St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-12-07
AN ORDINANCE
No. of 1912.

To enlarge the territory of the First
Sewerage District Of the City of
Opelousas originally created on
March 7th, 1911.
Whereas, certain property tax payers
owning properties which front on that
portion of Grolee Street just beyond
the Eastern limits of the First Sewer
age District of this City have petitioned
the Mayor and Board OF Aldermen to
have their properties added to the aid
/ Sewerage District, SO that they may
benefit IN the Improvements now being
installed therein provided the property
tax payers of the d territory vote
in support thereof a TAX auu bond issue
proportionate to that voted il the
original District, therefore,
Be it ordained W The Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen or the City OF Ope-
lousas III resuidf session c~o4Vened:
oectlou |. That Pursuant To Act zS5
OF lHUS, page Al, ,Iiece is hereby added
to TIE territory of the First Sewerage
District OF Opelousas, La, created by
ordinance dated March 7th, 1911, the
following territory to-wis: That GER
tain territory lying on both sides of
Grolee Street just beyond and adjoin-
ing the Eastern limits of said Sewerage
district as originally created, and
bounded as follows: Commencing at
the intersection of the North side of
oAOAC6 oGEGGb VIII the Eastern line O1
said Sewerage District, running thence
North along the said Eastern line of
said District for a distance of one Hun
ured and SiXty-nlne feet, Seven inches
(l69 7"), thence running in an EasterIy
direction parallel TO tho North line of
Gfolee Street ana al :. distance OF one
ANU SIAts-nIAe feei, Seven
Inches (l6V ~ t.t~. ettom to the East
ern property IIAc VI James o.. Cnacnere
L hkIIlG Inc IIIkEsEJF an VI,J,.Il II.At kAy...tt I,I-
property aid tnat vi Mrs. L.. Mayor or
DR.. i. lIIiGIfeft, thence lii u S~uutnern4t
direction di'Iitg the Eastern line uf said
J 4iies .. Ihaeltere's property to the
ecAlt>. I.ne u Grolee Street, thence
".ons t.e center line OF Grolee Street
Ia a Westerly direction to its intersec-
tlon with the Western line of Cane
Street, thence SoutA along the Western
Hue ot Cane Street Ior d distance of One
hunureG and Sixty-nine feet, Seven
Inches (l6y ~ back from the Southern
line of Crolee Street, then in q Westerly
direction parallel to the South line OF
Grolee Street and 1T a distance of One
Hundred and Sixty-nine feet, seven
inches (l69 ~ therefrom to an inter
section with the Eastern line of said
Sewerage District, as originally Gre
ated, thence North to the point of be-
ginning save and except, that where
ever the present established rear liue
Of the property owned by any proprie-
tor in said Addition who abuts on
either side of Grolee Street is less than
One nj Sixty-nine feet,
seven lncnes (l6g' ~ back from the
SIDE Of said street upon which the prop
erty Adults, u said proprietor does not
own the property III the rear at the
adoption hereof, Lilen such property as
lies back OF the said established rear
line shall be excluded from the limits
OF said Addition TO said Sewerage Dis
trict and the description herelnaboye
snail be interpreted DIS II SO modified,
the Intention OF this provision being
to give SAID addition said depth of One
Hundred and SIXty-nlne feet, seven
lncnes 10y ~ back from either side of
EHrolee Street III ali cases where the
abuttlng proprietor owns back for that
distance or more, but that where the
abuttlng proprietor does not w for
that depth, tlen The present establish
Ell rear line of his property shall be
the limit of the addition TO the district
at that point.
Section 2. That the Mayor and the
City Clerk are hereby authorized and
ulfecteQ TO deliver d certified copy of
This ordinance to the Board of Com
missioners OF sale First Sewerage Dis
Grlct, and to request said Board to forth
with AXE such steps as may be neces-
sary to call an election of the property
holders OF said addition tx It's District
at which shall be submitted the ques-
lions OF whether or not the property
holders thereof will authorize the levy
ing OF a tax and the issue OF bonds pro-
port1onate 10 those voted in the origi-
Nal district, the amount and details
thereof 10 be fixed by said Board.
Section 3. That until such time as
said election has been held and the re.
suit thereof promulgated, the territory
hereby added to said Sewerage District
shall be known as the Grolee Street
Addition thereto, and in the event that
said election is favorable to the levy
ing of said tax and issuance of said
bonds, said addition shall ipso facto be-
come merged with the original District,
Blu if said election is uufavorable to
said propositions, then it shall ipso
facto cease and determine.
Section 4. That for good and suf-
f1cient reasons, and particularly because
CONSTRUCTION work is already under
way in said Sewerage District, this or
dinal ce 8 rail- take effect from and after
its pa e.
e. L. LOEB, Mayor.
Attest: J. B.A. stage, City Clerk.
Adopted Nov. s, 1912.
Minute Book &C." Vol. $50.
On motion duly seconded and
carried the above ordinance af-
ter, having been read section nv