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R Saint Francis Levee District of
Missouri.
76 Records,
1893-1980.
Eight volumes and one folder.
MICROFILM
These are ledgers, minute books, and
financial records of the Saint Francis Levee District. The District was organized in 1893, and
re-organized in 1913. It includes parts
of Dunklin, New Madrid, and Pemiscot counties in Missouri.
Legislation by the State of Missouri in
the 1890s allowed for the creation of special levee districts that would cut
across county boundaries along navigable streams. The levee districts were to cooperate with the county courts,
other districts, and state and federal agencies to ensure protection of life
and property along the rivers.
Operating revenues were to be raised by assessments on landowners whose
property fell within the limits of a district.
Assessments were based on acreage, and were collected by county courts
to be turned over to the levee districts.
Landowner input was also based on acreage. Each landowner held one vote for every acre of ground included
within district boundaries.
Citizens of Dunklin, New Madrid, and
Pemiscot counties organized the Saint Francis Levee District of Missouri in
1893. The District includes lands
adjacent to, and including, the confluence of the St. Francis and the
Mississippi Rivers.
The records of the Saint Francis Levee
District contain financial records, expense ledgers, and minutes of the
meetings of the board of supervisors and landowners. The minutes contain the details of re-organization in 1913, and
mention the relationships of the district with the county courts, the
Mississippi River Commission, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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