Board of Commissioners v. Bergeron

McCALEB, Justice.

On September 11, 1956, defendants herein, Lawrence W. Bergeron, Edmond Collins and Selma Picardía, were each appointed and commissioned by the Governor as a commissioner for the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District. These appointments were made under authority of R.S. 38:1071, as-amended by Act 35 of the Extraordinary Session of 1956, which granted to the Governor in office the right to appoint the *377Levee Commissioners for the Lake Borgne Levee District, said commissioners to hold their offices “during the term of office of the Governor appointing them or until their successors…