St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14
PETITION.
State of Louisiana,
Parish, of St. 'l'ammany,

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Abita Springs. J
To his Excellency, the Hon. w. w.
Heard, Governor of the State of Louisi-
ana:
The petition of the undersigned cleo
tors of the hamlet known as Abita
Springs in this Parish and State, with
respect represents, That they desire to
avail themselves of the provisions of
Act 1856 of 1898 and all other laws as are
amendatory of said Act, to incorporate
the said hamlet of Abita Springs as a
municipality, under the corporate name
or municipal name of the village of
Abita Springs, and the bounds and metes
of said village are as follows, to-wit:
St. Tammany Parish,
Jan. 8, 1908.
I, j. NJ. Yates, Parish Surveyor, for
the Parish of St. Tammany, State of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that l have
this day established line to incorpor-
ate the towns of Abita Springs and
Bossier City. The line runs as follows:
Commencing at an iron stake set at
n. W. corner Of Bossier City and W. end
of front street and on Range line marked
for bearing tree 80 inch pine n. 4
degrees. 80 minutes W. SO links, thence
along west boundary of Bossier City 8.
three quarters of u mile to 8. ". corner
Of Bossier City, thence g. half mile
along south boundary of Bossier City to
S. e. corner of Bossier City, thence along
e. boundary Of Bossier City one half
of mile n. to Abita Springs at juno
ton Of Railroad and Bossier City,
thence e. $40 feet to s. e. corner of 8. o.
division Of Abita springs, thence n.
along east boundary Of s. e. division
210O feet to stake get at n. Q. corner
n. e. division of Anita Springs. Thence
n. 63 degrees, 45 minutes W. 7SJ feet to
a stake set on s. side of Abita river
Thence n. 38 degrees. ". 1852 feet to
stake north of live oak "a inchss in
diameter s. Labat's n. W. corner,
thence n. 50 degrees 30 W. 1000, feet to
stake set on south side of Pearl road
anu passing north of Labat's bridge,
thence south 81 degrees west sos feet to
u stake in front Of Herman Michaelis'
hotel, setting stake in road, thence S.
63 degrees ". l116 feet to a stake on
3. side of Pearl River road, b. G. tree a
36 inch pine, 8. Al degrees 9. 8441 links
thence to n, boundary of Abita City,
754 feet, thence g. on ". side Ut Bohne
street to center of West st. 14lU feet,
thence n. SO degrees, 80 e. 1910 feet to
place Of commencement.
J. NJ. YATES,
Surveyor, St. Tammany Parish.
J. A. Crosby
II. Dabezies Chainmen.
T. Caubert, axe. H. Oalmann. flag.
They further allege that there are
within the limits of said village As above |
set forth over $50 inhabitants; and they |
further allege that over two-thirds of |
the electors of said proposed village !
have duly signed this petition.
Wherein, the premises considered,
they respectfully pray incorporation,
and they further pray that you, as Gov
ernor of the State of Louisiana, do by
proclamation duly incorporate the said
village of Abita Springs in pursuance of |
and to the provisions of Act 1876 Of 1895 |
and ali Acts amendatory thereto.
Respectfully Submitted:
r. julius Heintz, NJ. d., Coroner,
Henry Strubbe, Jos. Raush, John Cau-
bert, John H. Benson, o. Raymond,
Herman Michaelis, Richard H. Hall,
J. NJ. Labat, o. L. ALBERT, L. Souchon,
Chas. W. W. Schmidt, e. ALBERT.
Christ. Theo. Schmalz, Jacob Steckler.
Frank Martin, James Mendoza. Freder-
lex A. Nagel, Alex Mutt, J. Destruch,
Chas. Buckenstart, Albert Buckenstart,
Emile Buckenstart, Theo. Buckenstart,
Bernard Barthe, Philip Beaudean.
Robert Mendow, Ormozutt Golnip,
Aron Kottwitz, Theodore Stire, Herman
Dalmann, Jr., Emil, E. Schmalz, A.
Monprat, j. L. Reed, Richard MeDdow,
Willie Strain. ". w. Word, A. o. Pons,
Britton Strain, Sim Strain. J. NJ. ,Bernet,
Frank Brown, j. P. Dabezies.
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