The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

Resolution OF the Board or Com
missioners of North Bend Drainage
District of the Parish of st. Mary.
La, authorizing. on behalf OF SUB
drainage District No. | Of the North
Bend Drainage District, the issu-
ance Of $4,000 % Of bonds to evil
dpnce debt of said amount incurred
on the 22nd day Of Jnae, 1916.
Whereas at meeting of the Police jury
of the Parish Of 81. Mary. hsli on the 2ni.
day Of June. 1919, the North Bend Dram
are District wa, created and Commits
sioners were appointed therefor: and.
Whereas, on the 18th day of June, l9lo.
the said commissioners appointed by the
Police Jury and the two Commissioners
APPOINTED by the Governor, did assemble,
and said Drainage District was duly Great
ed: and
Whereas. at a meeting Of the said Drain
age Commission held on The 22nd day OF
April 1916. Il petition Of the property own
ers Of said District was lre-ented to this
Board. PRAYING foT the creation of sub,
drainage District. and this Body did at sad
meeting duly create a subdrainage district
known and numbered 4, Subdralnage Dis
trict No of the North Bend Drainage
District, which said Subdranage District
is described as follows:
IAN of those lands i'll the North Bend
Drainage District lying east of Bayou
Sale and between sad Bayou Sale and
the irregular line of canals ana levees
already constructed and TO be con-
structeu, as more specifically shown on
the map of Warren Il. Reed. Consult
ing Engineer. dated April, 1916, being
entitled Nap of North Bend Drainage
District showing SUbdraina@e District
No. and 30 The said Subdrainage
District designated on said map as
Subdrainaye District No. /, contains
a6l6 acres and is bounded as follows
..On the north by the Bayou Sale
and the lands OF .. D. Berwick Plant.
ing Company: on the east by the lands
of the j. NJ. Burguieres Company,
It'd. on the south by the lands of Will
liam Kyle, formerly Ellesiy Planting
Company and on the west by Bayou
Sale:
And whereas. said petition did further
pray that the body cal upon the Board OF
Stale Engineers to examine said Suburain-
age District and determine whether or not
the reclamation thereJt WAS feasible: and,
Whereas, this Body did in fact adopt a
resolution calling upoH the Board Of State
Engineers to examine the said Subdrain-
ace District and determine the feasibility
of draining and reclaiLing the same, and
also determine the cost If the complete
drainage and reclamation of all of said
lands in said Subdrainage District; and,
Whereas. the Board of state Engineers
have reported that there are One thousand
four hundred and forty-siX 1916 acres
of land in said sub drainage District al.
ready partially reel 'iIed and that there
are Eleven hundred and seventy no
acres of land III said >ubdralnage District
which are wholly unreclaimed, and that
the total cost Of draining and reciaming
all OF said lands in said >ubdrainage Dis
trct is the sum Of Twenty mine and 100
dollars $3.50 per acre, or total OF
| Seyenty.fve thousand dollars 100000 ;
and
| Wher. as, the property owners in said
| Subdrainage District No. of the North
Bend Drainage District, since said report
| was filed with this body, presented petit
| ton praying that this body do proceed at
once to dram and reclaim all Of the lands
| in said Subdrainage District and to issue
! bonds against each and every acre of land
| in said Subdranage District. both those
| reclaimed and unreclaimel. in the sum OF
| $3.50 per acre, and that the proceeds OF
| said bonds be used for the purpose of pay
| ing for the complete drainage and reclaim
alton OF said lands: and,
Whereas, this Body deems 1t proper that
| such reclamation work should be under
taken, aud that the lands embracing 2J30
acres in said Subdrainage district should
| be reclaimed in the manner suggested in
and
Whereas, to provide funds with which
| to drain said lands, it is necessary that a
| debt should be incurred and negotiable,
| interest bearing coupon bonds be issued
| therefor against each acre of land situated
| in said Subdraina@e District in the amount
| of twenty nine and 60 100 dollars $3.50. or
| an aggregate amount of seventy five
thousand dollars 80, 00o0h against the
whole of the $3.50 acres of land situated in
| said Subdrainage District, and
Whereas, under the Constitution and
| laws of the State of Louisiana, in order to
provide for the payment of such bonds
and maintenance of the drainage of the
| lands when reclaimed, the Board of Com
| missioners may, when authorized by the
| land owners owning two-thlrds in acres
| of land situated IN SAID Subdrainage Dis
trict, levy against the lands situated in
| said Subdraiuage District especially bene>
! flied by said drainage an acreage tax or
! forced contribution sufficient TO pay the
| interest on such bonds, the principal at
| maturity, and to maintain the drainage Of
said district; and,
Whereas, .the petition above set forth
confers on the sad Board of Commits
sioner. OF the North Bend Drainage Dis.
trict the aut hori'y 10 levy such acreage tax
or forced contribution; therefore.
Section /. Be it rest Owed by the Board Of
Commissioners Of the North Bend Drain
age District, in regular session convened,
acting for and on behalf Ct and As the gov
ernlng authority Of Subdralnage District
No / of the North Bend Drainage District,
That the North Bend Drainage District do
at once proceed to drain and reclaim, In
the manner advised by the Board OF State
Engineers, the unreclaimed lands situated
in the said Su5drainage District, contain
ing $3.50 acres. " hich said land is more
specifically described as follows:
All of those lands in the North Bend
Drainage District lying east Of Bayou
Sale and between said Bayou Sale and