The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-21

POS 3 feet to the north side of said ra!road
thence f. 1874; thence south - f., 900 fee:
TO the Morgan railroad IL. ". divisicn) Z 50
to center Of Morgan road, 1900 to the pub
lie road leading to DrcauN bridge, 1870 feet
n:, Dr. /. S. .iUddS .i:!!, $500 fec, ,hc
southwest corner of his garden, 5000 feet :.
abou: IS feet beyond Or. AIuliI', -c@: ,cucc,
$500 feet in DR.. Mud,i's back lot Thence
5. 35;z L. from DR.. Mudd's to public r',::-!
Leading to Grcaus Bridge, go feet 10 hici-
tor Richards lot, 1850 feet into CrOy,
Girard's property, 1890 TO stake.
Thence South, S. degrees west, 20 feet
between Nicholson and Cockranc, S-;o feet
TO Dowdcll, So4 feet to stake. Thence S.
- w, $50 feet to Ch,rgo;s, $50 feet TO rcd
oak l. feet in eiian1ctcr} thence 40 w, 1850
feet TO y. f.. corner OF l>ounJhousc yard,
1920 feet 10 main line Morgan X. Ey., 1890
to Mouton additions; thence $. 20 W. I+If
feet to oak lane, S55o feet to public road
leading, riuhoolS. Thence \. 20 W. fol =
lowing the public road 1900 feet to cou!cc
in front of the residence of NJ. L. Girard.
5. 81 W. to southeast corner of Mr.. Girard',
yard. Thence $. 70 w., liz Mr.. Girari's
pasture, 1000 feet in DIR. +. Mouton's
field. Thence y. IS W., 16e feet oak,
e feet in diametcr) south of DIR. rIoutun's
barn, 500 feet to n coulec. Thence follow
ing the coulcc to the bridge, starting point,
n. 4 E. $50 feet, have been made to t;.e
municipal authorities within fortyc light
hours after the closing of the polls at said
election of Sept. ed. 1895; And whereas.
said returns Of election have been recorded
and transcribed in the public record book
wherein the ordinances official proceed
ings of the corporation of Lafayette
ually kept and also being permanently Pre-
served among the official records OF said
town; Therefore, be it resolved by the city
council: That proclamation of the rcsul,
thereof is hereby given i'll accordance with
said returns to be as follows, to-1vit:
Votes cast said election, y-four;
Votes in favor Of proposed annexation, fifty
three; Votes against proposed annexation,
one.
Now therefore,, proclamation is hereby
made by the City Council of the town of
Lafayette by virtue of the powers in it vest
ed by law, that ajority, in number and
value, of the qualified electors residing with
in the corporate limits of the town of I.af.i-
yette, voting At said election hel> on the
second day of September, eighteen hundred
and ninety five, have vote! in favor of tho
anne nation of the lots or land described and
defined in the preamble OF this ordinance,
by virtue Of and i'll compliance with the pro
visions of act los OF the General Assembly
If this State, approved July ia, 1872
Be it further resolved etc, that this proc
la,na,ion Of the result Of said election be.
published for ten days in The Lafayette Ga
zcttc and The Lafayette Advertiser, ncws-
papers published in said iowa.
Be it further proclaimed. that from the
expiration of the proclamation Of tho result,
Of such election aforesaid to-wit: Sept.
20, 1905, the lots or land described in til.
preamble of this resolution and proc;lrn1-
ton, shall be ioso facto, annexed to ani in
Guided in the territorial corporate limits of
said of Lafayette, constituting l.a:t
thereof, and be subject the jurisdiction.
control and authority OF the m.lutit,al au-
thurtics of said town of Lafayette fully
and to all intents and purposes if the same
had been originally included in the ,crr:or
ial limits thereof in its Legislative cil-rtcr
of 1896.
The following the votes: Yeas: O.
G. Mouton, ]. Q. Leblanc, Leo Doucct and
JOS. DucotS. Nays: None.
There being further business the
Council adjourned to meet Mor.!!y,
Octol,e: 7, at 4 o'clock p.
y. I. moss, Navnr.
Secretary