The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-08-23
AN ORDINANCE, NO. J.

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THE PEACE AND POLICE JURl |
WARDS AND FIXING THE BOUND
ARIES OF SAID WARDS.
Section l.. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis. that said Parish is hereby al
yided into nine Justice OF the Peace
Wards and into nine Police Jury
Wards, said wards to be known as
Wards /, 2, 8, 4, S, 6, Z, 8 and J. ana
the boundaries thereof to De llAeu
as hereinafter designated:
Sec. .. Be, it further ordained, etc"
that the boundaries OF Police jury
Ward No. | and Justice OF the Peace
Ward No. are hereby fixed as Iol'
lows:
Beginning at a point in center OF
Rayou Chcne. represented by drainage
ditch on the section line between sec
tons Il and Is, T. 10, L. 4; thence
in a S. ". direction along the center
Of drainage ditch and Bayou Chene
to the section line between sections
% and %, T. 10, r. 4; thence south
along section line to the S. W. corner
of section 4, II. 4; thence west along
section line to the \. ". corner OF
section Z, II, 4; thence south on
range line to the boundary line be
tween the Parish Of Jefferson DAVIS
and Cameron. thence east along SAID
boundary line to center OF Mermentau
river and Lake Arthur. thence IN a
northerly direction along the center
OF said Lake Arthur and Mermentau
river to the south line OF section 80,
IT. 10, r. s. thence north and west
along the boundary OF section 50, /.
10, r. 3 to the north line OF section
a. T. 10, r. 8; thence west 10 the
| S. +. corner of section IA; thence
north to the n. f. corner OF section
Il; thence west along section line 70
place of beginning.
That the boundaries Of Police Jury
Ward No > and Of Justice OF the
Peace Ward No. , are hereby fixed
as follows:
| Beginning at the n. W. corner Of
section I, 7. 8, r. 3; thence south
along the range line. between ranges
> and 4 to the S. W. corner Of section
/. T. 10, r. 3; thence east 70 tn,
n. Z. corner section II, I. 10, 4. );
thence south to the S. l., corner sec
ton II, T. 10, R. 3; thence east alons
section line TO south line of section
80, T. 10, f. to center OF Bayou
Nezpique; thence north along th'
center of Bayou Nezpique to the Soutl
line of section Sc, 7. 9, r. ); thence
west and north along the line OF 81
T. 9, R. 3 to the south line of section
2, T. 8, r. 8; thence west on section
line to the place of beginning.
That the boundaries of Police Jur
! Ward No. 8 and Justice OF the Peac
Ward No. 8 are hereby fixed as 10
| lows:
y
| section 3. T. 5, K. 4; thence south o
the section line to the S. W. corne
! of section "a, T. 8, R. 4; thence cas-
, along the township, line to the S. 1
corner of section 36, 7. 8, r, 3; theme
south on the range line to the S. "
= corner of section 6, T. 8, R. 3; theme
{ east on the section line to the Yves
e line of irregular section 80, 7. 9, r. j
Y thence along the west and south lin
a of said section SO, 1, 9. r. 3 to tn
e center OF Bayou n azpioue; thenc
}, north along the center of Bayo
l. Nezpique to the township line b
i tween townships and s; thent
e west along said township line to II
e llace of beginning. Contains a
S proximately So square miles,
|. That the boundaries of Police Jul
o Ward No. and of Justice Of tt
e Peace Ward No. are hereby fixed ;
follows:
d Beginning at point on Bay(
h Serpent, where the said Bayou Sc
ID pent crosses the boundary line b
D. tween the Parish of Jefferson Day
" and the Parish of Allen; thence in
ID southwesterly direction along the ce
at ter of Bayou Serpent to point Whe
O. the said Bayou Serpent is crossed
r. line running east and west throui
y, the center of the south half of secti
es 81, in township T, S. r. 4, West L
ne Mer.; thence east along said Ii
e. through the center of the south h;
of of section 81 and section 80, T. Z,
MT 4 to the section line between sectio
W % and 80, T. Z, r. 4 thence sou
by to the S. w. corner of section SO.
ng 7, r. 4 thence east on the townsi
IT. line between T. and to center
ur Bayou Nezpique; thence north alo
of the center of Bayou Nezpique to
as north boundary line of Jefferson Da
lat Parish; thence along the bounda
lit. line between Jefferson Davis Par
lat and Allen Parish to the place of
lid ginning. Contains approximately
nd square miles,
20 That the boundaries of Police ],
he Ward No. 5 and Justice of the PEI
ol- Ward No. 5 are hereby fixed as
Lci- lows
&C, Beginning at point on the raj