State Ex Rel. Porterie v. Housing Authority of New Orleans

ODOM, Justice.

The purpose of Act No. 275, page 697, of 1936, according to its title, is;

“To declare the necessity of creating public bodies corporate and politic to be known as housing authorities to engage in slum clearance and projects to provide dwelling accommodations for families of low income; to create such housing authorities in the cities having a population of more than 20,000; to define the powers and duties of housing authorities and to provide for the exercise of such powers, including acquiring property by purchase, gift or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, and…