The St. Mary banner., 1916-07-01

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Resolution of the Board of Com
missioner of North Bend Drainag
District of the Parish Of st. Mary
! La, authorizing. on behalf OF Sub
/ drainage District No. of the Nortl
Bend Drainage District, the issu
| ance of S13, 900 90 of bonds to evi
| dence debt of said amount incurrct
on the 22nd day of June, 1916.
| Whereas. at a meeting Of the Police Jur,
| Of the Parish OF St. Mary. held on the 2nd
| lay Of June. 1915, the North Bend Drllr
age District was created and Commis
! >iOners were appointed therefor: aud,
Whereas, on the 7th day of June, 1915
be said Commissioners appointed by thu
Police Jury and the two Commlss ioner:
a pointed by the Governor, did assemble
| and said Drainage District was duly Great
ed; and
Whereas. at meeting Of the said brain.
age Commission held on the Pend day OF
April. 1916, petition of the property own
els Of said District was presented to this
Board, praying for the creation OF a Sub.
drainage District, and this BODY did at SAID
| meeting duly create subdrainage district
known and numbered as Subdralnage Dis
trict No. ! of the North Bend Drainage
District. hich said >ubdrainage District
is described as follows:
"A II Of those lands in the North Bend
Drainage District lying east Of Bayou
Sale and between said Bayou sale and
the irregular line of canals and levees
already constructed and TO be con-
structed as more specifically shownOn
the map of Warren Is. Reed, Consult
ing Engineer. dated April, 1876, being
entitled Map of North Bend Drainage
Dl>ti let, showing Subdrainage District
No. and 2" The said Subdrainage
District designated on said map as
SUbdrainage District No. l, contains
26l6 acres and is bounded a. follows:
On the nor by the Bayou Sale
and the lands Of o. D. Berwick Plant.
ing Company: on the east by the lands
of the }. NJ. Burguieres Company.
Ltd on the south by the lands Of VIII
liam Kyle, formerly kllesIy Planting
Company and on the west by Bayou
Sale:
And " herea,, said petition did further
pray that the body call upon the Board of
state Engineers to ex3mIne said Suhdrain-
age Dist let and determine whether or not
the reclamation thereof was feasible; and,
Whereas, this Body did in fact adopt q
resolution calling upon The Board OF State
Engineers to examine the said Subdrain.
age District and determine the feasibility
of draining and reclalming the same, and
also determine the cost Of the cumuIete
Gra mage and reclamation of all of said
lands ID said Subdralnage District; and,
" bereas. the Board Of State Engineers
have reported that there are One thousand
four hundred and fOrty-six l446 acres
of land in said Subdrainage District al.
ready partially reel ,imcd and that there
are Eleven hundred and seventy ll7U
acres Of land III said Subdrainage Distric:
he total cost Of draining and retaining
all OF said lands in said >ubdrainage Dis
trict is the sum of Twenty mine and CO. 200
dollars S29 10 per acre, or a total of
Seyenty.tye thousand dollars $15,OOO.OC:
and
Where as, the property owners in said
District No. Of the North
Bend Drainage District. since said report
was filed with this body, presented petit
ion praying that this body do proceed at
)nce TO drain and reclaim all of the lands
IN said Subdranage District and to issue
bonds against each and every acre Of land
IN said Subdrainage District. both those |
reclaimed and unreclsimed, in the sum Of |
,29 20 per acre. and that the proceeds OF |
aid bonds be used for the purpose of pay
ng for the complete drainage and reclaim |
ltion Of said lands; and,
" hereas, this Body deems 1t proper that |
Gch reclamation work should be under |
AIKEN, and that the lands embracing $3.50 |
cres in said Subdrainage District should |
,c reclaimed in the manner suggested in /
he report Of the Board Of State Engineers.
nd
Whereas, to provide funds with which
o drain said lands, 1t is necessary that a
cbt should be incurred and negotiable.
interest. bearing coupon bonds be issued
herefor against each acre of land situated
n said Subdrainage District in the mount
( twenty nine and 60 100 dollars S23 co. or
n aggregate amount OF Seventy. five
bousand dollars S.5, 90 against the
hole of the $3.50 acres OF land situated in
aid >ubdrainage District, and
Whereas, under the Constitution and
Tvs Of the State of Louisiana, in order to
rovide for the payment Of such bonds
I'D maintenance of the drainage OF the
nds when reclaimed. the Board OF Com
issioners may. when authorized by the
nd owners owning two-thirds in acres ;
land situated in said Subdrainage Dis
let, levy against the lands situated in {
i'd Subdraiuage District especially bene-
led by said drainage an acreage tax or ,
reed contribution sufficient to pay the
,ereSt on such bonds, the principal at
aturity, and to maintain the drainage OF
id district; and,
Whereas, 1.-The petition above set forth
nfers on the said Board of Commls- a
oners OF the North Bend Drainage Dis |
let the authority to levy such acreage tax :
forced contributions; therefore. 6
Section l. Be it resolved by the eBoard "f
Of the North Bend Drain.
e District, in regular session convened, =
ting for and on behalf of and as the gov- '
ming authority Of Subdrainsge District 4