The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-10-12

and that for that purpose it will be
necessary to incur debt of Thirty
five Dollars ($35.0O) per acre against
said lands, or an aggregate of not ex-
ceeding Ninety-four Thousand Dollars
1894, 100000, against 26S5.71 acres of
land situated within said Sub-Drainage
District No. 1 of St. Charles Drainage
District No. 2, and that to represent
said debt, it is necessary to issue ne
gotiable bonds with interest hearing
coupons attached thereto, and mas
much as the Constitution and Laws
of this State vest full power in your
Honorable Body, when petitioned by
two-thirds (2-3) of the acreage of the
lands affected, to levy a forced contri-
button or acreage tax upon the lands
specially benefited by said drainage
and reclamation, we the undersigned
property owners, representing more
than two-thirds (2-3) of all of the
lands situated within Sub-Drainage
District No. / of, St. Charles Drainage
District No. 2, do hereby petition your
Honorable Body to undertake the
drainage and reclamation of the lands
above described and included within
the limits of Sub-District No. of the
St Charles Drainage District No. 2,
in the manner advised by the Board
of State Engineers, which lands are
fully described as:
Beginning at the point of inter
section of the East Bank of Grand
Bayou and the North Bank of Black
Prince Bayou, in Section 10, T. Is, s. R.
20 E., Southeastern District of Louisi-
ana, West of the Mississippi River,
thence following the meanderings of
the East Bank of said Grand Bayou
along the following courses:
N29o rs, e. 1247.1 #. N2Oo-36, E.
Clio IT. N9o-0T E. 10SS.O #.
N170 SO, E. 267.6 TT. MA -29' e. 1929
#. MI -5S, E. 773.7 #.
N1So-44 E. 400 it. N9o-12, E. 1914
it. N0'-12' w. 675.7 #.
N140-50> E. 1077.9 #. N14o-5V E.
449.5 #. .N3So-46' E. 1990.8 #.
N72o-05, E. 2562.0 #. S89o-42 e.
5271.9 IT. Thence leaving the Bayou
and following the south bank of dug
canal, 500 40 E. 1925 1T. Thence
S26o 20, w. 100000 1T. to the north
bank of Black Prince Bayou. Thence
following the meanderings of said
North Bank of Black Prince Bayou to
the place of beginning, containing in
all 26S5.71 acres.
This Sub-District is bounded ON
the West by the st. Charles Municipal
Drainage District Number One.
And in order to provide funds to
accomplish the drainage and reclama-
ton of said lands. your petitioners
further petition your Honorable Body
to incur debt in the amount not to
exceed Thirty-iye Dollars ($35.00) per
acre, or an aggregate of not exceeding
Ninety-four Thousand Dollars 1884,
#000.00) against 26S5.71 acres of lands,
and to issue negotiable bonds repre-
senting said debt, with five per cent.
l56) semi-annual interest coupons at
tached thereto, and to run not longer
than forty (40) years and in accord
ance with law, and
''Your petitioners further petition
and request your Honorable Body,
that after sid bonds are provided for
and issued, your Honorable Body
shall levy each year an acreage tax,
should it be necessary. against said
lands to pay the interest and principal
of said debt, and to maintain the
drainage and operating expenses OF
said st. Charles Drainage District No.
2, as appertaining to said Sub District
No. i, wherein said lands are located,
and your petitioners further pray that
the whole be done in accordance with
the constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, said tax not to exceed