Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-10-05
ACT NO. 100.


A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
XVI, Section z, of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana rela-
tive to the construction and main
tenance of leeves and embank-
ments along, over, and in the bed
of Lake Pontchartrain, etc, by the
Board of Levee Commissioners of
the Orleans Levee District.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
Legislature of Louisiana, tWo-thirds
of all the members elected to each
House concurring, That the following
amendment to Section z of Article
XVI of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana be submitted to the cleo
tors of the state at the next Congress
sional election, to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1922, to-wit:
(a) The Board of Levee Commits
sioners of the Orleans Levee District
shall, except as otherwise herein
changed and amended, have and exer-
else all the powers now conferred by
Constitution or Statutes upon them.
Said board shall have full power to
construct, maintain, extend and i'm
prove levees, entertainments, seawalls,
jetties and other works along, over,
and in the bed of Lake Pontchartrain
at such distances, not to exceed $500
feet, from the present shore line as
the said board may determine, and
along and on the shores adjacent to
said lake, and along the canals con-
Meeting Herewith and in such other
places in the Parish or Orleans, and
the adjacent parishes as said board
may determine, said levees, embank-
ments, seawalls and other works to be
of such character and extent and of
such height, width, slope, design and
material as said board may decide,
with power and authority to improve
and to protect said levees, embank-
ments, and other works with such re-
vetments, seawalls and retaining
walls and all other structures as may
be deemed necessary and proper;
(b) To enable said board to per-
form such work, and to assist in de-
fraying the expenses thereof, the
State Of Louisiana hereby grants and
releases to the said board the title of
the state to all lands within any
levees, entertainments, retaining walls,
and seawalls constructed hereunder,
and hereby releases said lands from
any public strust and authorizes the
said board to reclaim, sell, lease, or
otherwise dispose Of such portions of
said lands and any other property &C
quired for the purposes Of said inn
provements "a the said board may
deems proper, provided none Of such
lands shall be sold by said board at
a price less than thirty cents for each
square foot. The said board is here
by granted the right of way over,
and use Of any public lands and prop
erty necessary for the purposes here
Of; provided, however, that there |
shall be reserved and dedicated for |
ever for public park and for beach |
purposes q space of not less than |
one thousand feet in depth along the |
entire lake front Of said improve
ments.
(c) Said board may also acquire |
by donation, purchase, appropriation |
or appropriation without further leg
islative authority all private lands or
other property in the Parish of Or
leans and adjoining parishes as may
be necessary for any of the purposes
Of said board, or of the said improve
ments, and to improve, or cause the
same to be improved, and may 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 on the official ballot to be
used at said election shall be placed |
the words:
''For the proposed amendment Of
Section z, Article XVI, of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana"
and the words:
against the proposed amendment
Of Section z, Article XVI, of the Con-
5titution of the State of louisiana"
and each elector shall indicate his
vote on the proposed amendment as
provided in the General Election
Laws of the State.
Approved by the Governor:
July Is, 1922.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,