Section 2. Be it further ordained, etc
That there shall be five conimissionse
for said district, who, or whose wivye
shall be a land owner in said dlstiici
to the assessed value of five hundie
dollars, whether he be a resident or
son-resident of tile district, provia.e
lie be a citizen of the state. Three o
said commissioners to be appointed bh
this body, two for a term of two yea.
and one for a term of four years, ean
all selections by this police jury there
after snail be for a periou of four lis0p
the remliailing two coa:niissioners shal
be appointed by the governor of thi
state of Louisiana for a period of fo
years. The appoint,.ent of said Codm
inissioners shall be made upon the re
commendaction of- not less than twenlh
five property owners of said distrct
and the petition of reconmendatlol
shall state the amount of proper?
owned by each of the petitionerg pi
the same shall be attested by the pe.
isil assessor'.
Section 3. Be It further ordained, et
That said board of cornunisslonersts
said drainage district is hereby consli
tuted a body corporate or body polio
witih all the powers of a corpora0
it shall have the power and right to
cur debts and contract obligatioU'
issue negotiable, bonds theref4g;
and be sued, t .. make and Use
and proper for the carrying..:
the objects and purposes ofr
dinance. The domicile of the dr 8
district is hereby fixed at Darr6
the parish of Ascension, Louisiana;
which domicile it shall be sued and l
service of citation shall be made 0
the president, either in person or. 5
some person in charge of the office.
