Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-04
\ RESOLUTIONS OF THE jEFTERsoN
AND PLAQtEMINES pRAlNA'E
DISTRICT.

DlSIllll.. T
WHEREAS .hc Jefferson and Pialuehihes ,
Drainage Jistri$s was created by an oiui :
rance u the Police jury CT JeherSois ~ !
IIsscd on April ). 1872, and by eoncua
r rfr,, sr5iuance OF the Police Jury u flaqae- :
mines Tarish. ON April II, 1872, OF al OF +,
tbosa nor,ions of the Parishes OF Jefferson !
and pJaGuemines inclnded within inc ioiio"
ing boundaries, to-Wlt: a.. ~ ror.
beginning where the lower line OF ilai-
vev Cara intersetts the Mississippi Riyef,
runni0g along said lower line OF Harvey
Canal to the Bayou Baratarla ihehee atons
BAYOU Baratarla to where II ih'erstero
Bayou LaBarricr; thence ron satu tha Cyl in.
LaBarrier along a straight Inc ~ mt in
tersection Of the rear and lower ilhes "
Cedar Grove Plantation THENCE along 'te
j~oserline OF said Cedar Grove ftahialloh 10
It's intersection with the MISSISSIPPI nntths
thence along the Mississippi kiVei " 'he
point of beginning, to-Wit. Harvey Canal,
And george Alfred Hero and Il. u. pau.
tari,e were appointed members OF the hoaiu
Of commissioners OF SAID Dramas n Isn
hy fhp Police Jury of the Parish OF iiaque-
= iaps and !. Il. Unncnisauer was app.olntea d
member of tie said Board CT commissioners
by the Police jury OF Jefferson iarish' amu
iawrt nee rfeiTer and VIM; Waters mede
sn.ntrtcd members Of said Board OF CON-
Itiss,oaers BY the Governor CT the state oi
Iouisiana and the Commission instructed
10 meet for the purpose OF ofsaI 1910
:t tile courthouse in the Town OF ntethai
iUrIsl OF JpJpISDu, ltLiih
said Drainage District, at IL O'Clock a. m'
On t.c first Saturday in May; anu,
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioner
Of the Jefferson and Plaquemines Dfainass
District did meet on SAM uale "I ~ ita mon.
George AIRED Hero, president }. /. i,ahen-
js,rpr. vice president, and {. j.. Ehfet, SCI,
rntarv-treasurcr, all of which elections anu
acts of said officers, as wei as an aels W
lie Loa,d Of commissioners Pefioin.ou ~ .
Tate. are hereby ratified and appfoVea ;
and. or oy,;no
more than two-thiids In acres OF AL oi luz
lands situated in said Dfalhase n s ~
Representing that it was necessary III otusl
to adequately drain and reclaim an ol lne
lands situated il said Drainage pl5trltt W
drain aud reclaim the same by means Oh
ieyees. canals and pumping, nave peai. aoned
,t,I tEe Board CT State Engineers be calieu
,,non 70 make IL survey, run the Necessary
!, nx and levels, report upon the teasiDll.y
and the cost Of draining anu Tecialnlns =.
of tine lands situated IN stid Dralhasa pnn
trict Inv means OF leyees, canals ana pump
- ND tn incur n debt and issue Donas
fnr mn amount, per acre, suihclenl 10 Ionl
,,Ia.elv and adequately drain and reclaim
Mi of the lands situated IN saiu Dr"'n
District and. o..+o Eng;neer,
hive in fact, run the necessary lmes an,
ioyels made a map OF said area, WIN pan
~ rho jevces, pumping plant ami canan
necessary, to adea !, e s,i any lands SHli IN sal;
irlil ana Reclaim AZ VI ."tN n,,nI
mi "tr md reported that the conpleu
droinaee and reclamation OF all ol San
l.nds In said Drainage District Is leassRr,
and t,int there are 26,2O0 acres conaPiisin
all Of the lands embraces III Sst : whic
anj piacuemines Drainage yl'isiflct VIZ ~
~ he completely drained and reelaiihe
nt The cost of fourteen 0o-ioo aolla.S' ~
acre' which said report is as olo"s
s,NEW ORLEANS, La, NOV. y A
"HoN'L. GEO. A. HERO,
r.,.;Jo.t Re- jI or COMMfSStOHe'"' -.
iJcye,,son and Piaquemincs DiathaJe ~
Iyict, Nelr Orleans, In: .o,,o.,
"SlR-ln compliance WIN .lI i' I Il
tho Roard Of Commissioners OF the en- Nd
~ i,lanuemincs Drainage District, 9nu.
da1o If june 18th, 1912, the Board OIL oaa
Eagineers has caused a preliminary nSao,,
to be made of the Jefferson ana - t to u
,sines Drairage District TO enable = .h;,it
H mn and report upon tie practicaDiil
ord feasibility of draining ana ietial" 81
nv means of canals, leyees ana pnlhps' =
lands embraced within Tie liiui.a ~ Il
district, aud to submit an es..niiminy sa
snsf. oil so draining ana feciailihs ."
lands. .,a.o eu,veys. shown
maass proiiles. reports, etc, On NE IN i !
