The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-04-09

Petition was received and ordered I
be publish ed.
/ The petition from the tax payers o
the 4,h ward was read as follows:
To his Exc cheney, W. W. Heard, Governor O
/ the State of Louis ANA, and to the Honor
able, the POLICE Jury Of tho Parish of S,
Mary, louisiana:
We, the undersigned property owner
Of st. Mary Parish do most res yectfull,
p";i,ion your honorable body to avail it.
sell Of Act No. 12 Of the General Assem-.
bly,, approved June 9th. 1900, and Ac
No. III Of the General Assembly. ap
proved July 18th, 1900 and organize 8
drainage district in that portion of th,
parish general known as the Bayou
Sale country, and bounded as follows:
| That certain body of land situated in
the Parish OF st. Mary, Louisiana, bound
ed on the north by the Public Road run
| ming down Bayou Techc, extending from
the line between Susie and Frances
plantations the property Of the Kramer
Planting Co. Ltd, to the lane running
south from the public road at Vertiun-
vile. which lane divides the property of
Dru'lhet and BOudreaux on the east
from the numerous small tracts which
constitute the settlement Of Vcrdunville
on the west, bon dcd on the east By said
lane until it intersccts Bayou Sale,
thence along the western bank of Bayou
Sale until the lower line Of Cherry Bank
plantation. now owned by +. &. Marsh.
is reached, thence along this lower line
aforesaid IN o southwesterly direction
until the lower back corner Of said Cherry
Bank plantation is reached, thence in a
nOrtherly direction along the back of tho
concessions constituting the Cherry Bank
plantation and also the plantation for
merly owned by Lyman Slansbnry, and
BiJou plantation, now owned by Foster
Bros: until the lower back corner be-
tween the Susie and Frances plantations
IL reached, thence along the line between
the Susie and Frances plantations to the
point CT beginning at the public road.
a II in accordance with il survey and
map made by J. L. Kemper a
civil engineer residing in the aforesaid
Parish, which map is hereto annexed
and made u part LOrcOf.
These lines are drawn 50 az to COM
prise all of The lands hose waters will |
naturally flow into the proposed canal !
and no others,
The approximate location of the canal |
Will be from point at the head of The |
canal IN the rear or west side of the |
Mary land plantation, owned by Jacob
clansen, and crossing the lands of &c.
Marsh, Albert Hebert, JnO. Danjean and
roster Bros I'D direct line to the Sonth
'rn Pacific Railroad calvert, here Yellow
5ayOu now crosses said Railroad, and TO
lean ont and deepen said Yellow Rayou
rom the said Southern Pacific Railroad
o its source, some point in the lands of
J. b. Luke.
The petitioners request that your hon
'raole body name three of the five mem
,ers to be appointed commissioners of
MS sad district, and the other two he
admitted to his Excelency, the Gov,
rhor OF the state for appointment. and
nat the SAID commissioners as appointed
70 empowered to order and direct the ;
necessary survey, and to determine the
most economic location for the said
anal and to make an approximate esti. ,
nate OF the cost thereof. To comple an ,
ssestment roll of the drainage district
eng guided therein by the present as.
ess'heht roll OF that property, to esti-
late rate OF taxation for the per;od of !
or'y years or less if necessary to defray
ne total cos: of the work. and to do ali !
Their necessary preliminary work and 10
sport back to the Police jury at their /
irllest convenience and ask tina, an y
lection be held to determine wh.,her
re drainage will be Accomplished
petitioners request that the name of
re Drainage District be styIed The !
elbow Bayou Drainage District" and I
lat its domicile be the Parish OF ST. 4
airy. =
In the event of 4 negative vote by the c
'operty owners, We the undersigned
do hereby bind ourselves to I
crate the expense of the survey and a
her preliminary work incurred by the \
in pr,portion ~ .ho
Mount Of our respective assessn,an,s r
Signed. Siyned $
C Marsh, CT Guidroz :
u Danjean, LYMAN Stanshurv j
f Packard, II Boudreaux y
bowman. CT Henagriffe
PA Drniihe, ar r
car Martin. Edw R"bichanx y
A Chauvin. JBI.uke y
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