Note 135 — Chapter II
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“We have passed a bill to-day for Claiborne Parish, and where is the consistency of refusing to aid improvements in the parish of Lafourche?” House Deb., 1869, 381. Senator Ray declared it one of the “fundamental principles of my political theory that the State of Louisiana ought to aid all the works of internal improvement that appear to be beneficial.” Sen. Deb., 1870, 627.