The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-01-26
AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to extend the corporate
limits of the town of Providence.


limits of the town of Providence,
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Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Councilmen of the town Of
Providence. That the present bound
aries of the town of Providence. La.
shall be enlarged by extending them to
include all that territory lying west
and south of the present corporate
limits of the town of Providence and
adjacent thereto consisting of all OF
the north half of the original Hood d
Wilson plartations comprising what is
now known as the Brown & Burney.
the Davis end the Hamley IL Mlllikin
addition to the town of Providence.
&c, &C., lying west and south of the
present corporate limits of said town,
and IN addition thereto Providence
Cemetery rs it is now enclosed, with
the public road and lake bank imme-
diately in front of the said cemetery,
and the Swofford lot aud McGuire'S
gin lot as now inclosed lying south of
the present corporate limits and form
erly part of the south half of the
Hood & Wilson plantation, together
with the strip of land lying between
the said Swofford property and Nc
CURES gin lot and the Mississippi
river, and bounded on the south by ii
line drawn due east from the south
east corner of said gin lot; all of said
territory to be comprised within the
following limits. to-wit:
Beginning at Il point where the ex
tension northward of the western
boundary line of Providence Gene
terry strikes the margin of Lake Provi-
dence; thence southwark along the
western boundary of said cemetery to
eastward along the southern boundary
of said cemetery to the line between
EdgewOod plantation and the original
Hood & Wilson plantation; thence
southwark along the western bound
AIRY of the north half of the Hood e.
Wilson plantation to the south west
corner of the north halt of said Hood q
Wilson plantation; thence eastward
along the line deviding the north half
from The sonth half of said Hood &
Wilson plantation to the north west
corner of the Swofford property; thence
southwark along the western bound
AIRY of the Swofford property and the
Mcclure gin property to the south
west corner of said gin property;
thence eastward along the southern
boundary of said gin property to. its
south east corner; thence from said
sonth east corner due east to the Mis-
sissippi river; thence up the said river
to the present corporation line; thence
westward and nortward following the
said present northern and western
corporation line to the lake bank at
the Morgan property; thence west
wardly along the margin of the lake to
the point of beginning.
Said territory being bounded on the
north by the present corporate limits
of the town of Providence and by Lake
Providence; on the west by Edgewood
plantation and the south half of the
Hood & Wilson plantation; on the
south by that part of the south half of
the Hood & Wilson plantation now
owned by Phil Mcclure, and on the
east by the Mississippi river and the
present limits of the town of Provi-
dence.
That the limits or boundaries of the
town of Providence as changed the
extension rs herein above made, shall
be as follows, io-wit:
Starting at a point on the west bank
of the Mississippi river due east from
the south east corner of the present
gin lot of II. c. MEG uire; from thence
in due west line to the said south
east corner of said gin lot of II. @. Nc
CURE; thence wesiwsrdly along the
line of said gin lot to the
south west corner; thence northwardly |
along The western boundaries of said |
gin lot and the residence of Charles
Sw offord to the line dividing the North |
and south halves of the old Hood 81 |
Wilson plant alton; thence westwardiy |
along the said line dividing the north |
and south halves of the Hood 81 Will |
son plantation TO the Edgewood plan
tation; fhence porthwardly along the
line dividing said Edgewood planta-
ton and the old Hood & Wilson
plantation, to the fence of the Provi-
dence cemetery; thence westwardly |
along the southern fence of said ceme-
terry to its south ives: corner; thence
northward along the westward line of
said cemetery and said western line
to The margin of Lake Provi-
dence; thence eastward along the mar
ing of Lake Providence to point OPP
posite the west line of the Biggs prop
eriy, now owned by Mrs. A. b Nc
kee; thence north to point on line
with the north side of The property of
the w. A. BlouDt property, now
owned BY Braxton House;s thence due
east TO the Mississippi river; thence
along the margin of said river TO the
point OF beginning.
Be it further enacted, That this or
dinance shall become operative after
The publication and posting and de-
lays prescribed by law.
The Board then adjourned to meet
On Monday evening, January z, 1901,
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