Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

useless expenditure, and have request.
ed that the Back Leyee be allowed to
stand for several months and, the
work of the fiddlers be noted. and IL
then found necessary it can be done.
If you deem it necessary to put in
the sheeting | would suggest that 1t
can be done very much cheaper after
the storage canal is dug, as the materi-
al can then be handled in barges
through the canal, and placed just
where needed. For the sheeting will
be required 6O9 900 feet B. NJ. of lum-
Der and cost in place Cat $4,000 per
NJ $~12,1S0.00, making a total cost for
the District of s59,0S4.48
Trusting the foregoing will be the
information desired, ] am,
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) R. S. DANIELS,
Engineer.
And, WHEREAS, The property own
ers, owning more than a majority In
acres of the properties included with
in the limits of this district, have petit
toned for the creation OF the district
and have petitioned this Board to levy
a forced contribution or acreage tax
upon the lands situated in this district
that are to be specially benefited by
the drainage and reclamation thereof,
and
WHEREAS, The State Board of En-
gineers have furnished the necessary
lines and levels and have made a map
of this district and a survey thereof,
and have reported that the reclama-
ton OF the lands within the limits OF
this district feasible and that the sur.
vey shows that there are 1469.56 acres
within the limits OF this
district and that the said lands can
be reclaimed at a cost Of $50, 10000. or
at an average cost of $4,000 per acre,
applied to the total, 1469.56 acres
the boundary OF this district,
and
WHEREAS, A petition has been pre-
scented to the Board Of Commissioners
for the Venice Drainage District,
wherein the majority in acres OF the
property owners of the said district
have petitioned the Board Of Commits
sioners for this district, to reclaim
the lands contained therein, IN the
manner suggested by the Board OF
State Engineers. and have also petit
them to reclaim the lands in
in this district. in the manner
suggested in the report of the
said Board Of State Engineers, and
for that purpose to incur a debt
and issue negotiable bonds, with in
teresting bearing coupons attached
against each acre OF land III
this district, to the amount OF $4,000
per acre, or an aggregate amount OF
$50, 10000 against a total Of 1469.56
acres, situated within the limits OF
this district, and that after said bonds
are issued, that the said Board levy
in this district an acreage tax or forced
contribution against said land, IN an
amount sufficient to pay the interest
and principal at maturity and to main"
tain the drainage of said lands after
they are reclaimed, and
WHEREAS, Said petition is on file
with this Board and is made part OF
this resolution as follows:
To the Honorable the Board OF Com
misioners of the Venice Drainage
District.
We, the undersigned property own
ers. representing more than a major
in acreage within the limits OF the
Drainage District, respectfully
represent that at a meeting of the
Board Of Commissioners OF the Ven
ice Drainage District, held on the 9th
day of July, in the year 1912, the res
was adopted. requesting the
Board of State Engineers to furnish
the data and figures to accomplish the
drainage and reclamation by leveeing
and pumping of all the lands com
prised within the limits OF the said
Drainage District, as outlined
in said resolution, composed entirely
of land which is necessary to levee
and pump, in order to be drained and
reclaimed; and
Your petitioners further represent
that the Board Of State Engineers has
furnished a survey Of date January
18th, 1913, Of all the lands included
within the limits Of said Venice Drain
age District and has prepared a reporS
with proper maps and profiles at
thereto, which said report,
maps and profiles have been filed
with the Board of Commissioners TO-
the Venice Drainage District, and
Your petitioners further represent
that the Board of State Engineers
have reported the lands described in
said report and embraced in said Ven"
ice Drainage District are susceptible
reclamation, and can be reclaimed,
by leveeing and pumping the same at
q cost of not exceeding $40.50 per
acre or an aggregate of not exceeding
$50, 10000 to reclaim 1,469.56 acres OF
land comprised within the limits OF
said Venice Drainage District.
Your petitioners further represent
that as property owners and owning
more than a majority in acres OF the
property in the Venice Drainage Dis.
trict they are DESTROYS of having your
Board of Commissioners I'M
dertake the work of retaining the
said lands described in said report and
shown upon said maps, and that for
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 $59.500.0G
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 Consti-
tuition and laws of this State vest full
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