The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-02
ACT NO. goa.


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 it 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 l. 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 (2500) 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
entertainments to be Of such height. width,
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 il 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 ovel
and use of all public lands including such
portions Of the water bottom of said lake
as it may deem necessary. 1t 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 thii
amendment. and under existing laws. ant
which the said board may deem necessar.
or expedient for any Of the purposes o
said board, and to pay therefor in tn
same manner as the said board now pay
for property taken by it on the Mississippi
river front in the parish of Orleans
II Section q Be it further resolved. etc.
That the official ballot to be used at sucl
: election shall have printed thereon tn
words:
, For the proposed amendment to tn
Constitution authorizing the, board @
levee commissioners of the Orleans Leve
District to make certain construction
} along Lake Pontchartrain and elsewhere
; and the words Against the propose
amendment to the Constitution, authoriz
ing the board of levee commissioners c
, the Orleans Levee District to make Ger
r tain constructions along Lake Pontchar
! train and elsewhere" And each electo
shall indicate his vote on the propose
amendment as provided in the geners
!. election laws of the State.
HEWITT BOpANCHAUD.
|. Speaker of the House Of Representatives
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieut. Gov. and President Of the Senat'
. Approved: July 6, 1916.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State Of Louisiani
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY.
Secretary OF State.