The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-10-26
SPECIAL SESSION, 1918.
ACT NO. 10.

ACT NO. 10.
House Bill No. 5. BY Mr. Alexander.
AN ACT
TO provide for the laying out, construc-
ton and maintenance of the Chef
Menteur and Hammond New Orle-
ans State Highways; to provide
revenue for. carrying out the OBJ
jects and purposes of this Act; to
authorize the funding of said rev.
enue into bonds, notes or certifi-
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 Sec
rotary of State and the State Audi
tor in connection Herewith; and to
provide for a fiscal agent to whom
the funds shall be let for deposit;
and an act whereas it is intended
to have this act ratified by an
amendment to the Constitution Of
the State.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen.
ana That the Highway Engineer of the
State of Louisiana is hereby authorized
to let contracts for the construction
Read, commencing at Peoples Avenue,
in the Parish of Orleans. and extending
to place in the Parish of St Tam
many at the boundary line between the
States of Louisiana and Mississippi OPP
posite,, 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
A State Highway by the Highway De-
partment of the State of louisiana; and
for the construction of all such bridges
rs may be necessary for said road; and |
for the construction and completion of |
! model State Highway. on such route |
as the State Highway Department of |
The State of Louisiana has designated |
y may deem wise to designate, to ex- |
.end approximately parallel to the Illi- |
lois Central Railroad from Hammond in |
% New Orleang.sand in the construction |
# the necessary bridges upon said high |
way: provided. that in the construction |
II the said Hammond-New Orleans 1
Highway no natural drain shall in any
way be in the least manner INSTRUCTED; |
md provided further, that said Ham
nond-New Orleans Highway shall be
provided with culverts or other engineer |
ng outlet of passing the same volume
# water as is now passed or in the flu
IRE shall be passed by the culverts or
ther engineering outlets in the roadbed
i the Illinois Central Railroad parallel
0 said Hammond-New Orleans Highway.
That before any such contract is. let
s herein provided, same shall be approx
d by the Board of Liquidation of the
tate Debt of the State of Louisiana.
Section 2. Be it enacted, etc. That
= order to provide funds for the con-
completion and maintenance
( the above mentioned highways. the
of State from and after the
rst day. of january, 1919. shall. as soon
fter collection as practicable, deposit
18th the. State Treasurer for the account
+ the Highway Department of the State
+ Louisiana all motor vehicle licenses
objected under the provisions of Act
%. 100 of the General Assembly of the
tate of Louisiana for the year 1914, APP {
rcved July 3. 1914. from the Parishes ;
/ Jefferson, st. Charles. st. John the
aptist, Tangipahoa. st. Tammany and {
rleans, and the licenses so collected s
han be paid by the State Treasurer
ito special fund TO be known as state {
highway Fund No. 2 Chef Menteur and I
anlnond New Orleans State High /
avs: and In addition to the motor We !
Icle licenses paid into said State High /
ay Fund No 2, Chef Menteur and HAM | !.
lond- New Orleans State Highwnys"I /
ON the Parishes aboye enumerated, the I