The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-03-09
Jos T Labit, L. Feray, G. Labauve. H

Gilbert Right, W%ashingto Jones. James
Robertson, Belisaire Olong,, Wilson Mel
ton. Elise Gage, Josephine Dofeuy, Mes
Tidy Unbres. John Booette, Green Jones.
Brookshier. } S Nunez, CD Edwards, G
NJ Dupny, Alexis Trahan. Theo Laporte,
Henry Hill.
On motion Of Mr.. Wall, duly seconded.
Whereas q petition has been present.
ed to the Town Council signed by more
than one-third of the property tax
payers of the town of Abbeville pray
ing to extend and enlarge the limits of
Area, and Blanchet tracts and other
territory as specified and described in
aforesaid petition by the metes and
bounds as therein settorth, and eonsid-
ering the petition Of citizens residing in
the aforesaid territory adjoining the
limits of said corporation who consent
and ask to be Incorporated in the town
of Abbeville,
Therefore, be it resolved, by the
Town Council of the town of Abbeville
that an election be held I'll Monday the
18th day of April, A. D. 1889, at which
time the proposed amendment to the
charter of said town as set forth in the
aforesaid petition of the property tax
payers shall be submitted to the voters
of said town for their approval or re-
lection. That said election shall be
held at the courthouse in said town of
Abbeville, and shall be presided over
by the Mayor of said town, assisted by
the Secretary of the Town Council,
that those voting for said proposed
amendment shall have printed Or writ
ten on their ballot the words "Pro-
posed amendment to Sec | of the Char
ter-For APPROVAL Those voting
against said amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballot, the
words "Proposed amendment to See l
of the Charter-Against Approval"
That the polls shall be opened at 8
o'clock a. M, and remain open until 4
o'clock p. IL, of said Gay, al which
hour the polls shall ho closed ana there
upon the ballot boz shall he opened
and the ballots therein cast shah be
counted by the Mayor in the presence
Of two legal voters, resident Of said
town, and a statement Of the result of
said vote be signed by SAID Mayor and
| Secretary and witnessed II the aGore-
said two voters that the Mayor shall
publish the result of saide}ection by ten
days advertisement in the Meridional,
newspaper, and if a majority of the
qualified electors at such election shall
| approve and ratify said proposed
amendment, the same shall become q
part of the Charter Of the town of Alb
beyille, and shall be proclaimed as such
by the Mayor by public proclamation
and publication i'll the official newspaper
of said town.
BE it further resolved, that this reso-
hutton and said proposed amendment
and the Mayors proclamation C~1ering
said election shall be published in the
official journal of this town for 80 days
previous to the holding Of said election.
Amendment one (D.
That section first of an act entitled
''an act to incorporate the town of Alb
beville, parish of Eermilion." approved
March Ii, 1850, as amended and re-
enacted by act No. l79 Of the acts of
the General Assembly of this State, ap-
proved March Is, 1855, be altered and
amended so as to read, as follows:
That the territorial limitsof the town
Of Abbeville he and are hereby fixed as
follows
That the tract of land Or country ly-
ing and beingnn the east side of the
bayou ELECTROMAGNETIC at a
point on bayou Vermiiion at the mouth
Of the coulee between the land Of w. A.
White and ". d White, thence follow
ing said coulee to the south line OF land
belonging to ". ". Edwards, thence in
an easterly direction Oh the line be-
tween the lots numbered 10, 10 and II
Oh the north and s. Q, 10 and il OF the
south Of a plat Of survey Of lands for
merlv belonging to the succession Of
Carinelite Blanchet, made by W. ".
Edwards, surveyor; said lands now be-
long to ". ". Edwards and widow and
heirs of II. 7. Chevis, deceased, thence
directly across to the east side of the
read low open between the lands of
widow and heirs of H. 4. Chevis, decd.
and j. NJ. Beauxis on one side and A L
i Leblanc and others on the other side,
thence down on the esst side of said
road 20. the public road leading east
from Abbeville, thence cast Oh the said
public road to the road now leading to
Caldwells brick yard, thence south on
the east side Of said road to the first
corner Or turn in said road, thence rum
ming in such a direction across the
lands ofJ. VI. BcauNis and z. +. Young
to strike the Garner between lands now
belonging to Lastie Broussard and \ G
Maxwell, thence south on the line be-
tween the lands of said A G Maxwell
and LaStie RrnuSsarl and the lands Of