Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-24

i,e sale Of swamp ..njai, about el9U, ,OOC
- iipT the Itate T..asury, to the credit
IF tbs id.d, aud Should be devoted exeIu.
siveiy Ior !.vee purposes in accordance
With TIE ovjet.s OF The transfer by Con,
gres.
The Levee Convention, of Juno 1871,
1858. composed of highly intelligent rep
rossntative citizeus advised the construc-
tion of ,evees, in coniunction with citizens
of Arkansas, on the Opossum Fork I.eyec
line, in that State, and urged that S25, 900
be applied Tor that purpose. The Conven-
| tion advised the construction of other lew
ees, likewise to be paid from the Levee
and Drainage Fund. Contracts were
made for three principal levees, the Nor
ganza, the Ashton aud tho Op ossnm Fork.
Ior tho Ashton Levee certificates have
been gwen for S71 ,0t6; for the Morganza
IAeSa,e SS3,3 3i6;.;ud for slio opoasam Fork
| 81, rs. al pTr.s1:e 'f-H, the Levee and
DraiJaye Fno', now in the State Treas
ury, wahn sal. t:LG snail be transferred
~ appropriated by Ac5 of the General
Assembly, and become avsilable fcG Ievee
PURPOSES" These, with other necessary
CO. siicates viii require q transfer or ap.
! propriat ton OF Sl79.Gi6. After these con-
| traces were advertised, in expectation of
large additions to the Lsvae auI Drainage
Fund six additional contracts were advei-
| aisei for and made Tor the constru ctiou Of
| the following nsHaa levea5 The May
! flower I.eTee, 81 o94 the Meiora Leyee
Sil,i'3; the Port Alien Levee, "a ,223
the smoke Bend Levee, Sl,672; the Re-
serve LSTee, .;3.i03, and the Cotton wood
! Bayou teyse, = 3S7. total, ;ss33 25f. Each
of t;,eae SIX c5Itrtets stigujato priority In
! favor Of tus Ashton, MHrg2nz:l and Opcs.
sGl! tork co1traa:s, a7L each successive
| cout-act IN Ike manner stioul te pieces
BE % 10 ih"ae > - II lie. App.opria>
| tons finn tue L. &C IL, u raiuG.e Fuud
| shoa'd De made n con4ornity to these
! s:i or.at ons.
The Lsvee Commissioners OF the sever.
| al Levee Districts have uniformly assess
| cd I. leyes tax up To tho five mills limit.
| In the opinion of the Board much high-
| er tax would be citee,:al paid in most
| of the districts if permitted by the Consti-
tuition sf the State.
Available ba.a nces, for levee wok in
| :he current YER, g.. :sgi Ea,ei as fol-
lowe:
l. .Ss EfSi'Ir.. ---..Sit 100
Secoa4 Dist fs5-----s.... :, 500
Thiui Distfi at........... 10000
FoU..l Dis..ict. $500
I.fta =. strict Is. ,O00
Sab D lsIr.ct o. { adGo.... 1909
Su District OF 0u..cta.;. $500
TIE sugges.ioa5 os ti4a E2a- res pecaiag
! S5e p,otection, c.e.4sv lion and pair OF
.as.e, -.,,cocs.. 80 - nj consider
alton. Gach OF tho damage aoh losses
| from GREY asses may be prevented i,y Gale
| fui aud y;siiEut suGerv:s:nu by loGal :sH
.bo,ities au / cit:Lsa., AID ~ ely E. Ten
tion 30 wea < aud Ia Sc o>:S =; as. The
| exemption o; Tho .eyrs c.. She lo-S i,alk,
| aetweeu New Qrieans and 4.ton Fouse
due in groau part 20 the watcdftI!ness and
| eusr1y OF the Otfic.'s Of tho Mississippi
Valley Es;ico,f Uv. o%nE, affords COM
! meana,, o ev...sace O: what may be ac-
| comp, sI.td by fareas 1t and p'on 1t nc
rinn. Atten..3 ns .-a u !-rS. Assembly
is Iesppe i'ut&r cI',;e. % - suggestions
Us las EoI L - 20 LAe legislation regal, Cd
% c1.l.y OF a.: i.a2.ovc ne lev-ea sys
ZEN,
I'as Do..:i {. !, :, lg.nsa-2, il co3clad.uy
tSe'rreYa-5 10 -, IamI.s:
".iat however 8, ;ai!T we nay dor'ore
the 81 !natiou, we should not lose s;:,ntoE
tho f:.rt that spe seaega' condition Of the
levees in this Stato to day, is vastly bet
ter than at tho decline of tho food in
1882, and that tho present overflow has,
been much less in area, depth and dam
agingetfec than thai Of two years ago, or
mauy others that preceded it."
FINANCES.
The financial condition of the State is
encouraging. The brokerage in warrants
| has practically cease,i. There aren out
| standing warrants for previous years,
| and current warrants are practically at
par. With neeSFul legislation We may
expect a continuance in the improvement
OF .,r. &c sr,,stie5, wt;:h nave s,cadiiy ad-
vanced in valie. 'i'Ae boLdeG deba pf ne
| State "a a. f tows:
! Statement o lhoD1,,Eo- rr5to- - :. y ,
| Of 1I5llisis.nt On tIe 3J-I a. D --lt-, los
| 81 INIT CoTlFl !
! S~-ci Bond cri-
| G.-Gl. lss;i a2uI-
| tigc Ae. NJ. g. OF
! -5li. SiI,5z s5oSo'oJ
J sarno- and eE-
/ sc'4auEea <or c-r>-
Kc6 i2i. so IS 30, ,aoooo
Loss Co25oiidatst
bonds s5a;n9ei
10. ,so 80. ~ 'e.1', .,'- as5 7oc.oo 5s5. 4oo. 90