The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-22

Resolution Of the Board Of Com
m;ssioners OF North Bend Drainage
Distric, OF the Parish Of St. Mary,
La authorizing. on behalf Of Sub
drainage District No. OF the North
Bend Drainage District. the is>u-
arce If 50, 90 % OF bonds TO evil
dauca debt II said amount Incurred
on thu Dad day Of June, 1916
Whereas at meeting Of the Police Jury
af the Parish of 81. Mary. he.i on the 2nd.
dav f June. 1915. the North Bend Dram
i.e pfstricl was created and Commits,
>i0ner> We're appointed therefor: and,
Whereas. on the 9Th day of June, 1915
the >aii commissioners appointed by the
Police jury and the two commissioners
appointed by the Governor. did assemble.
aud said Drainage District was duly Great
ed: api
Whereas. at a meeting Of the said brain
aee Commission held on the a9nd day of
April lHid. petition u the property own
er> Of said District a presented to this
Board. prAyin- for the creation Of sub
drainage District, and this BODY dill 1T SAID
meeting duly create >ubdraint.e district
SHOWN and numbered a> Subiralnlge Dis
trct No. nj the North Bend Drainage
District. which said >ubiraina-e District
is described as follows:
Il II Of those lands in the North Bend
Drainage District lying east Of Bayou
Sale and between sud Bayou sale and
the irregular line OF canals and leyee>
already constructed and TO be con-
,tructed, Is more specifically shown on
the map of Warren b. Reed. Consult
lnr Engineer. dated April, 1876. being
entitled Map # North Bend Drainage
District. showing >ubdrainage District
No. and - The said >ubdraina.e
District designated Oh said map "a
>ubdraina-e District No. l. contains
2tl6 acres and is bounded a. follows:
ION the north by the Bayou Sale
and the lands of .. .. Berwick Plant<
ing Company: on the east by the lands
OF the j. VI. Burglieres Company.
Ltd on the south by the land, of Will
liam Kyle. formerly Ellesly Planting
Company ard OIL the west by Bayou
Sale:
And whereas. aid petition did further
pray that the body call upon the Board Of
State Engineers 10 examine said >u0draln-
age District and determine whether or not
the reel amation II reof was feasible: and.
Wnea>. this + ,dy did in fact adopt a
resolution calling ..pon the Board Of State
Engineers TO examine the said SuOdraiu-
are District and determine the feasibility
of draining and re.lalmln@ the same. and
ai,o determine tile cost Of the complete
drainage ana III VI ali VI S1lu
land, in said Subdraiuage District: and.
" hereas the Board Of state Engineers
have reported that there are One THOUSAND
four hundred and forty->iX 1916 acres
of land in said .HuOdralnage District al
ready partially reclaimed and that there
are Eleven hundred and seventy no
acres of land il said >ubdrainage District
which are wholly unreclaimed. and that
the total cost x draining and retaining
| IL, ..,Yf Irl ~ a Crkl b,.
trct is the sum OF Twenty. nine and 6)-iuo
dollars S29 ~ per acre. or total OF
Stventy.tve thousand dollars s,J,UOu.Vl:
and
Where a. the property owners III said
>ubIrainage District No. OF the North
Bend Drainage District, since said report
was filed with thi> body. pres 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 aud every acre OF land
in said Subdraiuage District. both those
reclaimed and unreclaimed. in the sum OF
1860 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, and that the lands embracing 2J30
acre, in said Subdralnage District should
be reclaimed in the manner suggested III
the report Of the Board of state Engineers,
and
Whereas. to provide funds with which
to drain said lands. II l. necessary that
debt should be incurred and negotiable.
interest. bearing coupon bonds be issued
therefor against each acre of land situated
in said >ubdraiuage District In the amount
of twenty nine and 100 dollars >."G0. or
an aggregate amount Of seventy five
nn0us.aad dollars s1J,Jo0.0h against the
60le 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
aud maintenance of the drainage OF the
lands when reclaimed. the Board OF Com
missioner. may. when authorized by the
land owners owning two-tllrds III acres
Of land situated in said Subdrainage Dis
trict. levy against the lands situated IN
said Subdrainage Di.tric; especially bene-
fitted by said drainage an acreage TAX or
forced contribution SUFFICIENT TO pay Inc
interest on such bonds, the principal at
maturity, and to MAINTAIN the drainage VI
said district; and.
Whereas, :the petition above set forth
confers on the said Board of Commits
sioners Of the North Bend Drainage DIS.
trict the authority to levy such acreage tax
or forced contribution: therefore.
Section |. BE it resolved by the Board of
Commissioners Of the North Bend Dram
age District, in regular session convened,
acting for and on behalf OF and as the gov,
ernlng authority of Subdralnage District
No l 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 unreclamed lands situated
in the said Subdrainage 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 Be- ou Sale and
the irregular line Of cannis and levees