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An Act to provide for Leveeing the Mississippi River, in the County of Tunica. 1848 271 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0238 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. CHAPTER 152. AN ACT to provide for Leveeing the Mississippi River, in the County of Tunica. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of lississippi, That for the purpose of or- ganizing a general system of leveeing the Missis- sippi river, in the county of Tunica, in the State of Mississippi, it shall be the duty of the board of police of said county, immediately after the passage of this act, tolappoint five or more levee commis- sioners or inspectors, who own lands in said coun- ty, to serve for the term of two years from the time of appointment, and until successors are appointed and qualified, whose duty it shall be to examine and designate the lands where levees are necessary to be erected, for the general good; to lay out the line of said levee or levees, and determine their extent; to contract for the building of the same as herein- after provided for; to superintend the construction of the same; to see that the work is properly exe- cuted, and to prescribe the manner of doing it; the time at which it shall be commenced and complet- ed, and generally to do whatever else they may deem necessary, in order to have the same com- pleted in the best manner and at the least expense to the public. That in locating said levee they shall be governed by the general good, to protect the greatest amount of land with the least expense, having due regard to the permanency and security of said levee, being at all places erected at a se- cure distance from caving or falling in banks. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That said levee 271

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