St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-09-04
AN ACT
No. 80.

To create the parish of Acadia, and to provide
for the organization thereof. Due notice
having been given required by Article As
of the Constitution, shown by affidavit
hereto attached
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General AS
seimbly of the State OF Louisiana, That new
parish i'll the State OF Louisiana be and the
ern portion of the parish of ST. Landry. to be
called and known 1.-The parish Of Acadia;
that said parish of Acadia shall be composed
of all that territory OF the said parish of st.
Landry comprised within the following boun-
daries to-wit all that portion of territory iy-
ing and being south and west of line begin
ming on the west boundary of st. Landry par
ish, at its intersection with the township line
between townships and south. thence III an
easterly direction on township lines between
townships and to the northeast corner OF
section 8 in township south, range , east !;
thence in southery direction on section lines
about three miles. to the corner common to
sections IA, Is. % and % thence i'll an eastery
direction about four miles, to point i'll section
70 i'll township south, range east, when the
section lines if run would make the corner
common to sections Is, II, 20 and 81 thence in
following section lines about six miles to the
| corner common to sections 16, II 20 and u, III
| township south, range east; thence in an
| easterly direction between sections 10 and u
| one mile thence two miles in d southerly di
rectlon on section lines between sections q and
| %, and between sections 27 and 2s; thence one
mile in an easterly direction to the corner
| common to sections 26, 27, "a and 35; thence
| about two miles in southerly direction to the
dlvision.lne between the parishes OF Lafayette
and st. Landry thence following the divisi N
| lines as now established between the parishes
of St. Landry and Lafayette, and ST. Landry
and Vermilion. to the existing boundary be-
| tween the parishes OF st. Landry and Calca-
sieu thence on existing west boundary OF st.
! Landry parish to the starting point aforesaid.
| SEC. 2. That the seat OF the parish OF Acadia
| shall be and remain ut a point to be determlh-
ed by an election to be held for that and other
purposes, after this act shall have become a
| law that the parish of Acadia shall form a
part of the Thirteenth Judicial District; that
| the Judge of said district shall hold regular
| terms of his court for said parish of Acadia, at
the parish seat. at such times as he may fix In
accordance with law; that said parish of Aca-
dia shall form part OF the Third Circuit that
said parish of Acadia shall, until otherwise
provided, form part of the Twelfth senate
rial and the Sixth Congressional Districts OF
| this State.
SEC s. That in the House of Representatives
unit otherwise provided, the parish OF st. Ian
dry shall have three Representatives and the
parish of Acadia shall have one Representative.
SEC. 4. That within thirty days after this
duty of the Governor to appoint and commits,
sion for said parish OF Acadia five police Jurors
from the parish at large, who shall. within ten
days after receipt OF their commissions, meet
! i'll the town of Rayne, in said parish, and pro-
ceed to divide the parish into separate wards
to be known as Justice of the Peace and Police
| Jury Wards and to designate Ill eacn OF Sait
wards place for holding elections for State
and parish officers within thirty days there
after the Governor shall appoint a returning
officer for said parish OF Acadia. and shall order
| an election for all parish an ward officers. &C
cortting to law that said Pol ce Jury shall IL
due time make the necessary arrangements tt
provide TIE requisite public buildings, lots
and offices. and the SEALS books, and appurten
ances for the said parish of Acadia and the of
fcers thereof that the powers and duties o.
said Police Jurors herein provided for shall b.
the same as other like officers throughout tn.
State.
SEC. S. That immediately after the organiza
ton of the parish OF Acadia and the election
and qualification of its officers. it shall be th
duty OF the clerk OF the District Court and ex
officio recorder of the parish of St. Landry t.
transmit to the clerk of the District Court ant
ex -officio recorder of the parish of Acadia al
petitions, answers, and other documents an,
papers appertaining to suits wherein the de
fendant or defendants reside within the paris
OF its organization, and also certificate cop
of all orders made in any suits which are Ell
tered on the minutes of the court and tn
fees allowed him for making copy of the mir
utes shall be ten cents for every hundred (l0(
, words, and twenty cents FOR each certificat
with seal attached the same to be charged q
costs in the case and he shall also transmit t
/, the clerk of the district court Of the parish
Acadia all criminal proceedings against pc
} sons charged with an offense or ofenses allege
to have been committed In said parish OF Ac