The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-10-04

same power and authority to expro-
pirate the right in the same
manner and to have the same extent
as though such canals or bitches were
situated within the boundaries of the
said district. 1t shall have the power
to make and execute, contract and to
do and perform any and all acts nee
essry to cry out the plans and pur-
poses for which it is created, namely:
/ to design, construct, complete and
maintain a comprehensive gravity
drainage system within its boundaries
1t shall have the power to divide the
! district into one and more sub-drain-
age districts as conferred upon them
/ by Act No. 227 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana of 1914, as well as any and
all amendments thereto.
/ SECTION 4.
BE 1T FURTHER ORDAINED,
etc, That all the Corporate Powers
and the Administration of the af-
fairs of the said Bayou Courtableau
and Techhe Drainage District" shall
be vested in and controlled by
Board of Commissioners to be. known
as the "THE BOARD OF DRAIN
AGE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
BAYOU COURTABLEAU AND
TECHE DRAINAGE DISTRICTS"
and said Board of Commissioners
shall be composed of five members
who, or whose wives shall own real
estate situated within the boundaries
of said Drainage District assessed for
not less than Five Hundred Dollars
| ($500.00), or must be the represent
'atives of some corporation owning
real estate within said Drainage Dis
trict assessed for not less than Five
Hundred Dollars 100000. Persons
possessing such qualifications such
qualifications may be appointed drain
age commissioners whether they be
residents or non-residents of said
Drainage District. The Police Jury
shall have the power to appoint three
commissioners, one to serve for
term of four years and two to serve
for a term of two years each. The
remaining two commissioners shall
be appointed by the Governor of the
State to serve for a term of four
years each, and all appointments of
Commissioners by the said Police
Jury thereafter shall be for a term
of four years each. The appointment
of the Commissioners by the Police
Jury shall be made upon a written
Recommendation signed by not less
than twenty-five of the land owners
of said Drainage District
All vacancies on said Board caused
by death, resignation or otherwise,
shall be filed in the manner in which
the Commissioners thereof were or
ignally appointed and for the unex-
pired term only.
SECTION 5.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED,
ETC., That Commissioners appointed
under the provisions of Section
Four of this Ordinance, after having
qualified in accordance with the pro-
visions in that respect contained in
the Constitution and Laws of the
State of Louisiana, shall convene and
hold their first meeting IN the City
of Opelousas, on Tuesday, September
goth, 1919, at Ten O'Clock A. NJ, and
shall then and there proceed to or
ganize by the election of officers as
follows:
FIRST: They shall elect from a.
mOng their number President and |
Vice. President. 1t shall be the duty
of the President to preside over all
meetings of the Board and to per-
form such other duties as are usually |
required of Presidents of corporate |
bodies of this character. 1t shall be |
the duty of the Vice President to act |
in the absence of the President or
during the time of his inability to
act.
SECOND: They shall elect Sec
rotary and Treasurer who may or
may not be a member of the Beard
of Commissioners. The Treasurer |
shall furnish bond in a sum fixed by t
the Board, but must be of an amount
of at least one-fourth over and a.
bove any amount of funds that may
come into the possession of said Treas
urer, which bond may be increased or
decreased as the said Treasurer shall
from time to time have under his
control, more or less money.
The premiums on such bonds exc
cuted by the said Treasurer shall be
paid by the Drainage Commission.