The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-01

taxes, and the 1tfeeeeioii y ia
shall also apply to- and resnla ne
OF, any taxes Whfeh may pc
imposed by said Bayou ,Efjou Drainage
District and the commissioners sneFe
of, including any acreage TAX OF sl iol eeu
Section 8. Be it further ordained, n
etc. That the commissioners of said &
drainage district, to be appointed as
hereinbefore set forth. may. meet nr %
svi1ed it shall hold at least one meet
NO every year. All expenses Of the +
administration of said board. sal Vae'es
Of officers, etc, shall be paid out.ol {
any funds in the hands oI Inc I ls hen
surer belonging to said district, Wn we. +
the item. bills, salaries, or expenses sss I
shall have been approved az 2 Is a5;as.
meeting of said board Of coIllI'i SSH
ers, provided however that say =,
Be allowed any compensation fof Lnsal
services as members of said dfallase
BOARD, but they shall only be relIn5
bursed the actual expenses h lleuf1eo
IN performing the duties upon them.
| Section 10 Be it further enacted,
| SIC That said board of commissioners
Of said drainage district are author
| ICED and empowered, whenever n ,I lIeh
opinion it is necessary for the drain
| age of said drainage district, or any
| Of it's sub drainage districts, TO leVee
any portion. thereof and pump the We
| ter tnerefrom, to incur DEBT ana lssue
negotiable bonds therefor, IN an aIiioa ~
/ sufficient to drain and reclaim the
1 lands of said districts; provided, said
1 drainage commissioners shall first nave
/ said drainage or b-dralnage dlstr,cl
/ surveyed and the costs of draining the
i particular area embraced therein asceF-=
i tanned. per acre; said drainage COM
/ nissioners shall have power, under the
authority Of the constitution and laws:
i of this state, to levy annually an
4 T. \ ,$yS1 ON
| whatever amount is necessary per acre
1 upon the lands embraced within said
| district, and drain or reclaim as afofe-
i said, to pay the interest on the said
bonds aad 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 retaining such lands.
and such acreage tax shall be Imposed
upon such lands only as are especially
benefited by drainage.
Section IL. BE it further enacted,
etc, That whenever, upon petition as
! provided for by Section s, said board
of commissioners of said drainage dis
trct shall decide to drain certain lands
in said district by levying forced con-
:. tribution or acreage tax thereon, said
= | drainage commissioners shall act in
( said matter by resolution of motion,fully
: setting forth and giving in detail the
number of acres in said district to be
1 Trained, as shown by survey,the amount
) that report as made by the state en-
gineer will show it will cost per acre
| to 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 al
s such time; which resolution shall be
4 notified to the assessors of the par
: ishes Of Ascension and Iberville. BY
forwarding to them certified copies
= thereof in order that they may extend
S the acreage tax or forced contribution
|. thus levied upon the assessment rolls d
said parishes.
Section 12. Be it further ENACTED
etc. That said drainage commissioners
shall have the right, if, in the en-
sorcement of the collection Of taxes OIL
an acreage tax or forced eontribu-
ton assessed against the lands within
said drainage district or sub drainage
district, it should become necessary tt
sell said property for the payment OF
4 1 said taxes or forced contribution t.
: purchase such land at tax sale and ae-
) auire good and valid title thereto, ii
!, the same manner and to the same ex-
d tent as any individual, which property
when thus acquired, shall become the
e property of said drainage district and
2 shall be. disposed of by said drainage
commissioners, who shall have author
Z ity to make valid title thereto after the
t redemption period has expired
I Section Is. Be 1t further enacted
4 etc, That this ordinance shall take
t effect as soon as it is approved by the
= police jury of the parish, of Ibervi1le
! Mr.. Klos moved the adoption Of
the ordinance. The motion was sec
a onded by Mr.. Meter and on roll
! call was adopted by a vote of yeas
and no nays.
no foil
!, received:
70 the Honorable Police Juries of the
State of Louisiana
: ne petltlon OF the undersigned prop-
i erty owners of the Bayou Bijou Ora IN
!. age District of the parishes OF Ascen.
h SION ana lberyille, respectfully recon-
: inend TO your honorable body the fol-
: owing named property owners Of said
y iralnage district to be appointed com
: LlssloneIs of said drainage district
MARI g. Spahr, for the term of -four
of two years; and we hereunto sub.
). scribe our names, with the number d
+ acres owned by us set opposite oui
names, which is q majority in number
: OF acres in said drainage district. (Here
foIloWs signatures, etc.,
Mr. Meter offered the following res
: olution, which was seconded by Mr.. Au-
: eoiH ana ADOPTED on roll-call by a vote
r OF yeas and no nays:
0 Whereas, majority of the property
IS owners, both in amount and number
Il having recommended Messrs. 5KarI Ss;nah
n and Rodolph Landry as members to be
1 appointed as commissioners for The
: Bayou Bijou Drainage District, this day
: orsan1zed by this body under the laws
: OF this state from the parish Of As.
Z cension; be it therefore
Ordained, That the said Karl Spain
i pc and he is appointed as commissions
es Tor said drainage district for the tern
! of four years, and Rodolph Landry BIZ
!. and he is hereby appointed as commits
!, sioner for said drainage district fol
) the term of two years.
{ The jury adjourned.
! G. G. WEBER, Clerk.
y MEETING AS BOARD OF REVIEW