The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-09-01
premort Drainag Sc Dis
t,ict Of n" Parish of
st. Mary, La,

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Declaring the result of the Specia
Election held in Sub. Drainage
y. District No of said Cyprem orr
! Drainage District, and levyine
the Acreage Tax or forced con-
tribu'ion voted at the Spe cial
Election held therein on Mon
day, August ID, 1917.
Be it resolved by the Board of Com
missIoners Of the CYPRENOET
| DRAINAGE DISTRICT Of the Parish
of st. Mary, Louisiana. ID special
session assembled on this l4th day OF
August, 1917. in accordance with The
resolution adopted by this Board on
July 10th, 1911, that, whereas ma
| joritv in number and amount Of al
! Of the taxpayers (entltled to vote
thereat under the Constitution and
laws of this State) participating IN the
special election held in said Sub
drainage District No. 3 of the Cypre-
mort Drainage District of st Mary
Parish. louisiana. on August 1.'th ,
1917. voted in favor Of imposing an
acreage tax or forced contribution Of
| fifteen (l5c) cents per acre each year,
for period Of ten (l0) years, upon
all real property situated within said
Subdrainage District No. 3 Of the
Cypremort Drainage District, subject
to State taxation, beginning with and
including the year 1917 and ext nding
to and Including the year 1926, for The
purpose of providing and maintaining
a system Of gravity drainage of the
lands situated within said Sub.drain-
age District No. 8, the result thereof
be. and the sane is hereby, Gee AIRED
and promulgated and, accordingly, it
IS declared by the Board OF Comms.
sioners Of the Cypremort Drainage
District that the proposition submit
ted to the qualified taxpayers Of said
Sub drainage District No. ) was duly
aud legally carried BY a Majority il
number, value and amount Of all the
taxpayers and assessments. qualified
to vote thereat under the Constitution
and laws Of this State participate In
said election; and be it further
Resolved, that. in accoruanee with
the result Of said election, an acreage
tax or forced contribution OF fifteen
ll5cl cents per acre, each year, for
period of ten ll0l years, upon all real
property situated within said Sub.
drainage District No. Of the Cypres
mort Drainage District of the Parish
of ST Mary. Louisiana, subject to
State taxation, beginning with and in
Guiding the year 1917 and extending
to and including the year 1925, be.
and the same is hereby, imposed and
levied, to be collected for the year
1917 land TO be levied and collected
each year hereafter, to and including
the year 1926, according to law, the
proceeds thereof to constitute trust
fund and to be used for the purpose
OF providing and maintaining system
of gravity drainage OF the lands situ
a'ej within Subdrainage District no
!, established and created by resolu-
ton Of the Board Of Comm ssioncrs
of the Cypremort Drainage District, |
Of date Noven Der ?9.h lsl6, s,tabli- |
shing and defining the hoandacies Of
said Sub-drainage District No. 2 as
follows;
Beginning at the. intersection of |
the west boundary Of the auea nd
Sugar Co, property and the Cypre. |
mort Branch Railroad running In a |
direction due north to Bayou Cypre-
mort. thence along the south and cast
bank of Bayou Cypre:uort 10 tie Scr. !
reI road. thence along the SorrelI /
road to the north boundary of tcgn.
slip IA suuth range east, thence east |
along tile north boundary Of township !
Il south range 8 east to the MOI III east
corner Of the north west quarter of the |
uorth west quarter OF section ? town
ship il south range $ east. thence
south to the south east corner Of the |
south west quarter OF the north west
quarter Of said section :, thence east |
TO the north east corner Of the north |
east quarter OF the south west quarter
of said section 2, thence south TO the
intersection 0: the public road, thence
south west TO point opposite lane
running along east boundary Of the
Caneland Sugar Co property. thence
south along said lane to the intersecs
ton Of said lane with the Cypremort
Branch Railroad. theuce westerly
along said Cyranort Brauch Railroad
10 . point Of beginning; all as more
spec ticaliy shown on map made by
L. A. LOustalot, 6, E.. entitled. Map
Of Cypremurt Sub.drainaSe District
No. g., which said map is on he in
The records Of the Board of Commits
sioners of said Cypremort Drainage
District. The said Sub drainage d.
strict No. s. as designated on said
nap ard bounded and defined as here
nabove set forth, contains Three
thousand and thirty.six and ASIDE
3uSc 90 acres.
Be II further resolved, that a CODY
u thic resolution be forwarded to the
Assessor OF the Parish of ST Mary,
louis ana, who shalt assess and ex.
end on the assessment rolls Of the
;ear 1917 the acreage tax or forced
u fifteen iiscl cel-ts ne,,