St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-23

comprises ABOUT 4,VZ4.iV acres.
We also respectfully petition the
honorable police jury Of the parish
TO St. Tammany to elect Messrs. Ed
ward Koepp, Geo. II. Koepp and Jas.
Koepp commissioners of the propos-
ed st. Tammany Drainage District
No. 1, as thus bounded and situated.
| Signatures:
JAMES KOEPP.
EDWARD KOEPP.
| G. III. 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
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, J. NJ. Smith, S. r. Cowart.
F. Crawford, w. HI. Davis, H. j..
Schneider, Robert Abney, Jas. B.
Howe, president.
Absent:
The following resolution was offer
ed by Mr.. H. J. Schneider. seconded
| by Mr.. s. r. Cowart:
whereas it is deemed necessary to
create a drainage district in the par
fsh 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
lows:
Property belonging to Geo. Koepp.
Jr., section %, township I south,
range 10 east, GAO acres: property
belonging to Geo. H., Edward aud
Robert Koepp, north hall of secti:fn
33, township Z south, range 10 east,
one-third each; property OF James
Koepp, north hf Of sOutlWes' Quarer
and south half # n,r.hwes. quarter,
section "a, township south. range
| 10 e, 100 acres; property E. j. Fred
erick, 20, 81, 80, tp Z south, range
10 east, ard sections 5, =, Z. in
| township s south, range 10 east. AL
in Greensburg District La. and par
ish of st. Tammany. 2S93.7l acres,
bounded as follows:
| Beginning at the northwest corner
| of section 81 tp south range ~
east, easterly to the northwest cor
ner section 80 tip Z south ranga ~
east, then northerly on section line 70
the northwest corner OF the south
ham OF the northwest quarter section
"a to 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 80
and "a, then west to the quarter
section between section 30 and 80,
then south to Lake POnchartrain
then following lake shore southern te
section line betXeen sections 5 and
6 township south range IL east
then north on section line to south
west corner Of northwest quarter OF
section 5 township south range IL
east, thence south 43 degrees Ia
minutes west to range line. which il
the parish line between st. TammanJ
and TangipahOa, then north on range
line and parish line to point OF De'
| ginning.
And the territory thus included
within said boundaries shall consti
tute a drainage district to be known
as the st. Tammany Drainage DIS
trict No. /, and the said drainage dis
trict as thus organized is given al
Of the powers necessary under ant
by virtue OF the terms and cOndl'
| lions set forth in Article Isl OF tn
Constitution of the State of Louisi
ana. and of Acts ESQ and BIT OF thu
LEGISLATURE of 1910, and the amend
ments to said Acts as adopted by I'M
LEGISLATURE of Louisiana and Act NO
80 of the Legislature for the yea
'l1916, and the said drainage distric
thus constituted by this ordinance Il
given all of the powers necessary 4
carry into effect work of drainage
and reclamation in said district II
conformity with the constitution an<
laws hereinabove quoted.
Be it further ordained, That tn
said St. Tammany Drainage Distric
No. /. as thus organized shall hav'
the powers of a corporation unde
the law to incur debt, levy taxes, SUI
and be sued, hold necessary cleo
lions. and to do and perform all o
the necessary acts incident and nee
essary to drainage and reclamation
I of lands conformably with the con
stitutiOn and laws of this State. AM
that there being no place in the dis
trict.ayailable and convenient TOR tn
holding of the meetings Of the drain
age commissioners, the parish seat
Coyington, louisiana. is hereby des
lienated as the domicile of the dis
i trict, and that its Board OF Commls
sioners as created by the terms Q
this ordinance will meet for the pur
pose of organization at the carries
possible date.
BE it further resolved, That con
forming to a petition of propert
owners in said district. which com
prises less than 40 property owner
within its limits, Edward koepl
Geo. III. Koepp and James koepp ar
hereby nominated and elected as tn
three commissioners to be chosen o
the police jury Of the parish OF >,
Tammany for the st. Tamman
Drainage District No. j Messrs. Jas
lKoepp and Edward Koepp to serv
for the term of two CD years, an
Mr.. Geo. III. Koepp to serve for tn
term of four a. years.
This ordinance having been duI
|, read this day at the regular meetin