Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-07
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land comprised within the limits OF
said Venice Drainage District.
Your petitioners further represent
that as property owners n owning
more than a majority in acres Oh the
%nroperty in the Venice Drainage DIS
trict they are DESTROYS of having your
Honorable Board of Commissioners un-
dertake the work Of retaining the
said lands described in said report and
shown upon said maps, and that 1or
that purpose it will be necessary TO IN
cur a debt of not exceeding $4,000 per
acre against said lands, or an aggre-
gate of not exceeding $59,5O0.OO
against 1,469.56 acres OF land situated
within said Venice Drainage District;
and that to represent said debt 1t Is
necessary to issue negotiable bonds
with Understanding coupons attached
thereto and inasmuch as the Constl-
tuition and laws of this State vest full
power in your honorable body, when
petitioned by a majority in acres OF
the lands affected, to levy a forced
contribution or acreage tax on the
lands specially benefited by said drain
age and reclamation, we, the under
signed property owners, representing
more than a majority In acres OF the
lands situated in the Venice Drainage
District, petition your honorable body
to undertake the drainage and recla-
nation of the lands in the manner
advised by the Board of State Engl.
peers, which lands are fully described
as follows:
Bounded on the north by the
lower line Of the Fort Jackson Re-
~seryation, bounded on the east by
the Mississippi River, on the south
by the north bank of Spanish Pass
and the Jump and bounded on the
west by a line seven to eight ar
penis in depth from the MISSISSIPPI
ri River and generally parallel
thereto and to be fixed by the
line on which the Protection
Leyee shall be built and all OF
that area in the Parish Of Plaque
mines on the west bank OF the
Mississippi River, within the said
boundary, shall constitute the
area of the Venice Drainage Dis
trict. as the same shall appear
from the map Of the said district,
founded on a survey of said local.
ity made by the State Board OF
Engineers.
And in order to provide funds to
accomplish the drainage and reclama'
ton of said lands, your petitioners
further petition your honorable body
to incur debt to the extent of not ex
ceeding $4,000 per acre or an aggre
gate of not exceeding $59,5OO.O(
against 1,469.56 acres of land and tt
issue negotiable bonds representing
said debt with 5 per cent semi-annua
Understanding coupons attached
thereto and to run not longer thar
forty years in accordance with law
and
Your petitioners further respectful.
petition and request your honorable
body that after said bonds are ISSUED
and provided for, your honorable bod!
levy each year such acreage tax al
may be necessary against said lands
to pay the interest and principal o
said debt and to maintain the drain
age and operating expenses OF salt
Venice Drainage District, wherein SAIL
lands are located, and petitioners fur
ther pray that the whole be done II
accordance with the Constitution an
laws of the State of Louisiana, sal
tax not to exceed Three and SOLO
Dollars ($3.50) per acre, per annum
Respectfully submitted, this 18th da,
Of April, 1918.