The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-08-30
Police Jury.

Newly appointed members, ap-
pcared and produced their commits
sions and oa,hs of dhicc az; follows
Howard Hofpauir. J. Trevifle
Broussard, Thomas Morgan. Henry
Bartels, Robt Green. J. Alcee Le
blanc and j. Henry Putnam.
| All newly appointed members be-
Ting present, proceeded to the trans
action of business.
On motion, Howard Hoffpauir,
was unanimously elected president.
Minutes Of last meeting were read
and adopted.
The following resolutions adopted
on May f2th were re-ofered by Tire.
vile Broussard.
That, whereas it is necessary
that certain changes he made in the
9Th and 7th Police Jury Wards in
order to facilitate voters residing
I therein.
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
9Th Police Jury ward be and the
same is Hereby divided into three
election precincts, as follows to wit
| Starting atfa point on the line
dividing said ward from the fifth,
opposite the corner of sections 29,
80, 81 ond 80, in township eleven,
south. range 2 east, in north and
south line, thence running 10 south
westerly direction to the southeast
coruer Of the southwest quarter, sec
ton six, township thirteen, south
range 2 east, belonging to Rodolph
Broussard thence'in southerly di.
rection to the sea marsh and the line
dividing said ward from the 7lh
Police Jury ward, and that all the
territory fast Of said line shall be
known and is hereby designated az
the lst election precinct Of said 9th
ward and one polling place estab-
lished therein.
| And starting on the bayou Quene
Tortue. at the mouth of Lyons cou-
lee and following said coulee to its
head. thence in a southerfy direction
to the dividing line Of the 9th and
7th Police Jury wards, and all that
territory lying east OF said line and
west Of the line Of the 'hrst pre-.
cinct of said ward, shall be known
and is hereby designated as the End
election precinct O. said 9Th ward,
and one polling place established
therein.
| That all of that territory of said
sixth Police Jury ward, lying west
OF the second precinct as above es,
tablished, to the line Of Cameron
parish, shall be known and is here
by designated cs the Third electitn
precinct of said 9th Police Jhry
ward. and die polling place estab.
lished therein.
Resolved further, that the 7th
Police Jury ward be and the same
is hereby divided into three election
precincts, as follows, to wit
Starting on bayou Vermiiion on
the line dividing the lands Of l'hos
S Winston and Mrs j Fl Putnam
and following the same in souther-
" direction to the back or south
line of said Mrs Putnam's land, and
and on the lower line of land of } b
I.ebla1c thence following said line
in a southwesterDy direction to the
|'Grand Marais, thence following the
same to the marsh, and thence in a
westerly direction to the line divi'
dug said seventh from the sixth
Police Jury ward. and that all OF
that territory in SAID seventh Police
Jury ward west and north Of said
above line aud the Grand Marais.
shall be known and is hereby desig'
mated as the first election precinct
of said seventh Po'iee Jury ward,
and one polling place established
therein.
That all of that territory IN said
seventh Police Jury ward
east Of the first
above described line, and south or
below the Grand Marais and the
line last above described to the sea
marsh and mouth of Vermilion ha-
you, shall be known and is hereby
designated as the second election
precinct of slid seventh Police Jury
ward, and one polling place estab'
lished therein;
And that all the remaining terri
tory Of said seventh Police Jury
ward, from the mouth ofbayou Yer
million, including all the sea marsh
and Gulf coast islands, in this par
ish shall be known and is hereby de
} signated as the third election pre-.
cinct of said seventh Police Jury
: ward, and one polling place estab