The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-07-10
LAFAYTTE'S EARLY HISTORY
Act Of Incorporation of the Town
of VermiIiOnville, 1896.


tanning to the early history Of
Lafayette will possess great in
terest for our readers, we have
decided to publish the act of in
corporation of the Town of Yer
miliionville. which occurred in
1886. and weekly thereafter the
proceedings of one meeting OF
the Council as long as we think
it will prove interesting.
This week we begin with the
act of incorporation. which is as
follows:
AN ACT.
To incorporate the town of Vermil-
ion in the parish of Lafayette.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Louisiana in general
assembly convened: That all the free
white male citizens of the Unite d
States and of the State of Louisiana,
who shall have attained the age OF
twenty one years. shall have resided
in the parish of Lafayette one year
next preceding the passage of this act,
and who at the period of its passage
shall reside within the limits here
after described, be and they are
hereby authorized to meet on the
first Monday of May next and on the
first Monday in May in each succeed
ing year and to elect five persons who
shall constitute a body polite or
corporation under the name and
style of City Council of the town OF
Vermilionville, and nc one shall be
eligible who is not a citizen OF the
United States and of the State OF
Louisiana and a resident within the
limits of said town and, besides, the
owner and possessor OF real estate
within said limits to the value OF
three hundred dollars, and over the
age Of twenty-one years.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc.: That the limits of the said town
of Vermilionville shall be included in
the following boundaries, to-wit: on
the east by East Street: on the south
by Third street: On the north by q
street one square north of the Vermil-
ion street to be run east and west; and
on the vest by a line to be run due
north and south i~ntersecting the last
mentioned street to be run, and Third
Street SO as to include the Roman
Catholic Church and the grounds be-
longing to the same, the whole in con-
formity with a plan of said town by
John Desmene, Jr., and now deposit.
ted in the Office of the parish judge of
the parish of Lafayette.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, /
etc.: That the aforesaid elections
shall be held at the Court House in
said town and shall be by ballot and
the ballot box shall be kept open from
ten o'clock O.. m. until five o'clock
p. m. under the superintendence of the
clerk of the district court and the
sheriff of the parish Of Lafayette
whose duty It shall be to give Ut least
ten days previous notice of the day,
place and hour of said elections by
papers posted up 1t the court house
and church doors in English and
French. And the five persons who
shall have attained the greatest num-
Der OF votes shall b declared duly
elected members of the city council of
the town of vermilionville and shall
hold their Offices during ona year
from the said first Monday of May in
each year and until their successors
shall be duly elected,
Section I. Be it further enacted,
etc.: That before entering in Office
the members thus elected shall take
and subscribe before . justice of the
pescs Of said parish IN oath faith
fully and impartially to fulfil the
duties imposed upon them by this oct,
which oath shall be certified by said
justice OF the peace OF the certificate
Of their election, which shall be fled
in The Ofice Of the clerk Of said town.
Section s. Be it further enacted,
etc.: Thst the said city council shall
meet annually on the Monday next
after their election, or IS soon there.
after - may be, and elect one of their
own number % president Of said
council, by . majority of the votes of
Ill OF said members, whose duty Il