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An Act to provide for making and repairing Levees in Desha and Phillips counties. 1858-1859 153 (1858)

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No. 138.
AN ACT to provide for making and repairing Levees in Desha
and Phillips counties.

SECTION
1. County courts of Desha and Phillips
counties to divide the portion of
overflowed land in each of said
counties into from four to seven dis-
tricts, but no district to include
lands on both sides of the Arkansas
or White rivers. .
2. County courts to appoint three resi-
dent freeholders of each district,
who shall report to the clerk a list
of all land in their district subject
to overflow, that can be reclaimed
by a general system of levees.
3. Said courts also to appoint a levee
inspector for each district, and he
to be notified of his appointment.
4. Levee inspectors to receive three dol-
lars for each day engaged, to be
paid out of the district levee fund,
upon proof.
5. In case of failure of the person ap-
pointed to serve as levee inspector,
court to appoint another person, and
penalty for refusal to serve.
6. Levee inmpector to give bond, condi-
tions of the same, and how ap-
proved.
7. Duty of the levee inspector to lay off
levees in his district.
8. The selecting agents of each district
to fi'e an affidavit with the clerk,
and vacancies in said office, how
filled.
9. Levee inspectors to let out contracts
for building and repairing levees in
their district, first giving notice, and
how.
10- Levee inspectors to require of each
contractor a bond with conditions,
how made payable and recovered
upon.
11. Duties of levee inspectors in time of
high water, and liability of owners
of slaves in the vicinity of the
levees.
12. Character and measurement of the
levees to be made.
13. An annual levee tax to be collected;
the rate to be fixed by the county
court, at not less than one-fourth
of one, nor more than two per cent.
upon the value of. the lands; lands
not to be' valued at less than ten
dollars an acre; each levee inspec-
tor to assess lands in his district,
de'iver assessment roll to clerk, who
shall charge the amount of levee
tax on the tax book, to be collected

SECTION
by the sheriff, and the judgment of
the levee inspectors to be conclu-
sive as to what lands should be as-
sessed.
14. Persons in said counties who have,
heretofore, advanced money for
levee purposes, here credited.
15. Levee inspector to be elected at the
next general election, and term of
office.
16. County court to appoint a treasurer,
to give bond, and his duties.
17. The levee inspectorto act in conjunc-
tion with the state, in making or
repairing levees, and to receive the
compensation therefor for the bene-
fit of the levee fundl.
18. The order of the county court assess-
ing and levying the tax to be pub-
lished, and how; duty of the clerk
and county court in making and
adjusting the tax book, and collec-
tor of taxes.to collect and account
for the tax.
19. The taxes to constitute a lien on the
land; how sold for non-payiment of
taxes; right of redemption by the
owner, and penalty of the sheriff
for failure to collect and pay over.
20. Sheriff to give bond, and commis-
sions allowed.
21. Persons feeling themselves aggrieved
by the passage of a levee through
their lands, how to proceed to have
damages asseseed by a jury. Fees
of the jurors and sheriff in such
case, and penalty of juror forrefusal
to serve.
22. Owners of lands outside of the levees
who may have paid levee tax, to
have the same refunded, and how.
23. No injunction to be granted to sus-
pend or stay the construction or re-
pair of any levee, unless the com-
plainant shall enter into bond to the
state, for the use of the levee dis-
trict, with certain conditions.
24. Clerks of the county courts of Phil-
lips and Desha counties to keep a
levee record, and their compensa-
tion therefor.
25. The county courts to keep a record
of the levee districts.
26. Money for levee work, how drawn
out of the treasuiy, and form of
draft onkthe treasurer.
27. When further levee tax in any dis-
trict may not be levied.

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