The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-14

1858 feet to the north side of said railroad;
thence r. 1924; thence south II E., 600 feet
to the Morgan railroad a.. W. division) 50
! to center of Morgan road, 1900 TO the pub
lie road leading to Breaux Bridge, 1910 fec,
into DIR. +. S. Mudd's field, $3.50 fec, to the
southwest corner of his garden, 5000 feet S.
about IS feet beyond DIR. Mudd's residence,
1900 feet in DR.. Mudd's back lot. Theme.
S. 33X T.. from, DR.. Mudd's to public road
leading to Breaux Bridge. $40 feet TO Men
tor Richards lot, 1850 feet into Crow
Girard's property, 1890 to. stake.
Thence south, IS degrees west, 10 feet
between Nicholson and Cockranc, S46 feet
to Dowdell, S64 feet to stake. Thence 5.
Fl w., 500 feet to Chargois, $50 feet to- red
! oak Il feet i'll dian,cter) thence 46 W., 1850
feet to ~ f. corner of Roundhousc yard,
1920 feet to main line Morgan r. Ry., 1870
| to Mouton addition; thence S. 20 w. 1914
feet to oak lane, 1880 feet to public roa,l
leading to Pinh.ook. Thence n. 49 w. fol
lowing the public road 1900 feet coucc
| i'll front of the residence of NJ. L. Girard.
$. 81 w. to. southeast corner of Mr.. Gisar<a's
yard. Thence S. IS w., in Mr.. Girard's
pasture, 1000 feet in Dr.. +. Alouton's
field. Thence N. IS w.. 467 feet an oak,
e feet in diameter) south of DIR. A1outon's
barn, 500 feet to a couiee.- Thence follow
ing the coulee to the bridge, starting point
n. = E. $50 feet, have been. made to the
municipal authorities Within forty-cight
hours after the closing of the polls at said
election Of Sept. I'D. 1895; And whereas,
said returns of elections have been: Recorded
and transcribed in the public record book
wherein the ordinances or 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 result
thereof is hereby given in accordance with
said returns to be as follows, to-wit:
Votes cast at said election, ffty-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 4 majority, in number and
value, of the qualified electors residing with
in the corporate limits of the town of Lafa-
yette, voting at said election held the
second day of September, eighteen hundred
and ninety-fve, have vot. d in favor of the
annexation of the l,is or land described anil
defined in the preamble of this ordinance,
by virtue of and in compliance with the pro-
visions of act Io5 of the General Assembly
If this State, approved July 9TH, 1892.
Be it further resolved ETC., that this proc
lamation of the result of said election b,.
published for ten days in The Lafayette Ga
ze.tc and The Lafayette Adver,i,cr, news
papers published i'll said town.
Ee it further proclaimed. that from the
expiration of the proclamation of the result
of such election aforesaid to-wit: Sept.
20, 1905, the lots or land described in the
preamble of this resolution and proclama-
ton, shall be ipso facto, annexed to and in
cluded in the territorial corporate limits of
said townoof Lafayette, constiiu ng Il TART
thereof, and be subject to the jurisdiction,
control and authority of the municipal au-
thorities of said town of Lafayette fully
and to all ntents and purposes as if the same
had been originally included in the ,crritor-
ial limits thereof in its Legislative charter
of 1896.
The following the votes: Yeas: O.
G. Mouton, J. q. Leblanc, Leo Doucct and
= los DacotS. Nays: None.
There being further business the
Council adjourned to meet Monday,
October !, at 4 O'Clock p
\. J. MOSS, Mayor.