The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-08-25

Declaring the result ~ the Specla
Election held in Sub.Dra!nage
4, District No. 3 Of said Cypremo ri
Drainage Di-tTic,, and levying
the Acreage Tax or forced con-
tribueion voted at the Special
Election held therein on Mon
day, Angus, Is. 1917.
Be it resolved BY the Board Of Com
missioners Of the ClPRf.Not'l
DRAINAGE DISTRICT Of the Parish
OF st. Mary, Louisiana, ia special
session asstmO' ed on this 18th day OF
August, 1917. in accordance with the
resolution adopted by this Board on
July 10th, 1917, that, whereas q ma
iority in number and amount OF al
of the taxpayers (entltleu to vote
thereat under the Constitution an +.
laws Of this >tate) participating IN the
special election held in said Sub
drainage District No. 3 of the CFpre
mort Drainage Distric. of ST Mary
Parish, Louisiana, on August 18th i,
1917, voted in favor Of imposing an
acreage tax or forced contrl bution Of
fifteen tl5c) cents per acre each year,
for period of ten (1O) years, upon
all real property situated within said
Subdrainage District No. 3 Of the
Cypremort Drainage District, subj Ct
to State taxation, beginning with and
including the Year 1917 and ext ading
to and including the year 1895. for the
purpose Vt providing and maintaining
a system Of gravity ttraiuage Of the
lands situated within said Sub-dran.
age District No. 8, the result thereof
be. and the same is hereby, dec AIRED
and prOmu gated and. accordlugiV, 1t
Is declared by the Board Of Comnis.
sioners Of the Cypremort Drainage
District that the proposition subn t
ted to the qualified taxpayers Of said
sub drainage District No. } vas duly
aud legally carried by q majority IN
number. value aud amount Of ali the
taxpayers and assessments, qualified
to vote thereat under the Constitution
and laws of this State particl pating ID
said election; and be 1t further
Resolved, that, in acc )rdanca with
the result Of said election. al acreage
tax or forced contribution Df fifteen
I5c) cents per acre, each year, for q
period OF ten (l0) years, upon ali real
property situated within said Sub
drainage District No 3 Of the Cypre-
mort Drainage District Of the Parish
of ST Mary, Louisiana, subi=ct 10
State taxation, beginning with and in
Guiding the year 1911 and e&trnding
to and including the year 1926, be,
aud the same is hereby, imposed and
levied. t. be collected for the year
1917 land To be levied and collected
each year. hereafter. to and iuc uding
the year 1886, according TO law, the
proceeds thereof to constitute trust
fund and to be used for the purpose
Of providing and m aintaining system
Of gravity drainage If the land, stu
ated within Sub-drainage District No
3, established and created by resoiu-
ton of the Board Of Commissioners
Of tue Cypremort Drainage District,
Of date November 29sh,, L9l6, e,tabii-
shng and defining The boundaries OF
said Sub.dralnase District No : as
follows.
Beginning at the intersection Of
the west boundary Of the aneland
Sugar Co, property anc the Gypre-
n )rt Branch RaiIro ia RAINING IN a
direction due north to Bayou Cypre
mort. thence along the south and east
bank Of Bayou Cypremort to the Sor-
reli road, thence along the Sofreil
road to the north boundary OF towns
slip Ia south range east, thence east
along the north boundary Of township
IL south range east to the n0i III east
corner of the north west quarter Of the
north west quarter Of section 2 town.
ship IA south range { east, thence
south to the south east corner of the
south west quarter Of the north west
quarter of said section z, thence east
to the north east corner Of the north
east quarter Of the south west c rarter
Of said section :, thence south TO the
intersection u the pablo road, thence
south west to point opposite d lane
running along east boundary O. the
Caneland Sugar Co property thence
south along said tane tn the intersecs
ton of said lane WI h the Cypremort
Branch Railroad. theuce westerly
along said eyre mort BraI CHI Rairoa /
TO point Of beginning; all as more
spec ideally shown on map made hy
L. A. Loustalot. c. E.. entitled, MAP
OF Cyprenort Sub-draiuaee District
No. 81, which id map is on Ii q in
the records Of the Board Of Commits
sioners of said Cypremort Draia,ge
District The said Sub dra mage Di.
strict No. :, as Designated OF said
map AID hounde and defined as here
inaboee set forth, ccn.lias Three
Thousand and thirty,sis aud 2j'l0Q
$685. s5l acres.
BE it further resolved, that a copy
Of this resolution be forwarded 10 the
Assessor o. the Parish Of ST Mary.
Louisiana, who shall! assess anG en-
tend on the assessments rolls Of tbs
year l9l1 the acreage tax or forced
CONT ibutiou OF fifteen (l5c) cents per
acre, herein levied in the n inner d.