The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14


To the members Of the Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen-There will be "a special meeting
OF your board this evening, at O'Clock, for the
purpose Of receiving and acting on proposition
from Carnival Committee. and to act upon Or
dinance relative to extension OF town limits.
(signed) 3. A. LITTELL,
Attest: Mayor
W. Il. COCHRAN, Clerk.
tEndOrsed)
Received the within notice on the 10th day of
February, 1903, and on the 10th day Of the same
q. Cahanin, J. ]. Perrodin, q. ID. Larcade and
A. Gosselin i'll person. (5igned)
C. L. HAYES, Marshal.
Opeousas, Feb. 10. 1903
The Board OF Aldermen met this day in ac-
cordaGce with the above call with the following
members present: Il. 4. Lttefl, Mayor, pre-
siding; Fl. ID. Larcade, Gus Cahann, J. J. Per
rodin, Arthur Gosselin, j. ". Lewis. Quorum
present.
On motion OF Gosseln. duly seconded aud
carried, tho hoard went into executive session.
On motion OF Perrodin. dnly seconded 10y
GOaseln, that the town of Opel0usas furnish
OpelouSas Carnival Association for period of
one week, beginning Monday, Feb. 23d said
lights to be furnished daily from o'clock p: N.
to 1880 p. ,m., except on Mardi Gras day, whom
said lights shall be furnished beginning at 2
O'Clock p. m. until IL p. m, for the sum OF $75;
provided, that the town of OpelOusas shall not
be required 20 furnish any transformers, and
that said lights shall he installed under the
supervision OF the superintendent of the water
works s ard electric light plant provided fur
cordance with Sec. of the waterworks and
electric light ordinance. Carried.
On motion of Larcade, duly seconded and
carried, the board went into open session.
Mr.. Larcade offered the following ordinance
daily seconded by Parrodin. The said ordinance
having been read, section by section. was adop-
ted unanimously.
AN ORDINANCE
Extending the Corporate Limits of the Town
of nDfn
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen OF the town OF OpeIousas
la, that the corporate limits Of the town of
OpeiOusas he and hereby are extended as fol
lows, ViZ
First-CoE mencng at a point in the centre
OF the Southern Pacific Railroad track, where
tie south line OF the corporation crosses said
track, and from thence south along said rail
| road three hundred aud eighty $500 jeet to the
south line 4 road going in q westerniy direc-
| tion to po 1t 1904 feet; thence n sc z l746
feet, strikh tie east side OF the public road
and follow! the same; thence continuing 5G34
feet to q cor II; thence s1} W rs feet to cor
ner of H. L. arland; thence N 9ao L 2o0S feet,
about to n orner; thence 81 4 to the N W
corherof tl' 'esent tOwa of OpeiOnsas; thence
south along le western line OF Opelousas to
| the southwe corner OF said town; thence cast
along the 81 line OF Opeiousas to the point
| of beginniI % feet.
SecOnGiy-COnnlenGin9 at a pOint whara tha
| north corporation line Of OpelOusas strikes the
! right of way OF the Southern Pacific Railroad
on west side; thence running i'll northern di-
rection on tse west W side of said right of way to
sas and Washington road with the OpelOusas
and Vile Platte road; thence along the north
| eide of said road to the Washington and Opel
| ousas road; thence along tho east side Of said
| OpelOusas and Washington road to the corpora
tion line where it crosses or intersects the east
| side of Main street; thence along the corpora
| ton line to the point of beginning
| Section g. BE it ordained, etc, that the cor
pOrate limits of th.. town of Opelousas shall be
| as follows:
! Commencing at the northeast corner of Ope1
! 0usas, where an iron bar ia located in the cen
| tire Of the road running between the property
of the Catholic church ana the old Prudhomne
place; from thence soing N SO w along the
| centre OF said road about s145 feet to the eas1
side Main street whore the proposed LaWlel
| addition strikes said corporation line; thence
to include said addition going i'll northernl,
direction following the east side of the pul,li;
road running TO Washington until it strikes ths
continuation of the north line of the road run
ming from the Washington and Opelousas roat
with the Vile Platte road, being the road be
tween the property OF j. B. Sandoz and Lawle
e. Caldwell; thence along the north line OF sait
road in weSternly direction to the west sid
of the right OF way of the Southern Pacif
Railroad; thence following the west side Q
said right OF way in a southernly direction T.
the corporation line of Opelousas at poin
about 10 feet east Of the northwest corner o
Opelousas thence N $40 W to the nOrthwes
corner OF Opelousas where the Garland add
tion commences; thence TO include the Garian
addition N 80 w, chains to the northwes
corner of the Garland addition on II. l.. Gal
lands property; thence 8 $40 w 2908 feet alon
the east line OF the property lately sold by ii. l
Garland TO a stake: thence 8 80 L rs feet to
corner; thence 90 w 5075 feet about passin
on the easr side of the public road between tn
, property of George Pt rkins and the old Marte
place to a point on the south side of a publ
, road from Opelousas to Bellevue thence In a
! easternly direction along the south side of sai
road to the east side of the right OF way of Ii
Southern Pacific Railroad, about 309a fee
thence up said right OF way OH the east side
the corporation line OF Opeiousas about 800 fe,
at point about 353 feet from the southwe
l corner OF OrelOnsas; thence 80 about 8
feet to conlee; thence in same direction alor
the south boundary line OF OpelOusas s 80
1919 feet to where Union street strikes tho co
pofatien line; thence 1868 feet TO the southea
| corner OF Opel0usas, on the Houston propert
which corner is 5187 feet from the sOuthwe
corner of OpciousaB; thence from said sout
east corner 80 z 7la5 feet TO the point OF col
mencemenf. the northeast corner OF Opelousa
Adopted. B. A, LITTELL.
w. h COCHRAN, Clerk. Mayor.
On motion, duly seconded and carried, Il
board adjourned subject to cali.
W. Z. COCHRAN, B. A. LITTELL,
Clerk. Mayor