Department. the i'oIid 81 n'a ied,nas Vi,
bsre,n. submits the following hhuiass, y :
LIST. That the drainage, ana reel air
,;o, If lie Jefferson and lialuenli.
nrn,n,iea District, by means o, salih
lcy,es and pumps is practlcaDie = ~ ~ dr.,
- sd 81 Il I,II lie COSt 49," ...r, n
- ,,.sgt,ines Drainage Distilct Is SUM %
:" ~ fourteen dollars tSl4) per 'e
,r,,!ird 10 the number OF acres c9 9tsare
a ,a.l.s of the Parishes y!
80 ,,;acrpraines embraced WITHIN =
Ihsi,y ot thp drainage district, to:Wll a y
n :. - w. = total cost Of about three II
drvd l!f'y-clght thousand hfe huhuie
'ur' 'cannpction herewith, the Board
tngineers. hereby. designates ana
s;ans ,lr. John Klpfer, Assistant say s.
ctr and Mem'pr of the Board OIL .,
Engineers; as Sayisory el ign ta 10, 10 s drain
ana Isslalasaiag of The same. as affe''
pf '.Respectfully,
fcrd III y DUARD OF STATE ENoiNh'n'
's91 per Frank NJ. herr,
.Chief State Engineer.
And WHEREAS, a petition has seen
scented to the Board OF tonnnss'nn r.i n
sSe jefferson and plaqueminrs Dra.n
tnstrirt wherein the property oWaeis
I'D Ilroinage District, owning more ,
s" ,o ,i,,,ds In acres of all of the lan9s
said Lrainage District, have nf p }sa Jeffe,
Eoard of Commis nrainsre District to
aInim said lands in the manner sugse
nv fine Board OF State Engineefs' u
such purpose to incur a uepa o N h,
gotiable intercst-beaIlns eoap9nD rai,
sUainst each acre of land In said DiaA
nSstrict I'm an amount OF fourteen w
IsiIl or an aggregate amount " !.
Syrdred ffty-eight thousand fve nun
! dollars G$s35s, 5oo) against r tie '7 Dist
Of land situated IN sai non utai nre ISSUED
b law an annual acreage tax, or 1orccu
4 tr;bntion. against said land In an an
snficient to pay the interest anu Prsn
at maturity and mainta hn, ~ : raclni
thc said lands after they are -
"A ,,b,,l, snid ~DetitiOn Is as 1oilOWs
..To The Bod,d of Commissioners o. tm s
~ fryson aud Ptdqaem,nts Dfat"o9o
t,icf. Grctnd, Louisiana:
.Yhe nelition of the undersigned
u crs. each Of the number OF AIS With,
site his name, OF lana sltua,su pInnm,
limits Of the jefferson ana I sha~
Drainage o,E3,as D 9is ! rern, Sr'n meeting ss t Of the
NJ commissioners Of the Jenersog
plauuemines Drainage Dpstflcl ne =
Nav 4. 1872, upon a petition OF ,ne y
OF srs aso, Of land in said Drainage Distr
nasoiution was adopted calling upol
BOARD of State Engineers 10 nase a
If said Drainage District tall OF the
in said Drainage Distflc, pelns >
character that levees and pumps are
sarv tn drain anu reclaim theml, =
Mans and specifications for the worH
machinery necessary to eonipae.eaS
and reclaim all Of the lands S n,s1a;et
#f The limits of said Drainage Dlslfici
rep TIT to your Honorable Boo Body iy,,n the
per acre, Of draining and r : nlsarIet
Tho lands In said Drainage Dls.Iae.
sThat the Board of state Englnene
k made 4 survey Of the said drainage -
p lnaas plans and estimates and n n
report Of the cost of draining ni1sh ana Is;a y
NJ mo said lands, per acre. whlch SAT-. u
E niSns and estimates have been me-
the board Of Commissioners Of the J j
au1 PlaauemineS Drainage Dis.Ite'
Fiat the said Board of state Ensiaeeii
.nnarted that the lands situated !