The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-08-11
Meeting Commissioners Cy'
premort Drainage District.
ST MARY PARISH. LOUISIANA,

july T., HI
We. the Undersigned lominl>>icheTs 81
the Cyprtmort Drainage Eisulct oi Wy
Parish Of st. Mary, State OF LOUISIANA ma 40
harahv call a special meeting 81 the Board
~ commissioners of SAID drainage as
frict 10 be held at the domiclie OF sara
drainage district. in the Parish OF ~
MARY, State Of louisiana at II :'U o.ciocE'
4. M. on July 10Th, 1917. for the purpose
OF considering and acting upon pftition
OF the property owners Vi SUN ain".
district No. 3, OF the Cypremcrt Drainage
District, requesting that special election
hs ordered IN said Sub drainage District;
and we hereby waive any requirements -
TO notice OF said meeting anu consent 20
transact thereat any and All cuisines,
which may come before said meeting uh :
der this call. &. i. Sims. Arthur klchafd,
Henri Julien, w. +. Giles.
The Board of Commissioners OF Inc
Cypremort Drainage District met this loth
dsy Of July. 1911. at its domltlle, IN 'he
Parish Of st. ;iary, La, IN special session.
Roll call by the secretary showed me 1oi-
lowing members present. VIZ: =. SIMS
W. +. Giles. Henri Julien, Arthur Rlcnard.
Absent: JnO. Baldwin. Jr.
A quorum being present the meeting
was called to order by G. +. Sims, Vice.
The cali for the special meeting was
then read by the secretary, and, upon
motion made and unanimously carried,
was ordered incorporated In and to FORM
4 part OF the minutes Of this meeting.
Gpon motion OF Arthur Richard. duly
seconded by Henri Julien. and mani
mousIv carried, the following resolution
Whereas, the Board of Commi ssioners
Of the ypremnrt Drainage District. did.
on the - day of October. 1915, according
10 law, establish within said district.
Sk~jc I'm
eipnated as sub>drainage District No. D
Of the Cypreiport Drainage District Of the
Parish II st. Mary, and defined its limits
and boundaries as follows. te-witi
.BeRtnniug 1t the intsrsegtlcn OF the
west boundary OF the Caneland Sugar Co.,
property and the Cyprt mort Branch kall.
road running In . direction due north TO
Bayou Cypremort, thence alons the soutn
and east bank Of Bayou Cjpremort to the
Sorrel road, thence along the Sorrel road
to the north boundary Of township IA
south range east, thence east along the
north boundary Of township IA south
range 8 east to the north east corner OF
the north west quarter OF the north west
quarter of section 2 township "a south
range east. thence south to the SOUTH
east corner of the south west quarter OF
the ,.orth west quarter Of said section :,
thence east to the north east corner OF
the north east quarter Of the south west
quarter Of said sectiO .. thence south to
the tersectioon Of the public road. thence
south west to point opposite lane run.
ming along east boundary Of the Caneland
Sugar Co., property thence soutn along
said lane to the intersection OF said lane
witt the Cypremort Branch Railroad,
thence westerly along Cypremort Branch
Railroad to point OF beginning.
And whereas, petition having bsen
received from the properly TX payers re-
siding In sub Drainage District NJ. 3 OF
The iypremort Drainage District. Of the
Parish Of st. Mary, State OF Louisiana, re
cuesting that q special election be called to
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>
ing been signed by number OF property
tax payers residing Ia said Sub Drainage
District No. 3 and qualified to participate
In said election, far III excess u one fourth
IA, in number, as was asoertatncd hy the
exa III! nation Of said petition and asse *
nfent rv;i of the Parish Of ST. Merry, for the
yedt OF 1915, and the registration books
showing the registered voters within the
territory com prising said sub Drainage
District No, 3 Of the Cypremort Drainage
by the sheriff and Tax Collector Of st.
Mary Parish, giving the names Of the per,
sous Ia said sub Drainage District No. a
who had paid their poll taxes fer the
years Of 1915 and 1915; the words end
terms OF which petition, az we'll as the
signatures thereto annexed, are as followsi
70 the Honorable President and Members
Of the Board Of Drainage commissioners
sor the Cypremort Drainage District,
Parish Ut st Mary, State Of Louisiana.
We, the undersigned property tax pay
ere VI ~1b.DruinaHe District NJ. " the
Cypremprt Drainage District Of the Parish
Of st. Mary. Staeecf Louisiana, con,titut.
ing more thun cne-9ovrth IA Of thosr
entitled to vote therein on TIE proposition
hereinafter mentioned. respectfully Eeu-
ton your Honorable body tc order
special election. according 10 law, TO os
held by the property tax payers OF said
Sub Drainage District 30 Of the Cypre.
mort Drainage IBIS riot, OF the Parish OF
st. Mary, Louisiana, entitled to vote
rhes~at under the constitution aud laws OF
The state OF Louisiana, the object and
purposes Of such election being to submit
10 the said voters the proposition OF i'm
posing and collecting q special acreage
tax, Of fifteen tio) cents per acre eac..
year, for period OF ten to- years, begin
ming win the year 1911 and extending t.
and including the year 1923 the proceeds
Of SAID tax 20 be used tor The l.u pose "t
providing and maintaining system OF
vravity drainage Of tho lands situated with.
q the bounuadss estxb.l,usd ~ your
Aonv, auis body - constituting said sub
'UratIxxe district
Respectfully submitted,
HiRbed, Gabriel haldel,
tF Dumeshii, Agt
Caliste ~.ni,itrre,
Arthur Richard.
his
Gregore x Bodin,
Witnesses to mars, mark
p T Dumesnil,
Curtis Laucou
Neville Landry,
Henri In lien