The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-26
Police Jury Proceedings.
OPELOUsAs, Sept. 10, 1896

vided for in Sections 80 and 80 OF Act
No. l37 of the session Acts of the year
1896.
Members present: +. IL. McGee, pres
ident; Messrs. Prescott, Fontenot, Gui-
dry, f.. II. Latieur, Chachere, Quebedeau,
Burleigh, X. Latleur.
On motion Of Mr.. r. Latleur-
The police jury adjourned until l 30
EVENING SESSION.
The police jury met at l 30 o'clock
p. III.
Present.: f. II. McGee, President; ;
NJ essrs. Prescott, Fontenot, Durio, Cha
chere, Guidry, f.. II. Latleur, Quebedeau,
Burleigh, Haas, Saizan, Manuel and II.
Latleur.
On motion of Mr.. Il. Laileur-
BE it ordained, that pursuant to Act
of the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1896, approved
July 9th, 1896, and being session Act No.
l37 for said year, Sections IS and 80, the
parish is divided into thirty election
precincts, the same in number and
boundary as heretofore defined by or
dinance adopted on the 9th day of
August, 1895, as follows, to-Wit:
POLICE JURY WARDS.
1st Police Jury Ward.-The 1st Police
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to-wit: beginning on the Bayou Cour-
tableau on the Township line between
TIP 5, S r E, and Tp6, S r f, thence
due West on the Township line to the
Opelousas and Vile Platte road, follow
ing said road to Debaillon's bridge on
up said Bayou to the Township line be-
tween TIP 5, S r E, and TIP 5, S R3 f,
and following said line to the NV cor
ner of TIP S r 3 f, thence South two
miles, thence East to Bayou Plaque
mine, thence down Bayou Plaquemine
to the north line of Jewitt's land, thence
due East to the NE corner of Jewitt's
of SWh of sec %, TIP 6 S r 3 e, thence
South between the land of levitt and
Alfred Perry, Chaudet and Pendel Alex
Bonner and J. Meyers d Co., said line
being the centre line passing through
sections q and 81 of TIP s S X 3 f, and
continuing due South to the SE corner
of the SWI of sec -, TIP R3 East,
thence due East along the South line of
Jno. NJ. Wares land to Bayou Bourbeux
thence down Bayou BOurbeuX until it
strikes the SW corner of Ludger Las
trapes' land being the SW corner of sec
IA, TIP s S r f, and following the
West Ii, of said section to the Bayou
Teche, Nlence up the Bayou Tcche to
the Bayou Courta tablealSItskence up the
Bayou @burtableau to the point of be-
F'@1'.1i N Police jury v,E-rne End Police
Jliry ward shall beEbounded as follows,
tb-wit: beginningst a point on the line
s sftTssn of aanyete beren enf
by the line between sections 2 and 3, Up
9S r. E, thence North on the section
line to the NE corner of section "a, Up
r +, thence West along the section
line mile to the NV corner of section
81, TpS S r 8 f, thence along the section
line North miles to the NE corner of
section q, TIP S r e, thence West
along the section line to the NV corner
of said section, thence North miles to
the corner OF sections u, II, g and ~ Up
II 3 E, thence due East along the
section line to Bayou BourbeuX, thence
down said Bayou to its junction with
the Bayou Carencro, thence up Bayou
Carencro along the line which divides
the parishes Of st. Landry and Lafa-
yette to the point of beginning.
Sd Police Jury Ward.-The Sd Police
Jury ward shall be bounded as follows,
to-wit: beginning at Port Barre at the
junction of the Bayou Teche and Cour-
down to the Atchafalaya River, and
down said river to the parish line be-
tween st. Landry and St. Martin Par
ishes, and following said line West to
the Bayou Teche, thence following the
Bayou Teche to its junction with the
Bayou Fusilier, thence up the Fusilier
to the mouth of Bayou Bourbeux, thence
up Bayou Bourbeux to the SW corner
of Lastrapes land or the SW corner of
section la, TIP S K 4 T., thence follow
ing the West line of said section to Ba-
you Teche, thence following said bayou
to the pointof beginning.
4th Police Jury Ward.-The 4th Police
Jury ward shall be bounded as follows,
to-wit: beginning at the junction of the
Bayou Courtableau and the Atchafalaya
River, thence running up the Bayou
Waxja, thence up the WaXia to the
Township line between TIP S r +,
and Tp 5 S Rs E, thence following said
Township line North until it strikes the
Bayou Waxia again, thence following
said Bayou until it strikes the parish
line between the parishes of st. Lam
dry and Avoyelles, thence following
said parish line in an easterly direc-
ton to the Atchafalaya River to the
Bayou Courtableau, the point of begin
ming.
5th Police Jury Ward.-The 5th Police
Jury ward shall be bounded as follows,
to-Wit: beginning on Bayou Courta-
bleau at the point where said Bayou
crosses the Township line between TIP
D anu . > N D r., lneHce uue w est aloHS
said Township line to the Opelousas
and Vile Platte road, thence following
said road to Debaillon's bridge over Ba-
YOU Grand Louis, thence down said Ba-
you to Bayou Petit Passe, thence up Ba-
you Petit Passe to a gully or tributary
of Bayou Petit Passe, thence up said
gully or tributary of Bayou Petit Passe
which leads directly to st. Anna l..
Fontenot's Point, thence following the
woods to the Township line between TIP
3 and 4 S r f, thence along said TOWN.
ship line to Bayou Cocodrie, thence up
Bayou Cocodrie to the point where the
centre line North and South of section
2, Tp3S RI +, crosses it, thence North
along the centre line of the sections to
the parish line between the parishes of
st. Landry and Avoyelles, thence East
along said parish line to Bayou Waxia,
thence down said bayou to the Town
ship line between Tp4 S r and f,
thence South along the Township line
to the point where said line again strikes
the bayou Waxia, thence down the ba-
you Waxia to the bayou Courtableau,
thence down the Courtableau to the
point of beginning.
9th Police Jury Ward.-The 9Th police
jury ward shall be bounded as follows,
to-Wit: beginning on the parish line be-
tween the parishes of Landry and Cal
casieu at the point where it crosses the
Township line between Townships 3
and 4 s R2 w, thence North along the
| parish line to the section line between
sections and II in TIP 2 S R2 w, thence
East along the section line to bayou Co
| codrie, thence following the parish line
| between the parishes of st. Landry and
Rapides and st. Landry and Avoyelles
to point in section "a of Township 2 s
Re- East, where the parish line makes
a corner, thence due South to bayou
Cocodrie, thence down bayou Cocodrie
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