The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-11-04
ACT NO. 203.

DSNACeaAy Vi oldlc.
ACT NO. 2os.
House Bill No. 45S-By Mr.. Leopold. Chair
man Committee on Public Works
Il Lands and Levees. Substitute 70
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 a
present exposed to storm damage ant
floods. and 1T is highly advisable ant
necessary for said city to have NOR,
adequate protection therefrom than car
at present be secured under existing laws
Therefore. in order to promote the public
| safety. health, comfort and convenience
| Section 1. Be it 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 entertainments 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 (2500 feet
from the present shore line, and along
and on the shores adjacent thereto, and
along the canals connecting Herewith,
and in Srrph nfhar rlo tn 1o d. IL -
Orleans and the adjacent parishes as the
Board may determine, said levees and
embankments to be of such height, width,
slope. design and character Of material as
said Board may determine, and to protect
said leyees and entertainments with such
pilings. revetments. or walls. as it may
deem proper.
OBJ To enable said Board to perform
said work and for the purpose thereof the
Board is hereby given a right of way over
and use Of all public lands including such
portions Of the water bottom Of said lake
as 1t may deem necessary. It 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:
For the proposed amendment to the /
authorizing the board of /
evee commissioners of the Orleans Levee /
District to make certain constructions /
llong Lake Pontchartrain and elsewhere"
md the words Against the proposed
to the Constitution, authoriz-
ng the board Of levee commissioners of /
he Orleans Levee District to make GER
ain constructions along Lake Pontchar-
rain and elsewhere" And each elector
hall 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.
| true COPY:
JAMES j. BAILEY.
Secretary OF State.