Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-03-19
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fz the boundaries betspeen the Parish
Is of Ibervile and West Baton Rouge
Whereas a dispute has existed for
many years between the Parishes Of
1berville and West Baton Rouge, in re-
Iation to their boundaries, there being .
portion Of territory known as the Crosse
Tete, Maringouin, and Alabama Bayou
country, which is now under the jurisdic~
ton Of the Parish of Iberville, and which
S claimed by the Parish Of West Baton
Rouge ; And, Whereas it is the wish Of
the legal voters VIII" reside in said dis
putcd territory, that an election b. held,
at which a majority Of said voters shall
determine whether said disputed territory
shall remain 10 the Parish of Iberville or
be annexed to the Parish OF West Baton
Rouge, and thereby permanently define
the boundaries of the two Parishes, and
forever settle this yexed question, There
fore:
Sec. l. Be 1t enacted By the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
Of Louisiana, IN General assembly con-
vened, That Immediately after the passage
of this Act, the Presidents of the Police
Juries of the Parishes Of lberville and
West Baton Rouge shall appoint a good
and competent Surveyor, who shall. uu-
der oath, proceed 10 run the following
lines, AS indicated and set forth on the
map herewith annexed, marked A, and
made a part Of this Act, to-wit : Begin
ming at the present point Of division be-
tween the two said Parishes, on the Mis-
sissippi river-running thence along the
present line of division 10 a Northwest
ern direction, in the immediate rear Of
all the plantations or the Bayou Jacob
to the Bayou Grosse-Tete, thence, up
said Baycn to The lower line of Henry
Hooper's land: on said Bayou Crosse
Tete, thence across said Bayou Crosse
Tete due west to the boundary line Of
the Parish Of St Martin.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, &c,
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TbAtths said suryssyyoer 81 ~, Immediate
y after his appointment, ttace@the lines
as above described, mark them, make
bis processsverbal thereof, and return a
Copy Of the same to each of the Police
Juries of the Parishes of Iberville and
West Baton Rouge.
SEC. 3. Be 1t further enacted, de-,
That there shall be Vau election held at
the Bayou Grosse-Tete predict in said
disputed territory, and now in" the Par
ish.s Of lberville, on the first Monday Of
May next, for the purpose Of ascertaining
The sense of the legal voters of said dis
territory as to whether they wish
10 remain 10 the Parish of IberviIIe or lie
annexed to the Parish of West Baton
Sec. 4. Be 1t further enacted, dc.
That Isaac Irwin, W. J. Began, Jesse
Hart, J. H. Johnson and Charles Booksb,
'r a maj ority Of them, shall Re and are
appointed Commissioners to hold
said eIection-said election to be held
conducted, and presided over, in the
'ame manner and under the sa,ne rules
established by law the Sheriff,
'r~ his deputy, Of the Parish of 1berviI|e,
o be present, and upon the close Of said
to make return thereof imme-
to the Secretary Of State.
SEC. s. Be 1t further enacted, &c.,
That every voter shall have writer. or
on his ticket, the words for
if be is in favor Of the Parish
# 1berviIle, and for West Baton Rouge"
{ be is in favor of the Parish of West
Baton Rouge.
SEC. 6. Be 1t further enacted, dc.
hat no one shall be considered a legal
nd qualified voter unless be have all the
qualifications prescribed in article ten o
be Constitution of this State, and shall
ave resided within the limits Of the dis
uted territory for the period of six