The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-07-26

head, thence IN a %southerly 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 first 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 election
precinct of said 9Th Police Jury
ward, and one 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 Nermillon on
the line dividing the lands of Ihos
Is Winston and Mrs J FL Putnam
and following the same in a souther-
lily direction to the back or south
line Of said Mrs Putnam's land, and
land on the lower line of land of } B
Leblapc thence following said line
in a southwesterly direction to the
Grand Marais, thence following the
same to the marsh, and thence in a
westerly direction to the line divi-
ding 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 Police 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 ba-
you, shall be known and is hereby
designated as the second election
precinct of said seventh Police Jury
ward, and one polling place estab,
li$ed therein.
And that all the remaining terri
tory of said seventh Police Jury
ward, from the mouth Of bayou 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-
lished therein.
Resolved further that the resolu.
tons of this body Of date of July I'd
1877 on the same subject as amend
ed by these presents remain in force
and that this ordinance take effect
from and after its final passage &C
cording to law.
A motion being made and adopt
ed to take these resolutions seria-
tim and to vote on proposition of
subdivisions Of the 9Th and 18th wards
separately,
That, reference to the 9th ward
was unanimously adopted and the
one in reference to the 7th ward was
rejected and
On motion of Mr.. Putnam, who
had voted against said resolution,
the vote by which the same was re-
jected was reconsidered and
On motion of Mr. Broussard said
resolution. in reference to the sub
division of the 7th ward was adopt
ed by the following vote :. Yeas, J
T Broussard, J II Putnam, Thos
J Morgan, J A Leblanc and Robert
Green. Nay-H Fl Bartels, and
said resolutions were declared duly
adopted by the president.
The Report submitted by the Fl
nance Committe was read, and on
motion Of J Fl Putnam, same return
ed to said committe for the purpose
of expunging the delinquent tax roll
of all erroneous and illegal assess
ments, and such as they may cousi-
der uucollectable, with a view Of
obtaining receipts from present col
lector for actual amounts due, and
that said report be returned to this
body at next regular meeting, with
receipts from present tax-collector.
On motion of Tt Morgan, the
name of J HI Putnam, was added to
finance committee as a member.
On motion of J T Broussard, the
report Of the jury of freedolders, ap-
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