New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-23
mo. Sd.
JOINT RESOLUTION

| NSuluS " tue DDlteu OLdLeS JuriSQ1CLlOI
over Lands in the State of Louisiana SCI
apart for National Cemeteries.
| WHEREAS, The United States of America
nave purchased, or are about to purchase
and set apart certain tracts of land in the
State OF Louisiana, hereinafter described
to be used and maintained at their own ex-
pense, an pe1petud, as National Cemeteries
tor the interment of the remains of United
States soldiers, deceased and
Whereas, The laws OF said United States
provide that 10 public money shall be ex.
pended for the purchase of any land within
any State OF the United States until ces
sion OF the Jurisdiction by the Legislature
| OF the State; and
Whereas, A formal application has been
hled by the said United States, through
their properly accredited representative, Tor
the aforesaid cession, so far as relates to the
lands hereinafter described; now, therefore,
Belt resolved by the Senate and House OF
Representatives IN General Assembly con.
vened, That the State of Louisiana rein.
| qutsh all Jurisdiction over the hereinafter
| described lands and premises in said State
purchased, Or to be purchased aud set apart
for the purposes aforesaid, and that such
jurisdiction be, aud the same is hereby
ceded to and forever vested in the said
United States, said land and premises being
bounded and described as follows;
All that certain tract, piece or parcel of
land, situated, lying, and being in the city
OF Baton Rouge aud designated on map of
survey Of said city made by Henry and
VIM. g. Waller, City Surveyors, as squares
numbers nineteen Q9), twenty (2O) and
wenty'one CID and bounded and described
as follows:
Squares nineteen Q9) and twenty coy
commencing at point on the south side Of
Florida street, at the intersection of Dufroco
street with Florida street, thence by said
Florida street north lightweight degrees
and SIX minutes, east seven hundred feet to
the land of Pierre Baron, thence by the
land of said Baron south one degree and
hfty'tour minutes, east three hundred and
ten feet to Convention street, thence by
said Convention street south Lightweight
degrees and six minutes, west seven humid
red feet to Dufrocq street, thence by said
Dufrocq street north one degree and fifty
tour minutes, west three hundred and ten
feet to the first named point, containing
two hundred seventeen thousand square
feet, more or less, being the same land which
semonia Barreno bought from Victorine
1862.
Recorded in book F, folio $50, of the nota.
rial acts at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Square number twenty.one (2l), com.
menclng at point on the south side of
Florida street, seven hundred feet from
Dufrocq street, thence running by said
Florida street, north eighty.eight degrees
and SIX minutes east to the bound
airy line which marks the corporation
limits of the city of Baton Rouge: on the
east two hundred and sixty-three and one.
half feet; thence by said line of incorpora.
ton South one degree and fifty-four min.
utes east, three hundred and ten feet to
Convention street; thence by said Conven.
llon street, eighty eight degrees and six miu-
utes west. two hundred and sixty.three feet
and half, to the land of Miss Semonia Barre
no; thence by said land of Semonia Barreno
north one degree and ffty.four minutes
west, three hundred and ten feet. to the
hrstnaDed point, containing eighty-one
thousand six hundred and eighty.five square
feet, more or less, being the same land which
Pierre Baron bought at Sheriffs sale on the
twenty-third day of March. 1858, said sale
being recorded on the National Acts at
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Book o, folio SIS.
Also, all that certain other tract of land
piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
being at Chalmette, in the parish of ST.
Bernard and State of Louisiaua, about four
miles below the city of New Orleans, and on |
the easterly bank of the Mississippi river.
and designated by the letters A, B, C, D, E
and 4 on map or plan drawn by Louis Fl. |
t 1Ia late City Surveyor, dated january 20,
1861, and deposited in the Office of the city |
aotary for reference as plan number twenty |
,2O), according to which plan said tract |
measures as follows, to wit:
Two hundred and fifty (250) feet front.
fifteen hundred (l500) feet in depth from 4 |
% 3, the same depth from @ to D, eight |
hundred and thirty-eight (s3s) feet ten (10) |
inches in depth from A to E, and |
line hundred and twenty.one (921)
Get eight (s) inches in depth from
70 = equal in the aggregate to about
= 60-lO0 acres being portion of the same
property which was acquired by the said
lily OF New Orleans by purchase from
jnaries hlxner, by an act passed before
jhailes Z; Fortier, late notary Of the city
ember, 1861. N
Also, All that certain other tract. piece
nd parcel Of land, situate in the parish OF
last Baton Rouge, in said State Of Louisi-
m, aud being a portion Of attract Of land
aid to contain four hundred (40O). acres
elongtng to j. H. Gibbons, ana more mar.
lcularly bounded and described as follows.
at stake on the east bank of
be Mississippi river, at about one mile he.
ow the town of Port Hudson, and n tbe
corner of the said four hundred /;
ere tract, running thence with north line
said tract, south elghty-two degrees and
fteen minutes east, four thousand two
undred aud eighty feet to a stake on said
ne, thence south one thousand five hun. ]
ltu ana nity IeeL 10 stake which eetaO.
shes the northwest corner of the cemeterv
fence south Eve hundred aud eight feet,
lenoe east six hundred and eightynine
ct, thence north five hundred and eight
ct, thence west six hundred aud eighty
Inc feet, to the point mentioned as the
1rthwest corner Of the cemetery, contain.
g about eight acres according as above !
.scriDedy more or less.
Also, All that certain other trRct,, piece or
lFeel Of Ind, situated st PinevilIe 10
d State, and bounded aud described as q
liows:
from 4 large iron pin on the
nth bank Of the Red river at PiaeyfIle, and =
the foot OF sulphur Springs and Harri- !,
nburg road to the public road leading to y
Arksyllle, north forty-seyen an degrees y
Sc, thiE1y Feveu hundred and twenty
T20) fec, ard from thence south fortV,one
y degrees, east q 50) one hundred and
" feel. which ettahlishes the norfhweet L
Enef Of the Cemetery; thence north forty
{ l4l1 deggEes, e4sl six hundred aud
eiVe feet thence south foffY-nine fisl dc.
.eI, east q - hundred md sixtv-fonr feef.
snce foQf|i Tort One {fil <eafees. W1st six
4Qtgd AID fWsiYf feet, cueact north forty
= dt9ttef. VI I've HUNDRED and alktJ-