The St. Mary banner., 1916-09-23
Meeting Of Sub,Drainage
District No. 9 Of the Cyp-
remort Drainage District.

BALDWIN, La, SEPT. 18th 1916
A meeting Of the Board of Comm ssioner:
of Sub-Drainage District Number OF the
Cypremort Drainage District, was held thi'
day at the office Of the Board, pursuant tC
call with the following Drainage Commits
siOners present. tO-wit: Z. p. Sims, Henri
Julien, Arthur Richard and W. +. Giles
Absent: None.
The Vice President stated that the object
of the meeting was included in the call and
was for the purpose Of passing and adopt
ing resolution authorizing the issuanc c
of bonds for Sub>Drainage District Num-
ber Of the CypremOrt Drainage District
of the Parish Of St. Mary, state OF Louis:
lana, and levying tax to provide for the
payment OF principal and interest.
WhereupOn Mr.. w. F. Giles presented
the following resolution, which upon mo-
ton Of Mr.. Henri Julien, duly seconded.
was unanimously adopted, to-wit:
Whereas, at an election held on Tuesday.
the 4th day Of April, 1916, duly called and
held in Sub Drainage District Number ,
of the CypremOrt Drainage District Of the
Parish Of st. Mary, State of Louisiana,
there was submitted to the qualified prop
erty taxpayers the proposition OF levying
an annual contribution or acret ge tax Of
Fifty cents per acre for period Of thirty
seven years, beginning with the year 1916,
and extending 10 and including the year
1852, upon all Of the lands in said Sub
Drainage District; at the same elec-
ton there was also submitted to the quail
fed property taxpayers the proposition Of
authorizing the Board of Commissioners
of said Sub-Drainage District to incur in
debtedness and to issue negotiable bonds
therefor, amounting in the aggregate
to the sum of Fourteen thousand
($l4,NO.OO) Dollars, payable in principal
and interest out Of the amount to be raised
by said contribution or acreage tx during
said period; and,
Whereas, due and timely notice of the
time and In the manner prescribed by law
was given Of said election, and a ma ajority
In numbers and amounts Of the property
taxpayers qualified as electors under the
Constitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana. voting at said election, author
lied the Board Of Commissioners to levy
said tax of Fifty cents per acre upon every
acre Of land in said sub Drainage District.
for period Of thirty>seyen years begin
ming with ths year 1916, and to issue
bODds OF said Sub.Drainage District in
the amount of Fourteen thousand
($l4 ,O0O.OO) Dollars in anticipation Of the
collection Of said taxes; and therefore,
Be it resolved by the Board Of Commits.
sioners Of sub-Drainage District No. 9 Of |
the Cypremort Drainage District Of
the Parish of st. Mary, State Of Louis
ana, in session duly convened, that there |
shall be and is hereby levied a continuing,
annual tax or annual contribution or acre |
age tax upon all Of the lands within the
limits of said Sub-Drainage District in the
sum OF fifty cents per acre for period of |
thirty.seven years, beginning IN the
year 1916 and extending to and including
the year 1852, SO as TO raise during said
period Of thirty.sevsn years the sum OF
Fourteen Thousand lSl4,00O.OO) Dollars;
and said sum of Fourteen Thousand GA
OOO.OO) Dollars shall be collected during
said period Of time, and the same is here.
by appropriated to the uses and purposes
@ hereinafter set forth.
here shalt be and are hereby ordered to
pysyexecuted the negotiable bonds OF
13id Sub-Dranage District in the sum Of
Fourteen Thousand 1914 4OO0.OO) Dollars.
dated the first day Of. ..l9l6. all of which
bonds shall be of the denomination of One
Hundred Dollars each, and all bearing in.
terest at the rate Of five per cent per an
mum, payable the first day Of June, 1918.
and annually thereafter on the first day Of
June in each year, SAID interest to be
evidenced by interest notes or coupons at
'ached to said bonds respectively; and
laid bonds shall be of the numbers ana
and shall mature as fol-
Ows: {
Bond No. Denomination noto -