Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-25
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And, WHEREAS. the Board Of Commits
Sioners of the jefferson and PlaQuemines
Drainage District deem it proper that such
reclamation work should be undertaken,
and that the lands embracing 26. 300 acres.
comprising all the lands in said Drainage
District, should be drained and reclaimed in
the manner suggested in the report OF the
Board of state Engineers; and,
WHEREAS. to provide funds with which
TO drain such lands, it is necessary that
n debt should be incurred and negotiable,
intcrest-bearing coupon bonds be issued
therefor against each acre Of land situated
in said Drainage District In the amount of
fourteen dollars {$f4) per acre, CT an agsrc.
gate amount CT three hundred fifty-eight
thousand five hundred dollars ~tS35S.30ol
against the whole of the 26,20D acres of
land situated in said Drainage District;
and,
WHEREAS, under the Constitution and
Laws of the State Of Louisiana, in order
to proYide for the payment of such bonds
and maintenance Of the drainage of the
lands when reclaimed, the Board of Com
missioners Of the jefferson ard plaQuemines
Drainage District may, when authorized by
the land owners. owning two-thirds in acres
Of land situated in said Drainage District,
levy against the lands situated in said
Drainage District, an annual acreage tax,
or forced contribution, sufficient 10 pay the
interest en- such bonds, the principal at
maturity, and to maintain the drainage of
said District and,
WHEREAS. the petition above set forth
confers on the said Board Of Commissioners
of the Jefferson and ifaque;nfnes Drainage
District the authority to levy such annual
acreage tax, or forced contribution there
fore:
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of Commissioners N The Jefferson and PlG-
gEemiaes DiWiRage district, Ia tegHlas' Ses-
sion c0nreReF, That the Jefferson and pla,
GIrrnines Drainage District do, at once, pro-
coed to drain aud reclaim, III the manner
advised by the Board Of State Engineers. all
of the lands situated In said Drainage Dis,
trict, containing 26.200 acres, which land
is more specifically described as follows:
The lands composing all Of those portions
OF the Parishes OF Jeffersou and Plaque,
mines included within the following Dounda-
ries, to-wit:
beginning where the lower line of Har-
vey Canal intersects the Mississippi River;
Canal TO the Bayou Barataria thence along
Bayou Barataria to where it intersects
Bayou LaBarrier thence from said Bayou
LaBnrrier along q straight line to the in
tersection of the rear and lower lines of
Cedar Grove Plantation thence along the
rover tiHe VI Sdiu ttudf Ntbft iidutdtfoi
to it's intersection with the mississippi
River; thence along the Mississippi River
to the point of beginning, to-wit: Harvey
Canal.
For a more accurate and definite descrip-
iiol Of said land, particular reference Is
made to the map of said Drainage District
herein created. filed with the report of
tacaed hereto by reference for description.
SIC. =. BE it Further Res6lred, Etc,
That to provide funds for the purpose of
draining and retaining said lands, as above
described, the Board of Commissioner OF
the Jefferson and Plaquemines Drainage Dis
triet, for and on behalf of said Drainage
District, do hereby incur q debt in the sum
CT fourteen dollars (S14) against each
acre Of land situated in said Drainage Dis
trict, or an aggregate amount of three
hundred fifty-eigft thousand five hundred
dollars (ES35S,5 00). against the whole of
The 26,20a acres of land III said Drainage
to be drained and reclaimed, the
whole of which debt for each acre of land
and the total debt for all of said lands rs
above set forth, the Board of Commission
ers of the Jefferson and Plaquemines Drain
age District, do hereby ineur.
Sec. !. BE it Further Rescued, Etc,
That to evidence the debt in the amount
Of three hundred ttfty,elsht thousand FIVE
dollars t$335S,500), hereinaboye
incurred, the Jefferson and plaquemines
Drainage District, through its governing
authority, the Board Of Commissioners of
the Jefferson and plaquemines Drainage
District, does hereby order and authorize
the issuance of seven hundred seventeen
(717) negotiable bonds, for five hundred
dollars (S3U0) each, numbered from one
(1) to seven hundred seventeen (717), in
elusive, to run for Il period Of from four
(4} years, six (6) months to thirty-nine |
500 years, six t6) months from their date,
and bear interest at the rate Of D per cent
per annun. payable semi annually. on the
first day of February and the first day of
Of each and every year, said interest
to be evidenced by coupons attached to said
bonds showing the amount of interest due
on each bond until its maturity. Enc form
Of said bond shall be substantially as fol
lows;
$500. $500.
UNITED STATES or AMERICA,
PARISHES or JEFFERSON AND PLAQuEMINES.
Estate Emblem.)
(NGmber.)
BOND OF JEFFERSON AND PLAQUE.
MINES DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
kHow ALL / L HY THESE PRESENTS, That
tie Jefferson and P~laquemines Drainage
Dlstricr, situated in the Parishes of JEFF.
domici!ed In the Town OF Gretna, in the
of Jefferson, for value received, here
by promises to pay to bearer on August
lst, one thousand nine hundred and 5000.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
lawful money of the United States of
America, with interest at the rate OF five
per centum (5%l per annum, from Febfu-
ary /, 1913, payable semi-anruaiiy en- feb-
ruary first and August first CT each and
every year upon the presentation and s!tr-
render of the coupons hereto attached as
shall mature: the said principal and
on this bond being payable at
This bond is one of Il series of seyen
seventeen t115} bonds of the de-
nomination of five hundred dollars taa00)
each, and numbered from one ~ TO seven
seventeen t11I). inclusive, issued
" the Jefferson and Plaquemines Drainage
District, state of Louisiana, as represent
ng the cost estimated by the Board of
State Engineers to drain and reclaim the
ands situated in the Jefferson and Ila
luemines Drainage District, which it is
to lcyee and pump and canal in
to adequately and completely drain
md reclaim, issued in accordance with the
provisions Of Article 2S1 Of the Constitu.
ion of the State of Louisiana. adopted in
S9S. and as amended. and Acts Nos. ST.
md 256 of the General Assembly OF the
of Louisiana for the year 1910.
The debt represented by the said seven
hundred seventeen GiD bonds was in
,urred, and the said bonds were issued
lnder authority conferred by the Article
If the Constitution and acts above referred
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