The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-11
such warrants from state tax collectors in

der to provide funds for the works herein
contemplated and contracted for under act
No. 5, extra session OF 1873, the Auditor is
hereby directed to levy upon the assessment
rolls Of 1878, and annually thereafter, q tax OF
one mill upon oil taxable property OF the
State for leyee purposes, the same to consti-
tuts and be known as the general engineer
fund and to be collected I'm the same manner
Ms ID provided for the collection OF other taxes
Of the State, IL being the intention OF this act
that the only general tax levied or collected
shall be the one mill tax already levied in the
general revenue or other laws.
SEQ. Z. BE IL further enacted, ETC., That the
State shall be divided for levee purposes into
six levee districts. composed OF the ailuyiai
lands within the following limits, TO wilt Dis
triCt No. TO consist OF all parishes and parts
OF parishes lying east Of the Mississippi ana
south of the lower or southern line OF the
parish Of st. james, and thence down to the
sea, exclusive Of the parish Of Orleans, VIZ :
part Of ~. John, part Of st. Charles, part oil
Jefferson, st. Bernard and part OF Pihqte-
mines; district No.2 TO consist OF all par
shes and parts OF parishes lying enst oil ths
Mississippi and south and west Of the. hills,
from the city Of Baton Rouge down to the
8 uthern or lower line Of the parish Of ut
james, viz: part of East Baton Rouge, part
OF Iberville, part Of Ascension and part OF 81
james; district No 5 TO consist Of oil par
shes and parts Of parishes between the M IS
slssippl, Bayou Lafourcbe and the Gulf, viz :
part OF Ascension. part Of st. james, part OF
st. John, part Of St. Charles, part OF Jeifer-
son. part Of Orleans, part OF Plaquenines
part Of Assumption and part of Lafourche;
district No. 4 to consist OF all parishes and
parts Of parishes south OF Red river and be-
tween the Mississippi and Bafourcne on
the east and the township line divid-
Bayou Petite Prairie, down Bayou
Petite Prairie TO tho Atchafalaya river,
down the Atchafalaya river TO the north
boundary Of ST Martin, along this line to the
Teehe, thence down the Teche, and thence
down the Atchafalaya, viz: part Of Ayoyelles,
Pointe Coupee. West Baton Rouge, part OF
Ibervllle, part OF Ascension, part Of st. Lam
dry, part of st. Martin. part OF Iberia, part
Of st. Mary. part Of Assumption, part Of La
fourche and TerreboDne; district No. 10
consist Of all parishes between the Mississippi
on the east and the Bayous Macon and Ten
sas. and Black and Red rivers on the west,
viz: East Carroll, Madison, Tehsas and Con-
cordia; prOUidci, that for the parishes OF
Caddo. Bosser, Red River, De Soto, Grant,
Rapldes, Ouachita, West Carroll, Morehousc,
Caldwell, Catahoula, Richand and Franklin
no Board OF Levee Commissioners shall be
appointed, but each Of said parishes shall
form q separate sub district, and iii ehch OF
these sub-districts the police jury shall dis
charge separately. for their own parish, the
duties assigned to the Board of Bevee Com
missioners In other districts; and they are
hereby empowered to act separately or joint
ly, as they may decide.
DEC. .. lie W JHTEHtF tItUtIfu, fu, tfhb bIt
Governor shall appoint Board of Levee Com
missioners for each OF These districts, to be
composed of one member from each parish
comprised wholly or in part Within the dis
triCt The commissioners SO appointed shall
hold Office for the term of two years. and
shall serve without compensation other than
| actual expenses while engaged upon the pub
lie duties required of them under this act.
This compensation shall be paid upon their
own warrants, accompanied by an ac-
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board, out Of the district levee fund
to which they belong. These boards shall
assemble annually, at point within their re-
spectlve districts indicated by the Governor,
on or before the first day OF September, and
| at such other times as the Governor shall
call extra meetings. majority OF the MEM
bers comprising each OF these boards shall
| form o. quorum, and this quorum is autho-
| rized, beyond the power OF organization and
| tranSactlnR their other prescribed duties TO
impose and collect fine Of not less than two
hundred and fifty dollars upon any absent
| members who shall have signified acceptance
| of the appointment. The president OF the police
| Jury Of any parish whose district levee com
| missioner Is absent, shall appoint q citizen
from that parish to temporarily fill the va
cancy. At each OF these meetings,
the Board OF State Engineers shall
present an estimate OF the levee
work required In that district, setting forth
Mt the same time the amount OF the general
engineer fund which will be available there
for. The district board OF commissioners
shall then proceed to levy tax on all real
estate and taxable property, payable on the
| assessment rolls OF 1878 and oil subsequent
| years, sufficient to cover the estimate OF levee
| work required In the district, as presented by
| the Board of State Engineers, which shall
not be more than five mills, except by a unan-
imous vote OF the levee district commission
ers; proUiied, that In the Fifth Levee District
majority vote shall be sufficient TO levy q
tax Of not more than ten mills. The compen-
sation of the tax collectors and assessors
shall be the same under this act as for all
other State taxes; proptded, that In parishes
| which are not wholly comprised In one levee
district the assessor shall make separate rolls
| for each part Of the parish included In any
district.
| SEC. 0. BE a. further enncted, etc., That the
tax on property thus levied and collected
shall be paid into the State treasury, and
shall be known as the District Leyee Fund.
4 The amount raised in each district shall be
| kept seperate, and shall be expended only on
works within the district in which 1t was col
| lected, unless otherwise ordered by the leyee
commissioners OF that district; progided, that
any balance remaining unexpended for the
year in which 1t was raised shall be passed
| to the credit OF the district Ia which 1t was
raised for future years.
SEQ. 10. BE IL further enacted ETC., That the
police juries OF the several parishes OF the
State are hereby invested with the manage
ment and control OF all public levees Of the
State, and OF all completed public works
which may require public care Tor protection
or preservation; and they are hereby author
lied and required to make such regulations
as are necessary and proper for their repair
preservation and protection.
SEQ. Il. BE ii further enccfed, ETC., THAI
! both the general engineer fund, and the dis
| trict leyee fund, shall be expended by The
Governor under the provisions OF this act
proUided, that in case any district shall refuse
to comply with the estimates OF the Board 0
Engineers, then the said district shall not b.
entitled to any portion OF the general engi
near fund.
SEC. IL. Be 10 further enacted, etc. That Il
case the levee commissioners provided for In
this act neglect or refuse to assess the tar
provided for Ia this act, then the Auditor o
Public Accounts shall assess tax, not to ex
coed five mills, for levee purposes only, in thu
district or districts in which the commission
ers have refused or neglected TO assess tht
tax, as provided In this act.
SEQ. Is. BE IL further enacted, ETC., That THU
act shall take effect from and after its pas
sage and that all laws and parts OF laws il
| conflict Herewith shall be and are hereby re
| ppaled. nrOg,idpd that nothing in this ac