The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-10-08
RESOLUTION.

v" Nhoy IN, ISGU TIC
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Water Valley, Mississippi,
pursuant to an act of Legislature of
said State, known as Chapter CAT of
the Laws of 1920, adopted a resolu-
ton directing that drainage district
pc established within the City limits
Lei said City, which resolution is of
record IN minute book H page 393;
and also directed that civil engineer
oe employed to survey the territory
within the boundaries there given;
And whereas J. H. Dorroh, Civil
engineer was employed to survey said
halnage district and to make que re-
port of his findings as required by
section two of said act of the Legis-
lature;
/ And, whereas, the said j. H. Dorroh
has made said survey and has made
due report of his findings and filed
With the clerk of this board plans,
maps and drawings of the work to be
done and showing what property with
m the limits of the territory described
N the original resolution mentioned
above will be benefited by drainage
which report has been approved, be
u therefore resolved by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of said City
that it is for the best interest of the
persons owning property within the
boundaries set forth in the report of
said engineer as benefited, which
property is hereinafter described, and
that said district should be organized,
and it is hereby declared to be the in
tention of the board to organize said
drainage district having the following
boundaries to-wit: all of the property
belonging to the Illinois Central Rail-
Company or in the possession of
any, within said CITY from
Ha Court Street on the North to
'a.Qaat street. on the South; and also
3e lowing lots East of the Illinois
af al Railroad to-wit: lots Nos. SO,
is, $50, Isl, 152, 153, 154, 155,
{ So, I73, 298, 299, 800, 301,
west half of 308, 316, 318, all of 1923
West of Williams street, 331, 1872, 333
g34, 355, 1856, and 337; also the fol-
owing lots West of the Illinois Gen.
tral railroad to-wit: Lots Nos. BAT to
392 inclusive and lots Nos. 296 to 1926
Inclusive, lots Nos. $50, 33f, and 352
i a367 inclusive, all of said property
N 1luded il sale district having the To-
3Eion and boui diaries as shown on the
AAa&sgs -Sit tg made by & w. Mer-.
SM further appearing t. sssf5r 'rsfsryf,r-
md Board of Aldermen that the esti-
mated cost of perfecting the drainage
,vstem is $77553.00 as shown by the
,eport of the said engineer, and that
It is not practicable or possible to
raise said sum of money immediately
oy taxation and that it is necessary to
ssue the bonds or certificates of in
iebtedness of said City; be it further
resolved that it is the intention of said
Mayor and Board of Aldermen to is
sue the bonds or certificates of indebt-
adness of said district in an amount
sufficient to construct the contempla-
led drainage system, build all bridges
and culverts necessary to complete
The same in all its details, not to ex-
ceed the sum of SIT $4,000. SAID
Bonds or certificates of Indebtedness
viii be issued and sold all at one time
or installments as money to carry on
the work is needed.
1t is further ordered that this reso-
luton be published for three weeks IN
some newspaper published in said City
for the purpose of giving notice to all
persons interested that it is the inten.
ton of the said Mayor and Board OF
Aldermen to organize said district and
to issue the bonds or certificates OF
in the said sum OF $Tl,.
553.OO, and unless twenty per cent OF
the qualified electors of said City
owning taxable property real or per-
sonal situated in the proposed district
shall file written protest against the
of said district with the
clerk of this board before the next
regular meeting of said Mayor and
Board to be held in the office OF the
Mayor and City Clerk in the municl-
pal building of said City on November
End, 1920, the said Mayor ana =,
Of Aldermen VIII declare SAID dlstrlct
fully and finally organized by reso-
luton spread on Its minutes, and or
der said bonds or certlhcases OF IN"
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