St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-11-18
THE ST TAMMANY. FARMER. NovEMBER1s. 1916


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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 3, 1916.
The police jury met this day in
regular session.
Members present: e. J. Do
mergue, ]. N. Smith, s. r. Cowart,
F.. Crawford, w. H.. Davis, H. ].
Schneider, Robert Abney, Jas. B..
Howe, president.
Absent:
The following resolution was Offer
ed by Mr.. H. ]. Schneider, seconded
by Mr.. 8. r. Cowart:
Whereas It IN deemed necessary to
create drainage district in the par
ish Of st. Tammany; and,
Whereas, there IL 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. Is hereby created
and IT. boundaries are liked as fol-
lows:
Property belonging to Geo. Koepp.
Jr.. section Is. township Z south.
range 10 east, $40 acres: property
belonging to Geo. H., Edward and
Robert Koepp, north hals Of section
-, township 7-south, range 10 east,
one-third each; property Of James
Keep, north hf Of soutawes. Qnarer
and south half of nor:hwes: quarter.
section -. township south. range
10 .. 160 acres: property E. J. Fred
erick. 80, 81, 81, tp south, range
10 east, and sections S, :, Z. in
township S-south. range 10 east, AL
in Greensbufg District La, and par
ish OF st. Tammany, 2893.71 acres,
bounded as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner
Of section 81 tp south range 10
east, easterly to the northwest cor
ner section 80 tp Z south range 10
east, then northerly on section line to
the northwest corner Of the south
hak Of the northwest quarter section
81 tp south range 10 east, then
south to the southeast corner OF the
north half of the southwest quarter
section 81, then north to the quarter
section corner between sections 33
section between section 30 and 33,
then south to Lake Ponchartrain,
then following lake shore southerlv to
section line between sections and
township 8 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 constf-
tute drainage district to be known
40 the st. Tammany Drainage Dis
trict No. /, and the said drainage dis
trict ~ thus organized is given, al
Of tho covers necessary under and
by virtue Of the terms and condi-
tons set forth in Article ,281 of the
Constitution Of the State Of Louisi-
ana, and Of Acts ass and 917 OF the
Legislature of 1910, and the amend
ments to said Acts as adopted by the
Legislature 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 10
carry into effect work Of drainage
and reclamation in said district in
conformity with the constitution and
laws hereinAbove quoted.
Be e further ordained, That the
said St. Tammany Drainage District
No. /, ~ thus organized, shall have
the. powers Of Z corporation under
the law to incur debt, levy taxes, sue.
and DO sued. hold necessary cleo
lions, and, to do and perform all OF
the necessary acts incident and nee
essary to drainage and reclamation
Of -lands comfortably with the con-
stitution and laws Of this State, and
that there being NO place in the dis
trict available and convenient tor the
holding OF the meetings Of the drain
age commissioners, the parish seat,
Covington, Louisiana, is hereby des-
ignated - the domicfle of the dis
trict, and that its 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 1t further resolved, That con-
forming to petition Of property
owners in said district, which COM
prises. less than 40 property owners
within its limits, Edward Koepp,
Geo. III. 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. i; Messrs. Jas.
Koapp and Edward Koepp to serve
for the term Of two (2) years, and
Mr.. Geo. III: Koepp to serve for the
,tarmsof four a. 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, JIM. Smith, s. r.
CoWart, F. Crawford III. Davis,
H. j. Schneider, Robert Abney and
J. B. Howe.
The following voted against the
same: None.
The following members being alb
sent: : Louis Peters, w. "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.