St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-01-13

JAMES hOEPP.
. EDWARD KOEPP. :.
G. H. KOEPP.
e. J. FREDERICK.
GEO. KOEPP, JR.
ROBERT V. KOEPP.
Extract from minutes of regular
meeting OF the police jury of thu
parish of st. Tammany, held at thu
office of the police jury, parish OF St
Tammany, on August 2, 1916.
The police jury met this day II
regular session.
Members present: E.. J. Do
mergue, J. NJ Smith, s. r. Cowart
F. Crawford, w. H. Davis, H. ].
Schneider, Robert Abney, Jas. B.
Howe, president.
Absent:
The following resolution was offer.
ed by Mr.. H. J. Schneider, seconded
by Mr.. S. r. Cowart:
Whereas it is deemed necessary to
create drainage district in the par
ish Of st. Tammany; and,
Whereas, there is general demand
for such a drainage district;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
police jury of the parish of st. Tam
many, That the st. Tammany Drain
age District No. l is hereby created
and its boundaries are fixed as fol-
lows:
Property belonging to Geo. koepp.
Jr., section 20, township south,
range 10 east, $40 acres; property
belonging to Geo. H., Edward and
Robert Koepp, north hal. of section
33, township south, range 10 east,
one-third each; property OF James
Koepp, north hf II soutlwes' Quarer
and south half # nor.hwes-- quarter,
section "a, township z south. range
10 e, 160 acres; property E. ]. Fred
erick, 20, 81, 30, tip Z south, range
10 east, ard sector 5. =. Z. in
township south, range 10 east. all
in Greensburg District La, ard par
ish of st. Tammany, 2S93.71 acres.
bounded as follows:
Beginning at the nor Invest corner
of section 81 tp south range 10
east, easterly to the northwest cor
ner section 80 tip Z south range 10
east, then northerly on section line to
the northwest corner of the south
half of the northwest quarter section
"a tip south range 10 east, then
south to the southeast corner OF the
north half of the southwest quarter
section "a, then north to the quarter
section corner between sections 33
and "a, then west to the quarter
section between section 80 and 80,
then south to Lake Ponchartrain,
then following lake shore southern" to
section line between sections 5 and
6 township south range 10 east,
then north on section line to south
west corner Of northwest quarter of
section township south range 10
east, thence south 43 degrees Is
minutes west to range line, which is
the parish line between st. Tammany
and Tangipahoa, then north on range
line and parish line to point of be-
ginning.
And the territory thus included
within said boundaries shall consti-
tute drainage district to be known
as the St. Tammany Drainage Dis
trict No. l, and the said drainage dis
trict as thus organized is given all
of the powers necessary under and
by virtue of the terms and condi-
lions set forth in Article 281 OF the
of the State OF Louisi-
ana, and of Acts 256 and 81 of the
of 1910, and the amend
ments to said Acts as adopted by the
Of Louisiana and Act No.
80 of the Legislature for the year
1916, and the said drainage district
hxy I'M iS
given all OF the powers necessary 20
carry into effect work of drainage
and reclamation in said district in
with the constitution and
laws hereinabove quoted.
Be it further ordained, That the
said St. Tammany Drainage District
No. l, as thus organized, shall have
the powers of a corporation under
the law to incur debt, levy taxes, sue,
and be sued, hold necessary cleo
tons, and to do and perform all OF
the necessary acts incident and nee
essary to drainage and reclamation
Of lands conformably with the con-
stituticn and laws Of this State, and
that there being no place in the dis
trict available and convenient for the
holding of the meetings Of the drain
age commissioners, the parish seat,
Louisiana, Is hereby des-
ignated as the domicile of the dis
trict, and that its Board Of Commits
sioners as created by the terms OF
this ordinance will meet for the pur-
pose of organization at the earliest
possible date
Be it further resolved, That con-
forming to a petition Of property
owners in said district, which COM
prises less than 40 property owners
within its limits, Edward Koepp,
Geo. H. Koepp and James Koepp are
hereby nominated and elected as the
.hree commissioners to be chosen by
he police jury Of the parish of Sta
rammany for the St. Tammany
Drainage District No. l; Messrs. JAS
Koepp and Edward Koepp to serve
or the term of two 90 years, and
Mr.. Geo. H. Koepp to serve for the
ERIN of four "a years.
This ordinance having been duly
cad this day at the regular meeting
Il the police jury of the parish Of st.
rammany, the following members OF
he police jury voted for the same:
:. J. Domergue, J. NJ. Smith, S. r.