St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-07-08

the territory of certain of said sub
divisions of st. Landry Parish as it
existed prior to Jan. 1st, 1911, by
the creation of the Parish OF Evan
geline on that date out of the west
ern portion of the Parish of st.
Landry; to assign the small portion
of the Sixth Police Jury Ward and
Sixth Road District remaining in
ST. Landry Parish to the Fifth Po-
lice Jury Ward and Fifth Road Dis
tr1ct of said parish and to a Justice
of the Peace Ward and Election
of that portion of the Eighth Police
Jury Ward and Eighth Road Dis
trict now remaining in st. Landry
parish to the Sixth Police Jury
Ward and Sixth Road District of
said parish, and to repeal such pro-
visions of former ordinances as are
in conflict Herewith.
Whereas, the territory of the Parish
of st. Landry and certain of its political
subdivisions as they existed prior to
Jan. 1st, 1911, have been changed and
altered by the division of SAID parish
due to the creation of the Parish of
Evangeline out of the western portion
of the old Parish of st. Landry, in &C
| cordance with a certain line of division
fixed and fully described in Act No. Is
of the Acts of the General Assembly Of
the State of Louisiana for the year
1910; and
Whereas, said division of the old par
fish of ST. Landry reduced the area n
changed the western boundary line of
the Fifth Police Jury Ward constitut-
ing also the Fifth Road District, cut
| off practically the whole of the Sixth
Police Jury Ward constituting also the
Sixth Road District with the exception
| of a small parcel of land in the south
! 30 -farn anrnnr thnrnnf ontirnlU n1t off
the territory formerly constituting the
| Seventh Police Jury Ward and Seventh
| Road District, and reduced the area and
changed the western boundary line OF
the Eighth Police Jury Ward and
Eighth Road District;
Now therefore, in order to revise q
| adjust said boundary lines of said sub
divisions W e necessary and
make other necessary provisions to
conform with the conditions SO created.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish of st. Landry in regular ses-
sion convened;
Section LIST. That the remaining por-
ton of what was the Sixth Police Jury
Ward and Sixth Road District of st.
| Landry Parish as it existed prior to } an.
lst, 1911, which now remains in what is
left of st. Landry Parish, as it now ex-
lists, being q tract or parcel OF land
/ lH1uS anu DS1AS liz Ao"A 5h1P INV w
South, Range Three 80 East, bounded
on the North and East by Bayou Coco
drie, South by the line dividing Town
ships Three (3) and Four a. South,
| Range Three (3) East, and west by the
line of division between the Parishes OF
ST. Landry and Evangeiine, shall. be
removed and taken from the Sixth Po-
lice Jury Ward and Sixth Road Dis
trict, and shall be and is hereby as
signed and added to the Fifth Police
jury Ward and Fifth Road District of
this parish, and to the Thirteenth (13th)
! Justice of the Peace Ward OF the Parish
| of st. Landry, and Fourth Election Pre-
cinct of the Fifth Police Jury Ward
commonly known as the Grand Prairie
Precinct of said ward;
Section Ind. That the ester
/ boundary line of the Fifth Police Jury
| Ward and Fifth Road District is hereby
changed SO as. to exclude from said
| Ward and Road District the portions
cut off therefrom by the aforesaid line
| of division between the Parishes of st.
| Landry and Evangeline, and include
| therein the portion of the former Sixth
Police Jury Ward and Sixth Road Dis
trict hereinabove assigned to it in Sec
| ton LIST, thereby constituting the j
of division aforesaid from where It IS
by the Opelousas n Vile
| Platte Road near Debaillon's bridge
north up to the point where it crosses
the line between the parishes of st.
/ Landry and Avoyelles, as the new
western boundary line of the Fifth Po-
lice Jury Ward and Fifth Road District;
Section Bird. That the portion of what
formerly constituted the Eighth Poliee
Jury Ward and Eighth Road District
prior to Jau. 1st, 1911, which lies east of
the line of division between the par
ishes of ST. Landry and Evangeline, be-
inging all that part of said ward ana
road district which remains in st. Lam
dry parish, be and it is hereby relieved
of it's former designation n renamed
and designated the Sixth Police jury
Ward and sixth Road District Of the
parish of st. Landry, which said Sixth
Police Jury Ward and Sixth Road Dis
trict shall have the same subdivisions
into Justice of the Peace Wards ana
Election Precincts as existed for sald
Eighth Police Jury Ward prior to a
lst, 1911. except as to the reduction IN
the territory thereof q the estaollsn
ment of the line of division between
the parishes of st. Landry and Eyange-
line as its western boundary.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall
be adopted by a two-thirds vote OF the
entire membership of this Body, re-
corded by yeas and nays; shall be duly
published according to law, and shall
take effect Immediately after its pass
age.
Section 5. That all ordinances OF
narts of ordinances which are in con
fict herewith be and they are hereby
repealed.
Messrs. Daley, Lanlos, eiopton
Doucet, and Acduel Fontenot. voting
yes.
Absent: Messrs. st. Cyr and Durio.
Ordinance d o p tie unanimously
June 5th. 1911.