The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-03-13
Proceedings Of the Police Jury,
. Parish Of Ascension.
spEcIAL II EET1NG.
PApIsu or ASCENSION. March, s, /

I 81 EClAA Nl LIZ l1AU.
s PAH1su OF ASCENSION, Marel, s, 1880.
Members preseut-liessrs. r. r. Hsilsun,
President; Joseph Ferrier, Israel Mitchell,
Saintville Parent, Raphael Lewis and Allen
Thomas.
Members abeeat--M essrs. II. r. Deyal and
Augustus Knight.
The minutes Of the last meeting were read
and approved.
The President stated that the repairs Of
the Court House steps were completed,
whereupon the bill was approved and or
dered to be paid.
The President also stated to the Jury that
the Judges stand in the Court House could
not serve for the Circuit Judges 40 the same
was too small; and ON motion, duly Sec
| onded, it was
Resolved, That the President Of the Po-
lice Jury and Mr.. Joseph Terrier be author
lied and empowered to cause said stand to
| be changed and put up to suit the purpose.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Allen Thomas:
Resolved, That the President of this Board
shall appoint q committee whose duty it
shall be to examine and cancel all vouchers
| in the hands Of the Treasurer !; that said
Icancellation shall be performed by stamping
! the word cancelled and making cross
1-;ncision on the face Of each voucher.
On motion of Mr.. Allen Thomas:
Resozped, That the Police Jury wards
established by the Police Jury on the 4tll
| day of April, 1873, are still the Police jury
wards Of this parish, there having been no
legal measures taken by this: Board to
change the same, and to avoid mistakes, the
boundaries are herein recited to-wit:
! First Wurd-FrOm hesupper line of the
parish, on the right bank Of the Mississippi
river, to the northern bank Of bayou La
fourchc, excepting the portion allotted to
ward No.2, as follows:
formerly owned by r. Il. Barrow, right bank
Of Bayou Lafonrche, to the lower limo u
Ldivision line between this parish and the
parish of Assumption, including the brule
| behind the grants of the plantations upon
Bayou LafOurche and Mississippi river III
said ward.
Third Va,d-The corporate limits of the
town of DopaLlsonville.
| FOesrth Wa,M-FrOm the southern bank
of bayou Lafourche, OH the right bank Of the
Mississippi river lexclnding the town O1
Donaldsonville), to the lower line Of the
parish on said right bank of the Mississippi
Fifth Ward-From the lower line Of thu
| vdilSu, Uu GuG iCIt UttuA VI tuo EltcE, u Tit
upper line of Evariste Landry's plantation
SirA Ward-From the upper line Of Eyar
iste Landry's plantation to the dividing lin,
Ebetween this parish and the parish Of Iber
vile, extending to the depth Of forty arpent
back, all on the left bank OF the said river
Sepcnh WaTd-That portion of New Rive
which was in the parish Of Ascension pre-
vious to the annexation of the part OF tn
parish known as the Galveston settlement
and which is adjoining it. and is not in
cluded in the sixth ward.
Eighth Ward-That district heretofor
known as the Galveston district OF the pal
ish Of Ibervilie and which was subsequent
annexed to this parish, including also al
that part of the parish Of Ascension begin
ming at the upper line Of the parish, on til
same left bank, at a point forty acres bac
from the Mississippi and THENCE rnnnin
down said forty acres back from said rive
J, until said line strikes the line Of tho seyent
| ward - ~ "