The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-09-06
Police Jury
On Mobdav. the Tth day Of Jul

!; Newly appointed, members. ap
peared and ptoduced heir commis
sions and oa'hs Of effiee as follows
Howard Hpfpauir. j. TrevlI|t
5roussard. Thomas Morgan. HenrI
DartcIs, Roi,t Greer, J. A!cee lie
bla"c and J. Henry Putnam.
| All newly appointed members be
| ing present, proceeded to the trans
action Of business.
! On motion. Howard Hof fDauir
was unanimously elected president
Minutes of last meeting were read
and adopted.
The following resolutions adopted
on Mas 18th were re-ofered by Tre
vile Broussard.
That. whereas it is necessary
that certain changes he made in the
9Th and 7fh Police Jury Wards in
order to facilitate voters residing
| therein.
| Therefore, be it resolved, that tile
9Th Police Jury ward he aud the
same is hereby divided into three
election precincts, as follows to wit !:
t Starting at point on the 'ine
dividing said ward from the fifth,
oppnsite the'corner of sections %,
30. 81 ond 81. in township eleven,
south range z east, in a north and
south line. thence running in south
westerly direction tc the southeast
corner, Of the southwest quarter. sec
ton six, township thirteen, south
| range 2 east, belonging to Rodoiph
Broussard thence 10 a southerlv di-
rectiDn 10 the sea marsh and the line
dividing said ward from the 7lh
Police Jury ward. and that all the
territory east Of said Tine shall be
known and is hereby designated as
the dst election precinct Of said 9th
ward and one polling place estab-
lished therein.
And starting OF The bayou Quene
Tortue. at the mouth of Lyons con-
lee and following said eoulce to its
head thence in soatherly directioB
to the dividing line of the 9Th aud
7th Police Jury wards, an'i all that
territory lying east OF said line and
west of the lire Of the first pre-
cinc1 Of sail! ward, shall be known
and is hereby designated as the 2nd
election precinct Of said 9th ward,
and Que polling place established
therein.
That all Of that territory Of said
sixth Police jury ward, l9Ing west
Of the second precinct sahove es-
tablishcd. to the line Of Cameron
parish. shall be known and is here
by designated IS the Third election
precinct Of said 9th Police Jury
ward. and one polling place estao-
Iished therein.
Resolved further, that the 7th
Police Jury ward he and the same
is hereby divided into three election
precincts, as follows, to wit 5.
Starting on bayou Vernilion on
the line dividing the lands Of Ihos
S Winston and Mrs J Fl Putnam
and following the same in g souther-
" direction to the back or soutb
lire of said Mrs Putnam's land. and
and on the lower line Of land Of J B
Leblanc; thence following said line
in sonthwesterly direction to the
Grand Marais, thence following the
same to the marsh, and thence in a
westerly direction to the line diyi-
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-
nated 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 ha-
von. shall be known and is hereby
designated as the second election
precinct Of said seventh Police Jury
ward, and one polling place estab-
Iished therein.
| And that ali 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, 10 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 cstab-