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Resolution by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. 1837 18 (1837.1)

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lice Jury.
Amount thepe-
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on all the lands of the Parish, except those fronting on the Mis-
sissippi, from Baton Rouge to bayou Manshac, or such other road
districts, as may apply to the Police Jury to be governed by the
old law.
SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, etc. That the amount to lie
levied on each district to be equal to the work due to the road,
calculating the labor of a hand at one dollar per day, and ad-
ding an amount to cover fees for collecting, &c.

Duty of the She-  SECT. 3. BC it further enacted, etc. That the tax is to be
reaurdrParish collected by the sherifl, and the parish treasurer to keep a sepa-
rate account for each road district.
What hands    SECT, 4. Bc it further Cnacted, etc. That the hands subject
compelled  to to road duty, shall be compelled to work the time required by
work.         the old law, when the overseer thinks it necessary, but that for
every day after their own tax is paid, each hand shall receive
Per diem al- one dollar per day out of the money in the Treasury, upon pro-
lowed them.   senting the warrant of the overseer.

Overseer, when
may      employ
hands.
Money or labor
how to 'be ap-
plied, where two
public roads pass
through a tractof
land.
Repeal.

SecT. 5. Be it further enacted, etc. That when any road
district has any money in the Treasury the overseer may em-
ploy hands with the consent of throo persons living in the dis-
trict, at one dollar per day to keep ti1e road in good order.
SECT. 6. Bec it further enacted, etc. That where two public
roads pass through a tract of land, the money or labor to be ap-
plied lor the benefit of the road travelled by the person living
on the land, or if non resident, to the road most useful to the
public.
SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, etc. That all laws or
parts of laws, contrary to the provisions of this Act, be, and the
same are hereby repealed.
(Signed)          ALCEE LABRANCHE,

(Signed)

Views of tle
Governor    Nvith
respet to aboli-
ton,   concurred
in'
Intent and pur-
port of resolu.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
C. DERBIGNY,
President of the Senate.

Approved, February 20th, 1837.
(Signed)          E. D. WHITE,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
[No. 21.]
Resolution.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That
the Legislature fully concur in the views set forth and so ably
explained in that part of the Governor's message which relates
to Abolition Society.
Be it further resolved, etc. That they give their full concur-
rence to the intent and purport of all the resolutions transmitted

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