The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
AN ORDINANCE

To extend enlarge and define the corporate
limits of the town of Donaldsonyille.
Section 1--Be it ordained by the town council
of the town of DonaIdsonviIle, 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
sonyilie said additions being laid out into lots
all as per sketch made by Daney Wadd1ll,
civil engineers said sketches being duly recorded
in the conveyance records of the parish OF As
cenSion. The boundary lines OF said additions
being described as follows to-w1t: 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 rear boundary line of Clay street;
thence eastwardly along said rear boundary line
OF Clay street a distance OF nine hundred teet to
the intersection of the rear boundary line of
Clay street with the lower boundary line of
Washington avenue; thence northwardIy along
tie lower boundary line OF Washington avenue a
distance of 1910 feet to the intersection OF said
lower boundary line of W ashington avenue with
the front boundary line OF Madison street !;
thence westWardly along the said front boundary
feet to the intersection of said front boundary
line of Madison street with the lower boundary
line of Lee avenue; thence nofthWardly along
said lower boundary line of Lee avenue dis
lance of 1888 feet inches to the intersection OF
sa id lower boundary line of Lee avenue with the
rear boundary line of the public road, which
public road is 8 cont1nuatlQaso1 MISSISSIPPI
street.
Also all that portion of the parish of Ascension
lying and situated Immediately in front OF the
said aferedescTibed 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
tie lower line of Lee avenue.
Section 2. be it further ordained, etc. That the
extent limits and boundaries of the town OF Dom
jacksonville, after the addition OF the territory
and Droperty as aforesaid, shall be as follows:
Beginning at a point on the right bank OF the
Mississippi river in said parish OF Ascension at
the head of Bayou Lafourehe and extending
along the left or eastern bank of said bayou TO
the southern or lower limits of tract AlA OF the
Texas Company said tract being bounded IN the
rear by tract XVIII of st. Elizabeth plantation
M Macinnis avenue in the rear of said tract XIX
to Third street in said MaginnisVille. down Ihlrd
street to st. Elizabeth street, down ST. EllZapeth
street TO Fourth street IN MaglnnIsyllie, ao%h
Fourth street to ST. Patrick street IN lhufcfi-=
vile thence along said St. Patrick street 10 lts
intersection with the southern boundary OF oIAtn
street in GhurchV1lle, thence edstWafd1g along
said line to it's intersection with the upper OF
western boundary of PeytaVin plantation; thence
eastwardly along the right OF way OF the Iexas
81 Pacific Railway to the intersections said E3glt
of way with the lower boundary line OF Cnnrcn
street; thence northwardly along the lower
boundary line of Church street to the intersee-
tion of the said lower boundary line of Churcn
street with the rear boundary line ofCiay 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 me OF
Washington avenue; thence 1orthWazdiy along
the 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 Iineof Madison street thence
west#ardly along the said front boundary line
of NJ adisen street distance of six hundred feet
to the intersection Of the said front boundary
line Of Mad ison street with the lower boundary
line of Lee avenue thence northHardly along
said lower boundary line of Lee avenue 9 dis
tanee of 383 feet 6 inehes to the intersection OF
said lower boundary line of Lee avenue with the
rear boundary line of the public road. which
puflicroad isa continuation of Mississippi street,
thence northwardly in straight line across
said public road to the Mississippi river thence
along the right bank Of the Mississippi river to-
the point Of beginning at the head Of Bayou La
fourehe.
Section g. Be il further ordained, ETC. That
this ordinance shall take effect tn rty days afler
its passage and PRONUNCIATION IN accordance With
law and particularly Section OF Act No. l56 o.
the general assembly 81 1888 and that al ofat-
nances or parts of ordinances IN conflict here
with be ana the same are hereby repealed.