New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23
No. 1O2.
AN ACT

No. 1O2.
AN ACT
To create the parish of Cameron and pro-
viding for the organization thereof.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened.
That new parish in the State of Louisiana
be and the same is hereby created out of
the southern portion of the parish of CAL
casieu and the southwestern portion of the
parish of Vermillion, to be called and
known by the name of the parish of
Cameron.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the following shall be the boundaries of the
parish OF Cameron, viz: Commencing at a
paint on the Sabine river, on the township
line dividing townships eleven and twelve
I'll and 12) south, thence east on said town
ship line to the range line between ranges
numbers two and three q and 81 west,
thence south on said range line to the Gulf
Of Mexico, thence along the coast to the
mouth of the Sabine river thence up the
Sabine river to the point of Starting.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
diately after the passage of this act, to nom
mate and, By and with 1.-THE advice and
consent of the Senate, to appoint for said
parish OF Cameron Judge, Sheriff, Clerk,
Recorder, Assessor, six Justices of the
Peace and six Constables, and all other
officers that may be necessary therefor,
whose power and duties and pay shall be
the same as other judges, Sheriffs, Clerks,
Recorders, Assessors, and like officers
throughout the State.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
il shall be the duty of the Parish Judge OF
said parish Of Cameron, Immediately after
he receives his commission, to convene the
several Justices of the Peace to meet at
convenient time and place, a majority of
whom shall constitute quorum. for the
purpose Of laying off six (6) Police Jury dis
tricts in said parish.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Parish Judge of the parish of Cameron.
as soon as the police districts shall have
been formed, as required by the foregoing
section of this act, and after giving regular
notice of time aud place, shall cause an
election to be held by Justice of the
Peace in each police district for the election
of one member from each district to the
Police Jury.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the parish seat of said parish shall be near
the Calcasieu river, between the mouth of
of said river and Calcasieu lake, and that
the parish Judge shall convene the members
of the Police Jury Immediately after the
election, at the place as designated in this
erected suitable public buildings.
SEC. z. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Parish Judge of said parish shall keep
his office at theiparsb seat of said parish,
and that the said parish shall form part of
the Eighth Judicial District of the State
and the times of holding the terms of the
District Court in the parish of Cameron,
shall be the fourth Mondays of May and
November, and the parish shall be attached
to the twentieth (20th) Senatorial District.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
it shall be the duty of the clerks of the
district courts of the parishes of Calcasieu
and Vermillion, Immediately after the
passage of this act, to transmit to the Clerk
of the District Court of the parish of Cam
eron all petitions, answers, documents and
papers appertaining to suits wherein the
defendant or defendants reside within the
parish of Cameron.
Sec. g. Be It further enacted, etc., That
Immediately after the passage of this act, it
shall be the duty of the Recorders of the
parishes of Calcassieu and Vermillion to
make out true and certified copy of all
acts, deeds and title papers on file in their
respective Offices relative to or affecting
landed property situated within the limits
of the parish of Cameron, and transmit the
same to the Recorder Of the parish of Cam
erOn, at the expense of the parish of Cam
erOn.
SEC. TO- Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Assessor of the parish Of Cameron shall
collect all unpaid taxes assessed by the
assessors OF the parishes of Calcassieu and
Nermillion. and turn over the parish tax to
the parish Treasurer, and the State tax to the
Treasurer of the State.
SEC. IL. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Sheriff and other officers of the parish
Of Cameron, shall qualify and give bond in
the same manner as other parish officers
throughout the State.
SEC. II. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
the school fund of said parish of Cameron
shall be provided in the same manner as for
the other parishes of this State.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the existing laws and rules of practice for
the several courts held in the parish of
Calcasieu, relative to public notices, adver-
tisements, and in relation TO all judicial
sales made III said parish of Calcasieu, shall
be and exis. in full force in the parish o.
Cameron.
SEC. IA. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Police Jury of the parish of Cameron
shall have all the powers that are now
possessed by, and be subject to all the duties
that are now enjoined upon the Police Jury
of the parish.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
this act shall take effect from and after it's
passage.
(signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Approved March Is, 1870.
(Signed) H. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
4 true copy:
GEO. Z. BovEE,
Secretary Of State.