The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-08-04
Meeting Commissioners Cy'
premort Drainage District.
at. MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA,

6T. MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA.
July ~. 1917.
We, the undersigned commissioners OF
the CypremOrt Drainage District OF the
hereby call special meeting OF the Board
~ Commissioners of said drainage dis
trict. 10 be held at tine dolniciIe of SAID
drainage district. in the Parish OF st.
Mary. State Of Louisiana, at IL: 30 O'Clock.
4. M, on July 10th. 1917. for the purpose
OF con sidering and acting upon petition
~ the property owners of Sub drainage
district No. 3, OF the Cypremort Drainage
District, requesting that "A special election
"a ordered in said Sub drainage District;
and We hereby waive any requirements AS
to notice OF said meeting and consent TO
transact thereat any and all business
y hich may come before said meeting UNI
dor this call. G. =. Sims. Arthur Richard.
Henri Julien, w. +. Giles.
Cypremort Drainage District met this 10th
day OF July, 1917, at its domiclle. IN the
Parish Of St. Iary. La, in special session.
Roll call by the Secretary showed the fol-
lowing members present. VIZ: G. l.. Sims,
Y. F. Giles, Henri Julien. Arthur Richard
mt: Jno. Baldwin, Jr.
q.1kum being present the meeting
rc: Iart y order by G. T. Sims vice.
~, Inc GO. call TO tor tihe special meeting was
motion made and G.animous,v carried.
vas ordered incorporate, in ana to form
. part Of the minutes Of thlsreetng.
seconded by Henri Julien. and rnani.
mously carried. the following resolution
Was adopted, to.wit:
..Whereas. the Board of Commissioning
Of the Cypremort Drainage District. did.
on the - day Of October. 1915, according
10 law, establish within said district a
Sub.drainage District known and de.
signassd ss Sub.drainage District No. .
Of the Cypremort Drainage District Of the
Parish Of 81. Mary; ana defined us limits
BEGINNING at the Intersection Of the
west boundary Of the Caneland Sugar Co..
property and the Cypreniort Branch Rail
road running in 4 direction due north to
BAYOU Cypremort, thence along the south
and east bank Of Bayou C,premort to the
Borrel road, thence along the Sorrel road
to the tn boundary Of township Il
south range = east, thence east long the
north boundary OF township Il south
range 8 east to the north east corner OF
the north west quarter OF the north west
quarter Of section 2 township II 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 :. thence south to
the Intersection Of the public road. thence
south west to point opposite lane run.
ning along east boundary Of the Caneiand
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, a petition having been
received from the properly tax payers re-
siding In Sub.Drainage District NO. b OF
the yprrmort Drainage District, OF the
Perish Of st. Mary, state OF Louisiana. re
Questing that "a special election be called 10
submit the proposition to impose and col.
lect an 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>
INK been signed by number Of property
tax payers residing In said Sub-Drainnge
u said election, far IL excess OF one fourth
u.4) Ia number, as WIS ascertained BY the
exa mutation of said petition aud assess
ment roll Of the Parish Of st. Merry, for the
year OF 1915, and the registration books
showing the registered voters within the
teri itory comprising said sub Drainage
Diatrtct No. y u the Cypremort Drainage
District, and the trtifed list furnished
By she sheriff and Tax Collector OF ST.
sons In said sub Drainage District No. 3
Who had paid their poll taxes FOR tbt
yOays Of 1915 ana 1915; the words anu
terms OF Witch petition. as well as the
signatures thereto annexed, are IS foiIowsi
70 the Honorable President and Members
Of the Board Of Drainage commissioners
for the Cypremort Drainage District,
Parish of It. Mary, State Of louisiana.
We, the undersigned property TAX pay
orS Of Sub. OrainaGe District No. Of the
Cypssmost Drainage district Of the Parish
Of Ct. Mary. State Of Louisiana, CONSTITUTE
ing more thun one.fourth .l.4) of thosc
hereinafter mentioned, respectfully petit
ton your Honorable BODY to order u
special election, according TO Jaw, to be
held by the property tax payers OF SAID
sub Drainage district NO OF the " pre-
mort Drainage district, of the Parish OF
St. Mary. Louisiana, entitled to vote
therest under the constitution aud laws OF
the state. Of Louisiana, the object and
purposes Ut such election being to submit
70 the said voters the proposition OF i'u.
posing and collecting a special acreage
tar, Of fifteen li5, cents per acre eat.
year, for q period OF ten (l0) years. b, gin
ming with the year 1917 and extending to
and Including the year 1928 the proceeds
Of SAID tax ~ be used for the purpose TT
providing and maintaining y system Vt
Srsvtty drainage Of the liant, sliua' cd with.
u the boundaries esta Dltsned To-, your
Honorable BODY Is constituting said sub.
OySlLsxe District
Respectfully submitted,
eisned, Gabriel Hayuel,
Pr Dumeshi' Agt
Caliste sititierrp,
Arthur Richard,
his
Gregorie X Bodin,
Witnesses 10 mark: mark