The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-01
Donaldsonville, La. March g. 1908.
AN ORDINANCE

To extend, enlarge and define the corporate
limits of the town of Donaldsonville.
Section BE it ordained by the town council
of the town of Donaldsonville, That the corpor-
ate area and limits of said town shall be and are
hereby extended and enlarged so as to include
the following described territory and property,
to-wit:
That portion of the parish of Ascension lying
below and contiguous to the town of Donaldson
vile and consisting of all the land lying and
being in what is known as the Lemann Addition
Numbers One and Two to the town of Donald
sonville said additions being laid out into lots
all as per sketch made by Daney & Waddill,
civil engineers, said sketches being duly recorded
III the conveyance records OF the parish OF AS
cension. The boundary lines of said additions
being described as follows, to-Wit: Starting at
the intersection of the lower boundary line of
the property OF the Catholic Church with the
right of way of the Texas & Pacific Railway,
thence eastwardly along the right of way of the
Texas & Pacific Railway to the intersection of
said right of way with the lower boundary line
OF Church street; thence northwardly along the
lower boundary line of said Church street to the
intersection of said boundary line of Church
street with the boundary line of Clay street;
thence eastwardly along said rear boundary line
OF Clay street distance of nine hundred feet to
the intersection of the rear boundary line Of
Clay street with the lower boundary line Of
Washington avenue thence nerthwardly along
tie lower boundary line of Washington avenue a
distance of 1910 feet to the intersection of said
lower boundary line of Washington avenue with
the front boundary line of Madison street !;
thence westWardly along the said front boundary
line of Madison street distance OF SIX hundred
feet to the intersection of said front boundary
line of Madison street with the lower boundary
line OF Lee avenue; thence northwardly along
said lower boundary line OF Lee avenue dis
lance of 1888 feet inches to the intersection of
said lower boundary line of Lee avenue with the
rear boundary line of the public road, Which
public road is continuation OF MISSISSIPPI
street.
Also all that portion of the parish of Ascension
lying and situated Immediately in front OF the
said aforedescribed additions and extending to
the waters edge, and being all OF that land be.
tween the now existing lower boundary line OF
the corporate limits OF the town OF Donaldson
vile and the prolongation on straight line OF
the lower line of Lee avenue
Section 2. Be it further ordained, ETC., That the
extent, limits and boundaries OF the town OF Don
aldsonvilie, after the addition OF the territory
and property as aforesaid shall be as follows:
Beginning at point on the right bank or the
Mississippi river in said parish Of Ascension at
the head of Bayou Iafourche and extending
along the left or eastern bank OF said bayou 70
the southern or lower limits Of tract XIX OF the
Texas Company said tract being bounded IN the
rear by tract XVIII of st. Elizabeth piantatl0n1
up Maginnis avenue in the rear Of said tract 4lA
to Third street in said Maginnlsv1lle, down lnlIa
street to st. Elizabeth street, down ST. EiIzaDeeII
street to Fourth street in Mag1nnlsv1lle, down
Fourth street to St. Patrick street IN Cnu9c:h 81
vile; thence along said ST Patrick street 70 Ies
intersection with the southern boundary OF siAth
street in ChurchVille thence eastWaTd4y slohs
said line to its intersection with the upper or
western boundary OF Peytavln plantation ITenss
eastwardly along the right of way OF the 4 2ssS
Pacific Railway to the intersection OF sala flstit
of way with the lower boundary line OF Cnhreh
street; thence northwardly along the lower
boundary line of Church street to the inlersec-
ton of the said lower boundary line OF Gnureh
street with the rear boundary line otGIay street
thence eastwardly along said rear boundary !ine
of Clay street a distance of nine hundred Ieetto
the intersection of the rear boundary line o.
Clay street with the lower boundary lfae OF
Washington avenue; thence northHardly along
the lower boundary line of washington avenue q
distance of $40 feet to the intersection OF sad
lower boundary line of Washington avenue with
the front boundary line of Madison street thence
westwardly along the said front boundary line
of Madison street a distance OF six hundred feet
to the intersection of the said front boundary
line Of Madison street with the lower boundary
line of Lee avenue; thence northwardly along
said lower boundary line of Lee avenue us
taHee of 1888 feet 6inches to the intersssfIor OF
said lower boundary line OF Lee avenue yTtth tfle
rear boundary line OF the public road. y flcn
pubEcroad lisa continuation Of MississIp pi street
thence northwardIy in a straight line across
said public road to the Mississippi river thence
along the right bank Of the M ississIppi river TO
she point Of beginning at the head Of Bayou La
foarche.
Section 3-Re II further ordained, etc, Ihat
this ordinance shaIl take effect thirty days atIer
its passage and PRONUNCIATION in accordance with
law and particularly Section Of Act NO. 1S6 q
the geTeIal assembly of 1888 and that all orai
naisces Of parts al ordinances IN conflict here
with Be and the same are hereby repealed.