Lower coast gazette., 1913-03-01

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sition only after hard work and by pre-
venting the two-thirds vote necessar.
by the scant margin Of six votes. Fiv'
out OF the six Louisianians voted to sus
tain the President.
A Resolution of the Jefferson ane
pIaquemines Drainage District.
Sec. /. Be it Resolved by the Boarc
of Commissioners of the Jefferson ant
Plaquemines Drainage District, in reg,
ular session convened, That the follow
ing be and hereby is adopted as the
budget Of expenditures of the Jefferson
and Plaquemines Drainage District fol-
the year 1913.
Interest on Bonds $l2, 10000
Fuel and Supplies for
the pumping plant 100000
Two engineers, six months $4,000
Two fremen, three
months 10000
Other help 100000
Secretary's salary 10000
Stationery, Office and
other expenses 100000
Total $40, ESQ., 90
Sec. 2. Be it Resolved, ETC., That
there he and hereby is levied a special
forced contribution or acreage tax Of
Seyenty-fve cents per acre, upon all of
the land situated in the Jefferson and
Flaquemines Drainage District for the
year 1918, to pay the expenses of the
jefferson and Plaquemines Drainage
District, for the year 1918, in accord
ance with Sec. LOT this Resolution.
The Jefferson and P%laquemines Drain
age District is composed of all those
portions Of the Parishes Of Jefferson
ard Plaquemines included within the
following boundaries, Io-wit:
Beginning where the Lower Line of
Harvey Canal in~tersects the Eississippi
River. running along said lower line of
Harvey Canal to the Bayou Barataria;
thence along Bayou Barataria to where
it intersects Bayou LaBarrier;; thence
from said Bayou LaBarrier along a
straight line to the intersection of the
zeal and lower lines of Cedar Grove
Plantation to its intersection with the
Mississippi River; thence along the
Mississippi River to the point of be-
ginning, to-wit. Harvey Canal.
Sec. 8. Be it resolved, ETC., That
one of the Originals of this Resolution
shall be recorded in the mortgage rec
ords of the Parishes of Jefferson and
Plaquemines, published in the Official
Journals of the Parishes Of Jefferson
and Plaquemines, and a copy thereof
forwarded to each of the Assessors of
the Parishes of Jefferson and Plaque
mines, in the manner provided by Sec.
81 of Act 317 of the Acts of the Gener-
al Assembly Of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1910, and it shall be the
duty of the President of the Board OF
Commissioners of the Jefferson and
Plaquemines Drainage District to cause
said recordation and publication to be
made and forward SAID copies to the
Assessors of the Parishes of Jefferson
and Plaquemines.
On motion of Mr.. J. B. Danenhauer,
and seconded by Mr.. Henry Hart, the
above resolution was unanimously ap-
proved.
Personally came and appeared before
me, the undersigned authority, A. G..
Dumestre, who being by me first duly
sworn, deposes and says:
That he is the Secretary-Treasurer of
the .Jefferson-P laquemines Drainage
District; that the said Drainage Dis
trict has nc seal; that the above and
foregoing is a copy of g resolution Of
the Board of Commissioners Of the
Jefferson and Plaauemines Drainage
District introduced in quadruplicate and
unanimously adopted by the Board Of
Commissioners of the Jefferson and
Plaquemines Drainage District at a
regular meeting held in the Police Jury
Room Of the Courthouse in the town Of
Gretna, Parish of Jefferson, on Jan. q,
1913.
a. C. DUMESTRE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
on this 22nd day of January, 1918.
c. M. ROSSNER,
Clerk of Court and Ey-Oficio Notary
Public.
Notice.
January II, 1913.
| am applying for a pardon.
ANTONIO CAPELLO.