Governor OF the State
of Louisiana, who is hereby au-
thOriZed and directed 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
Louisiana Levee Company, and
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 nand dimensions
of all leveeS TO be constructed,
repaired or strengthened by the
said corporation, and the standard
of dimensions TO which they shall
be maintained by said company,
aud TO report the same with maps
and protileS thereof, and the num-
Der of cubic yards to be built in
the construction of new levees and
the strengthening enlarging and
repairing the leveeS now in exist
ence, to the Secretary of War, the
Governor of the State, and the
president of said company, which
report shall be made in sections Of
! five miles or more OF said levees.
Any two members of said com
missions shall be competent to do
and perform the duties hereby i'm
posed upon the said commission,
aud their decision shall be suffi-
Icient and shall be accepted and
taken as and for the decision of
said commission; provided, that
the neglect. failure or refusal of
the government of the United
States OF of the Governor of this
State to appoints a member of said
commission as aforesaid shall not,