New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-01-17

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John r TAYLOR n Bro, New Iberia. La
able Body as follows, to-wit:
That some years ago vour Hon
orahlc Body. under and by virtue
of an ordinance adopted on the
! "a day Of August. 1900. organ
lied the Bayou Carln Drainage
District and fixed and designated
the boundaries Of same. that
within the confines OF sad DIS-
trict. as originally organized,
YOUR petitioner owned n very
large acreage. and since the or
panizatiou Of said Drainage DlS-
trirt. your petitioner has peeh
navinu taxee ON said lands. based
nspon the assessment according
to the assessment rolls OF tn"
Parish Of Iberia.
Your petitioner now shows
that if owns n very small tract
Of land, lying in See. u, |. ~ ).
X. & East. adjacent to the bayou
Carlin Drainage District, aud
that it is dcsirous of having sane
embraced in some drainage dis
trict or subdrainage district Tor
the purpose of having same
drained and reclaimed. That It
understands that the Bayo1t Car
lin Drainage District, through Ms
BOARD of Commissioners, has pc
titioned your Honorable Body to
reorganize said Drainage District
i'm accordance with the tonStltli-
ton and laws Of the state OF Lou
isiana now in force, and IN the
event your Honorable Body de
cides to grant this request ana
reorganize said Drainage District,
it will be necessary for you to
again designate and fix the boun-
diaries of said Drainage District.
Your petitloner now shows
that when your Honorable Body
reorganizes said Drainage District
and fixes the boundaries of same,
that your petitioner desires that
YOU include in said boundaries
and within the confines of said
Drainage District the tract OF
land in See. AZ, II. - S. r. q East,
lying adjacent to the said Dram
age District as now established,
described as follows:
ga certain tract of land des-
cribed as follows: Beginning al
the point where the New Iberia
Commercial Canal crosses the
Section line dividing Sections 81
and 43, r. 13 S. r. 6 E.; thence
South along the East bank OF
said canal to the point where sad
canal crosses the south boundary
of See. AZ, r. 13 S. K. = Fl. +,
thence East along the South |
boundary of said See. - and See.
~. r. - s. r. 6 f. to point
about twenty-seven chains East
of the Southwest corner OF See.
43, Il. 10 s. r. 6 East; thence
North a distance of about sixty
eight chains to the intersection
of the East bank of PEBBLES Cou
lee; thence along said East bank
of said PEBBLES Coulee to the
point where such Coulee inter |
sects the East and West line dl- /
viding Sections 40 and AZ, T. IL
S. r. E.; thence West along
such Section line to point of be-
ginning, all containing about
two hundred and sixty eight acres
of land. y
And for this purpose, it prays
that your Honorable Body to ex-
tend the boundaries to this extent
and take in said land.
That in the event your Honor
able Body desires to SO extend
the boundaries and to include
said land i'm the Drainage District,
that petitioner does hereby agree
and authorize the Drainage Com
in the future to levy and
order assessed on said lands all of
the taxes which are now being
levied and ordered assessed by
the Drainage Commission on the
lands i'm said Drainage District,
rs we'll as all other taxes which
may be imposed upon such land
in the future. and for this pur
pose your petitioner does author
iza the Assessnr in the event