The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-11-20
The Draining Of the Ia.
sin ing b .aWeca, IA.
yOus T. fourth and
Ter bonnie.

draining aud retaining the lands
lying bet xern the BayOns Latonr
cine and Te.rebonn-" appropriated
and dona ell "'to the Police Juries
OF said Parishes all the swamp
aud uyrrfowed lands, belonging
to the State. lying and being b.
tween the sa Il BayouS. relinquish
ing he said lands 10 the Parish
e>,' provided that the work OF
drainage be commenced within l.
months and kept up continually
IN fast AZ circumstances would
,"i nit.
1t also authorized the Police
rJuri-s Of the said Parishes to
"-ach appoint two members Ut a
board to Ne known aud designa
ted az "The. Local Board oil
swamp Lahh commissioners" and
"Tir Governor to appoint anH'h
=, who shalt bp the President ol
the B0,rd'
The Police Juries Of the two
Parishes were each required ia
.'trvA aiax on all lainis'' i'll their
respective limits comprised ir,
tween The two BayOus "hiah sinai
not exceed one pei cent ann 'aliy,
The Board was also empowered
t. sell tho lands thus redrene
and all taxes and sales "f land
were "to I've held by the Trea>u
rer as "a Trust Fund to t" applied
exclusively to til. surveys aud lie
wees and to cutting canals, clean
ing and dred ing bayOns, aud
other drains, aud such other work
as may be directed 10y The hoard
necessary tt drain and reclaim
the said land"
Unde, this Act the Police Jury
Of the Parish Of LafOu' che elected
Joseph U. Toups and Leon F,
Gaudet ; the Police Jury Of the
Parish Of TerrebOnnp rlrrtrd F,
Vigurrir and William A. Bisian'l
and Go segnor Nichols APP 'ornt-d
Cle0phas Lagardr as members 81
the "Locai Board OF Swamp Land
COMMISSIONER Of Mhich Z. La
garte was ex-ofacio President.
l, is hardly probable that a b.,
ter selection OF com ni>sioners
could have been selected. All
were men Of pahlic spirit, person
ally interested in the success OF
the enterprise and possessing the
full confidence ut the people OF
the two Parishes whom they re,
presented.
The Local Board of Swpm,u
Land Commissioners met on
April !, 1880 in tht of. GO Of J.. :.
GOOde, IL the town of Thib0daux,
that gentleman having tendere,!
the u~e Of his Office for the meet
ings OF The Board.
The Board selected 5. T. GviSa-
more, Secretary and Treasurer OF
the Board.
They adopted the map It the
District in which III y we're 4,
work, made by Gorliuski III 1861
AZ the typographical guide tor
their action.
The Police Juries OF the Parish
es Of Ter, ebOune and Latomchr
were requested to levy il tax Of
Que per cent Oh AL Ian ~ in their
respective Pari>h,-, >u.j.t !" tax
alton under Act NJ. lU6 as above.
mentioned.
The President, authorized by II
resolution Of the Board appointed
Messrs. Viguerie, Gandet aud
TOups, u committee TO call upon
the people Interested ami ascer.
tain their disposition towards as
sisting the Board in the com
me"cement OF operations, pre-.
viOns to the cOIIertlou OF any tax
rs under the Law.
The Pvesidrnt was authorized
to gather all the Information pos.
sible. as To the costs and hes,
method Of dredging the lands so
IN To secure the drainage demand
ell.
The COMMITTEES above IN ntiom
Ell visited the people aud report
ed subsequently that various citi-
zens Of the P'ari, n of LafOurci,e
llad loaned or promised to loaa
To the company n sum of between
four and five thousand dollars, to
be repaid as taxes Were collected
which were assessed against them
and the Police Jury Of Terrebou
NE bad agreed to advance Two
thousand dollars to no repaid by
thr collection ut the taxes assess
ed against citizens Ut the said
Parish.
The Board then received .eve
raj pro. positions for the cunStruc
ti"n Of ii Canal connecting Lake
Long with Graud Bayoa Bay and
Bayou Jean La Croix. One sec
ticn OF the proposed canal was
six 2GlSO miles ia length, the 9th
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