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made to pay the costs as above. +n
Yeas G~risamoie. Eoise, Kraemer. Moran
Mathews Delaune and Cherlmie.
Nays: None.
The Committee on Drainage presented t.
following report.
Tinb"daux. La July II, 1886.
To the Police Jury
HE ConImitttc ON Drainage 10 whom ba,
been referred til report IF tie Parish lies,
re- Tor the year ending june b. 1886 renort :.
That during SAID year ava amount Of
S219o.3s have been exnrudei in the yarious
Drainage Districts. AID that there ia now on
hand 70 the credit of the various Districts tba
sun of $33 io.J9
1t affords us rnnch pleasure toy state that
the above expenditure slas been productive
of much good to the people whose lands wers
subject TO overflow in swamps. and in the in.
crease OF drainage facilities OF thu higher
lands.
Your Committee have also had referrel IN
them cert ain petitions aud papers from res,.
dents in Drainage District No. l..
Before discussing the PRAYER of petitioner,
it will be advisable tn state certain facts con
nected with this drainage law.
Ordinance No. l53, adopted May 10, 1889
says That for each and every district
there shall be three commissioners appointed
nv the Police Jury. who shall be residents of
the district for which they are appointed and
possessing property therein.
They VIII hold their appointments for as
long as the Police Jury shall deem fit.
THAT the duties of said fcommissioner.
shall consist in opening all the natural drains
IN their respective districts they shall bavs
1uil power to make contracts fol- the openino
OF SAID drains, and Approve and accept the
same from the parties with whom said con.
tracts are made and in case the cutting or
opening OF new drains shall be deemed neees-
sarv IN any district and the majority of tina
iandsholders, residents of said district shall
SO decide. they shall have IN the matter Of
SAID cuts and drains the same powers ~
above" 40
FROM these extracts it will be seen that thA
expenclture of the funds in Drainage Dis
trict No. is committed to the discretion ar
ITS commissions.
In order to obtain ,eIief for thu ra,;.;uo-
one otltwO things maybe done. The Jnrv has
Tue power ." remove the present commiss;or.
: anu appoint Others who will afford tina !.
necessary aif required. This we cannot va.
:ouinend as We have no just cause for 40 AZ.
.ng; M at all events, they would be ent;.
:leu 70 nearing before such action would I'M
Your committee therefore recomms,s
what they deem would be a fair comnrom;.s
anu winch Will be satisfactory from what we
can understand, the following ordinance
ORDINANCE MOI
Amending ordinance l53. passed NAV 10. 1882
De 10 enacted &c, That section J be amen
ueu oy adding after Ridgefield plantation
provided that all that section of said Dis
triet lying between the Bruslee Guillot Land.
ana .le "ebre plantation, fronting on Bayon
.1IatUurche' ana extending back 50 arpents,
snail be designated rs Sub. District No l.
ne 1t further enacted &c, That the com
'h'ssioIerSpt District No. l be requested ana
authorized 10 pay to the commissioners Of
Sub. District No. I the amount of the taxes
PAID oS the inhabitants thereof into the
Drainage fund.
Respectfully Submitted,
L.. KRAEMER,
s. I. GRISAMORE,
The Jury then took a recess luutil , O'Clock
HI COULON,
President.
p. EMILE LEBL,SC.
Secretary.