The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-08-25
= POLICE JURY.
Special Meeting of the Police Jury. Pa
IRISH Of St. Martin. held Tuesday Aug.
21st A. ID. 1900

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This Meeting was called to order at 10
o'clock A. NJ.
The Roll was called. Absent Messrs.
Larson and Kidder.
Minutes Of last Meeting were read
and approved.
Pursuant to call Of the President on
the request Of Messrs A. v. Gourmet. R.
Martin and B. L. Fournet this Special
Meeting was called for the purpose Of
adopting Ordinance relative to the
~Pointe Claire st. Martin and Iberia
Drainage District created at the last
Meeting Of this Body. said Ordinance
reading as follows:
AN ORDINANCE.
Creating a drainage district to be
known as The st. Martin. Iberia, Pointe
Claire Drainage District; appointing one
commissioner therefor; fixing the limits
thereof; designating its domicle and
time and place for the meeting OF said
commissioners for organization of their
Board; and conforming with Act ~ Of
the Acts Of 1900. Of the General Assem-
bly, of the State Of Louisiana.
Section 1. BE it ordained bv the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish Of st. Martin in
legal session convened, that drainage
district to be known as "The st. Martin,
Pointe Claire Drainage District. be and
Is hereby formed in the parishes of St.
Martin and IBERIA. State Of Louisiana,
consisting of that territory lying and
being situated in said parishes, as fol-
lows, viz: All of the land included In
the limits hereafter given and lying
partly in the first and thifd wards Of st.
Martin Parish. Louisiana, and 10 part
of the fourth ward of Iberia Parish.
Louisiana. as follows, to-wit:
In the Parish Of St. Martin. the limit
Of said drainage district being at q
pointe commencing at the upper limits
Of the Parish of Iberia, on the East side
Of Bayou Tsche. at Bayou Teche. follow :
ing said Bayou Northerly to the South
ern Corporate limits Of the Town Of St.
Martinville. La, at Bayou T6che, thence
following said limits to its extreme Eas-
tern limits. thence following the Eas-
tern limits Of said corporation In q
straight line to the upper limits Of the
property of Victor Vantier. ut the public
road, thence from the upper limit Of
the Vautier property in an Easterly d.
rection following the upper limit Of the
Vautier property to the public road back
Of the forty arpents, thence following
said public road until It reaches the
upper corner of Sec. AZ TIP 10 s. B. z E..
theme following the lines Of said Sec
tons AZ and 43 In straight line to the
Northeast corner of Section "a. thence
following the upper lines Of Sections IS
and 26, in Tp. 10, s. R. 6 T., thence fol-
lowing the same section line Of Section
81, in Tp. 10, 8. B. 8 T., to the Northeast
corner Of said Section 81, TIP. 10 s. X. 8
E., thence in an Easterly direction, TAX
ing in Section 36. TIP. IL s. R. 8 K,
thence following the Eastern line Of
said Section 36, in Southern direction
aad across Bayou Portage. where it
strikes the Northern corner of Section
81.
And the following lands included in
said drainage district, situated In Iberia
Parish, Louisiana. within the following
limits, to wit: Starting at a point on
Bayou Teche. at the upper limits of be
ria Parish, where 1t joins st. Martin Pa
IRISH. on the Fast side Of Bayou Teche,
and following said Bayou Teche In
SOutherly direction until it strikes q
point on said Bayou Teche on the North
ern line of HOARD Vaughn's property,
thence following said Northern line Of
vaughn's property in an Easterly direc-
tiOn until 1t strikes the Public Lake
Road. and following the line Of said Pu-
bile Lake Road running directly East
along said line of said Public Lake Road
to the forty arpents line. thence con-
tinuing along said Public Lake Road
from the forty arpents in straight line.
in an Easterly direction, along that
Road which is q continuation Of said
Public Lake Road which leads to the
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