St. Landry democrat., 1886-08-21

PARISH Oh T. Landry, winch may be unS 5ttleH
and i'll course of administration, when TIE de
ceased rce,ted in that portion of the par1Th or
st. Landry now embraeed in the limits OF the
territory of the parish sf Acadia by this set
and he shall transmit also to the clerk OF the
district coEFt Of Acadia parish all papers fela-
ting to the httorship of a,ifrors when they N
majority OF them reside IN tile parish OF Aka
dla, that all matters civil anlcrfmnal so trans
ferred shall he proceeded with in said parish of
Acadia as if they had ori sinatet therein.
SEC. 6. Thss. as soon as possible after the crI
ganIZatlon OF 5he parish OF Acadia, it shall Re
the duty of the clerk Of the district court ans
eX-OtficiO recorder of the ptaish of st. Landry
to make a true and correct transcript. in weis5
bound book or Books. to be furnished by the
police jury OF ie parish of Atadia- in the order
Of dates as recorded in his office after the
adoption Of this act, of all acts, mortgages
deeds and title papers of recO&Ht i'll said office.
relative to and e+fscting landed property situ-
ated within the limits of the parish of Acadia
accompanied by the certificate and seal of said
clerk affixed at The end of sSbll book that
when so completed, the clerk OF the parish OF
ST. Landry shall Immediately transmit said
book or books to ghe clerk of the parish OF Aca-
dia. together witAall the origindf acts deeds.
mort cages, and tftie papers Oh Die i'll his office
from which said transcript shall have been
made that the fees allowed said clerk OF the
parish of st. Landry for said transcript, snail
be six cents for every hundred words and one
dollar for his certificate and seal IN each book,
and that said fees and the actua. eNper Sc i'll
cnrred by said clert>in the transmission of pa
Ders and documents to the parish of Acadia OH
the warrant of the President of the Police Jury.
when lie is satisfied that the services have
been performed ana the fees legally charged.
a specific account CT which shall accompany
each warrant and he sworn to by 3aid clerk as
eclrect
or mort cages, upon any property within the
parish of Acadi a by this Act if the same has
been LEGALLY inscribsd in the parish OF ST.
Landry i'll such manner as to bind such prop
erty at the date Of its inscription, and which Is
void for no other reason or legal cause, and
the certificate OF the proper officer OF the par
isl of IL fl.,ti. sifs-r
shall he received i'll al cases where such cer-
'ffcate is required by law.
SEC. 5. That Immediately after the organiza-
ton OF the parish of Acadia, il shall 3s the du-
tF ot the sheriff and eXotfcio tax coll eeof OF the
parish of st. Landry 10 transmit tC the sheriff
and eNotficio collector of taxes of the parish OF
Acadia, a list of all unpaid taxes assessed upon
property within the limits of the parish OF
Acadia. and the sheriff of the parish 81 Acadia.
shall collect all such taxes and pay over the
parish fax to the Parish Treasurer and the
State tax to the State Treasurer, and for any
expense incurred by the sheriff of st. Landry
i'll the performance OF the service required by
this act, he shall be repaid the amount which
he may have actually expended, anG no more
said amount to he paid by the Treasurer OF the
parish Of Acadia on the warrant OF the Presi-
dent of the Police Jury.
SEC. .. That the school fund of the said par
ish of Acadia shall he provided in che same
manner as for other parishes of the State.
SEC. 10. That the creation of the parish OF
Acad "a shnll in no wise impair the obligation
ii the people or property thereof. III favor OF
the public creditors of the parish of st. Landry
as heretofore constituted; but the parish of
Acadia shall assume, pro rata. the portion of
the public debt due at the time this aet shall
become a law, by that part of the parish OF
st. Landry as heretofore Constituted which Is
embraced in the territorial limits of the parish
of Acadia; and the balance of said debt shall
ae assumed by the parish of st. Landry.
| SEC. II. That it shall be the dirty of the
police jury of the parish of Acadia immediate
iy after their first meeting, as provided in sec
tion four of this act, and the police jury of
! the parish of st. Landry, at meeting to be
held by them within thirty days after this act
shall have become law, to se.eet and agree
upon three commissioners for each parish, who
shall be residents, voters and real estate own
shall be to convene iIr the town Of Opelousas,
in the parish of St. Landry, on D day to be
fixed by the judge of the thirteenth judicial
district. within twenty days after the appoint
/ ment of the commissioners. who sl:aR give to
said commissions, due notice thereof and at
| said meeting and commissioners shall proceed
| to ascertain the amount of indebtedness of the
| parish of St. Landry Immediately preceding
the adoption of this act. and to >appOftlon to
/ the parish of Acadia and to the parish OF st.
| Landry the apportionment ANA proportion of
| said Indebtedness due from each parish respec-
| lively, which anoant shall be determined by
| said commissioners and shall in proportion
to the relative valae OF the taxable property in
/ each of said parishes after having ascertained
! the amount of said Indebtedness and made the
| said apportionment, and commissioners shall
report the same to the police juries in both
| parishes and said. police iuries shah each i'm
! mediately proceed in their respective parishes
! to make suitable provisions for the payment OF
| their proportion of said Indebtedness under
such regulations as they may, adept. Should
said commissioners, in the performance of the
| duties prescrilfd in this section. fail TO agree
and he unahls to settle said drsagreerdera =
omong themselves they shall be empowered to
| elect, by una1Mmous consent, another perso1A.
a resident of either one of said parishes, s.H
owner OF M WI WRs ats sn &C. as snRfrs
either of said commissioners herein desI2 na1fd
decline to serve, then Al that, event, the two
remaining commissioners repFesentlng she
parish of the commissioner declining >. shall
be empowered to electSin. other RESIDENT of said
parish, an owner of real estate, who saall
serve i'll his stead.
SEC. 12 That immediately after the passage
of this ae5 by the General Assembly, it shall
be the GRty of the Governor to direes7 the
proper oiseer of st. Landry parish to procure q
registration of the legal voters of the parish o.
st. Landry, said registration to continuation al
least sisty days; that immediately after sait
registration an election shah be held by thu
legal voters of the parish OF ST. Landry for th'
said tarish in regard to the creation OF the new
parish of Acadia; and 1T shall be the duty q
| the commissioners of election to receive tn
, votes of all persons entitled to vote " z'easo
of saiiicient residence sA said parish IS srequire
by asaw, and that at said election all WHO sha
be IN favor OF the creation of the aewi paris
shall depOsia a ballot " for the creatien of til
2 parish of Acadia, and all who are oppose
3 saall deposit a ballot against tina creation q
5he parish of Acadia" And tie returns c
: said election shah be made and p2aDlulg gated Il
4 now reqrared by law in other elections; and
e a maj0risy of the votes cast aE, said slectlo
: shall be in favor OF the creation of said paris
0 of Acadia, the Governor shall issue his procla
nation declaring that the saiGsparish has bee
i created, and the creation OF said parish sha
d date srona the time of said naoelamatlon.
; SEC. 13. That all laws or PARTS OF laws col
h trary to the provisions of tais act be and til
y same are hereby repealed.
l. H. W. OGDEN,
e Speaker of the House of Representatives,
l Ma Nu,r