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An Act amending the several acts in relation to the police and government of the town of Opelousas, and for other purposes. 1835 208 (1835)

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resti ctions cftaid 1n ti  seventh'n eightieaections of theit
original charter;' the'compariy shil have the'right to extend
their works' and buildings;- ps far aito lake Borgne, or otl Jrwa-
ters, where theii'ateral brafiches shall terminate, as they may
deem necessary,'tind shall havdithe same privileges in relation
to lake Borgne and tho lateral roads, that they ndw have in re-
lation to lake Pontchartrain and the main road, as specified in
the sixth section of the act to which this is an amendment.
SWr. 8. Be itfurther enacted, dc. That the same fines
an< penalties for wilfully injuring the property of the company,
as extended by this act, shall accrue as is specified in the elev-
enth section of the act to which this is an amendment.
SECT. 9. And be it further enacted, kc. That the general
superintendent of the Pontchextrain Rail Road, or his successors
in office, bo entrusted with all the powers, given to the harbor
master in the Port of New-Orleans, in relation to the removal
of vessels, which shall not be removed by the captains or persons
in charge of them, on the first notification; and the said' super-
intendent shall have the power of assigning births for the ves-
sels in the Pontchartrain harbor, at the lake end of the Road, and
of removing them from the harbor, if they !should not be re-
moved by the captain or persons having charge of them, on the
first notification; and the owner or owners thereof shall be lia-
ble for all damages caused to the company, and for all expenses
for removing the same.

ALCEE LABRANCHE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
C. DERBIGNY,
President of the Senate.
35.
E. D. WHITE,
Govenor of the Btato of Loutsians.

(Signed)

(Signed)
APProved, April 2, 1&
(Signed)

An Act
Amending the several acts in relation to the police and government of
the town of Opelousas, and Or other purposes.
SECTION 1. Be it enactA  by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in General Amsembty
convened, That from and after the passage of this act, every
free white male citizen, who shall have attained the age of
twenty-one years, and resided at least one year previous to the
day of election within the present limits of the town of Opelou-
sas, and who, within one year previous to the said election, shall
have paid, or been subject to pay, a State, parish or corporation
tax, or have possessed, for six months, a real estate of the value
of one hundred dollars, shall have a right to vote at the election

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Qualifications
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