The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-09-02

ili1l SOIIliIilltOe on EuDLc WORKS
Lands and Levees. Substitute fol
House Bill No. 225.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendments tip Constitu
ton of the State of aaaRslaa
Whereas the City of ISa 8 =
present exposed to std Dbl
floods, and it is high - sssssSe Il Is @
necessary for said citMkto h
adequate protection therefrom
at present be secured under exis
Therefore, in order to promotes
safety, health, comfort and coz
Section 1. Be it resolved by n
Assembly of the State of Loud
thirds of all the members elect
House concurring, That the s
amendment to the CONSTITUTE
State be submitted to the qua1ifi
of the StaAESpr their adoption OF = s 81
at the Coz ssional election to
the first sday after the frs III EEs|I8
in NdpemNg 1916, as follows:
(a) The Yoard of Levee Commi
of the%Orleans Levee District is
empowered to construct and m
levees and entertainments along, ovel
in the bed of Lake Pontchartrain at SUI
uI5letiiCC rum the piSSSuL SiiOFe GilC ~
the said Board may determine, not d.
exceed twenty-five hundred (25O0)
from the present shore line, and al
and on the shores adjacent thereto, Ss|
along the canals connecting thereW
and in such other places in the Pari szs
Orleans andAhe adjacent parishes al |sz
Board ma. Adeter1nine, said levees
entertainments to be of such height, widSa
slope, design and character of material az
said Board may determine, and to protec
said 1evees and entertainments with sucf
pilings, revetments, or walls, as it may
deem proper.
(b) To enable said Board to perform
said work and for the purpose thereof the
Board is hereby given a right of way ovel
and use of all public lands including sucf
portions of the water bottom of said LAKE
as it may deem necessary. It is also giver
the right to acquire by donation, purchase
appropriation or appropriation, all private
lands or other property in such territor,
in the Parish of Orleans and adjoining
parishes as the said board now has au.
thority and jurisdiction over under this
amendment. and under existing laws and
which the said board may deem necessar,
or expedient for any of the purposes O.
said board. and to pay therefor in the
same manner as the said board now pay:
for property taken by it on the Mississippi
river front in the parish of Orleans.
Section 2 Be it further resolved, etc.
That the official ballot to be used at sucf
election shall have printed thereon tht
words:
For the proposed amendment to thu
Constitution authorizing the board O.
levee commissioners of the Orleans Levet
District to make certain constructions
aas1s BE Psatchartrain and elsewhere
1 and Vie words Against the proposed
amendment to the Constitution, authoriz
ing the board of levee commissioners O.
the Orleans Levee District to make GER
tain constructions along Lake Pontchar
train and elsewhere" And each electol
shall indicate his vote on the proposed
amendment as provided in the genera
election laws of the State.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieut. Gov. and President of the Senate
Approved: July 6, 1916
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
JAMES ]. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.