The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-10-05

| We recommend that the bond issue
on Sub-District No. 1, st. Charles
Drainage District No. 2, be $94 ,000. 90,
at the rate of $500 per acre. Cost of
maintenance per acre per year, $685.
And Whereas, the property holders
owning lands within the limits of the
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 retaining the lands
included within the limits of said Sub
District No. and have petitioned this
Board to incur debt in an amount not
to exceed $94,000.00 against 26S5.71
acres of land comprising said Sub-Dis-
trict or approximately $500 per acre,
and to issue negotiable bonds repre-
senting said debt, with five (5%tl per
cent. semi-annual interest coupons at |
tached thereto and to run not longer
than forty years; and that after said i
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:
To 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
District No. l of the st.
Charles Drainage District No 2, res
pectfully represent:
THAT at a meeting of the Board of
Commissioners of the st. Charles
Drainage District No. 2, held on the
10th day of April, 1918, a resolution
was adopted requesting the Board of
State Engineers to furnish the data 1
md figures to accomplish the drain
age and reclamation by levying and t
of all of the lands comprised {
within the limits of Sub-Drainage Dis
riot No / of the st. Charles Drainage
District No. 2 outlined in said resolu- ,
ion, composed entirely of lands which
t is necessary to levee and pump in
rider to drain and reclaim; and &
petitioners further represent that t
he Board of State Engineers has fur f
ished the surveys of all of the lands t
within the limits of said Sub-Drainage G
District No l of the ST. Charles Drain q
ge District No. 2, and has prepared
report of date of May Is, 1918. G
With proper maps and profiles, attach a
d thereto, which said report, maps S
nd profiles have been filed with the
'oard of Commissioners for the st. t
'harles Drainage District No. 2
your petitioners further represent a
nat the Board of State Engineers has
eported the lands described in said 2
eport, and embraced within said Sub f
District No. of the st. a
harles Drainage District No. 2. as G
Iscepible of reclamation and that g
ame can be reclaimed by leveeing and |;
JUMPING, at cost of not exceeding q
hirty-five Dollars ($35.OO) per acre, d
: an aggregate cost of not exceeding s.
inety-four Thousand Dollars 1884, 2
'0.00) to reclaim 26S5.71 acres of land \
within the limits of said Sub a
rainage District No. 1 of the st. II
harles Drainage District No. 2. il
Your petitioners further represent o