The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-06-18
THE LAFOURCHE LEVE
DISTRICT.
PASSED IT'S 3rd READING JUNE 9th
1892.
Before the House Representatives.
SENATE BILL NO. Is ON THIRD READING
AND FINAL PASSAGE.

SENATE BILL NO. Is ON THIRD READING
AND FINAL PASSAGE.
BY Mr.. Mccall
An act to repeal all that portion of
act 80 of 1879 creating the Third Levee
District, and to create a new district
TO be known and styled 1.-THE Lafour-
che Basin Levee District t define the
limits Of said district aud specify the
property subject TO taxation, local as
sessment, and contributions !; To pro-
vide for appointment of commissioners,
the qualifications, mode of removals
ana flllnS vacancies, and salaries of
commissioners and officers. to eonsti-
tute ii commissioners as a ievee
board styled .'Iie Beard of Commits
slontrs Tor the Latourcile Basin Levee
District !" TO make the said board a
body polite, invested with corporate
powers and having Il corporate seal
70 fix the mode, time aud place OF
meeting to designate d quorum for
the transaction of business. to provide
Tor the organization and governments of
sald board to define its duties aud
powers, and 10 provide certain prohl-
Oltlons to regulate legal proceedings
by and against said board, and to fix
It's donlcile /; to require a record OF is
proceedings TO be Kept and published ;
% provide a mode OF certifying to
copies Of said records, and to establish
their admissibllity and weight as evil
dence /; to require said board to pro-
vide rules and regulations for the con
Structlon and maintenance of leyees.
and to establish "a COMPREHENSIVE
leyee system within said district: TO
prescribe the duties of the State en-
gineer i'll relation to said board to
provide IL revenue for leyee
TO authorize the levy of a forced con-
trlbutIon or special assessment on
cotton, sugar. rice, syrup, molasses
and esculents produced upon the lands
subject to taxation under the proyi-
Ions OF this act to require the lew
of a ten-nill tax on all propert sub
ject to taxation, and prescribe the
duties OF assessors, tax collectors, Aud
ltor and State Treasurer in reference
thereto !; to authorize the board, under
certain circumstances, to levy IA special
assessment OF contribution on lands
and railroads i'll said district and pro-
viding for its collection !; to grant GER
tam lads for levee purposes and pre-
scribe the duty Of the Auditor in reia-
ton thereto to exempt said lands
from taxation until sold by the board
to authorize the board to mortgage
and sell SAID lands and apply the pro-
ceeds to levee purposes, % authorize
the board to issue and negotiate its
bonds to provide the mode of Issuing.
securing and paying same, and .or en-.
forcing payment i'll case OF default i; to
authorize the board to buy, to sell, to
make contracts for building, repairing
aud maintaining l~evees, and to paw for
same III bonds or otherwise !; to fix the
proportion of the general engineer
fund TO be allotted to said district and
prescribe the duty of the Board of
Engineers III reference thereto to
provide for the care and police of the
~leyees, and to authorize the board to
appoint inspectors and watchmen and
III certain cases to call out road hands
to work on l~evees; to provide compen-
sation therefor to provide penalties
for neglect OF hands to serve to pro-