The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-10
Sec 9. That the school fund of the said
parish of Acadia shall be provided in the
same manner as for other parishes of the

| Sec. 9. That the school fund of the said
parish of Acadia shall be provided in the
same manner as for other parishes OF the
State.
Sec 10. That the creation of the parish Of
Acadia shall in no wise impair the obligation
of the people or property thereof, IN favor Of
the public creditors of the parish of st. Ian
dry as heretofore constituted ; but the parish
of Acadia shall assume, pro rata, the portion
of the public debt due at the time this act
shall become law, by that part OF the par
ish 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 be assumed by the parish OF st.
Landry.
See H. That it shall be the duty Of the
police jury of the parish of Acadia immediate
ly after their first meeting, as provided in
section four of this act, and of the police jury
of the parish of st. Landry, at a meeting to
be held by them within thirty days after this
act shall have become law, to select and
agree upon three commissioners for each par
ish, who shall be, residents, voters and real
estate owners in their respective parishes,
whose duty it shall be to convene in the town
of Opelousas, in the parish Of St. Landry on
day to be fixed by the judge Of the thir-
teenth judicial district, within twenty days
after the appointment of the commissioners,
who shall give to said commissioners due
notice thereof; and at said meeting said
commissioners shall proceed to ascertain the
amount of Indebtedness of the parish of st.
Landry Immediately preceding the adoption
of this act, and to apportion to the parish of
Acadia and to the parish of st. Landry the ap-
portiOnment and proportion OF said Indebted
ness due from each parish respectively, which
amount shall be determined by said commits
sioners and shall be in proportion to the rela-
tive value of the taxable property in each OF
said parishes; after having ascertained the
amount of said Indebtedness and made the
a oasl ,isSin hall
report the same to the police iuries in both
parishes; and said police juries shall each
Immediately proceed in their respective par
ishes to make suitable provisions for the pay
ment of their proportion of said Indebtedness,
under such regulations as they may adopt.
Should said commissioners, in the perform
apce of the duties prescribed in this section,
fail to agree, and be unable to settle said dis
agreement among themselves, they shall be
empowered to elect, by unanimous consent,
another person, resident OF either one of
said parishes, an owner of real estate, who
shall act as umpire in the settlement of the
said disagreement Should either of said
commissioners herein designated, decline to
serve, then and in that event the two re-
manning commissioners representing the par
lsh of the commissioner so declining, shall be
empowered to elect another resident of said
parish, an owner of real estate, who shall
serve in his stead.
Sec. IL. That Immediately after the pas
sage of this act by the General Assembly, it
shall be the duty of the Governor to direct
the proper officer of st. Landry parish to pro-
cure registration of the legal voters of the
parish of st: Landry, said registration to con-
tinue for at least sixty days; that immediate
~ after said registration an election shall be
held by the legal voters of the parish of st.
Landry for the purpose of taking the sense of
of the people of said parish in regard to the
creation of the new parish of Acadia and it
shall be the duty of the commissioners of elec-
tion to receive the votes of all persons enti-
tied to vote by reason of sufficient residence
in said parish as required by law, and that
the creation of the new parish shall deposit
ballot, ''for the creation OF the parish of Aca-
dia, and all who are opposed shall deposit %
ballot, "'againSt the creation of the parish of
Acadia" And the returns of said election
shall be made and promulgated as now re-
quired by law in other elections; and if q
majority of the votes cast at said election
ish of Acadia, the Governor shall issue his
proclamation declaring that the said parish
has been created, and the creation OF said
parish shall date from the time of said erocla-
nation.
Sec. l3 That all laws parts of laws con-
trary to the provisions Of this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
II. w. OGDEN,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
CLAY KNOBLOCH,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved this Both Dune, 1886.
S. d. MCENERY,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy from the original
OSCAR ARROYO,
Secretary OF State.