Year: 1859

AN ACT 10 provide for making and re-

 pojrinq iepees in CriHenden county.

 SEC. l. Be a enacted by Me Generm As- seDlJly of he .Stote of 1rhonsos, That the county court of Crittenden county may, as soon as it may see proper so to do, appoint three levee inspectors for said county, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are appointed by said court and quaifed said levee inspectors to be known and called the " Crittenden coun- ty board of levee inspectors" such board of inspectors before they act as such, sev- orally to take an oath faithfully and hon. estly to discharge their duties as such

 SEC. ,. The county court aforesaid shall lay off said county into three levee districts of equal size, as near as may be, and each inspector shall reside in the dis trict for which he is appointed; the presi- ding judge of said court shall fill all vacan- cies that may occur in said board and all resignatons of inspectors shall be made and delivered to such judge by the resigning inspector.

 SEC. 3. Be t turtAer enocted, That it shall be the duty of said board to meet to- gether at as early day as practicable and determine what levees in said county are necessary to be built or repaired and re- port the same to said court; that supervi- sors of roads be and are hereby made and declared eligible to the office of evee in spector, as well as supervisor; levee in spectors each in his respective district shall let out contracts for building or repairing levees, according to the order of the county court, to be made after the filing the report aforesaid, and shall give such notice of the time and place as the court may direct; each contractor for levee work shall execute bond with security to said county in sui iicient sum for the performance of the con tract; said court shall fix the compensation of said inspectors, to be paid out of the le wee fund hereinafter provided for.

 SEC. 4. That said inspectors, each in his respective district, shall in time of high water, exercise vigilance and activity in preserving the levee, in all cases when any person or persons have erected or may here after erect levec or part of levee of his or their own volition, without contract therefor, which being examined by said board, and by them adopted and reported to said court as being in a proper location and sufficient to form part of the general levee, the court may order that such person or persons be paid a reasonable compensa- ton therefor, out ofthe levee fund of said county.

 SEC. ). That the couty court of Critten- den county is hereby authorized to levy an ad-valOrem land tax not to exceed one per cent, the value of said land to be ascertained from the sheriff assessment list returned :; the court shall determine at what time the sheriff shall pay the levee tax over to the county treasurer and notify him thereof, and in all cases of a sale of land for the non-payment of levee tax due thereon, the same law shall govern as in other cases of lands sold for taxes, except that such tracts or lots as are not sold for want of bidder shall be entered on the clerks books as sold to the county of Crittenden.

 SEC. 6. That the sheriff shall collect said taxes, and shall receive as compen- sation therefor, three per cent, and the court shall have power to require of him addi tional bond for the faithful performance of all the duties encumbent on him by virtue of this act; the court shall have power to impose fines upon any person refusing to act levee inspector.

 SEC. z. That it shall be lawful for the county road to be located upon the levee within said county at all points where it may be deemed expedient, and it shall also be lawful for the road tax of the front town ships to be applied to levees by order of the county court made for that purpose, and when the levee becomes to be a county road, all that portion of road tax and labor in any of the front townships that would under the present road law Gin force in said county) be applicable to the river road shall be applied to the levee.

 SEC. 8. That in order to carry out and accomplish the objects contemplated by this act, the judge of the county court of sail county, may call session of said court at pleasure, and said court shall be empow- cred to make all orders and do all acts nec- essary to accomplish the objects contem- 1 plated in this act and the levee inspectors aforesaid shall have power to locate at a suitable distance from the river, all levees that may from time to time be necessary, except such as may be laid off by authority