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An Act forming a Levee District, to be composed of the Parish of Carroll, Madison and Catahoula, for the better protection of same from inundation. 1852 234 (1852)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0374 and id is 1 raw text is: 234 live conis; for any' head of horned cattle, thirty-five cents; for every head of sheep and hogs, fifteen Cents; for every mule or horse with- out a rider, fifty Cents. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted djc., That one half of the parish Construction of taxe hereafter assessed and collected within the limits of the corpo. a landing and ration of said town, shall be held by the parish treasurer subject to wharf, the order of the mayor and selectmen of said corporation to be appro- priated by them to the improvement of the landing and to the con- struction of a wharf for the landing of steamboats as maybe deemed advisable. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, 4-c., That all laws or parts of teal or certain lawsconflicting with this act of ineorporation be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN E. KING, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. B. PLAUCHE, Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate. Approved, March 18th, 1852. JOSEPH WALKER, Governor of the State of Louisiana. No. 330. AN ACT Forming a Levee District, to be composed of the Parish of Carroll, Madison and Catahoula, for the better protection of same from inundation. Certain parishes, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- oose a levee lives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That the parishes of Carroll, Madison and Catahoula shall and are hereby constituted a Levee District. Sec. '2. Be itfurther enacted, 41c., That for the purpose of build- ing or making and repairing all levees in said levee district, an an- Certain lands,t nua advalorem tax of one and a half per cent on all the alluvial ho taaed for the nula-vaoe foe n afprcn naltealva Inilding of repair- lands in the parish of Carroll, between the foot of the Bayou Mason a1d dTee tn Hills and the Mississippi river and'll the alluvial lands in the parish of Madison, except Diamond Island Bend, and all alluvial lands in the parish of Catahoula, be and the same is hereby levied, the value of said lands to be ascertained by the assessment rolls of each of said parishes. The aforesaid tax, Sec. 3. BA it further enacted, &c., That the sleriffis of said pa- howcolected. rishes he and they are hereby constituted collectors of said taxes in their respective parishes, and it shall be the duty of said sheriffs to commence the collection thereof on the first Muaday in October of each year, and shall finisli the said collection and pay over the same by the first'Monday of December in each year. Duty of the See. 4. Be it finrther enacted, '4-c., That 'if any person or per- sherif m case of sons, corporation or corporations, shall refise' or neglect to pay the reflusal or neglect pay aid tale above specified. levee tax, it shidl 1) the duty of said sheriffs or collec- tors in their respective parishes, to proceed to the collection of the same, in the same manier as they now collect the State taxes, To whom the See. 5, Bc it further enacted, 44c., That it shall be the duty of said Money collected is to be paid. sheriffs or collectors to pay over all the monies collected tinder this act to the person or pprsons hereinafter mentioned on or before the first Monday of December in 'each year.

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