St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-02
THE ST. TAMMANY FARMER DECEMBER ., 1916
OFFICIAL NOTICES.

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parish of st. Tammany, held at the
Office OF the police jury, parish Of st.
Tammany, on August 2, 1916.
The police jury met this day in
regular session.
Members present: E. j. Do
mergue. ]. NJ. Smith, S. r. Cowart,
f. Crawford, W. H. Davis, H. J.
Schneider, Robert Abney, Jas. B.
Howe, president. S4
Absent: 45 --~s
The following resolution was offer
by Mr.. 8. r. COWart:
Where's it is deemed necessary to
create drainage district in the par
ish Of St. .Tammany; and,
Whereas, there is general demand
for such drainage district;
Therefore. be it resolved by the
police jury Of the parish Of st. Tam
many, That the st. Tammany Drain
age District No. l Is hereby created
and its boundaries are fixed as fol-
lows: 'A-%
Property belonging to Geo. Koepp,
I Jr., section %, township south,
range 10 east, $40 acres; property
belonging to Geo. H., Edward and
Robert Koepp, north hal: of sectiain
So; township south, range 10 eas-,
one-third each; property OF James
Koepp, north hf Of soutlwes' Quarer
and south half efnor.hwes. quarter.
section "a. township south, range
10 9, 160 acres; property E. J. Fred
erick, 20, 81, 80, tp z south, range
10 east, ard sections 5, u, 4. in
township south, range 10 east, all
in Greellsburg District La, and par
ish of st. Tammany, 2S93.71 acres,
bounded as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner
of section 81 tp z south range 10
east, easterly to the northwest cor
ner section 80 tip 4 south range 10
east, then northerly on section line to
the northwest corner OF the south
han Of the northwest quarter section
81 tip Z south range 10 east, then
south to the southeast corner OF the
north half of the southwest quarter
section "a, then north to the quarter
section corner between sections 33
and "a, then west to the quarter
section between SECTION 80 and 33,
then south to Lake Ponchartrain,
then following lake shore southerlr to.
section line between sections and
township south range 10 east,
then north on section line to south
west corner Of northwest quarter OF
section township 8 south range 10
east, thence south 43 degrees Is
minutes west to range line, which is
the parish line between st. Tammany
and ,Tangipahoa, then north on range
line and parish line to point OF be-
ginning.
And the territory thus included
within said boundaries shall consti-
tute q drainage district to be known
as the st. Tammany Drainage Dis
trfct No. l, and the said drainage dis
trict as thus organized is given all
Of the powers necessary under and
by virtue-of the terms and condi-
tons set forth in Article Psi OF the
Constitution Of the State OF Louisi-
ana, and Of Acts 256 and BIT of the
Legislature Of 1910, and the amend
ments to said Acts as adopted by the
Legislature Of Louisiana and Act No.
30 OF the Legislature tor the year
t1a16, and the said drainage district
thus constituted by this ordinance Is
given all of the powers necessary 10
carry into, effect work OF drainage
and reclamation in said district in
lconforntty with the constitution and
laws hereinahoye quoted.
BE it further ordained, That the
said St. Tammany Drainage District
No. l., as thus organized, shall have
the powers M corporation under
the law to incur debt, levy taxes. sue
and be sued, hold necessary cleo
ttions, and to do and perform all OF
| the necessary acts incident and nee
essary to drainage and reclamation
OF lands conformably with the con-
stitution+ and laws OF this State, and
| that there being no place in the dis
trict available and convenient for the
holding OF the meetings Of the drain
age commissioners, the parish seat,
Covington, louisiana, is hereby des-
| ignated as the domicile OF the dis
tfict, and that its Board OF Commis-
sioners AZ created by the terms OF
this ordinance will meet for the pur-
pose of organization at the earliest
possible date.
BE it further resolved, That con-
forming to petition OF property
isowners In said district. which com
prises lessxthan 40 property owners
within its limits, Edward Koepp,
Geo. H. Koepp and James Koepp are
hereby nominated and elected as the
three commissioners to be- chosen by
the police jury Of the parish Of st.
Tammany for the st. Tammany
Drainage District No. /; Messrs. Jas.
Koepp and Edward Koepp to serve
for the term of two CD years, and
Mr.. Geo. III. sKoepp to serve for the
term of four ( ~ years.
This ordinance having been duly
read this day at the regular meeting
of the police jury of the parish OF St.
Tammany, the following members OF
/ the police jury voted for the same:
e. J. Domergue, J. NJ. Smith, S. r.
Cowart, F.. Crawford, w. H. Davis,
III. J. Schneider, Robert Abney and
J. B. Howe.
The following voted against the
same: None.
The following members being alb
sent: Louis Peters, ". A. Hood.
And the said ordinance having re-
ceived majority Of the votes OF the
members OF the police jury, was duly
carried and adopted.
/
the undersigned secretary Of the
police jury of the parish of st. Tam
many, IN hornhv corfifv that the