The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-09
Police Jury Proceedings.
FRANKLIN, La, July 5, 1910.

neguIar meeting OF the FOllc
> Jury of the Parish of st. Mary
called to order by President Jos
Brig. Roll call. Present, Messrs
Giles, Gooch. Bodin, Robicheaux
Haydel, Aucoin and Drackett
Absent, Gilmore and Young.
A petition was received and reac
from the residents OF the Irish
Bend neighborhook asking that {
colored man, Nimrod Wilkins, be
be placed on the pauper list.
| On motion of Mr.. Drackett
seconded by Mr.. Aucoin, and duly
carried, he was placed on the
pauper list at four dollars pei
month, to begin with the current
month.
A communication was received
from Mr.. j. C. Kramer asking
that a hole in the public road
near his place in Baldwin be
filled up, and an application was
read from Mr.. J. G. Fourmy for the
position of Road Superintendent
when it should become vacant or
change be contemplated agree
ing to serve for $500 per month.
This communication ordered
filed.
Mr.. w. +. Williams, of Centre
vile, appeared with a petition
from residents and property hold.
ers OF Bayou Sale asking that the
Polio Jury create a drainage dis
trict to be known as "Bayou Sale
Drainage District" The petition
was read and filed.
On motion of Mr.. Gooch, Sec
onded by Mr.. Giles, and duly car
ried, the following ordinance was
adopted and ordered published:
An ordinance creating the Bayou
Sale Drainage District in the Par
iSh OF st. Mary, State of Louisiana:
SECTION |. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury Of the Parish of st.
Mary, that there shall be, and is
hereby created, drainage district
under the name of the Bayou Sale
Drainage District, which. said dis
trict shall be composed of all the
land situated in the Parish of ST.
Mary, included within the following
boundaries, tO-wit:
Beginning at point on Cote
Blanche Bay where the section line
dividing sections 10 and Is in town.
ship Ii, S. r. 8 meets the said Bay,
and following said section line on the
northern boundary of sections Is, Is,
Ia and LIB in T. Is, S. r. E. and
along the northern boundary of Sec
tons 81, 81 and part of 81 in Town
ship Ii S. Z. E.; thence in a south
easterly direction across the northeast
corner of section 81 on the projection
of the lines between sections ! and s,
and then along the line between sec
tons and in township Ii. S. Il. 81
East to the southeast corner of sec
ton Z; thence along township IL, S.
r. 10 East along the northern boun-i
Diary of sections 80, 81, 80, 81, 81 and
30 and in Township Is, S. r. IL E.,
along the northern boundary of Sec
tions 80, 20, % and part of n to Wax
Bayou; thence in general southerly
and southwesterly direction along the
west bank of said Wax Bayou to its
junction with Wax Lake, near the |
head of Wax Lake Pass, thence along
the shore of the Atchafalaya Bay, |
MorrisOn's Cut Off, Bayou Sale BAY |
and Cote Blanche Bay to point Of
beginning.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained.
etc., that the said Bayou Sale Drain
age District shall have its legal dom
icile at the building in which the mer-
chandise store on Ellerslie Planta-
ton, st. Mary Parish, La, is con-
Quoted.
SEC. 3. Be it furthered ordained,
ETC., that H. z. Frere, Il. A. MAYER
and Dudley M. Todd, qualified cleo
tors resident within said DRAINAGE
district and qualified to hold said
office under the laws of Louisiana, be.
and they are hereb, appointed and
as commissioners of
said Bayou Sale Drainage District
with all the powers and authority
vested by law in such officers, the
first two named to hold office for the
,erm OF two years and the last named
10 hold Office for the term of four
years.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained.
ETC., that said commissioners shall
meet at the building in which the
store on Ellerslie plan
alton. within the limits of said dis.
riot in the Parish of st. Mary, is
at IL o'clock a. M. Sat
lrday, July 10th, 1910, and shall then
md there proceed to organize as
provided by law.
Mr.. Giles introduced the follow. +,
ng resolution and moved it's {
ldoption, it was seconded by Mr..
3ooch and duly carried:
Whereas, the citizens of the LIST.
I'd, 4th, 9TH and Sth wards of the
PARISH of st. Mary, La, did each &
ote tax of five mills on their as.
essed property valuation to be levied !;
nd collected for a period of ten