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and give speedy, direct and safe means of transportation and communication to the inhabitants of said section of country.

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Be it further resolved, That the Governor be requested to for- Copies of these ward a copy of these resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress.

H. W. OGDEN,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CLAY KNOBLOCH,

Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.

forwarded to our members of Congress.

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Relative to the improvement of navigable streams in the Parish of St. Tammany.

Whereas, It is in the interest of commerce and the great and growing trade between the city of New Orleans and the parish of St. Tammany, and that the latter has become, through its salubrious climate and its various medicinal springs, the resort of the seeker after health and pleasure, thereby increasing in the last few years its passenger traffic to a wonderful extent, that the streams emptying into and tributary to Lake Pontchartrain should be kept in good navigable order for the better navigation of the waters; that their several bars should be dredged and kept dredged out, channels deepened and straightened, obstructions removed, cut-offs made, and in short such work done as may offer less impediments to the transportation of the various products of its sources of wealth and industry, viz: brick, sand, lumber, shells, tar, pitch, turpentine, rosin, cotton, sugar, molasses, hay, fruits, potatoes, and which from its distributing point, New Orleans, finds its way over the whole world, and together with its return freights and travel furnishes employment to an immense fleet of steamers, schooners and sail vessels of all classes; and,

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Whereas, The appropriation recently made by Congress of the United States for the Tchefuncta and Big Bough Fallia rivers, are entirely inadequate for the purposes intended; therefore be it Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, the Senate concurring, That our Senators and Representa- Instructions tives from the State of Louisiana in the Congress of the United members of Con States, be respectfully instructed and requested to use every en- passage by Condeavor and exertion to secure for the Big Bough Failia an addi- Eress of an act to improve the navitional appropriation of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the gation of navigable purpose of more fully and effectually carrying out the object in- ish of St. Tammany. tended, viz: of dredging, cleaning out and removing its obstructions and impediments to navigation, from the point known as the Old Landing to the town of Covington, to which large steamers and other crafts formerly came without let or hindrance; and

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that further appropriations be made for the following streams, with the sums designated, for the purpose of carrying out the objects herein before specified, to wit, the improvement of their condition for navigation for the purposes of commerce, traffic and trade: Bayou Castin, near Mandeville, the only safe anchorage for that town from the perils of the storms of Lake Pontchartrain, five thousand dollars ($5,000); Bayou Bonfouca, five thousand dollars ($5,000); Bayou Lacombe, five thousand dollars ($5,000); total for the four streams mentioned, Big Bough Fallia, Bayou Castin, Bayou Bonfouca and Bayou Lacombe, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000); be it

Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to
transmit, as early as possible, copies of this concurrent resolu-
tion to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.
H. W. OGDEN,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CLAY KNOBLOCH,

Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved May 31, 1886.

S. D. MCENERY, Governor of the State of Louisiana.

A true copy from the original :

OSCAR ARROYO,

Secretary of State.

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Providing for the repairs of artificial limbs supplied by the State, which have been furnished to citizens of the State who lost a limb or limbs in the Confederate military service, with substantial artificial limbs.

Whereas, In the embodiment of Act No. 46, of the session of 1884, an act entitled "An Act, making appropriations for the purpose of supplying citizens of the State who lost a limb or dlimbs in Confederate military service, with substantial artificial limbs; and appropriating sixteen thousand ($16,000) dollars therefor, but for the manufacture of same only; and,

Whereas, Many of such artificial limbs supplied by the State sometimes require repairs, and the wearers of same are unable to have them repaired, and no provision made for such purpose; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, Authority on the That the Adjutant General of this State, in whom is vested the Adjutant General authority to contract for the manufacture of said limbs, is hereufacture of limbs by authorized and empowered to have such repairs made as in his judgment are required, and any expense incurred therefor, he is Appropria. tion to pay same. hereby authorized to disburse from any funds in his hands, or to

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the credit of artificial limbs by appropriations heretofore or hereafter made by the General Assembly.

H. W. OGDEN,

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Inviting Levee Commissioners from Chicot, Desha and Philips counties, Arkansas, to Baton Rouge, to confer with legislative committees.

