Thibaut v. Board of Com'rs

The Legislature created by Act No. 13 of 1892 the Lafourche Basin levee district, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining levees in the territory out of which the district was formed, and of protecting the lands therein from overflow, and authorized the district to levy taxes, forced contributions, and local assessments to accomplish the purposes of its creation.

By Act No. 70 of 1922, the Legislature authorized the board of commissioners of the district to issue, in addition to the $750,000 of bonds, issued by it in the past, bonds in the further sum of $750,000, to be retired by…