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An Act for preserving and repairing Levees in the counties of Washington. 1848 279 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0239 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. Lake, near the northern boundary of this State, and running down said lake, and the bayou to the Mis- sissippi river, or as near as the security of said levee will justify, and thence down said river, on the most favorable ground for said levee, to the lower line of said county; all of which shall be commenced and carried on in the same manner as presc.ribed for the location, construction and comple- tion of the levee in Tunica county: Provided, howe- ver, The boqrd of police of smid county of De Soto should think it prudent not to engage in said work, this act shall not be obligatory in said county. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 4, 1848. CHAPTER 153. AN ACT for preserving and repairing Levees in the counties of Washington. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, ! That the president of the board of police for the county of Washington, shall call a meeting of said board of police, to be held at the court-house of said county on the first Mondays of May and September next, after the passage of this act; and said board of police shall meet on the first Mondays in May and September in each year hereafter, and shall, at their first meeting in May of every year, divide the lands lying and fronting on the Mississippi river in said county into levee dis- tricts, no one of which districts shall contain more 279

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