New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-04
No. 40.
AN ACT

70 Adopt and Ratify the Proceedings Of the
Committee of Freehol1ers and of the Pc
lice Jury of the Parish of st. James, under
and by virtue of act of eighteen hundred
and siXty-nine, number seventy-seven
{T7), aud to Lay Out, Construct and Open
Public Road from the Mississippi River
to the Vachere Settlement, in the Parish
Of st. James.
WHEREAS, The Police Jury of the parish
of st. James, by virtue of and in conformity
with an act entitled San act to lay out and
open new road, to connect the Vacherie
Settlement, in st. James parish, and the
Mississippi river" approved March sixth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, did pro-
. coed to lay out and open newroad, to con-
meet the Vacherie Settlement in said par
ish, and the Mississippi river;
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State of
Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That all proceedings and ordinances
OF the said Police Jury of ths parish Of St.
James, and each and every part thereof,
and all proceedings, reports, actions
and assessments of the jury of freeholders,
appointed by said Police Jury under said
act and the act of eighteen hundred and
eighteen, be and the same are hereby ap-
proved, ratified and adopted, and declared
to have full and legal force and effect.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the waste lands, lying between the two
bitches in the plantations of Widow Ray.
mond Locoul and of John Burnside. in said
parish, measuring thirty (30) feet front on
the Mississippi river back to the eighty (S0)
\ arpents, SO as to measure fifteen Q5) feet
Agide on each side of the division line be.
tween said Plantations, and from that point
the land belonging entirely to widow Ray
mond Locoul, running opposite the end of
the line of the Vacherie settlement. in
direction of about south, tWenty-three
degrees east, eight and half
arpents to the intersectlng line
between the back lands of Widow Locoul
and the land of Falgoust, and also the land
of Falgoust south or along the upper line
OF his lands to the public road. sections
fourteen and twenty-third and thirteenth
and twenty-fourth of township thirteen
south, OF range seventeen east, OF the south
eastern land district of Louisiana, be and
the same are hereby taken for said public
road.
SEC g. Be it further enacted, etc., That
She assessment made by the jury OF free
holders be and the same is hereby approved,
and That the sum of forty dollars (S40) per
arpent be allowed to the said Widow Ray
mona Loconl, John Burnside and Falgoust, to
De PAID to them by the treasurer of the.parish
OF 81. James, on the warrant of the presi-
cent OF the Police Jury of said parish.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That
all laws or portions of laws contrary to the
provisions Of this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed.
sEc. .. BE it further enacted, etc., That
TINS act shall take effect from and after it's
passage,
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted. ETC.. That
the PRESIDENT of the Police jury of the par
lsh OF st. James be and he is hereby or
aeIeo ana required to lay out, open aud To-
Gave sala road Immediately, so as to connect
ae Vacherle Settlement with the Mississippi
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
-. (Slgnedl OSCARJ. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved February &c, 1870,
(Signed) H. C. WARMOTH.
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
A true copy:
GEO. E. BovEE,
Secretary of State.