The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-09-14
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SPECIAL SESSION, 1918.
ACT NO, is,

House Bill No S. BY Mr.. Alexander.
AN ACT
To provide for the laying out construc-
Is ton and maintenance of the Chez
Menteur and Hammond New Orle-
ans State Hi ghways; to provide q
revenue for carrying out the OBJ
55 jects and purposes of this Act; to
authorize the funding of said rev.
E enue into bonds, notes or certifi-
q ties Of Indebtedness: to define the
/ sas,s es III tie Board of Liquidation
Il OF the statte Debt Of the State Of
1 Lou isiana. The State Highway En-
NE rsasurer, tAe Sec
100 fafy 81 State and the State Audi
tor III CONNECTION herewith; and TO
provide for a fiscal agent to whom
thes funds shall be let for deposit;
aud an act whereas it is intended
have this act ratified by an
the State.
~ Section i. Be It enacted by the Gem
eraI 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
and completion OF the Chef Menteur
Read. commencing at Peoples Avenue,
iii the Parish Of Orleans, and extending
to a 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, whichA said
road has already been begun and con
tracted for, and has been designate b as
a State Highway by the Highway. De-
partment of the State Of louisiana and
for the construction of ali such dges
as may be necessary for said roa& and
for the construction and compile h Of
a model State Highway, on such route
as the State Highway DepartmH hit Of
the State Of Louisiana has desi pated
or may deem wise to designate, ex-
tend approximately parallel to til Hli-
nois Central Railroad from Hamna "a in
to New Orleans, and In the cor potion
Of the necessary bridges upon high
way: provided, that in the co hction
OF the said Hammond New Orleans
Highway no, natural drain shah in any
way be in the least manner Distracted;
and provided further, that said Ham
niond- New Orleans Highway shall be
provided with culvertsSor other engineer
ing outlet Of passing the same volumes
Of water as is now passed or in the fu-s
ture 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
as herein provided, same shall be approx
ed by the Board of Liquidation OF the
state Debt of the State of Louisiana.
+ Section 2. 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
irst day of January, 1919, shall, as soon
after collection as practicable, deposit
With the State Treasurer for the account
f the Highway Department Of the State
If Louisiana all motor vehicle licenses
collected under the provisions OF Act
70. 160 Of the General Assembly OF the
State of Louisiana for the year 1914, APP
proved July 9, 1914, from the Parishes
u Jefferson, ST. Charles, st. John the
BAPTIST, Tangipahoa, ST. Tammany and
Orleans, and the licenses so collected
shall be paid by the State Treasurer
nto 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 ve-
licle licenses paid into said state High
way Fund No. 2, Chef Menteur and Ham
nond-NeW Orleans State Highways"