The St. Mary banner., 1917-07-14
Meeting Commissioners Cy-
prelnort Drainage District

ST. MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA.
JULY ~. 1917.
We the undersigned tVnml ,-t@I"r- oI
the Cypremort Drainage District Of tn
Parish Of st. Mary, State Of Louisiana. u
hereby call q special meeting Of the Bnard
OF Commissioners of Sai6 drainage ul--
trict to be held at the domicie ot said
drainage district. IN the Parish of St
Mary. State Of Louisiana. at l. - O'Clock
"A. M, on July 10th, 1917, for the purpose
OF considering and acting upon petition
OF the property owners OF sub drainage
District No. 3, OF the Cyprelnprt Drainage
District, requesting that a >p.elal election
be ordered IN said sub drainage District ,
and we hereby waive any requirement, a.
to notice of said meeting and consent to
transact thereat any and all business
which may come before sad meeting un-
der this call. &. =. sims. Arthur Richard.
Henri Julien, W. r. GILES.
The Board Of Commissioners Of the
CypremOrt Drainage District met thl, 10th
day Of July. 1917, al its domirlle IN the
Parish Of st. .ary, La, in special session.
Roll call by the Secretary showed the fol
lowing members present. VIZ: Z. i. sims,
W. +. Giles. Henri Julien, Arthur Richard.
Absent: Jno. Baldwin, il.
quorum being present the meeting
was called to order by &. Z. sims, Vice
Presi lent.
The call for the special meeting was
then read by the Secretary, aud, upon
motion made and unanimously carried.
was ordered incorporated in and to form
part OF the minutes Of th. meeting.
Upon motion Of Arthur Richard. duly
seconded by Henri Julien. and unanl-
mously carried, the following resolution
was adopted, to.wit:
"Whereas, the Board Of Commissioners
Of the Cypremort Drainage District. did,
on the = day of October. 1916, according
to law. establish within said district a
Sub.drainage District known aud de-
signated as Sub>drainagc District No. 3
Of the Cypremort Drainage District Of the
Parish Of st. Mary, and defined lis limits
and boundaries as follows, to-wit.
"Beginning at the intersection Of tbs
west boundary Of the Cane!and Sugar Co.,
property and the Cypremort Branch Rail-
road running in u direction due north TO
Bayou Cypremort, thence along the south
and east bank Of Bayou Cypremort 10 the
Sorrel road, thence along the Sorrel road
to the nOIth boundary of township II
south range s east, thence east along the
north boundary Of township IA south
ursnge 8 east to the north east corner Of
north west quarter OF the north west
hrter Of section township IA south
1Dge 8 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 Of the public road thence
south west to point opposite lane rum
ming along east boundary OF the Caneand
Sugar Co., property, thence south along
said lane to the intersection Of said lane |
with the Cypremort Branch Railroad, |
thence westerly along Cypremort Branch |
Railroad to point Of beginning.
"And whereas, petition having been |
received from the property tax payers re
the CypromOrt Drainage District, Of the /
Parish Of St. Mary, state Of Louisiana, re
Questing that special election be called to !
submit the proposition to impose and COL |
lect IN acreage tax upon all real property |
situated In said district, under the pro- |
visions OF the constitution and laws of the /
state Of Louisiana; and said petition hav>
ing been signed by number Of property |
tax payers residing in satd ub.Dralnage |
District No. 3 and qualified to participate |
In said election, tar Ia excess Of one fourth |
Q.4) Ia number, as was ascertained by the !
examination Of said petition and assess /!
meut roll Of the Parish Of St Merry, for the |
year Of 1916, and the registration books i
showing the registered voters within the |
territory comprising said Sub Drainage |
District No. Of the Cypremort Drainage |
BY the Sheriff and Tax Collector cf st. |
Mary Parish, giving the names OF the per>
sons 10 said Sub-Drainage District No. 3
who had paid their poll taxes for the |
years Of 1915 and 1916; the words end !
terms Of which petition, as well as the |
signatures thereto annexed, are .. follows:
TO the Honorable President aud Members
Of the Board Of Drainage Commissioner. |
for the Cypremort Drainage District,
D. Stotx nft I o,,{y yi,.,
We, the undersigned property tax paw.
ers Of Sub. Drainage District No. ! Of the |
Cyprsmort Drainage District Of the Parish
Of St. Mary. State Of Louisiana, cunstitut-
ing more than one.fourth u.4) of those
entitled to vote therein on the proposition
hereinafter mentioned, respectfully petI-
tiou your Honorable Body to order
special election, according TO law, to be
held BY the property tax payers Of said
Sub. Drainage District NO Of the Cypre-
mort Drainage District, Of the Parish OF
St. Mary, Louisiana, entitled to vote
thereat under the constitution aud laws Of
the state Of Louisiana, the object and
purposes Of such election being to submit
to the said voters the proposition OF i'm
posing and collecting a special acreage
tax, Of fifteen (l5) cents per acre each
ming with the year 1917 and extending to
md incl lding the year 1926, the proceeds
of said tax to be used for the purpose OF
providing and maintaining system Of
lrsvity drainage Of the lands situated With.
q the boundaries esta o!ished by your
favorable Body as constituting sald sub. (
Drainage district.
q respectfully submitted,
Sig1ed: Gabriel Haydel,
PF Dumesuil. Agt
Caliste Sinitierre,
Arthur Richard,
his
Gre;orie \ Bodin,