The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-06-15
Committee Metting.

met to-day at the court house at
Franklin, at l O'Clock, p. m. The
meeting was called to order by Mr..
! r. Drackett. who was made chair
man in the order appointing said COM
uittee MIR. W. II. Latham was elect
ed Secretary.
At the request of the Chairman, Mr..
Paul Kramer addressed the committee,
as to the objects and purposes for
which same was called. Messrs. s. I.
McCardell ST., Oscar zenor, j. K.
Drackett, and Walter A. O'Niell also
addressed the committee, and after
the full discussion of the purposes for
which the committee was called the
following resolutions were adopted:
lst. That committee be, appoint
ed by the Chairman, TO be composed
OF two persons from each ward affect
ed by high water, for the purpose OF
investigating, ascertaining and re-
porting to this committee the names
of all persons, firms and corporations,
in the respective wards, whose pro-
perty has been overlooked, destroyed
or affected by the high water.
In getting up this data, the COM
mittee was requested to report the
character of property, and, If farm
ing land, total area, area cultivated,
the amount in cane, corn and other
products; the amount expended in
cultivating same up to the time it was
OVERLOOKED, and the approximate loss
to the owner, as we'll as damage to
the property.
Under this resolution the chairman
appointed the following committee:
First Ward, w. A. O'NielI. w. F.
Giles; Third Ward, S. T. McCardell,
ST., J. w. Foster; Fourth Ward,
Oscar Boudreaux, I. S. Wooster;
Fifth Ward; w. N. Gooch, Oscar
Zenor; Eighth Ward, H. L. Youngs,
J. D. Ehrlich; Sixth Ward, Morris
Norman, and Brou O'Brien.
The following resolution was then
unanimously adopted:
End: That committee OF five, OF
which the Assessor and Tax Collector
of this Parish shall be ex-ofticio
members, whose duty it shall be to
compile this data and get it in such
shape that an intelligent and compre-
henrive report of same can be laid be-
fore the State Board of EqualiZatiOn;
odu olSO w NOuHllO vi pAOPoAO q
supplemental assessment roll of the
property thus damaged and affected
by the high water, as is provided for
by Act No. SO of 1882, in order to be
prepared to obtain the benefit of this
act. il relief is not obtained through
other sources. To employ clerical
help to assist the Assessor, if neces-
sary. This committee to present to
the State Board of Equalization the
data to be prepared, as hereinabOve
provided, showing the conditions in
the overlooked portions ofthis Parish,
the damage occasioned thereby, and
to endeavOr to obtain q reduction OF
the assessment of such property in
proportion to the degree in which
same has been affected and damaged,
and the loss resulting to the owners.
Also to ascertain what steps or mea-
sures have been taken by other Sec
tions of this State, similarly affected
to obtain reduction in assessments,
or any other relief or ameliOratiOn of
produced by the high
water, and either to cooperate with
or to secure the cooperation of said
sections in securing reduction of
assessments or any other relief which
may be found advisable to ask for;
and especially to sound the State
Board of Equalization as to its pro-
bable action in the matter of grant
ing reduction of assessments of the
affected; and also to bring
before the Legislature any measure
which may be found necessary to
obtain the relief desired, and to
obtain for this Parish the benefit of
any measure or bill introduced for the
benefit of any other section of the
State, similarly situated.
This committee to be appointed by
The committee first appointed by the
Chair The committee that was first
appointed went into executive session |
Ind reported back that it had appoint
I'd the following committee: w. T.
oeterman, Sheriff and Ex-OHcio Tax |
Collector, and H. w. Kappel, Asses
or, we're made ex-officio members of
he committee, w. A. O'Niel], Oscar
IenOr, Fl. S. Palfrey, w. f. Giles
md Paul Kramer.
On motion adopted, it was ordered
hat these committees meet on Mon
lay, June 18th, at the Court House at
rankin, at 10 O'Clock, a. m.
The following resolution was then
unanimously adopted:
That q special committee of eleven
70 appointed by the chair, to draw up
bill of particulars of the grievances
nd complaints of this section against
ne Atchafalaya Basin Levee Board,
nd State Engineers, which committee
requested to confer with Mr.. J. P.
.emper, c. E.. and employ Mr.. J. P.
-emper, If necessary, to furnish data
enable said Committee to prepare
lis document. This committee to
IKE this matter up with and through
re members of the Legislature from
us Parish, and the Senator from this
istrict, and to demand legislative
lquiry into the matters and things
,ntained in said report.
I1n6or THE raoo1r%t1~ thu oho;,