The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-06-12

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said Sec SO: thence following the
Southern line of Sec. 80, Sec. II. Sec.
% and Sec. "a in an easterly direction
to Bayou Tortue at the lines OF the
Parishes of ST. Martin and Lafayette
near or at the Bridge on Bayou Tor
tue: thence following Bayou Tortue in
its southwark course to Lake Tasse:
thence following the western boundry
of Lake Tasse to the line OF the
Parish of Iberia: thence following
said line to the starting point.
Be it further ordained. etc., that
and..........
both being electors of said Drainage
District who own and are assessed in
an amount mot less than five hundred
dOllars) in real estate situated within
the limits of said District, be and
they are hereby appointed and elected
Commissioners to constitute The BOARD
of said Drainage District within and
for the parish of st Martin; said COM
missioners shall qualify in accordance
with law and elected in accordance
with said Act 159 of 1905, constitute the
Board of said Drainage District. who
shall have all the powers and per-
form all the duties conferred upon
them as such by said Act 159 of 1902.
and the constitution of this State,
amended by act 122 of the year 1906:
the said Board of Commissioners
shall meet at the domicile of said Drain
age District on the .....day OF June.
1907 at 10 o'clock a. IN. and shall pro-
coed to organize by ~electing officers as
follows: they shall elect from among
their numbers a president and a vice
president, who shall perform all the
duties incumbent upon them by law;
they shall also elect a secretary and
fix his salary. He shall perform all
the duties required of him by the
Board of Commissioners. They shall
also elect a treasurer in accordance
with the provisions of Act 159 OF 1902.
who shall have the power conferred
upon him by said act and shall per-
form all the duties incumbent upon
him by said act and such other duties
as usually %appertain to said Office.
Be it further ordained, etc. that the
dOmicile of said Drainage District
shall be and is hereby fixed at st.
M%artinville. Louisiana. at which
domicile it shall be sued and service
of citation shall be made on the
President of said Board OF Commits
siOncrs, either in person or at his
dOmicile wherever it may be, as In the
case of an ordinary suit.
Be it further ordained, etc. that
said Cypress Island-Lafayette Drain
age district shall constitute a body
corporate in raw, with all the powers
of a corporation, shall have the
power and right to incur debt and
contract obligations, to sue and be
sued, to have a corporate seal, and TIC
do and perform any and all acts in its
corporate capacity and in its corpor'
ate name necessary and proper, for
the carrying out of the purposes and
objects of said Act 159 of 1902 and the
| Constitution of the. State and Its
amendments by Act 122 OF the year
| 1906. That said Board of Commits
sioners shall have the power and il
shall be their duty to open all natural
! drains which they may deem necessary
in said district, and to perform al
works Herewith connected, which they
NAV deem necessary to MAKE the open.
ing of said drains effective: they shall
have full power to make contracts fol-
! that purpose, and to approve and &C,
cept the same from the parties witt
whom the contracts are made and
shall have the further power OF cut
ting and opening new drains OF
canals, when deemed necessary, witt
full and complete power to secure
rights of way necessary for n cut
ting of canals or other works for thu
drainage of said district, and to d.
this they shall have the power to brins
appropriation suits and ~exprOpriat'
lands that may be necessary for tn
purpose of securing such rights o
way: they shall have all such Othe
powers as are conferred upon Drain
age Boards by law; and especially b.
Art. 28l of the constitution of 1898 ant
Act l22 of the year 1905. amending tn
constitution of 1898 and by Act l59 o
1902.
Be it further ordained, etc. tina
said Board of Commissioners an
said drainage district, in addition t.
the powers hereinabOve referred to an
granted, shall have the further powe
and authority to levy and assess an
nual contributions or acreage take
for the purpose of providing an
maintaining drainage systems With
said district on all lands situated /
said District, of twenty-five cents pc
acre for a period not to exceed fort
years, or so much thereof as may b
necessary. when authorized to do S
by a vote of a majority in number an
amount of the property tax payers {
said district qualified as electors VI
der the laws of this State, voting
an election held for that pupose a
provided by law, and said Drainag
District, through the Board of Con
missioners thereof, may incur indeb
edness and issue negotiable bond
therefor payable in principal an
i interest out of and not to exceed j
principal and interest the aggrega1
} amount to be raised by said annu'