The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-04-27
Proclamation.
STATE OF }
PARISH OF VIBRATION. (

Ildl DIT iho SptCldl SlcctIol Ielu i'll
the town of Abbeyille, La, on this,
Monday, the 18th day Of April, A. d.,
1889. tifty-two votes, being all the votes
poIled at said election-haying been
cast For Approval Of the Proposed
Amendment to Section One of the
Charter Of the Town Of AbbeviIle. ex-
tending the corporate limits of said
town, passed by ordinance Of the Town
Council of said town on the 10Th day of
February, 1889, and after due adfer-
tisement and proclamation submitted to
a vote of the qualified electors of said
town on this sale amendment being rs
follows:
Amendment one a.
That section first of an act entitled
"an act to incorporate the town of Alb
beville, parish of Eeflniiion," approved
March 13, 1850, as amended and re-
enacted by act No. EF9 Of the acts of
the General Assembly Of this State, ap-
proved March Is, 1885, be altered and
amended so as to read, as follows:
That the territorial limits OF the town
of Abbeville be and are hereby fixed as
follows
That thotracto of land or country "
ing and being on the east side of the
bayou Fermlilion point
on bayou Nermilion at the mouth of the
coulee between the land ofN 4. White,
and ". ID. White, thence following said
coulee to the south line of said land
belonging to ". W. Edwards, thence in
an easterly direction on the line be-
tween the lots numbered Is, 16 and II
on the north, and s, 8, lOand IL on the
south OF a plat of survey of lands for
merly belonging to~thc succession of
Carmelite Blanchet, made by w. w.
Edwards, surveyor: said lands now be-
long to w. ". Edwards and widow and
heirs of II. L. Chevis, deceased, thence
directly across to the east side Of the
road now open between the lands OF
widow and heirs OF II. T. Cheyis, decd.
andJ. II. BeauXis Oh one side and A. l..
Leblanc and others OF the other side,
thence down on the east side of said
road to the public road leading east
from Abbeville, thonce east OF the said
public road to the road now leading to
caldwell's brick yard, thence south on
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corner or turn in said road, thence run
ming in such a direction across the
lands of II. BeauXis, and T. +. Young,
to strike the corner between lands now
belongingto Lastio Brnussard, and A. G.. |
Maxwell, thence south on the line be-
tween the lands 0 fsaid A. G.. Maxwell,
and Lastie 'Broussard, and the lands of
A G Maxwell and II X Robinson. thence
on the dividing line between the lands
of Wilson Melton and WE Area, thence
directly I the land Of W. F. Area,
until reaching the Usage Orange hedge,
thence in a westerly direction following
the line ofsaid Usage Orange hedge to
the public road leading south from Alb
bevi1le, thence across said public road
continuing in the same westerly direc-
ton along the line CT the said Usage
Orange hedge to the bayou Vermilion,
at a cypress tree on the line between
lands Of Smedes& Lege and w AREA,
thence in a northerly direction along
said bayou Nermilion to the point Of
beginning, shall continue to be known
as and called "Tlle Town of AbbevilleP
and, under that name and style the in
habitants within the aforesaid limits
shall constitute a body corporate, civil
and polite.
And a majority Of all the votes cast
at said election being for the adoption
OF said amendmen.
Therefore, by virtue of the power N
me vested and of the authority on me
conferred, / declare the aforesaid
amendment adopted and ratified, and
that it is a part of the Charter of the
Town of Abbeyille.
Given under my official signature and
the seal of the Town of Abbeville at
the Mayors Office on this 10th day of
February, 1889.
ELIJAH BOURNE, Mayor.
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