The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-05-12
POLICE Jury PROCEEDINGS.
Franklin, La, Nav 5. 1900.

I
roll call, the following members
were present: i. {. l.aWicss. j.
| Richard, L. S. AIic:nan, l.. :
ILandry. J. l.. iiimcl and J. r
ILaseus. Absent: T. +. frcre ano
IS. b. Roanc. Tho President
| being absent. on motion I. g
Lavless was elected President pro
| TEN.
On motion. the minutes CT pre-
vious meeting we're dispensed
with.
James p. Kcmper asked TO pre-
| sent . petition from the property
tax pavor.s OF portion Of the 2nd
and Bid Wards OF the Parish OF
St. Mary. asking tho authority TO
organize d Drainage district. APP
point commissioners etc, il order
to have route surveyed, determine
cost, rate Of taxation, ETC., ncccs-
sary to meet expenses, and have
an election TO carry into effect tie
demands Of said petition. The
following petition was read and
submitted:
We, the undersigned property
owners OF St, Nary Parish, Louis
lana, do most respectfully petition
the Honorable Police Jury to avail
themselves OF Act No. ~, Of the
General Assembly approved July
9th, 1895, and organize drainage
district in tho portion 81 the
parish generally known IS g part
OF Cypemort Prairie, and bopnd-
ed approximately is follows:
North by a line on the south
side Of Bayou Teche, located On
the summit Of the ridge which
divides the waters that flow into
the Tcche, from those that flow;
back through the various small
sloughs to tire swamp on the
south, east by a line on the east
side Of Bayou Choupiluc (not
Yokcly) situated on the summit
Of the ridge which divides the
waters that flow into Bayou Chou
piquc from those that dow into
Bayou Yokeley, south by the
proposed canal itself, or where the
canal does not extend, by the
limit OF the arabic lands, west
by line Oh the cas-; side Of Bay Oh
CypremorS on the summit OF the
ridge which divides the waters
that flow into Bayou Cypremort
from those that flow back through
the various small sloughs to the
swamp on the south.
Iiiesc lines are to be drawn 50
as to comprise all OF the lands
whose waters win natu, 2lly dow
into the proposed canal, and no
oti.ar.
The approximate location OF the
canal will be fron. 2 point in
Bayou Choupiquc near sab;n
koLrcguez's plantation, running
in a westerly direction through
the marsh ana scamp, connecting
with all the sloAgno ard drainage
bitches from the high lands Or The
north, until what is known as the
DOGin Canal on the west boundary
OF L. +. Patou.'s property is
reached. IHeG from same point
on this canal, to &c determined
later on, an outlet will be GU; into
the 4acst feasible one OF the sew
eral marsh nayous, which lead
to the gulf.
At the point where the canal
crosses the right-of-way for
water left open by L. p. Patout,
: branch canal is proposed to be
dug lii northerly direction,
crossing the Cypseao-t Branch
of the Southern Pacific Halfway
and extending across the public
roaa ii .Arnold's Lane, and head
ing in the low lasads north of the
road.
The petitioners request that the
named property owners
be appointed as commissioners
of this Drainage District, Viz:
Richard Sprague, John Baldwin,
Jr., E. Richard, w. B. kempe.,
Ernest Provost, l.. ?. Patout, !
Henri julien, and that they be !
to order and direct the |
necessary survey to determine the
most feasible and economic Local
ton Of the oaaal. and to make an
estimate OF tho cost