Whereas, Twelve or more parishes of the State of Louisiana are annually exposed to inundation from the waters of the Mississippi river; therefore be it

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Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That the Levee Commissioners of the counties of Philips, Desha Invitation to the and Chicot, of the State of Arkansas, are hereby requested and Levee Commissionnvited to meet the levee committees of the General Assembly ers of Phillips, Deof the State of Louisiana, for the purpose of formulating some ties, in Arkansas, to oncert of action at Baton Rouge, during the present session, to meet the levee comthe end that a unity of purpose and concentrated force be lature to confer on brought to bear upon this ever-threatening danger, and that the both States from inGovernor of this State is requested to notify, and invite said undation. Levee Commissioners of the State of Arkansas, through the Executive Department of that State.

H. W. OGDEN,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CLAY KNOBLOCH,

Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.

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No. 9. |

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Relative to establishing a Mechanical School and memorializing
the Congress of the United States for the donation of the
United States Marine Hospital at New Orleans for that pur-
pose.
Whereas, It is of vital interest to the whole country to en-
courage the education of its youths in all branches of honest in-
dustry; and

Whereas, A suitable location exists in the city of New Orleans, for the establishment of a mechanical school, in the buildings known as the United States Marine Hospital, and of no possible use to them.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Memorial to Con- State of Louisiana, That the Congress of the United States be gress to donate the memorialized to donate the grounds and buildings to the city of pital and grounds New Orleans for the purpose of establishing a free school for Orleans for the es- the instruction of youths from 12 to 15 years of age, in all the tablishment of a various branches of mechanics, said school to be supported by the city of New Orleans, and products of its manufacture. Resolved further, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress, be, and are hereby requested to assist in the furtherance of this object, and at as early a day as possible present a bill in conformity hereto.

Mechanical school.

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Release of pay

property confiscat

For the relief of the heirs of parties whose property may have been confiscated by the United States, in conformity with Article 57 of the Constitution.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisi ment of all taxes on ana, All taxes, State parochial or municipal, due on property ed by the United which may have been confiscated by the United States, shall, States when rever at the date of its reversion, be released to the heirs of the the parties who suf- parties who suffered the confiscation.

sible to the heirs of

fered the confisca

tion.

H. W. OGDEN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CLAY KNOBLOCH,

Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved June 7, 1886.

S. D. MCENERY,

Governor of the State of Louisiana.

A true copy from the original :

OSCAR ARROYO,

Secretary of State.

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To authorize the Secretary of State to forward to each clerk of each District Court in the State a copy of the Acts of each session of the General Assembly, bound in leather.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That the Secretary of State shall forward to each Bound copies of clerk of each District Court in the State a copy of the Acts of the Acts to be foreach session of the General Assembly, bound in leather, begin- of court by the Secning with the Acts of the session of 1886.

warded to the clerks

retary of State.

Provision for the

SEC 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That payment for the binding in leather of a sufficient number of copies of the Acts of each binding of sufficient session of the General Assembly, to carry out the requirements Acts for that purof the first section of this act, shall be made out of the appropriation for the State printing.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

H. W. OGDEN,

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No. 12.]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Instructing and requiring the Attorney General to institute, without delay, legal proceedings against the Carondelet Canal and Navigation Company for the forfeiture of its charter, and to bring its property into the possession of the State,

Whereas, It appears from the reports of the special Senate and House Committees of the State of Louisiana, appointed during the session of 1884, to investigate the affairs of the Carondelet Canal and Navigation Company, that the said company is guilty of repeated and gross violations of its charter; therefore, be it

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for the forfeiture of

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That Instructions the Attorney General be and he is hereby instructed and re- the Attorney Genquired to institute legal proceedings, without delay, against the eral to institute suit said Carondelet Canal and Navigation Company for the forfeit- the Carondelet Caure of its charter, and to bring its property into the possession Company. of the State.

H. W. OGDEN,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CLAY KNOBLOCH,

Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved June 8, 1886.

nal and Navigation

S D. MCENERY,

Governor of the State of Louisiana.

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