New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-10-16

braced within the said Drainage District
shows each and every acre susceptible Of
gravity drainage, and will be benefited
thereby,
Therefore, Be It Ordained by the
Board of the Belle Place Drainage Dis
trict, Parish Of Iberia, State of Louisiana,
acting as the governing authority of the
Belle Place Drainage District, that the
report of the survey of she lands en-
braced within the Belle Pla,e D~l;nage
District, Parish of Iberia, Safe o. .cu-
isiana, stating that all the lands cen
posing the said Belle Place DRAMA e
District are susceptible of gravity drain
age, and will be benefited thereby, be
and the same is hereby accepted anG ar-
proved.
Be it further ordained etc, that the
Secretary be, and he is hereby ordered
and directed to file the said report in the
official records of this District.
This ordinance having been sub
mitted to vote, the vote thereon was as
follows:
Yeas: Messrs. J. E. schwing, Geo. W.
Dallas, Clet Provost and CIet Girard.
Nays: None.
And the ordinance was declared adop-
ted.
! (Signed) J. E. SCHWING, Pres.
(Signed) PAUL BASSIN, Secty.
The following ordinance was offered by
Mr.. Dallas and seconded by Mr.. Provost,
| An ordinance providing for the employ
ment of special counsel in connection
with the issuance of bonds by the Belle
Place Drainage District, Parish of Iberia
State of Louisiana.
Whereas, it is the intention of this
Board to do certain drainage work in the
Belle Place Drainage District, and,
Whereas, the District Attorney, The
Honorable Emile Vuillemot, of the Nine
teenth Judicial District Court of the
State of Louisiana, in which District the
Belle Place Drainage District is located,
is on account of the many duties Incl
dental to his office, which demand his at
tention, unable to devote the proper
time and attention to the preparation OF
the voluminous proceedings leading up to
bond issue, and has so devised this
Board; and,
Whereas, it is considered necessary and
for the best interests of the Board to en-
ploy such special counsel who are well
versed in the legal work in connection
with bond issues, it being essential that
proper legal opinion approving the valid
ity of the bonds be first secured of some
recognized bond attorneys before bond
issue can be sold and delivered; and,
Whereas, Messrs. Martin & Campbell,
Bond Attorneys of New Orleans, Louisi-
ana, are we'll versed in the Drainage laws
of the State; now,
Therefore, be it ordained by the Board
of Commissioners of the Belle Place
Drainage District, Parish of Iberia, State
of Louisiana, that the law firm of Martin
& Campbell, Bond Attorneys, of New
Orleans, Louisiana, be and they are
hereby employed and retained as special
counsel, upon the approval of the Gov
ernor and the Attorney GeneraD, of the
Board of Commissioners of the Belle |
Place Drainage District; they to pre-
pare and submit to this Board all ordi-
nances, resolutions and other proceedings |
necessary for issuance of bonds by the |
said Drainage District in the amount of |
Fifty Five Thousand 55,000.00) Dol
lars, they to do all legal work in con-
to furnish their approving legal opinion
together with that of Mr.. John C. Thorn
son of New York,or some other recognized |
bond attorney, as to the validity of said |
issue, their fee to be one and onehalf per |
cent of the amount of the bond issue and |
to be payable out of the proceeds from
the sale of said bonds.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that the
President of this Board of Commissioners |
be and he is hereby requested and d. |
rected to apply to the Governor of the
State of Louisiana, and to the Attorney |
General of the State of Louisiana, for
their approval of the employment of the |
above firm as special counsel in connec-
ton with this issuance of bonds, and that |
a copy of this ordinance duly certified to
by the Secretary be enclosed with the re-
quest.
The ordinance having been submitted !
to a vote the vote thereon was as fol-
lows:
Yeas: Messrs. J. E. Schwing, Geo. w. |
Dallas, Clet Provost and Clet Girard
Nays: None.
And the ordinance was declared adop-
ted