St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-02-10

| Whereas, the petition above set
forth confers upon the Board Oh
Commissioners of the St. Tammany
Drainage District No. l the authority
to levy sucn acreage tax or forced
| contribution;
Therefore, be it resolved, by the
Board of Commissioners OF the ST.
Tammany Drainage District No. l.,
in special session, that they at once
proceed to drain and reclaim in the
manner advised by the Board of
State Engineers the .unreclaimed
land situated and included within
! the limits of Sub-Drainage District
| No. 1, aggregating twenty-seven
hundred acres, and which said lands
are more specifically described as
follows:
Sub-Drainage District No 1 of the
St. Tammany Drainage District No.
| l is situated about four miles west
| and one mile south of the town OF
| jacksonville and about twenty-five
miles north of New Orleans on the
north shore of Lake Pontchartraln,
in the parish of st. Tammany, S0te
! of Louisiana.
j The boundary lines of said district
| are as follows:
| Beginning at a point ON the sec
! ton line between sections 80 and 81 .,
800 feet east of the section corner
on the range line at the common
;, corner of sections 80 and 81.
i Thence east on the section line to
the section corner common to sec
tions 20, 80, 81 and 80; thence
north on the section line 1860 feet;
| thence east $3.50 feet to the east
line of section 20 and the land OF
| Koepp's; thence north on the sec
tion line 1920 feet to the section
| corner common to sections ~, Il,
20 and 20; thence east on the sec
ton line $3.50 feet to the section
| corner common to sections Il, ~,
| 81 and %; thence south on the sec
ton line 5000 feet to the northwest
corner of the south half of the NV
or of section "a (thence east 264O
feet etc.,; thence south 264O feet
| to the southeast corner of the north
half of the sw or of said section "a;
thence wes4, 2640 feet to the section
line betw<5A sections 33 and "a;
thence north on the section line 1920
feet to the quarter section corner be-
tween sections 33 and "a; thence
west about 5000 feet to within 25O
feet of the section line, between sec
tons 80 and 80; thence south As
degrees west 500 feet; thence south
| 525 feet; thence south 16 degrees
I west 513 feet; thence south 54 de-
| grees west 1856 feet; thence west
245 feet; thence south 3S degrees
west 1000 feet; thence south As de-
grees west 1000 feet; thence south
so degrees west 1000 feet; thence
north 60 degrees west 1900 feet;
thence north II degrees 80 minutes
west 1000 feet; thence west 1000
feet; thence north 46 degrees west
5000 feet; thence north IL degrees
1850 feet; thence north 35 degrees
west 1850 feet; thence north 8 de-
grees west 1900 feet to the point Of
departure. ~
Containing in all approximately
200 acres.
Said lands being in sections
%, part sections 20, 81, 80,
33 and "a of township south range
10 east, and part of sections and
6 of township 8 south range 10 east,
Greensburg District, Louisiana.
For accurate and definite descrip-
ton, particular reference is 1s,de to
the maps of the said Sub-Dfainage
District herein created and filed with
this board with the report of the
Board of State Engineers and made
!. part of its records.
:. Pc it further resolved, That to
provide the funds for the purpose
of draining and retaining the lands
as abova1 described, the Board of
Commissioners of the st. Tammany
Drainage District No. II for and on
behalf of Sub-Drainage District No.
l of the st Tammany Drainage Dis
trict No. 1, does hereby incur debt
to the amount of fortrthree and
21-100 dollars ($43.21y>~4oer acre
against each acre of land situated in
said Sub-Drainage District No. Il to
be reclaimed or an aggregate amount
of one hundred and sixteen thousand
six hundred dollars ($116,6OO.00)
against the whole of twentyasqven
hundred (2700) acres of land in
Sub-Drainage District No. l to be
reclaimed, the whole of which debt
for each acre of land and the total
debt for all of said land, as above
set forth, the Board of Commission
ers for and on 'beh7.t5 of sub-Drain-
age District No. ] u the St. Tam
many Drainage District No. 1 of
the parish of St. Tammany, State of
Louisiana, does hereby incur.
Be it furtheg resolved, That to
evidence the debt in the amount of
one hundred and sixteen thousara
six hundred dollars $4,000
hereabove incurred, Sub-Drainage
DistDict No. / of the St. Tammany
Drainage District No. 1, through its
governing authority. the Board of
Commissioners of the st. Tammany
Drainage District No. l, does hereby
order and authorize the issuance of
two hundred and thirty-fo1s, (234>
negotiable bonds, numbered 1 to 234
inclusive, to run for a period of one
year to thirty-nine years from their
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