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

| tereSt and principal OF sad dept an
maintain the drainage and operating
expenses of said Sub-Drainage Dis
trict No. l of the ST. Tammany
Drainage District No. /.
Respectfully,
| Geo. koepp, Jr., 80. GAO acres
EdW. A. koepp go. 1O3 acres
Jas. koepp ...... $50 acres
iRObt. kOepp 100 acres
Geo. H. koepp lOo acres
E. J Frederick -. 1885 acres
27OO acres
Moved by Mr.. Edw. A. koepp, sec
onded by Mr.. Jas. koepp:
Whereas, Sub-Drainage District
| No. l of the ST. Tammany Drainage
| District No has been properly sur
veyed and it's limits nscertained with
| engineering certainty and that under
the report of the Board of State En-
! gineers. it is found feasible to drain
| and reclaim the lands included with
in the said proposed Sub-Drainage
District by levying and pumping; and
Whereas, the property owners
| within the limits of said Sub-Drain-
age District No. ! have petitioned
| this board to create the said Sub
Drainage District No. l and to incur
| debt and issue bonds against the
lands included therein;
| Therefore, be it resolved, That
Sub-Drainage District No. l of the
St. Tammany Drainage District No.
l is hereby created with the fol-
lowing boundaries, to-wit:
| Sub-Drainage District No. l 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 Pontchartrain,
| in the parish of St. Tammany, State
! of Louisiana.
The boundary lines of said district
are as follows:
Beginning at point on the sec
| ton line between sections 80 and
81, 800 feet east of the section cor
ner on the range line, at the COM
| mon corner of sections 80 and 81.
| Thence east on the seotion line to
the section corner common to sec
tons 20, 30, 81 and 80; thence north
| on the section line 1860 feet; thence
east $3.50 feet to the east line of sec
ton 20 and the land of koepp' s.;
| thence north on the section line 1920
| feet to the section corner common to
sections 20, 81, 2S and 30; thence
east on the section line $3.50 feet
! to the section corner common to sec-
tons 81, %, q and 2S; thence south
on the section line 5000 feet to the
northwest corner of the south half
of the northwest quarter of section
"a (thence east 264O feet etc. !;
thence south 264O feet to the south
sw or of said section "a; thence west
2640 feet to the section linz between
sections 33 and "a: thence Aorth on
the section line 1920 feet to the
quarter section corner between sec
tons 33 and "a; thence west about
5000 feet to within ESQ feet Of the
section line, between sections 80 and
80, thence south As degrees west
sol '@,eet; thence ssouth 525 feet;
thence south Is degrees 80 minutes
west SIS set; thence south "a de-
grees west i 5 feet; thence west 24a
feet; thence so..h 80 degrees west
1000 feet; thence south As degrees
west 1000 feet; thence south 80 de-
grees west 1000 feet. thence north
60 degrees west 1900 feeS thence
north II degrees 80 mif.tes west
1000 feet; thence west 1000 ,eet;
thence north 46 degrees west 2OeA
feet; thence north II degrees 1856
feet; thence north 35 degrees west
1850 feet; thence north g degrees
west 1900 feet to the point of de-
parture.
Containing in all approximately
1900 acres.
Said lands being in sections %
part of sections 20, 81. 80, 33 and
"a of township Z south range 10
east, and part of sections 5 and 6
of township 8 south range 10 east
Greensburg District, Louisiana.
Resolution by Mr.. Jas. Koepp, sec
onded by Mr.. Edw. A. Koepp:
Whereas, a petition has been pre-
scented to the Board of Commission
ers of the St. Tammany Drainage
District No. l wherein the property
owners of Sub-Drainage District No.
of the St. Tammany Drainage Dis
trict No 1, owning all of the acre
age contained within the limits OF
said Sub-Drainage District No. 1,
have petitioned the Board of Com
missioners of the st. Tammany
Drainage District No. l to reclaim
said lands in the manner suggested
by the Board of State Engineers and
for such purpose to incur debt and
issue negotiable interest bearing colV
pom bonds against each acre of land
in said Sub-Drainage District in an
amount of forty-three and 21-1OO
dollars ($43.2D per acre or an
aggregate amount of one hundred
sixteen thousand six hundred dollars
| ($116,6OO) against tWenty-seven
hundred (27OO) acres of land stu
ated within the limits of said Sub
Drainage District, and after such
bonds are issued, petitioners have
also requested the levy of an acreage
tax or forced contribution against
/! said land thus benefited in an
amount sufficient to pay the interest
and principal at maturity on said
bonds and to maintain the drainage
of said lands and to pay the operat-
| ing expenses of said Sub-Drainage
| District; and,
Whereas, the Board of Commits
sioners of the st. Tammany Drainage
District No. l deem it proper that
such reclamation should be under
taken and that the lands embracing