The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-05
OFFICIAL.
LAWS or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
EXTRA SESSION or 1877.
AN ACT
No. 4G.l

special leyes district within certain limits
prescribed In this aot, approved April !, 1876,
and to change the name OF the corporation
created by that act; 10 more fully define, ex-
tend and limit the powers and purposes OF
said corporation; to extend aud more fully
describe the boundaries Of said levse district;
TO empower said corporation 10 levy oontri-
buttons In aid OF said leyee and, under certain
contingencies. TO require under penalty the
performance OF labor by certain persons on
said levee; to enforce the collection OF such
contributions; TO confirm the provisions OF
said act, aud Tor other purposes.
SECTION 1. Be u enacted w The Senate and
House Of Representatives NJ The State Of Loutsi-
ana, In General Assembly oonuenea, That the
limits and boundaries OF the levee district shall
be ~ follows. to witt On the north by the upper
line OF section twenty seven, in township I've,
range eight, east; on the west by line running
due south from the point where The northern line
touches the eastern boundary Of section slightly
three, township five, range eight. east; and OK.
tending 10 the line dividing townships six and
seven OK range eight east; thence dus east to the
line OF the back concessions OF the lands on
Bayou Maringouin: thence along said line TO the
lower line OF township eight, range nine, east;
thence due east to Bayou MsrDgouin; thence In
a direct line to tho point where Bayou Blue
CROSSES the lower line OF section fifty-sevsn,
| township nine, range eleven, esst; thence TO the
| head OF Bayou Blue, and from Whence in direct
line 10 the lower line of the plantation Of Gay
Daigre, OH Bayou Crosse Tete; ON the east by
the Bayous Crosse Tets and Fordoohe; all OF said
| lands being In the parishes OF POlnte Coupee and
| Iberville.
| hro. q. BE u further enacted, etc.,, That the
name Of said corporation shall be the Ferdoche
| and Gross Tete Special Levee District Company.
GEO. 8. BE IL further enacted, etc.. That there
ehall be elected by the qualified voters Of said
district seven oommissio ters, who shall DO etyle
| and shall constitute Board OF Levee Commits.
eioners, and who shall hold office for two years;
aud, until the first election shall be held, the fol-
lowingl named persons, to-wit Max Mayer,
! r., MAI 1t,arL a
slack. Thomas MoCardle, William Harris, j. d.
| Major and Abram Afford shall act ~ commission
ers, vested with All tho powers delegated to the
elected commissioners by this act.
| sEo. 4. Be u further enacted, etc., That the
| Board Of Levee commissioners for this district,
and as constituted Under this sot, are hereby de-
clared TO DO q corporation, and vested with all
the powers OF corporation to carry out the OBJ
jeots for which they are created. and shall have
the right TO sue and DO sued either In the parish
Of Pointe Coupee or Ibetvie. and TO prosecute
and defend any suit. or may compromise any
matter pertaining to said corporation; aud sball
have common seal: and certified copies OF all
their proceedings or resolutions and certificate
of the secretary shall DO evidence in all courts.
The domice Of the company shall be at Mus
sons, in the parish OF Iberville.
kEo. 6. De IL further enacted. etc., That The
first election OF o mmissieners shall be held on
the fret Monday Of January, 1878. and be every
two years hereafter.
$40 O. 30 IL further enacted, eto., That IL shall
be the duty Of the Board OF Levee Commisstkars
to give public notice thirty DAYS, previous W the
election, that election will be held; 10 provide
boxes for the different election precincts in said
district; to appoint three commissioners of cleo
ton for esoh precinct, whose duty IL shall be TO
hold an election for commissioners, and TO deposit
in the boxes all the votes cast to count tho same
~ in the State elections, and 10 make q due re-.
turn thereof to the Beard Of Levee Commits
| SION re-.
sBo Z. BE il further enacted, etc.. That IL shall
1n E,tn sxT I, ks.g n.x.~
Levee Commissioners, after counting The returns,
TO Issue commissions to the parties who have re-
ceived majority OF the votes cast whose term
of Office shall commence on the first day OF March
succeeding the election.
Sec. 8. Be u further enacted, CO., That tho
Board Of [Leveel commissioners shall be The
sole judg, OF the election Of its members, and
shall have power to prescribe all rules and regu-
Bee o. Be IL further enacted, etc., That section
ton ofbsid act Is hereby amended and re-enscted
so ~ to read only as follows, viz That II shall
DO The duty OF tho levee commissioners Of this
district on the first Monday Of August OF each
year to proceed to make estm stes OF the probable
cost OF building and repairing levee which shall
commence ut tho northern line of said district,
and running down the west bank of Bayod For
doche and Crosse Tete to the dyke across Bayou
| Maringouib, and thence across said dyke and
down The Bayou Crosse Tete TO the soutbern
boundary Of snid district, and having made said
estimates, they shall levy contribution upon all
lands protected by sad evse, not to exceed fify
cents per acre for cleared lands, and twenty. ive
cents per acre for wood lands. which money shall
be appropriated by them for the purpose OF build
ing and repairing said loveo; propided, that when
said levee shall have been fully completed to its
proper size, the said assessment shall not exceed
| one fourth the above specified rates.
SIC. 10. BE IL further enacted, etc.,, That
they shall have power aud authority to appoint o
treasurer, inspectors OF levees. engineers, col
lector OF contributions, and all other officers
| which they may deem necessary; to fix the time
during which they shall hold Office, and the
causes for which they may DO removed and to do
| all other acts which may be necessary TO carry
into effect the provisions ofsthis law.
SIC. II; De further enacted, co., That IL
the collection Of the contributions levied by the
Board OF Levee Commissioners on the fret Mon
day Of October, and TO finish and pay over the
same by the fret Monday in December each year,
to the treasurer OF the levee board.
SEC. II. Be II further enacted, etc.,, That II
any person or corporation shall refuse or neglect
to pay the above specified levee contributions IL
shall be the duty Of the collector TO proceed to
the collection Of the same 10 the manner ap-
| pointed by law for the collection OF State taxes
SEQ. 10. Be u further enaoted. etc., That the
collector, before entering on the discharge Of his
duties, shall give bond, with two good sureties
In such sums ~ may DO determined upon by the
Board Of Levee Commissioners, the said bond to
be made payable to and approved by the Board Of
Levee Commissioners.
| SEC. IA. Be ii further enacted, etc, That the
Board Of Levee Commissioners shall have power
to locate all new levees, to establish their dimen-
sions, to mako contracts with contractors for the
building Of tho same, to make repairs on levees,
to divide the district into sections and appoint
inspectors over the same, to prescribe their
duties and TO enact penalties for the neglect
thereof They shall be authorized to receive in
payment for contributions duo them al v indebt-
edness Of said board arising from The making or
repairing Of levees, and to make such rules and
regulations as will facilitate the collection OF said
contributions; provided. that In case the said
levee company should cause the overflow Of any
lands, the police iuries Of either parish shall
70 '.e ilgnt 10 open the ievee ~ such place or
laces where 1t has caused the land to be over
howed; prootdod further, that any and all parties
injured by overflow caused by the building OF
sad ievee shall have legal recourse for damages
against the levee board.
| SIC. 10. Be u further enacked ETC., That il