The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-09-15

declaring me Feeult ~ the OpeCl IL
Election held in Sub Drainage
|, District No. 8 Of said Cypremort
Drainage District, ard levying
the Acreage Tax or forced cum
tribution voted at the Special
Election held therein on Mon
day, August 10. 1917.
Be it resolved by the Board Of Com
missioners of the YPREMORT
DRAINAGE DISTRICT Of the Parish
of st. Mary. Louisiana. 10 sp cia
session assembled on this 18th day Of
August, 1917. in accordance with the
resolution adopted by this Board on
July 10th, 1917, that, whereas ma
jority in number and amount Of all
Of the taxpayers (entited to vote
thereat under the Constitution and
laws of this State) participating in The
special election held ia said Sub
drainage District No. ) of the Cypre-
mort Drainage District Of st Mary
Parish, Louisiana, on August 18th
1917, voted in favor of imposing an
acreage tax or forced contribution of
fifteen (l5c) cents per acre each year,
for period Of ten n0) years, upon
all real property situated within said
Subdrainage District No. 8 of the
Cypremort Drainage District. subj Ct
to State taxation, beginning with and
Including the year 1917 and ext nding
to and including the year 1926, for th-
purpose of providing and maintaining
a system of gravity drainage of the
lands situated within said Sub-drain.
age District No. 3, the result thereof
be. and the sans is hereby, declared
and promulgated and. Accordingly, It
IS decl AIRED BY the Board Of Commis.
sioners Of the Cypremort Drainage
District that the proposition submit
ted to the qualified taxpayers Of said
Sub drainage District No. was duly
aud legally carried BY q majority in
number. value and amount OF ali the
taxpayers and assessments. qualified
to vote thereat under the Constitution
and laws of this State ticipating in
said election; and be it further
Resolved, that, In accordance with
the result of said election. an acreage
tax or forced contribution of fifteen
(l5c) cents per acre, each year. for
period OF ten (lO) years, upon all real
property situated within said Sub
drainage District No ) Of the Cypre-
mort Drainage District Of the Parish
of st. Mary, Louisiana, subject to
State taxation, beginning with and in
Guiding the year 1917 and extending
to and including the year 1925, be,
and the same is hereby, imposed and
levied, to be collected for the year
1917 land to be levied and collected
each year hereafter. to and Including
the year 1920, according to law, the
proceeds thereof to constitute a trust
fund and to be used for the purpose
of providing and maintaining system
of gravity drainage OF the lands situ-
a:ed within Sub.drainage District No
), established and created by resou-
ton of the Board Of Commissioners
of tie Cypremort Drainage District,
Of date November 29th 1916. estabii.
shng and defining the boundaries OF
said Sub-drainage District No as
follows:
Beginning at the intersection Of
the west boundary Of the taneland
Sugar Co., property and the Cypre-
mort Branch Railroad running ia a
direction due north to Bayou C.pre-
mort thence along the south and east
bank Of Bayou Cypre.nort to tie Sor-
rel road. thence along the Norrell
road to the north boundary of town.
snip IA south range east, thence east
along tn" porth boundary of township
"a south range 8east t. the MOI tn east
corner of the north west quarter Of the
Eorth west quarter of section J 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 2, thence east
to the north east corner OF the north
east quarter OF the south west quarter
of I'D section 2. thence south 20 the
Intersection OF he public roat, thence
south west to a point opposite Il lane
running along east boundary Of the
Caneland Suger co property. thence
sou,h along said lane to the inters-c-
ton of said lane wi h The Cspremort
Branch Railroad, thence westerly
al)D9 said Cylemort Branch Railroad
10 point of beginning; all as more
specifically shown Oh amlp made by
l.. \. LOustalot, G t., eutitle /, "Nap
of Cypremort Sub-draina.e DISTRICT
No. 81, which said map is GA f IL
the records Of the Board If commits
sioners of said Cyprsmnrt Drai aye
Distr!c! The said Sub drainage Di, |
strict No. 8, as designated 90 said
map ard bounded and defined as here
inabove set forth, contains Three
Thousand and thirty.six and 25-lo0
(303s 25) acres.
Be it further resolved, that a copy !
CT this resolution be forwarded 70 the |
Assessor OF the Parish of ST. Mary. !
Louis ana. VINO shall! assess aoi es-
tend on the assessment rolls Of the |
year 1917 the acreage tax or forced |
contribution Of fifteen tl5c} cents per
acre, herein levied 10 the II inner di. |
rected by the Constitution aud laws of