The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-08-10
BROWARD TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA

less than three million acres in the
district. have proceeded 10 drain and
reclaim the land with the money in
the fund that under the lac cannot be
used for any other purpose. until the
work Of reclamation is eomplete. The
Legislature seeing that the four ana
one-hslf million acres. owned BY cor
POratiOns aud individuals would be
bene6tted bv the work undertaken By
the trustee ,.sx,.a1,ed Law creating a
board Of drSH commissioner. and
authorizing said commission 20 lay
out = drainage district and 20 levy an
acreage tar not 90 exceed ten cents
per acre in any one year The trus-
tees agreeing to put up a. much mon
ey per acre ioT the lands in the fund,
a. would be assessed against the
lands owned BY the corporations and
individuals. The trustees and drain
lge commissioners concluded that 10
fOPeTly equip and proceed With the
work they should have about three
hundred and seventy-fve thousand
dollars. they therefore levied tax.
ut IT ten cents an acre. but Of five
'ents an acre upon al Of the tax
,ble lands. aud concluded TO put mp
We cents an acre on all of the lands
u the fund that were in the same
district Which would make up che
snm II Nas Thought that sin dredges
should l'c built. and that sum would
build them and operate them for more
than a year: md after that. an assess
mcnt IT "nr and one fourth cent, per
acre would probably he sufficient to
operate the drrdges. aud tlst the
wh"lc work 1T can ling and plac-
ing the land 10 the reach 81 the ag-
riculturisi would he finally completed
II Is hut iair that u A and y own
land in the same drainage district. \
owning three million aud u owning
four aud one half million acres. that
each should pay the ~smc per acre
Mcs>r> WelCh & Misner aud their
associate, thought -" once. the l.gis-
'siuFc Thought 80 when q enacted the
'aW. and thu trustees >Iill think So.
I'D ] deem IL my duty a. Governor
20 ,sy ." ynu that there - SSsSOOO
Z drainage taN due. ninrteen-twen-
'~'h> 90 u from nine corporations.
' b" paid little ~ n"thing i"r tic
and. m",i IT u being granted hy the
'str. and ah''ui .nr i"rticth Ia. t,een
artiy paid - the agricultural, and
thrr indiy idual, ~ the drainage Dis
rect The trustees IN the part ~ the
- oPle "i Florida have been yuiting
~ al II the money - far They have
bnilt "nr drcdge and have hrf digging
canal. and have nearly completed
an"ih-r Shall the corporation, IN the
';-ainage district reimburse TIE trus-
zee for their portion 81 the cost,
~ hall they have their land reclaim
cd tree a. well a. gwen 60 them a.
has hsrn dunr ~ most instances
,sk every ciiizrn t. Contribute az least
a tW" cent stamp. 80 other small con
tributi"ns o. dcfray the expense Of
preparing the data that ! think every
,oirr should have. Co enable him 90
make ny his mind how To vote on the
constitutional amendment which is
proposed think that u will cost
about SR.sOO. made up a. follows
10000 onc cent stamps. $1,000; pre-
pairing and printing data. about $1,000;
purchasing and addressing envelopes.
about $500 To every one Who con-
tributes more than GO cents, ! prom
ise Co. return Co him has proportion
II whatever sum in excess Of that
amount - contributed. I have seat
out about 5000 documents already.
and Il has cost me between S7oo and
Si!Ooo.
y B. BROwARD.
Governor.