5 acres agricultural class A, $250; 45 agricultural class B, $1,450; 14 acres agricultural class C, $185; 61 acres cut-over hardwood, $365-- $2,250 1 residence, cabins, and outhouses__ Total___ Improvements: 1 residence, 11 rooms. 1 3-car garage_ 3 cabins 1 barn Total_ 1, 100 3,350 Appraiser's estimate $7,500 350 400 175 8, 425 NO. 448. CARMOUCHE, ALICE, 15 ACRES 10 acres agricultural class B, $300; 5 acres cut-over hardwood, $25_ One cabin Total_____ Improvements: 1 residence, 6 rooms NO. 496. GUMBLE, F., ESTATE, 700 ACRES 700 acres agricultural class C------ No improvements. NO. 504. HACKNEY, R. J., LUMBER CO., 5,360 ACRES 325 100 425 Appraiser's estimate $1,200 7,000 1914 acres cut-over cypress, $2,780; 3,446 acres cut-over hardwood, $17,230 20, 100 No improvements. NO. 522. LACOUR, ADELE, MRS., 350 ACRES HOME PLACE 200 acres agricultural class B, $6,000; 150 acres cut-over hardwood, $750 Residence, cabins, and outhouses_. 6, 750 1,000 Total 7,750 The following is an estimate of the replacement cost of the buildings herein described: Buildings on property of Mrs. Edgard LaCour: Large residence house, frame construction, metal roof, 10 rooms and hall, size of house 40 by 65 feet_-_. 4, 500 800 250 275 300 1,600 7,725 One 5-room cottage, frame construction, measuring 32 by 36 feet_. Total Buildings on property of estate Edgard LaCour (lower place): Two tenant houses, frame and upright board construction, size 16 by 28 feet, replacement cost placed at $200 each_--Buildings on property of estate of Edgard LaCour (Singer place): One tenant house, frame and upright board construction, size 16 by 28 feet. 400 200 NO. 526. LACOUR, C. E., 118 ACRES 70 acres agricultural, class A, $2,800; 48 acres cut-over hardwood, $-40— $3,040 Cabins and outhouses.. Total_ 250 Improvements: Four 3-room cabins, $300. NO. 529. LACOSTE, A., 15 ACRES 10 acres agricultural, class B, $300; 5 acres cut-over hardwood, $25_ Residence___ Total 3,290 Appraiser's estimate $1, 200 $325 400 725 Appraiser's estimate $3,000 250 Improvements: 1 residence, new, 8 rooms. 1 cabin 1 barn and garage-. NO. 552. LOUISIANA INVESTMENT CO., 1,940 ACRES 150 acres agricultural, class A, $3,000; 350 acres, agricultural, class C, $3,500; 1,440 acres land where timber is owned by another, $2,880_. Cabins Total___ NO. 556. M'GRAW, J. H., 483 ACRES 250 $9,380 500 9, 880 62 acres agricultural, class B, $1,860; 46 agricultural class C. $690; 395 10 acres agricultural, class B, $300; 20 acres cut-over hardwood, $100_--- $400 1 cabin and store building.. 25 acres agricultural, class B, $750; 25 acres agricultural, class C, NO. 583. PAN-AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., 397 ACRES 4 acres agricultural, class A, $160; 20 acres hardwood, $120-1 cabin___‒‒‒ Total___ Improvements: 1 4-room house-- 1 3-room house---- 280 150 430 Appraiser's estimate 450 350 NO. 593. POINTE COUPEE LAND & IMPROVEMENT CO. INC.; 4604 ACRES 250 agricultural, class B, $5,000; 4,353 acres cut-over hardwood. Cabins Total_ $26, 770 500 27, 270 NO. 630. STOCKING, M. E., ESTATE; 1,058 ACRES 1,058 acres cut-over hardwood (no improvements) _____ 5, 280 NO. 636. TIRCUIT, NUMA, MRS. 1,134 ACRES 1,134 acres cut-over hardwood (no improvements)---- 4, 600 NO. 640. TREGRE, ROWENA, 360 ACRES 50 acres, agricultural, $3.000; 100 acres agricultural, class B, $2,500; 100 agricultural, class C, $1,500; 110 acres cut-over harwood, $550_-Cabins--- 6, 550 750 Total_____ 7,300 I hereby certify that Mrs. Adele LaCour is assessed with $1,000 improvements on her home place near Morganza; land assessment $6750 and improvements $1,000, total $7,750 for 350 acres of agricultural land. P. E. BERTHIER, Assessor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of March 1935. [SEAL] To whom it may concern: J. P. JEWELL, Clerk of Court. ASSESSORS' OFFICE, New Roads, La., March 30, 1935. I hereby certify that estate of Edgar LaCour is assessed with $1,000 improvement on real estate situated near