The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1916-09-21
Act No. 2O3
House Bill No. 45S. BY Mr.. Leopold.
Chairman Committee on Puzzle
Works, Lands and Levees. Sub
stitute for House Bill No 225.

| House Bill No. 45S. BY Mr.. Leopold
Chairman Committee on Public
Works, Lands and Levees. Sub
stitute for House Bill No. 225.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State Of Louisiana.
Whereas, the City of New Orleans j.
at present exposed to storm daHiu
and floods, and it is highly adyi.af.t.
and necessary for said city 10 Ea>-'
more adequate protection IT, rctIo
than can at present be secured uMd.
existing laws. Therefore, IN order
promote the public safety, heat
comfort and convenience:
Section l. BE it resolved D. til
General Assembly of the St@t" of LOT
isiana, two-thirds of all the l...41acl
elected to each House coecurrin :, tn
the following amendment 10 ,..e Go.
stitution of the State De submitted -
the qualified electors of the sat I.
their adoption or rejection at tn 80
gressiOnaI election 20 be + Id on -
first Tuesday after The first llola F
in November, 1916. as follows:
(a) The Board of LevCe EoEaI e.
sioners of the Orleans Levec Dist
is hereby empowered to coGstruci
along, over and in the bed of La.
Pontchartrain, e such distance +, :
the present shore line the - /
Board may determine, not to exc. (
twenty-five hundred (2,5GGl feet no .
the present shore line, ard aloES g /
on the shores adjacent thereto. al
along the canals connecting thcIcU i-..,
and in such other places in the. z; =
iSh of Orleans and the adjacent par
ishes as the Board may determine.
said levees and em5ankments to be o,
such height. width. slope, dc$j.,n ana
character of material as the SAID
Board may determine, enl to protcc
said levees and e.nbankmf hts Wit.
such pilings, reve-ments or walls d
1t may deem proper.
(b) To enable said Board to per
form said work and for the purpos,
thereof, the Board is HEREBY f.iFen
right of way over and use of all pub
lie lands, including such portions OF
the water bottom Of said iaAG as
may deem necessary. 1t is also GiVeI
the right to acquire, by donation, pUr-
chase, appropriation or appropriation
all private lands or other property III
such territory in the Parish of Or
leans and adjoining parishes as III.
said Board now has authority and jU
risdiction over under this amendment.
and under existing laws, and whic
the said Board may deem necessary e.
expedient for any CT the purposes q.
said Board, and to pay therefor in III
same manner as the said Board nov
pays for property taken by 1t on the
Mississippi River front in the parish
of Orleans.
Section 2 Be 1t further resolved.
etc, that the offici" ballot to he used
at such election shall have printed
thereon the words: For the proposed
amendment to the Constitution, au-
thorizing the Board Of Levee Commits
s1onerS of the Oril,..- L1uvec iIIs.il,,
to make certain constructions aiCny
Lake Pontchartrain and els, ~herl.'
and the words, Against the proposed
amendment to the Constitution au-
thorizing the Board of Levce Com
missioners of the Orleans Lcvee Dis
trict to make certain constructions
along Lake PontcharJrain and else
where" And each elcctor sEsll indi-
cate his vote on the proposed a.1cnd-
ment as provided in the general cleo
ton laws of the State.
HEWITT BOUhNCIIAUp,
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July s, 1916
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES ]. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.