St. Landry democrat., 1886-07-17

parish taa to the Parish Treasurer and the
! State taN TO tile State Treasnrer, and for any
expense incurred by the sheriff OF st. Landry
| in the performance of the service required hy
TINS act. he shall be repaid tie amount whlch
he may have actually expended, and more
said amount 70 be paid by the Treasurer of tie
parish OF AcGdid OH the warrant OF the Presl-
dent of the Police Jury.
| SEC. g. That the school fund of the said par
isif of Acadia shall be provided in the same
manner us for other parishes of the State.
SET, 10. That the creation of T1ie parish of
Acadia shall in owlse impair the obligation
of tie people or property thereof, in favor of
the public creditors of the parish OF st. Landry
| as heretofore constituted; but ths parish of
Acadia shall assume; pro rata. the portion of
become 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
be aSsTned by the parish of St Landry
SEC. II. That il shall be the duty of Fhe pc
lice jury of the parish Of Acadia Immediately
after their first meeting. as provided Ia sectloh
fuur of this act, and she police jury OF the
parish of ST. Landry, at meeting to be held
by them within thirty days after this art shall
have become law, to select and agree upon
three commissioners for each parish. VINO shall
be residents, voters and real estate owners III
their respective parishes, whose duty it shall
be to convene in the tow1yof opelousas, IN III thg
the Judge OF the thirteenth judicial district.
within twenty days after the appointment or
the commissioners, who shall give TO- SAID
commissions, due notice thereof; and at sail
meeting. said commissioners shall proceed {"
| ascertain the amount of indebtedness Or the
parish of st. Landry Immediately preGeiin@
the adoption of this act and to apportion {"
the parish OF Acadia and to the parish ~ 81
! Landry the appOrtionment and proportion or
said Indebtedness due from each parish rtsroc-
! tivey. which amount shall be determined by
said commissioners and shall be i'll propo1 ton
to the relative value of the taxab;e properly III
each OF said parishes after having ascert;ined
! the amount of said Indebtedness and madasthe
said app"rtonlnent, said commissioners Eaail
report the same to the police illrtes in both
/ parishes and sald police juries shall each i'm
mediately proceed in their respective parishes
! to make suitable provisions for the payment
| OF their proportion of sail Indebtedness uEasi.
such regulations as they may adopt. ShehM
said commissioners i'll the performance Of the
dEties prescribed III this section, fail TO agree.
and he unable to settle said disagreement am
ong themselE YES. they shall Je empowered 10
elect, by unanimous consent another person.
a resident of either one OF SAID parishes, All
| owner Of real estate. who Snail act as um1ife
in the settlement OF said disagree1nenJ. ShOlfid
| either of said commissioners herein designated
decline to serve, then in that event. the IFe
remaining commissioners representing the
parish of the commissioner so SO declining,
Shall he empowered to elect an other resident
of said parish an owner OF real estate, Wfto
shall serve i'll his stead
SEC II. That Immediately after the passage
or this act by the General Assembly, it shatHsiH'
the duty of tbs G Governor to direct the proper
officer of ST. Landry parish to procure a res.s-
tratiOu of the legal voters OF the parish OF ST.
Landry, said registration to continue for ar
least sixty days; that immediately after stssts
registration an election shan he held by the
legal voters of the parish of st. Landry fof'the
purpose of taxing the sense of the people OF
said parish in regard to the creation OF the new
parish of Acadia and it shall be the duty or
the commissioners of election to receive the
votes of all persons EMIT ed to vote by reason
of sufficient residence III said parish as resAred
by law and that at said election all VINO shais
be in favor of the creation OF the
new parish shall deposit ballot ''for the cfea-
ton OF the parish of Acadia" and all who axe
, opposed shah deposit ballot against the Gre
iation of the parish of Acadia" And the re-
: rurns of saitPeecton shah be made and pro-
l mulgated as nowrequired by law in other elee~
tons and if a majority of the votes east at
said election shall be in favor of the creatioai
of said parish of Acadia, the Governor shal:
issue his proclamation deslaring that the SAFE!
| parish has been created, and the creation OF
said parish shall date from the time OF sait'
proclamation.
l SEC. 13. That all laws OF parts of laws contra
nv to the provisions of this act be and the 5aasA
H.W. OGDEN,
Speakey of the House of Representatives.
,, CLAY KNOBL0CH.
. Iieu,enapr-t Governor and President of slas
5 Senate.
Approved this goth June, 1856.
S. ID. MCENERY.
Governor OF the State of Louisiana
A true copy from the original.
OSCAR ARROYO,
Secretary of State.