New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-17

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i.vees ordered by tins commission, regardless OF
the fact that no provisions by tax collections can
bs made TO pay for same or whether it is the duty
| of this commission 10 rev se ard reduce our list
and discr inmate bet ween the vees t, be built or
left open and reduce the quantity to the ability OF
| the State to pay
! In reply have to say that have given the mat
| ter my attention, and it is my opinion that the
| funding bill limits the ability of the State to paw
| for levee purposes to the tax of three mills aud
| that the Levee Company, being under the law
| simp contractor with the State to build levces
at so much per cubic yard not be expec. ed to
build more levees than the state has the ability
| to pay for. Act No A. of 1874 directs the commits
sion Of engineers "On before the first dav of DC.
tober in each year, TO prepare report. with a
statement in detail Of the nu pber and location of
the leveas TO be constructed during the year t
ensuing" You will observe that the law re fers to
the levees "tO be coustructed " no. to the levees
! 'liat ought to be constructed and as the Levee
Company can he required to build only limited
number of the levees which ought to Re built, it is
manifestly proper that the commission of engi
neers should indicate the levees which shall be
built.
have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
A. p. FIELD Attorney General.
The levee commissioners Immediately
sent the following notification to the Levee
Company:
OFFICE OF CoNw,ssIoy OF ENGINEERS,
New Orleans, October II. 1874. :
John Henderson, Bsq., President Of Lou,siana
Levee Company, No. % Carondeet street:
SrR-At q meeting of the con mission of engi
neeIs held this day the following resolution was
Resolved, That the acting secretary of this board
be and is hereby directed to inform the Louisiana
Levee Company OF the suggestion made by the
sion or aggregation of the repair fund tax with the
construction fund tax. 80 that the number Of cub
YARDS OF levee work to be built the ensuing year
snan oe based upon the appropriation of the whole
.ntse mil tax, levied for lev.e purposes: being
aPplea to the construction fend aud request that
salG company shall express their concurrence in
s9Gn =. .opostlon as carry possible that the list
form TO the tax.
In pursuance with said resolution herewith lsy
before you the correspondence OF tho Auditor and
Attorney General or the subject of the leraes and
the tax ano ask your company to officially inform |
the commission OF engineers whether Won Orea fo
the fusion of the repair and construciion tres a.
suggested, to be ratified by the General Assemble
at its next session.
am also directed to notify your cOmpanv that |
the list of leve ordered bui,t by this board Oc
tober will be revised and reduced to conform IN |
the available tax. be it the two or three mills for
construction.
have the honor to De Yours most resrActf,,Ilv
II. JEFF THOMPSON
Acting Secretary Commission CT Engineers.
The FLOWING reply was received:
Lor1sr.SA LkvEE CoAPASr.) |
No % Cafondeet street. ; |
New Orleans. October H. 1874.
General James Longstreet, Chairman OF Commits
zion OF Engineers:
S,R-The communication of your board Through
your acting secretary OF the tweIth instant CON
veying copy of solution adopted By your board
has been considered BIZ the board OF directors OF
I his company. and am Instructed 10 INFORM yon
Of their action upon the same.
The board unanimously adopted the foucwluS
resolution: |
Resolved. That the board having considered the
alton of the commission OF engineers
fund with the construction fund. SO that the whoe
may be applied used in the building Of new lev.
,es directs the secretary OF the company to INFORM