The Donaldsonville chief., 1909-04-17
Sheriff, PARISH OF ASceHSIl
DonaldsonyilIe, La, March %, 1909.
AN ORDINANCE

To extend enlarge and define the corporate
limits of the town of DonaldsonvIlle.
Section 1-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 ana 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 Add1t1on
Numbers One and Two to the town OF Donald-
sonvilfe, said additions being laid out into LOIS
all as per sketch made by Daney q Waddhl,
civil engineers said sketches being duly recorded
in the conveyance records of the parish OF AS
censjon. The boundary lines of said addstlons
being described as follows, to-wlt: Starting at
the intersection of the lower boundary llne OF
the property of the Catholic Church with the
right of way of the Texas d Paclhc Railway,
thence eastwardly along the right OF way OF the
Texas s. Pacific Railway to the intersection OF
said right of way with the lower boundary line
of Church street; thence northWardly along tne
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 hunared Ieet 70
the intersection OF the rear boundary line OF
Clay street with the lower boundary line OF
Washington avenue; thence northWardly along
tie lower boundary line of Washington avenue a
distance of 1910 feet to the intersection OF SAD
lower boundary line of Washington avenue Win
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 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 q DIS
tance of 383 feet inches to the intersection OF
said lower boundary line OF Lee avenue W1th tne
rear boundary line of the public road, Wnlcn
public road is q continuation OF MISSISSIPPI
Also all that portion of the parish Of Ascension
lying and situated Immediately IN 'front.' OF Inc
said aforedescribed additions and extending to
the waters edge. and being all OF that land pe-
tween the now existing lower boundary line OF
the corporate limits of the town OF Donaldson.
vile and the prolongation on straight line OIL
the lower line of Lee avenue.
Section 2. Be 1t further ordained. etc. hat the
extent, limits and boundaries of the town OF Don
aldsonville after the addition OF the territory
and property as aforesaid shall be as follows:
Beginning at O. point on the right bank OF the
Mississippi river in said parish of Ascension at
the head OF Bayou Lafourehe and eTtenalng
along the left or eastern bank OF said bayou to
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 plantatIonl
up Maginnis avenue in the rear OF said tract XIX
to Third street in said MaglnnisvIile. down lhlrd
street to st. Elizabeth street, down st. Elizabeth
street to Fourth street in Maglnnisvlfle, down
Fourth street to st. Patrick street IN Church
vile; thence along said St. Patrick street to It's
intersection with the southern boundary OF sixth
street in Chnrchville, thence eastwardly along
said line to its intersection with the upper or
western boundary of Peytavin plantation thence
eastwardly along the right of way of the Texas
Pacific Railway to the intersection OF sa1d rig NJ
of way with the lower boundary line OF Church
street; thence northwardly along the lower
boundary line of Church street to the 1ntersec-
ton of the said lower boundary line OF Church
street with the rear boundary line OF Clay street;
thence eastwardly along said rear boundary line
of Clay street distance of nine hundred feet 60
the intersection of the rear boundary line OF
Clay street with the lower boundary line 81
Washington avenue: thence northWardiy along
the lower boundary line Of Washington avenue
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 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 noTthWardly along
said lower boundary line of Lee avenue a dis
tanee of 383 feet inches to the intersection oi
| said lower boundary line of Lee avenue with the
rear boundary line Of the public read. which
pubEcroad IS a 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 tc
+ the point of beginning at the head OF Bayou La
/ fourehe.
Section 3-Be ii further ordained, ETC. Tha1
this ordinance shall take effect thirty days aftei
/ its passage and PRONUNCIATION IA accordance witt
law. and particularly Section OF Act No. l36 @
the general assembly of 1898. and that all oral
nances or parts of ordinances In conflict here
with be and the same are hereby repealed