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

GU yd. ................$ 64, 1884 .S0
Pumping plant ............. 23,496.23
Engineering ....... 4,408.97
Legal expenses 11a96 ..... 1,410.00
Total. Observation-Disclosures 1874, 100000
We recommend that the bond issue
on Sub-District No. 1, St. Charles
Drainage District No. 2, be $4,000. 90,
at the rate of $500 per acre. Cost of
maintenance per acre per year, $780,
And Whereas, the property holders
owning lands within the limits of the
Sub District No. / of the st. Charles
Drainage District No. 2, and owning
more than two-thirds in acres OF the
property included within the limits of
said Sub-District, have petitioned this
Board, as per petition on file, to under
take the work of reclaiming the lands
included within the limits of said Sub
District No. l and have petitioned this
Board to incur debt in an amount not
to exceed $94;00000 against 2685.71
acres of land comprising said Sub-Dis-
trict or approximately $500 per acre,
and to issue negotiable bonds repre-
senting said debt, with five (59o) per
cent. semi-annual interest coupons at
tached thereto and to run not longer
than forty years; and that after said
bonds are provided and issued, that
this Board levy each year an acreage
tax against each acre of land within
said Sub Drainage District, to pay the
interest and principal of said debt, and
to maintain the drainage and operat
ing expenses of said Sub-Drainage Dis
trict No. of ST. Charles Drainage
District No. 2, said tax not to exceed
$3.50 per acre per year, all as per said
petition which is as follows:
ITO the Honorable The Board of Com
missioners for the ST. Charles
Drainage District No. 2.
I'VE, the undersigned property own
ers representing more than two-thirds
of all of the acreage of the lands of
Sub Drainage District No. / of the ST.
Charles Drainage District No. 2, res
pectfulIy represent:
THAT at meeting of the Board of
Commissioners of the St. Charles
Drainage District No 2, held on the
10th day of April, 1918, resolution
was adopted requesting the Board of
State Engineers to furnish the data
and figures to accomplish the drain
age and reclamation by levying and
pumping of all of the lands comprised
within the limits of Sub-Drainage Dis
trict No. of the St. Charles Drainage
District No. 2 outlined in said resolu-
ton, composed entirely of lands which
1t is necessary to levee and pump in
order to drain and reclaim; and
Petitioners further represent that
the Board of State Engineers has fur
nished the surveys of all of the lands
within the limits of said b-Drainage
District No. / of the ST. Charles Drain
age District No. 2, and has prepared
La report of date of May Is, 1918.
with proper maps and profiles. attach
ed thereto, which said report, maps
and profiles have been filed with the
Board of Commissioners for the St.
Charles Drainage District No. 2
"Your petitioners further represent
that the Board of State Engineers has
reported the lands described in said
report, and embraced within said Sub
Drainage District No. / of the st.
Charles Drainage District No. 2, as
susceptible Of reclamation and that
same can be reclaimed by leveeing and
pumping. at cost of not exceeding
Thirty-five Dollars ts35.O0) per acre,
/ or an aggregate cost of not exceeding
Ninety-four Thousand Dollars 1884,
10000 to reclaim 26S5.71 acres of land
embraced within the limits of said Sub
Drainage District No. / of the st.
Charles Drainage District No. 2.
Your petitioners further represent