The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-23
ACT NO. 2o3.

House Bill No. 45S-By Mr.. Leopold, Chair
man Committee on Public Works.
Lands and Levees. Substitute for
House Bill No. 225.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana.
Whereas the City of New Orleans is at
present exposed to storm damage and
floods, and 1t is highly advisable and
necessary for said city to have more
adequate protection therefrom than can
at present be secured under existing laws.
Therefore, in order to promote the public
safety, health, comfort and convenience:
Section 1. Be 1t resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House concurring, That the following
amendment to the Constitution Of the
State be submitted to the qualified electors
of the State for their adoption or rejection
at the Congressional election to be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November. 1916. as follows:
(a) The Board of Levee Commissioners
of the Orleans Levee District is hereby
empowered to construct and maintain
levees and embankments along, over and
in the bed OF Lake Pontchartrain. at such
distance from the present shore line as
the said Board may determine, not to
exceed twenty-five hundred (25o0) feet
from the present shore line. and along
and on the shores adjacent thereto, and
along the canals connecting Herewith.
and in such other places in the Parish of
Orleans and the adjacent parishes as the
Board may determine, said levees and
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slope. design and character of material as
said Board may determine. and to protect
said levees and embankments with such
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 right of way over
and use of all public lands including such
portions of the water bottom of said lake
as it may deem necessary. 1t is also given
the right to acquire by donation. purchase.
appropriation or appropriation, all private
lands or other property in such territory
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 necessary
or expedient for any of the purposes of
said board. and to pay therefor in the
same manner as the said board now pays
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 such
election shall have printed thereon the
words:
f1a on1 20 fhA
Constitution authorizing the board of
levee commissioners of the Orleans Levee
District to make certain constructions
along Lake Pontchartrain and elsewhere"
and the words Against the proposed
amendment to the Constitution, authoriz-
ing the board of levee commissioners of
the Orleans Levee District to make GER
tain constructions along Lake Pontchar-
train and elsewhere" And each elector
shall indicate his vote on the proposed
amendment as provided in the general
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.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.