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No. 14.] AN ACT To confirm the notarial charter of the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company, with amendments thereto; to extend the term of existence of said company, and to confer thereon certain powers and franchises.
Approved February 19, 1876.
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No. 20.] AN ACT To authorize, with the consent of a popular vote, a special tax on property in New Orleans to pay for stock in the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company, to provide for submission of the question at a special election; to provide for the securing and collection of the tax, if voted; to impose certain duties on the State officers of election and on the city officers, and to punish violation of this act; to authorize the issue of tax stock, and to provide a remedy by mandamus to enforce official duty under this act.
Approved March 3, 1876.
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No. 21.] AN ACT To authorize and require the police juries in certain parishes and the municipal authorities of incorporated cities and towns, the city of New Orleans excepted, to submit ordinances to the popular vote of said parishes with reference to subscriptions to the stock of the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company and, in the event of a favorable vote, to require said police juries to subscribe to the stock of said company, to issue bonds therefor, and to levy a tax to meet the principal and interest of said bonds, to provide penalties against a diversion of said tax, and remedies in favor of the holders of said bonds, and to declare the use to be made of moneys to be paid to said railroad; to provide a remedy by mandamus and for damages; to force a compliance with this act; to provide a preference for certain appeals; to impose special duties on State officers of election in said parishes, and on parochial officers, and to provide for the collection of the taxes provided for in this act, and to repeal conflicting laws.
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No. 36.] AN ACT To extend the corporate limits of the town of Homer, parish of Claiborne; to amend and re-enact sections one, two, three, four, five, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven, and to repeal sections six and twelve of act No. 111, approved March 13, 1850, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Homer, in the parish of Claiborne, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts incompatible with the provisions of this act.
Approved March 2, 1876.
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No. 47.] AN ACT Granting to the Charity Hospital Medical College of New Orleans the right to confer degrees and grant diplomas, to have the same effect, and to confer on said Charity Hospital Medical College the same powers and privileges that are possessed by the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana.
Approved March 20, 1876.
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No. 72.] AN ACT Governing the manner in which cotton press receipts, warehouse receipts, or the receipts of other custodians of any property whatever, shall be issued, in all cases where such receipts shall or may be used or pledged as collateral security for money advanced or borrowed on faith of the property therein specified, and governing the delivery and disposal of the property for which such receipts may be issued.
Approved March 11, 1876.
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No. 73.] AN ACT To provide for improving, paving, repaving, grading or regrading streets, or portions thereof, within the limits of the city of New Orleans; to provide the mode of payment therefor, and to secure the same.
Approved March 30, 1876.
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No. 77. AN ACT To confirm and approve the act of incorporation and amendments thereto of the Hebrew Zion Congregation of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana.