The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-12

Therefore be Ii ordained by the Mayor
and Town Council of the Town OF Frank
lin, that the corporate limits of the Town
of Franklin Re extended as to embrace
rs part Of said Town of Franklin the fol-
lowing described property:
Commencing ut Il point at the west side
of the present corporate limits Of the Town
of Franklin, opposite The head of the drain
age canal on the northern line Of the prop
erty of the estate OF I. j. Foster. and run
ming thence across the right OF way of the
Mor"an's sLouislana and Texas Railroad
and steamship Company. and along the
north side of said canal, south e.. degree,
and 10 minutes west, 24b7 feet to a point
ut the rear Of Taylor Adams properly.
thence through the property OF TAYLOR
Adams north : degrees and > minutes
west 9G4 feet and > inches to the north side
| of Willow street Of the said town of frank-
lin; thence north ! degrees, - minutes
west along the property line of
the property O. X. h. Milling and
the Moore estate 1902, IT ) inches,
to the north side of drainage canal;
thence running north u degrees. 81 min
utes east 255 feet, inches, thence from
| said canal north degrees 70 minutes west
along the eastern boundary line of q.
Lambert's property lJJ3 feet inches to
the west side of the right of way of the
| said Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Rail
| road and steamship Company; thence
the west side of said railroad right OF way
so feet to a point at the intersection of
| the west side OF said railroad right of way
| and the north side OF the extension of
| Iberia street of said town of Franklin:
| thence across said right of way Of the Mor>
CAMS Louisiana and Texas railroad and
| steamship Company, aud along the north
| side OF Iberia street south So degrees and
IS minutes east 90 feet, 5 inches to point
at the intersection of the north side of
| Iberia street and the west side of u street
| or public thoroughfare herein designated
as Barry Rowe lane; thence north degrees
| 10 minutes east along the west SIDE of
| said street or thoroughfare, 1889 feet. IN
| Chess thence across said Barry Rowe lane
| and through the properties OF Ernest
| Pecot and Peter Jones south 81 degrees
and | minute east $50 feet. to within 40
| feet of that part of the present corpora
ton line of the town Of Franklin on the
east side of Crawford lane as presently
defined by law; thence along Il line paral-
| lei to the present corporation line, north
% degrees. ~ minutes east through the es>
tate of Peter Jones, d distance of 1897 feet
and ~ inches to a point opposite to the
northwest corner of the property of X. Ii.
Cooke; thence south = degrees and "a
minutes east, Al feet to the said northwest
corner of the property of Il. k. Cooke;
thence along the northern boundary line
degrees 81 minutes east 2450 feet inches
to the northeast corner of the property of
r. X. Cooke; thence the same bearing across
Main street OF the Town OF Franklin %
feet, & inches to the east side of said Main
street, to point where the present cor
DC ration line bears off to the Bayou Teche
on the east side of the said town of Frank
lin.
Thence south 20 degrees 81 minutes
west along eastern boundary of Main
street 224 feet, inches on present corpo-
ration line: thence continuing along east
ern boundary of Main street south de-
grees ID minutes west, 40 feet. inches on
present corporation line to Il point oppo--
site to the middle of Hanson Avenue of
said town, thence north 50 degrees 50 min
utes west along present corporation line
1906 feet, 8 inches to the west margin of
"Weber Lane" Of said town;
Thence north degrees 10 minutes east
along said west side of said street or lane
on present corporation line, 592 feet to a
ditch or drain, at the division line of the
properties of the estates of Gordy and
Gronen.
Thence north IS degrees 30 minutes west
along said ditch marking present corpora
ton line, 1928 feet to property of the es
tate OF Peter Jones; thence south % de-
grees AZ minutes along present corporation
line 1880 feet to the south side of Iberia
street of said town.
Thence north sc degrees As minutes west
along south margin of Iberia street and
present corporation line, 46 feet; thence
south degrees 45 minutes east $50 feet
along present corporation line to the east
side OF the right of way of the Morgan's
Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steam
ship Company.
Thence south AL degrees II minutes east
along said east side of right of way $500
feet TO the point of beginning, on the pro-
lection OF drainage canal on the north
boundary of property of The estate of T. J.
Foster
That the property described be. and the
same is hereby declared to be q full and
complete description of the property here
by annexed, and the sam9 is hereby de,
clared to be part and portion of the
Town of Franklin, and Is hereby embraced
within its corporate limits, and the inhab-
itants residing therein shall enjoy, have
and exercise, all the rights, privileges,
immunltles and prerogatives, now had.
enjoyed and exercised by the present in
habitants of the municipality of Franklin.
Ill.
Be it further ordained, etc, that the
boundaries of the Town of Franklin, as
hereby extended and enlarged, as provid-
ed for in Sections one and two of this Ordi-
nance, be and the same are hereby defined
and described as follows:
Beginning at point on the West bank
of Bayou Teche, which was the place of
beginning of the corporate limits under the
Act No. 81 of 1916 and running thence South
sixty seven degrees, IL minutes West. 594
feet, to the West side of Main Street of the
Town of Franklin: thence South - degrees,
% minutes East 40 12 feet to an iron CRATE
bar placed by W. w. johnson, surveyor,
at the time he surveyed the present bound
aries of the Town OF Franklin; thence be-
tween the property of the Estate of L. J.
Foster, and Joseph Kramer South 81 de-
grees, 30 minutes West G09 feet, inches;
thence North 70 degrees, 80 minutes West
100 feet; thence South 63 degrees West, 901
feet to the East Boundary of the Right OF