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bond by his non-appearance, but has since been arrested by the said Johis
Adams, and delivered up to the court.,
This act to take effect from its passage.
[Signed] PRESTON W. FARRAR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
[Signed] TRASIMON LANDRY,
Lieutenant.Governor and President of the Senate,
Approved 30th April, 1847.
[Signed] ISAAC JOHNSON,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
No. 204.] AN ACT
Relative to Roads and Levees in the Parish ofrTensas.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State.of Lousiana, in General Assembly convened, That from and
Division or the after the passage of this act, the police jury ofthe parish of Tensas shall be,
pa into tio and they are hereby authorized and required to divide said par ish into five
levee wardsin districts, to be called levee wards, and shall annually appoint for each of
Five leveei-
spectors to be said wards one levee inspector, who shall he a freeholder, residing in the
appotnted by ward for which he may be appointed, to continue in office until a successor
may be appointed, and who shall, before entering upon the discharge of
his duties, take and subscribe before any competent authority, an oath that
ie will faithfully and honestly perform the duties incumbent on him as such
inspector of I evees.
Powers of the SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, 4,c., That said police jury shall be em.
police with re- powered to appropriate the lands and slaves necessary to construct or
ian tevs repair the levees in each of said wards in such manner as they may deem
just and proper.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, 4-e., That such levee inspector shall
have the power to make requisition of the owners of said slaves residing
in his ward, or of their agent or overseers, to furnish the slaves and neces-
Powers of ile sary implements for the construction or repairs of the levees in such ward,
tevee inpect- at such time or times as lie may think proper, which requisition shall be
or In relation made by serving a written notice, signed by said inspector, on said owners,
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tingandropair. agents or overseers, either in person or by leaving the same at his or their
ing of levees. domicil; and the said inspector' shall be required to keep a copy of said
notice, on which he shall endorse a return showing the time, plan and
manner of service; which notice and return shall be received in evidence
in any court of justice in said parish.
SEC. 4. Be it Jurther enacted, 4-c., That whenever any owner or hold-
etnlta¶c or of slaves being notified in the manner aforesaid, shall fail or rdfuse to
non for not comply with such notice, he shall be fined two dollars per day foreaich
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