The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-29

or other purposes, unless upon written APP
plication OF the owner Of the land lie shall
have obtained the consent Of the Police Jul
| ~ where tile levee may be located, to per.
! nit him to make and use said fume or pip
/ ing.
SEC. 6. Be II further enacted, ETC., That in
addition to the conditions prescribed in the
preceding section, the party applying fol-
permission to cut the levec and insert there
in fumes or piping, shall pay previously
| into the parish. treasury, all annual license
on each and every flune or piping used fol
the cultivation OF crop, a sum not to ex-
coed the rate OF two dollars and fifty cents
/ 1nr every perpendicular foot of lcvee cut.
counting from the bottom Of the ditch OF
fiume to the crown of the 1evee and this
license shall equally apply to rice fumes
already i'll use at the passage OF this act,
AND the same shall be due and payable be-
tween the first day of May and first day OF
October, annually; and should any person
fail to pay said license by that latter date,
he shall forfeit his right to the said flume,
and the same shall be closed at his expense.
SEC. 4. he II farther enacted, etc., That
| this annual license shall bear as q first lien
and privilege upon the crops of the year
raised upon the plantation to be benefited,
and shall be collected by the Tax Collector,
without any judicial proceeding or process
whatsoever, by seizure of property of the
| without appraisement, at times and places
usual ~ Sheriff sales, at any time after the
first OF May, annually: and no person owing
this license shall be considered as released
from the payment thereof by reason OF for
teiture OF same, Us provided in section g.
Sec. s. BE II further enacted, etc., That
any person who shall cut any levee, in this
State, made and kept up under the authority
OF the State or any parish or leyec district,
IN violation OF the provisions OF this act, for
the purpose Of placing therein fumes for
the culture OF rice or other purposes, shall
be deemed guilty of Il crime against the
State, and OH conviction thereof, before any
court OF compelen jurisdiction, shall be
punished by imprisonment. with or without
hard labor, Tor Il term not to exceed twelve
months and not less than one month, and
fined III sum not to exceed five hundred
dollars and it shall be The duty OF the levee
OEerScer, inspector, president and members
OF the Police Jury, and all other parochial
officers, to give information to the proper
authorities of the violation Of this act.
SEC. .. DC II further enacted, etc, That all
money paid into the parish treasury for
licenses for rice fumes, and for fines arising
from convictions, as provided i'll the preccd
ing section, shall be set aside and usel ex-
clusively in taking out old and abandoned
fumes and restoring the original condition
OF the cvce, and for expenses of superin-
teniencc ana administration.
SEC. TO- BcH further cnacted etc., That
in any parish, where there may be rice
fumes, the Board OF State Engineers is here
by authorized to appoint Il competent per-
son to be lcvce inspector for said parish,
whose duty it shall be to inspect the co,ldi-
ton OF all rice fumes and other cuts in the
1evee, as well us the general condition of the
levee itself and to report same to said board.
He shall also superntcnd the construction
r oil L.,
made in any levce, and see that the work is
executed according to the plans, spccifca-
tons and directions furnished to him by the
Board Of State Engineers. Fo. all such
services said inspector shall receive, its a
compensation, one-lalf of all suns annually
collected from t1ume licenses, payable on
the certificate Of the Chief State Engineer.
that faithful services have been rendered.
SEC. II. Be il farther enacted, etc., That
nothing III this act shall be construed as
to give Hny individual Il proprietary right
i'll any public levce of the State, by the act
of his paying u license for any privilege
herein granted; and if the Board OF Engi-
neers Or Police Jury, at any time, should
condemn as unsafe any such openin. in the
lcvcc, the license for the same shall he re-
voketl on the return to the party Of the full
amount Of the license which may have been
paid for snch privilege, and said authorities
may, at any time. when any tlnme shall he
come unsafe from decay Of material or other
cause, require the person using it to have
same taken up ANA replaced in a secure and
substantial manner, and they shall also re-
quite all parties to drain off from the foot
OF the lcyee, on the land side, the water that
may accumulate there flowing from the
fumes that they may use; and should any
danger arise from neglect of this provisicn
it shall work Il forfeiture Of their license.
SEC. II: BE ii fu1tAer enacted, ETC., That
it shall be lawful for any person in this
State, desiring to cut any public Ievee made
and kept up by the State, parish, special or
general lcvcc district authority. for the pur-
pose OF nsing the same as Il roadway for
travel or hauling or for the purpose of plac-
ing therein iron piping for the use of ma
chincry; propidcd, that he shall have OBJ
tanned from the Police Jury of the parish
where said lcvee may be situated permission
to make said work and haze deposited in the
parishtreaslrg sufficient amount of money
to refill said cut, the said amount of deposit
TO be asccrtainch at the rate of twenty-five
cents per cubic yard Of rctilling to I've made,
all OF which work shall he dore under the
supervision OF the ovcrseer of the lcycc
ward Or ct inspector Of ltvccs appointed by
the Board OF STATE Engineers, as provided
ia section 10.
SEC. -. Be il further enacted. etc., That
any person Whiting the pro visions of the
preceding section by cutting any levcc kept
nj by public authority as therein provided,
without previously complying with the pro
visions of this act shall be prosecuted be
fore any court OF competent jurisdiction,
and Oh conviction shall be sentenced to i'm
prisonmcnt i'll the parish Jail for Il tcrnl,not
to exceed six months. and fined in a sum
not to exceed two hundred dollars.
SEC. ii. BE II further enacted, etc.. That
any regulations not specially designated i'll |
this act which may he necessary to carry
out fully the provisions of the same, shall
be made by the several Police ,Juries, acting
together with the Board Of State Engineers
Whenever a safe plan OF flushing rice fields
may be adopted, by the use of SYMPTOMS or
otherwise, and the same be approved and |
recommended by the Board of State Engi- !
neers. it shall be the duty OF the Police Jn-
RES to give public notice to that effect prior
to the frs! day Ut October Of any year, and |
after that license shall issue only for said |
new plan, and provisions shall be made to
take out the Old structure and refill with |
earth such open space, according to dircc-
tons Which may be furnished by the Board
II State Engineers
SEC. -. BE ii further enacted, etc, That,
whenever there may he danger of II crcvasse
IN Il public lcyee, or when ono may already
EXIST requiring prompt assistance on the
part OF the State authorities for the proven
ton q closing Of the same, it shall be law
Ful for the Governor to direct the Chief State
Engineer to proceed with said work, by the
purchase of material and the employment
II labor, without the tornality and delay of
contracting for the same i'll the install man
Ter prescribed for the awarding Of contracts,
,nd tor the payment Of the expenses thus
incurred tie Auditor of Public Accounts
shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer,
lp"n prese station to him of an account of
''urh expenses, approved by the Governor
nd engineer in charge. which warrant shall