St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-02

the Legislature OUT OF GIl6 western
portion of st. Landry parish.
There are two announced candi.
dates for Sheriff, as previously stated
h Both are now members Of the Lower
House Of the Legislature, and took 4
prominent part in the creation Of the
new parish. They are Paulin L. Fon-
tenot and VIM. Clark.
There may be several candidates
for Clerk of Court. Mr.. @. B. Gull
lory is an announced candidate for
the Office, and there is talk of Messrs.
lR. i. Derouen and either Mr. Eilo or
Yves Foutenot making the race.
The contest for members of the
Police Jury is also interesting, par
ticularly in the Sixth ward, where It
is said that the present incumbent,
Judge Henry Singleton, and Mr.. Busy
Dossmann, are candidates. Judge
Singleton was endorsed by a mass
meeting held in Chicot last Saturday.
Besides the fight for Offices, inter-
est is very much centered in the To-
cation Of the courthouse in Vile
Platte alone.
The act creating the new parish is
as follows:
AN ACT.
TO create the Parish Of 'Evangeline'
and to provide for the organiza-
tion thereof. Due notice haY-
ing been given as required by
Article so of the Constitution
as shown by affidavit hereto at
tached.
Section j. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State Of
Louisiana, That a new parish IN the
State of Louisiana, be and the same
I is hereby created out of the western
portion of the Parish Of st. Landry.
to be called and known as the Parish
of Eyangeline; which said Parish Of
Eyangeline shall be composed Of all
that territory of the Parish Of st.
Landry, lying west of line begin
ming on Bayou Des Came at point
on dividing line between the Parishes
of Acadia and St. Landry, thence up
the center of said Bayou to a point
where SAID Bayou is intersected BY
the section line between sections
twelve G2l and thirteen (l3) town
ship elk (6) South Range one "a
West, thence east on a prolongation
Of said section line through 4. g IS.
r. | East and as far as the dividing
line between the east half and the
west half Of T. 6 S. R. q east; thence
north on said line TO where it inter-
sects the township line between
townships five and six south range
two east; thence east on said town
ship line to the southeast corner of
township FIVE south range two east.
Thence north on township line be-
tween range two and range three
east Louisiana Meridian, following
said line due north to a point where
the same intersects Bayou Grand
Louis; thence following said bayou to
its junction with Bayou Petite Pass,
thence running due north to a point
on Bayou gocodrie, thence following
said Bayou Cocodrie to point on
the township line between range two
and three east, thence due north on
said township line between the par
ishes of AYoyelles and st. Landry
and containing more than 625 square
miles and seven thousand inhabitants
and leaving more than 625 square
miles and seven thousand inhabitants
to the Parish Of st. Landry.
Section 2. Be it further en-
acted, etc, That the seat of govern
ment of the Parish Of Eyangeline
shall be and remain at the town Of |
Vile Platte in said Parish Of Evan-l
geline, provided, that the Parish Of |
Evangeline shall form part Of and
be included in the Sixteenth Judicial
District; that the Judge of said Dis
trict shall hold regular terms Of his
Court for the Parish Of Evangeline /
at the Parish seat at such time as he
may fix in accordance with law: that
said Parish of Eyangeline shall com
pose a part of and be included III thet
Third Supreme Court District: that |
the said Parish Of Evangeline shall.
compose 8 part of and be included in
the Fourteenth Senatorial District T
and shall compose a part Of and be
included in the Seventh Congressional /
District Of this State; that the Par
lsh Of Eyangeline shall compose
part of and be included in the First
District Of the First Circuit Court of
Of this State, and that the
Parish Of Evangeline shall compose q
part Of and be included in the Sec
ond Railway Commission District.
Section 3. Be 1T further enacted.
etc, That the Representation III The
House Of Representatives and Cen
eral Assembly of this State now al
lotted to the Parish of ST. Landry
shall be divided between the Parish
Of ST. Landry, and the Parish of
Evangeline. 80 that one of the rep
resentatiges now aIlotted sos the Par
ish Of ST. Landry shall henceforth be