The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-08-23
Police jury

! ! Newly appolntcus ulelhoeIs, ap
peared and produced heir commits,
sions and oa,hs of Office as follows
Howard Hoffpauir. J. Treville
Broussard, Thomas Morgan. Henry
Bartels, Robt Green. J. Alcee LIE
blanc end J. Henry Putnam.
All newly appointed members be-
ing present, proceeded to the trans
actidh Of business. a4a
On motion, Howard Hofpauir,
was unanimously elected president.
Minutes Of last meeting were read
and adopted.
The following resolutions adopted
on May 18th were re-offered by Ire
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
| therein.
| Therefore, be it resolved, that the
9th Police Jury ward he and the
( same is hereby divided into three
election precincts, as follows to wit ::
Starting at q point on the line
dividing said ward from the fifth,
Opposite the corner of sections 20,
80. 81 ond 80, in township eleven,
south range 2 east, in 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 Rodolph
Bronssard 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 east of said line shall be
known and is hereby designated as
the lst election precinct of said 9Th
ward and one polling place estab
lished therein.
4 Ald starting on the bayou Quene
iTor1ue, at the month of Lyons cou
lee and following said coulee to its
head. thence in a southerly direction
to the dividing line of the 9th and
7th Police Jury wards, and all thai
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 2nd
f election precinct o. said 9th ward
: and one polling place established
therein.
That all of that territory of sale
) sixth Police Jury ward, lying wes
OF the second precinct as above es
d tablished, to the line of Cameron
!: parish, shall be known and is here
|: by designated cs the Third election
pr precinct of said 9th Police Jury
" ward, and one polling place estab
Iished therein.
Resolved further, that the I'll
Police Jury ward be and the sanl'
> is hereby divided into three election
: precincts, as follows, to wit
Starting on bayou Vermilion OF
the line dividing the lands of Tho
Is Winston and Mrs j H Putnam
and following the same in souther
" direction to the back or soutl
line of said Mrs Putnam's land, ant
: and on the lower line Of land of J I
Leblanc; thence following said lin
} in southwesterly direction to tn
g Grand Marais, thence following tn
- - same to the marsh, and thence in
westerly direction to the line div
lie ding said seventh from the sixt
Police Jury ward. and that all G
that territory in SAID seventh Polio
o Jury ward west and north of sal
N above line aud the Grand Marai
r. shall be known and is hereby desie
Il mated as the first election prccine
,f of said seventh Police Jury ware
and one polling place establlshe
therein.
That all of. that territory in sal
: seventh Police Jury war
east of the hrs
above described line, and south Q
- below the Grand Marais and tn
~ line last above described to the Sc
marsh and mouth, of Vermilion o.
you, shall be known and is hereb
designated as, the second eIectio
precinct of said seventh Police Jur
ward. and one polling place esta
: lished therein.
And that all the remaining terr
tory of said seventh Police Jnr
ward, from the mouth of bayou We
= million, including all the sea mars
and Gulf coast islands, in this pa
ish shall be known and is hereby d
" signatcd as the third election pr
cinct Of said seventh Police Ju'
" ward, and one polling place esta
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