Morganza-land assessment, $4,075, and improvements, $1,000; total, $5,075 for 192 acres of agricultural land. P. E. BERTHIER, Assessor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of March 1935. J. P. JEWELL, Clerk of Court. The following is an estimate of the replacement cost of the buildings herein described: Buildings on property of Mrs. Edgar LaCour: Large residence house, frame construction, metal roof, 10 rooms and hall; size of house, 40 by 65 feet.. One 5-room cottage, frame construction, measuring 32 by 36 feet-1 store building, frame construction, measuring 24 by 40 feet--One 4-room tenant house, frame construction, size 28 by 28 feet---1 barn, frame and upright board construction, size 38 by 45 feet_-_8 tenant houses, frame and upright board construction, size 16 by 28 feet, replacement cost placed at $200 each_-_. $4,500 800 250 275 300 1,600 Total 7,725 Buildings on property of estate of Edgard LaCour (lower place): 2 tenant houses, frame and upright board construction, size 16 by 28 feet, replacement cost placed at $200 each_--Building on property of estate of Edgard LaCour (Singer place): 1 tenant house, frame and upright board construction, size 16 by 28 feetO. B. LAURENT. $400 200 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of March 1935. [SEAL] J. P. JEWELL, Clerk of Court. STATEMENT OF STEVE BARBRE, CHAIRMAN OF THE PARISH BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, POINT COUPEE PARISH, LA. Mr. BARBRE. I want to make a statement in behalf of those people down there over whose land you are going to flow this water in the Morganza spillway. About 10 or 12 years ago I was appointed by Governor Parker as a member of the Parish Board of Equalization of Point Coupee. The second year that I was in office the State board at Baton Rouge authorized the parish board to give each property holder in there an exemption of $500 on his improvements, which was done. After the high water of 1927 the people appealed to the Board for a reduction in their assessments. I carried the entire board to Baton Rouge and made a plea, and was granted a reduction of $10 on "A" land, $10 on "B" land, and $5 on "C" land. For instance, take a man owning, say, 25 acres of land, 5 of it being in "A", 5 of it in "B", and 10 of it in "C", and 5 acres in denuded hardwood, with a house on it that cost him $750 or $800— they figured that the $500 exemption would cover his improvement, so the improvements were taken off; and it puts that man in the position of having an assessment of about $375 on 25 acres of land and a house that is worth $750 or $800. It is utterly impossible for that man to rebuild at that price. This assessment was cut just where the water covered it, and it is where the water covered that this spillway is going to be. You take in the lower end of our parish where it has not been overflowed possibly in 75 years, the assessments there are about $23 an acre, while the assessments in this particular area are about $8 or $9 an acre. I feel that these lands that you are going to take are of such an average value that if you could give them 12 times the assessed value of the entire parish, you would give them more than you are going to give them at twice the assessed value. I feel that if these cuts were put back on their land where they were taken off, $10 on "A", $10 on "B", $5 on "C", and that $500 restored on improvements, the one and one-half times in the aggregate would possibly care for the fair value of the lands in that particular floodway. Of course, I feel that two times the assessment would be better. That is what the people down in there feel like they ought to have. There are some of those lands in there, for instance denuded swamp lands that are not worth one and one-half times the assessed value. I do not want to see the Government robbed. I feel that this is just as much my Government as it is anybody else's. But I do want to see them get a fair price for it. |