St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-16

| comprises about 4,024.70 acres.
We also respectfully petition thu
honorable police jury Of the parish
70 st. Tammany to elect Messrs. Ed
ward Koepp, Geo. II. Koepp and Jas
Koepp commissioners of the propos
ed st. Tammany Drainage District
No. !. ~ thus bounded and situated
Signatures:
JAMES KoEPP.
EDWARD KOEPP.
G. n. KOEPP.
e. ]. FREDERICK.
GEO. KOEPP, JR.
ROBERT v. KOEPP.
Extract from minutes Of regular
meeting OF the police jury Of the
parish Of st. Tammany, held at the
once OF the police jury. parish of St
Tammany. on August Z, 1916.
The police jury met this day in
regular session.
Members present: E. ]. Do
mergue, J. NJ. Smith, s. r. Cowart.
F.. Crawford, w. II. Davis. H. J.
Schneider. Robert Abney, Jas. B.
Howze,s president.
Absent:
The following resolution was Offer
ed by Mr.. H. J. Schneider, seconded
by Mr.. 8. r. Cowart:
Whereas it 10 deemed necessary to
create . drainage district in the par
ish Of st. Tammany: and,
Whereas. there Is general demand
for such q 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. is hereby created
and it, boundaries are fixed as fol-
lows:
Property belonging to Geo. Koepp,
Jr., section Is, township south.
range 10 east, $40 acres: property
belonging to Geo. H., Edward and
Robert Koepp, north hal. of sectlain
SO, township south, rangs 10 east,
one-third each; property Of James
Koepp, north hf III sou:awes. Quarer
and south half II nor.hwes. quarter.
section "a, township z south, range
10 e. 160 acres: property E. J. Fred
erick, 20, 81, 30, tp z south, range
10 east, and sect -ons $, =, Z. in
township 8 south, range 10 east. all
in Greensburg District La, and par
ish Of st. Tammany, 2S93.71 acres,
bounded as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner
Of section 81 tp south range 10
east, easterly to the northwest cor
ner section 81 tp south range 10
east, then northerly on section line to
the northwest corner OF the south
halt Of the northwest quarter section
- tp south range 10 east, then
south to the southeast corner OF the
north half Of the southwest quarter
section -, then north to the quarter
section corner between sections 80
and -, then west to the quarter
section between section % and SO,
then south to Lake Ponchartrain,
then following lake shore SOUTHERN to
section line between sections 5 and
8 township south range 10 east,
then north on section line to south
west corner Of northwest quarter of
section s township 8 south range 10
east, thence south - 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 . drainage district to be known
~ the st. Tammany Drainage Dis
trict No. l, and the said drainage dis
trict ~ thus organized Is given all
Of the powers necessary under and
by virtue OF the terms and condi-
lions set forth in Article PSI OF the
Constitution Of the State of Louisi-
ana. and OF Acts 256 and 317 Of the
of 1910, and the amend
ments to said Acts as adopted by the
Of Louisiana and Act No.
80 OF the Legislature for the year
1916, and the said drainage district
thus constituted by this ordinance is
given all Of the powers necessary 20
carry into effect work Of drainage
and reclamation in said district in
with the constitution and
laws hereinabove quoted.
Be it further ordained, That the
said st. Tammany Drainage District
No. /, as thus organized, shall have
the powers of a corporation under
the law to incur debt, levy taxes, sue
and be sued, hold necessary e.ec-
tons, and to do and perform all o.
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
trict. and that it's Board OF Commits
sioners as 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 q petition Of property
owners in said district, which COM
prises less than 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 ca years, and
Mr.. Geo. II. Koepp to serve for the
term Of four a. years.
This ordinance having been duly