The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-07-15
zidad If shall hold at least one meet

vided it shall hold at least one meet
ng every year. All expenses OF Ine
Of officers, etc, shall be paid out of
any funds in the hands of the treas
urer belonging to said district, When
the item, bills, salaries, or expenses,
shall have been approved at a resufai
meeting of said board of cofnmlsslon-
ers. provided, however. that said drain
age commissioners, themselves, shall not o
be allowed any compensation for tnelr
services as members Of said dralhase drsass
board, but they shall only be reimz
bursed the actual expenses incurred
in performing the duties upon them.
Section 10. Be it further enacted,
etc. That said board of commissioners
of said drainage district are author
lied and empowered, whenever IN sthsar M
opinion it is necessary for the drain
age of said drainage district, or any
of its sub drainage districts, to leVee
any portion thereof and pump the Wa
ter therefrom, to incur debt and issue
negotiable bonds therefor, in an amount
sufficient to drain and reclaim the
lands Of said districts; provided, sald
drainage commissioners shall first nave
said drainage or sub-drainage district
surveyed and the costs of draining the
particular area embraced therein ascef-
tanned per acre; said drainage com
missioners shall have power under the
authority of the constitution and laws
of this state, to levy annually an
acreage tax or forced contribution of
whatever amount is necessary per acre
upon the lands embraced within said
district, and drain or reclaim as afore-5
said, to pay the interest on the said
bonds and the principle at maturity,
and also an additional sum to maintain
the drainage of said district after the
lands therein have been reclaimed.
the money to be realized from the sale
Of said bonds to be used exclusively by
said drainage district for the purpose
of draining and reclaiming such lands,
and such acreage tax shall be imposed
upon such lands only as are especially
benefited by drainage. ..s
Section IL BE it further enacted,
etc., That whenever, upon a petition as
provided for by Section s, said board
of commissioners of said drainage dis
.trict shall decide to drain certain lands
in said district by 1evying forced con-
tribution or acreage tax thereon, said
trainage commissioners shall act in
said matter by resolution of motion, fully
setting forth and giving in detail the
aumber OF acres in said district to be
trained, as SHOWN by Survey,t the amount
that a report as made by the state en-
Sineer will show it will cost per acre
60 drain said lands, and said drainage
commissioners shall proceed to provide
the funds with which to drain said
lands as authorized by the constitution
and laws of the state of Louisiana at
such time; which resolution shall be
aotified to the assessors of the par
lshes of Ascension and Iberville, by
forwarding to them certified copies
-nereof in order that they may extend
the acreage tax or forced contribution
thus levied upon the assessment rolls of
said parishes.
Section IL. Be it further enacted,
etc. That said drainage commissioners
snail have the right, if, in the en-
.orcement of the collection of taxes or
III acreage tax forced H.
don assessed against the lands within
said drainage district or sub drainage
district, it should become necessary to
setl said property for the payment of
said taxes or forced contribution, to
| purchase such land at tax sale and ac-
Iuire good and valid title thereto, in
tne same manner and to the same ex-
zent as any individual which property,
When thus acquired, shall become the
property of said drainage district and
commissioners, who shall have author
lty to make valid title thereto after the
redemption period has expired
| Section 13. Be it further enacted
etc, That this ordinance shall take
Effect a.. soon as it Is approved by the
| 9ol1ce jury of the parish of Iberville
Mr.. We'll moved that the ordinance
be adopted, which motion was sec.
onded by Mr.. Klos, and adopted by
the following vote: Yeas-Reuss, Au.
coin, We'll, Armitage. Klos, Gonzales;
absent-Ne Meter.
The following ordinance was read
Whereas, a majority Of the prop
arty owners both in amount and
number as well as in acreage having
recommended Messrs. Karl Spain
! and Rudolph Landry as members to
be appointed as commissioners for
the Bayou Bijou Drainage District
his day organized by this body unde
the laws of this state, said members
to be appointed to represent the
parish of Ascension:
Be It therefore ordained, That
the said Karl Spahr be and is hereby
appointed as commissioner for said
drainage district for the term OF
tour years and Rudolph Landry be
and is hereby appointed as commits
sioner of said drainage district for
1.-The +erm CT two years.
Mr.. Arnitage moved the adoption
LOT the ordinance, which motion was
seconded by Mr.. Gonzales, and
adopted by the following vote: ! Yeas
Aucoin, Arnaitage, Gonzales
We'll, KIos; absent-Ne
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The jury adjourned. 81.