Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 38, § 338. Construction, maintenance, and repairs of levees in Pontchartrain Levee District; supervision and control

A. To insure more effectively the protection of the city of New Orleans from overflow, the board of commissioners of the Orleans Levee District may contribute, at its discretion, and on recommendation of its chief engineer, the amounts of money, at the times and on the terms, which the board may determine, towards the construction, maintenance, and repairs of the levees along the Mississippi River in the Pontchartrain Levee District below Bonnet Carre. This contribution shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars in any single year and shall not be used for the acquisition of property.

B. Where money has been contributed under the provisions of this Chapter to the construction, maintenance, or repair of any levee, the money shall be expended solely when not less than a like amount is contributed by the Pontchartrain Levee District for the similar purpose, and the work shall be done under the supervision and control of the office of engineering.