The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-08-27

sixth ward; Oreal Gonzales, seventh ward; Ii.
/ a. Webb. eighth ward. Absent-K. A. Aucoin.
second ward,
The following ordinance was read:
| AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance organizing and creating.a drain
age district composed of lands situated in the
sixth, seventh and eighth wards of the parish of
Ascension, state of Louisiana to be known as
| the NEW RIVER DRAINAGE DISTRICT. OF
THE PARISH OF ASC ENSION: constituting
said board of commissioners of said drainage
district a body corporal with all the powers of
| a corporation and carryi 1g into effect the pro-
visions of Act o. l59 of lhe general assembly of
the state of Louisiana of 1902, approved July 9,
| 1902, as amended by Act No. 1876 of the general
/ assembly of the state Of Louisiana of 1906 ap-
proved July TO- 1906 Et-Nc. las of the general
/ assembly of the state o. Louisiana, approved
July s. 1902, and the subsequent amendatory
| acts thereto.
! the parish OF Ascension, That whereas in the
/ opinion of this body it Is necessary and will be
I ofimmense benefit to the property owners of the
sixth. seventh and eighth wards of the parish of
Ascension, state of La taat drainage district
/ he organized andfcreated comprising lands situ-
4 ated in the said sixth, seventh and eighth wards
| of the parish of Ascen: ion, for the purpose of
more readily draining sa. d lands in said portion
of said parish, and that by virtue of and in pur-
suance OF the power Vestea IN this body by Act
/ No. 159 of the general assembly of 1902 as
amended by Act No. 1876 of the general assembly
of 1906 all that part of Il e parish of Ascension,
/ on The east hank of the Mississippi river and
described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Mississippi river
the line divides the Maria Taylor Grant, sections
40 and 55l in the center to he south boundary 0f
section 2C or Madam Judice clai n thence. along
the soutn boundary OF said elai-n eastward to a
! point from which q line rulsJlins north through
said claim will equally div ide il; thence, north
/ through the center of said claim. to its north
line; thence, along its north boundary to section
! %; thence along the north boundary of sections
%, 81 and %, to the corner of sections Ia, 15 %
and 23ss thence, north on 1ine between sections
| ID and Is to Edward BabiIl's south line; thence
east along Edward 3abins south line to his east
| line; thence, north along his east line to the
south line of section 81, or Paul Chaisson claim
thence west along the soul line of section "a to
the public road leading from Dutchtown to Hope
Villa; thence along said public road through
sections 81 and IL, and as far through section IS
tor John Almon claim as tt e line between Rer-
teau and Zimmerman; the 1cG east along line
between Berteau and zimmerman, to point IN
tersecting the prolongation outh of the line be-
tween sections and 3 tthe ilEe through sections
81 and Il takes in about onet lird of those sec
tlons; the line through section 80 takes in about
two-thirds of that sectionl: thence north !
through section 33 to and al 3ng the line be- |
tween sections and to the lii e between Willie
Delaune and H. q. Landry; I lence, cast along /
the line between Willie Delaune and l.. &. Lam |
dry to their east line; thence, north along the |
east line of l.. g. Landry to the south line of
section So; thence, east along tile south line of
sections SO and 58 to the southea st corner east
line OF section So; thence. north rest along east
line of section 53 to the township line between /
townships 8 and 8. south range 2 east thence |
Eeast along said township line to the quarter sec
ton corner of section /; thence, south on line |
betH cen northeast quarter and northwest quar-
ter of section to their south line; thence. east
along south line of northeast quar- 5er of section
anu MOI TIL" est quarter of section 6. township 9,
range east, to the center of section thence,
north between the northeast quarter and north
vest quarter of section 6, towns hip 9 south
range ) east, and the southeast quarter and
southwest quarter of section 81, township 8,
range east, to the center of section 81 town.
ship Strange east thence. east north line of
southeast quarter of section 81 and southwest |
tn q n Sqffin o.
thence, south on line between southeast quarter |
and southwest quarter of section 81 to the town
ship line between township y. range 3 east, and
township s, range east thence. along township
line to the quarter section corner of section 49,
township s, range east, and section 4, toHn-
ship =, range 3 east; thence, south through |
center of section to its south line; thence east
along line between sections and 8 and sections
aud III to quarter section corner of sections 10
and 3 thence, south on line between northeast
quarter and northwest quarter of section 10 to
the south line of the northeast quarter of section
10; thence, east along the south line of north
east quarter OF section 10 to the center of the
northeast quarter of section 10; thence south
through and equally dividing the southeast quar-
ter of section lG to the north line of section u.s.
thence, along the north line OF section IS and IA
to the corner of sections H. II, IS and II thence
south on line between sections IS and ID to the
quarter section line; thence, east on north line
OF southwest quarter OF section IL to the center
of section thence, south on east line of soath-
west quarter OF section IL and northwest quar- !
ter OF section II to the centre OF section "a
thence. east on the north line of the southeast
quarter of section "A and the southwest quarter !
of section 10 to the center of section 10 thence
south on east line of southwest quarter of sec
ton Is 10 the north line of section 80 thence !
east along the north line of sections 80. % and 23
to the corner of sections q, o. q and 2S thence
south on line between sections % and 2S to the /
corner Of sections 27, 2s. SO and 81 thence east
along north line of sections 81 SO and a6 to town
snip inez between township g. range east. and
township g. range 5 east thence, south on said
township line TO meet the Bayou Conway drain ]
age district thence, south said township line
tothe southeast corner of section 24 township
10, south range 4 east; thence, west along the {
lines south OF sections II, q, p, 21. 20 and 49,
township 10, range east; thence, north along
the west lines of sections IS and IS and south
vest quarter OF section 7, township TO- range i