St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-07-01

Tie SSEI1tOES OA . bdlA 0A ~ SUI
divisions of st, landry Parish as it
existed prior TO Jan. lst, 1911, by
the creation of the Parish of Evan
geEine on that date out of the west
Srn 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
trIct of said parish and to a Justice
of the Peace Ward and Election
Precinct; and to change the name
of that portion of the Eighth Police
Jury Ward and Eighth Road Dis
trict now remaining in st. Landry
parish 10 the Sixth Rolice 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 tire Parish
of st. Landry and certain of tits political
subdivisions as they existed prior to
EJan.sFst, 1911, have been changed and
altered by the division of SAID parish
due to the creation of the Parish of
Eyangeline out of the western portion
of teae old Parish Of st. Landry, in &C
coraance with o certain lime of division
fixed and fully described in Act No. H5
of the Acts OF the General Assembly Of
the State of Louisiana for the year
Isle and
Whereas, said division of the old par
ish of st. Landry reduced the area an1
changed the western boundary line Of
the Fifth Posiee 5ury Ward constttut-
ing also the Fifth Road iDistrict, cut
OF praetical9y h whole OF the stKSh
Police Jury Ward constituting also the
Sixth Road Distract wiShIthe exception
of q small parcel eff land lin the south
eastern e0rRer thereof. entirely cut on
the GeEFitery formerlytGonstituting the
EeVenEh ReEice -g@ry WaTdand Seventh
Road District, and reduoedtthe area and
ehanged the western boundary line OF
the EEghth P08ice -UUTy Ward add
Eigath Read District;
N0W thenefore4 lin tordertto revise ana
aa5ast said boundary lines Of said sub
ld5Nisi3aaS5 eve NECESSARY asad
make other necessary provisions to
eon6orm with the conditions SO created.
BE it ordained ley :the Police Jury of
the Parish OF st. Landry in regular SEES
sion eoaVeGed:
Section Est. That the remaining por-
tion OF what was the Sixth Police Jury
Ward and Sixth Road District Of st.
Landry Parish as ikexisted brior to Jan.
list. 1911. which Esoav remains in what is
leftof st. Landry Parish. as 1t now ex-
lists, being q tract O parcel of land
lying and being in Township Three %
South, Range Three .fS) East, bounded
on the North and East by Bayou Coco
drie, South by the zine dividing Town
ships Three GSS and Four (4h South,
Range Three 49, East, and west by the
line Of division between the Parishes of
st. Landry and Bwsageline, shall be
removed and taken from the SiGth Po-
lice Jury Ward and Sixth Road Dis
trict. and shall be and is hereby as
signed and added to fae Fifth Police
jury Ward and Fifth Road District OF
this parish, and to the Thirteenth (lSth1
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 End. That the wester
boundary line of the Fifth Police Jury
Ward and Fifth Road District is hereby
changed SC 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 Eyangeline, and include
therein the portion of the former Sixth
Police Jury Ward and Sixth Road Dis
trict ~hereinaboWe assigned to 1t ia Sec
ton LIST, thereby constituting the line
of division aforesaid from where it is
tinterseeted by the 0pelousas and Willie
Platte Road near Debaillon's bridge
north up to the point where it crosses
the line between the parishes of st.
Landry and AwoyelIes, as the new
western boundary line of the Fifth Po-
lice Jury Ward and Fifth Road District;
Section 8rd. That the portion of what
formerly constituted the Eighth Police
Jury Ward and Eighth Road District
prior to Jau. LIST, 1911, which lies east of
the line of division between The par
ishes of st. Landry and Eyangeline, be-
inging all that part of said ward and
road district which remains in st. Lam
dry parish, be and it is hereby relieved
of it's former designation AND 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 and
Election Precincts as existed for said
Eighth Police Jury Ward prior to Jan.
Ist, 1911, except as TO the reduction in
the territory thereof and the establish
ment of the line OF division between
the parishes of st. Landry and kvange-
line AS it's western boundary.
Section f. That this ordinance shall
be adopted by a two-thiTds vote of the
en- tire 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 or
parts of ordinances which are in con-
f1icC herewith be and they are hereby
repealed.
Messrs. Daley, f.anlos, Clio p O n.
Doucet, and Acdnel Fontenot. voting
yes.
Absent: Messrs. st. Cyr and Durio.
Ordinance . d o p tie d unanimously,
June 9Th, 1911.
w. F. CLOPToN, President.
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