The Rice belt journal., 1912-08-30
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
:. Police Jury Of jefferson Davis
Parish.

,.,o Arthur, La, August l., 1912. |
pursuant to adjournment the Police
met as a board Of reviewers with
i' \ members present, as follows:
,l...rs, y ]. H. Cooper, L. D. Conner, R.
, a'II noweI, 7. S. Langley and H. T.
lerrit. ,,,,,. ,aoorded and o.r
" reading of minutes OF previous. |
l,ss lasting were dispensed with.
nc o. Mr. Cooper; That we give Mr. c.
?, ~ccoy C. hearing regarding the pro-
, '..sd a Lacasine Drainage District
,',"h v1 Motion seconded by MI, Mer-
rlI rtt and carried, whereupon Mr. Nc
n.s ~ went into the matter Of the. pro-
'a 'assd drainage ditch.
Y' rnon motion, seconded and carried,
~ following petition for drainage
as,rict was received and the commis'
lio lionsrs therein named appointed:
~ ~, the Honorable President and Mem
hsrs of the Police Jury of the Parish
= Jefferson Davis, State of Louis
lana:
Tho Undersigned land owners, hold
10 nroperty within the limits of the
- a.onosed drainage district herein de-
,.,hod respectfully petition your
sonorable body to organize and create
drainage district under the, name OF
r,essine Drainage District for the pur-
nose Of draining the lands hereinafter
described, in accordance with Act No.
"a of 1902. as originally enacted and
= amended by Act No. 1875 of 1906
and Act No. SIT of 1910, and all other
lovs on the same subject; the lands
! no embraced within the limits of
aid drainage district to be as follows,
teWit.
Al of sections three (3), four (4),
five (5, east half of section six t6);
Al Of sections seven CD, eight (S),
nine (9, ten (1O), fifteen (l5D, six
tsen (16), seventeen 17, eighteen
na nineteen i19l, twenty (2Ol, twen-
vone (2D; north half of section
tventyeight (2S); all that portion of
section twenty-nine (29) north of the
right Of way OF the Louisiana West
.ru Railroad; north half of section
thirty 1907, and that portion OF south
half Of said section lying west Of
Iacssine Bayou, all in township nine
south, range five west.
East half of section eleven (1D; all
Of sections twelve 12), thirteen 13),
fourteen (14, twenty-four (24), twen-
yiiye (25) and thirty-six (36), all in
township nine south, range six west.
All of section one (D, in township
ten t1O) south, range six (6) west,
as will more fully appear by reference
10 the plat hereto annexed and made q
part hereof.
We further consider it imperative
and to the interest of all parties own
ing property within the limits of said
4 district to have proper, efficient and
ready drainage for said district, which
can only be procured by the construc-
ton, operation and maintenance of an
4 artificial canal of sufficient dimension
4 and Of sufficient fall and outlet to con-
q yey the water which naturally ac-
\ eumulates on the lands located within
d The above described boundaries; and
d Is there are more than five qualified
electors owning land or whose wives
own land assessed at more than five
& hundred dollars within the said dis
q met; as there are more than forty
property owners owning property
within the said district; as your peti.
toners represent more than twenty
4 i've Of said property owners in mum
Der, your petitioners request that said
drainage district be created at your
earliest convenience, and that you
eject as the three members who are
% act with the two members to be
appoiated by the governor of the
STATE OF Louisiana to constitute the
Board Of Commissioners for said drain
age district, the following persons, to
Wit; A. Vernon Peters, Thomas S
Slesall and A. T. Jones, who are legal
9 y qualified for said office in >all re
spects; and your petitioners ask that
A vernon Peters, Thomas s. Stegal
% appointed for term of two years
sacn, and Arthur T. Jones be appoint
y lOr term of four years; the de
@Eipuon of property in said district
VsRed by each Of your petitioners anC
ae amount in value thereof being
{ paced after the name of each of youl
ssutOners on the assessors certifi
ase hereto attached, bearing the date
august 10, 1912. Respectfully sub
nitsd,
8 Stegall l...............$ So, 200. OF
oaetnan Hebert ............ 200 OF
xartin Hebert ............. 200. o.
vera Corbello (by D. C.
corbello) 1900. o.
' Peters. $500 o.
wills NJ. Morris. 500. o.
:, Tabor. 900. OF
2 anest COrbello .......... 900. o.
slfre A. Cormier. ........ 500. o.
.e0nard Cormier ...A...... 100. o.