The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
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SPECIAL SESSION, 1918.
ACT NO. 18.

ACT NO. 10.
House Bin No. :. by Mr.. Alexander.
AN ACT
- provide for the laying out. construc-
tion and maintenance of the Chef
NIenteur ana Hammond New Orle-
ans State Highways; to provide a
revenue for. carrying out the OBJ
iects and purposes of this Act; to
authorize the funding of said rev.
enue into bonds, notes. or certif1-
Gates of Indebtedness: to define the
duties Of the Board of Liquidation
Of the State Debt of the State of
louisiana the state Highway En-
gineer. the State Treasurer, the See
rotary of State ana the State Audi
tor in connection Herewith: and to
provide for n fiscal agent to whom
the funds shall be let for deposit;
and am act whereas it is intended
10 have this act ratified by an
amendment to the Constitution of
the state
Section l. BE it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisi-
ana. That the Highway Engineer of the
State Of Louisiana is hereby authorized
to let contracts for the construction
Read. .commencingI Peoples Avenue,
IN the Parish of orleans. and extending
to n place in the Parish of st. Tam
many at the boundary line between the
States of Louisiana and Mississippi. OPP
poste. or nearly opposite. to Logtown,
in the state of Mississippi, which said
road has already been begun and con-
tracted for. and has been designated as
4 state Highway by the Highway De-
partment of the State of Louisiana: and
for the construction of all such bridges
IS may be necessary for said road; and
for the construction and completion of
q model State Highway on such route
as the state Highway Department of
the State of Louisiana has designated
o. may deem wise to designate, to ex-
tend approximately parallel to the Hi
nois Central Railroad from Hammond in
to New Orleans, and in the construction
Of the necessary bridges upon said high
way: provided. that in the construction
Cf the said Hammond-New Orleans
Highway no natural drain shall in any
way be in the least manner INSTRUCTED;
and provided further, that said Ham
mondN New Orleans Highway shall be
provided with culverts or other engineer
ina outlet of passing the same volume
Of water as is now passed or in the flu
tGre shall be passed by the culverts or
other engineering outlets in the roadbed
of the Illinois Central Railroad parallel
to said Hammond New Orleans Highway.
That before any such contract is let
a<s herein provided. same shall be approx
ed by the Board Of Liquidation of the
state Debt of the State of Louisiana.
Section .. Be it enacted. etc. That
in order to provide funds for the con-
structiOn. completion and maintenance
of the above mentioned highways, the
Secretary of State from and after the
first day of January, 1919, shall, as soon
after collection as practicable, deposit
with the State Treasurer for the account
cf the Highway Department of the State
Of Louisiana all motor vehicle licenses
collected under the provisions of Act
No. 100 of the General Assembly of the
proved July ., 1914. from the Parishes
OF Jefferson. St Charles ST. John the
BAPTIST, Tangipahoa, St Tammany and
Orleans. and the licenses SO collected
shall be paid by the State Treasurer
into a special fund to be known as state
Highway Fund No. 2, Chef Menteur and
Hammond New Orleans State High
ways" and in addition to the motor We
hlcle licenses paid into said state High
way Fund No. ., Chef ATenteur and Ham
mond-New Orleans State Highways"
from the Parishes above enumerated, the