Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-23
ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY POLICE JURY
TENSAS PARISH CREATING DRAIN
AGE DISTRICT.
AN ORDINANCE


Creating, within the Parish of Tensas,
a drainage District, in accordance
with Act No. 3l7 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana for the year 1910, said Dis
trict to be known as LAKE ST.
PETER DRAINAGE DISTRICT, APP
pointing three of the Commissioners
therefor, defining the limits, and des-
ignating the domicile thereof.
SECTION L. 1t is ordained by the Police
Jury of Tensas Parish, in regular session,
That Drainage District, to be known
as the Lake st. Peter Drainage District,
be and the same is hereby created.
SECTION 2. Be it further ordained,
&C., That the limits OF the said District
shall be as follows, and the same shall
be comprised of the lands within the fol-
lowing lines, to-wit: Beginning on the
Pamela plantation, at the point where
the private levee in front of the Pa
nola store Joins the public or State
levee, thence in a Southerly direction
along the West side OF said levee to the
SNthern line OF the Stock Ridge planta-
tfA, thence in Northwesterly direction
along said Southern line of said Stock
Ridge plantation to the Southeast corner
of the Northeast quarter of Section SO,
Township 10, Range IL, East, thence in
due West direction to the center OF
Section "a, same Township and Range,
thence in Nortwesterly direction to the
Southeast corner OF the Northeast quar-
ter, thence North along the line dividing
Township 10, Range IL, from Township
10. Range 10. to the Northeast corner
of Section u, Township 10, Range 10,
thence along the public road through the
front of the Helena plantation to the
point where said road crosses the line
dividing sections ] land 2, Township 10,
Range 10, thence to center OF Section 2,
came Township and Range, thence South
to the line dividing Sections and IL,
same Township and Range, thence West
along said line to corner of Sections 2, 3,
10, IL, same Township and Range, thence
due South to Big Choctaw Bayou, thence
in Northwesterly direction along the
North side of said bayou to where said
bayou intersects the line between Sec
tons and 4, same Township and Range,
thence North along said line to corner of
Sections 3 and 4, same Township and
Range, and Sections SO and "a, Town
ship IL, Range 10, thence East along the
line dividing Township 10, Range 10,
from Township IL, Range 10, to the
Southwest corner of the Southeast quar-
ter of Section 81, Township IL, Range
IL, thence North to center of Section 81,
same Township and Range, thence due
East to Van Buren, Bayou, thence along
East bank of said bayou in Northeast
direction to line dividing Sections % and
20, Township IL, Range IL, thence East
along said line TO Northeast corner Sec
ton 26, same Township and Range,
thence diagonally in Northeasterly direc-
ton to Northeast corner of Section 40,
Township III and Range II, thence North
along Eastern line Of Section 80, same
Township and Range, TO Northeast cor
ner thereof, thence along line between
Sections SO and SO, same Township and
Range, to Northeast corner OF Section 38,
thence North along East line of Section 80,
same Township and Range, to Northeast
corner thereof, thence East along North
ern line Section "a, same Township and
Range, to Southwest corner of the South
east quarter of Section 20, same Town
ship and Range, thence North to center
Of Section 20, same Township and Range,
thence due East to Bray Lake public
road, thence in Easterly direction along
said road towhere said road crosses the
Pamela private levee, thence along said
levee to place of beginning.
SECTION 3. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That the following named three persons,
residing in said District, and being cit
liens of the State OF Louisiana, who or
whose wives are assessed with at least
Five Hundred Dollars worth of real es-
tate in said District, and who have been
recommended in writing by over twenty
five of the resident land owners OF said
District, are hereby appointed Commits
sioners of said Drainage District, to-wit:
r. H. Whitney and A. j. Gibson, who
are to serve for two years from this date,
and Rob't. Worrell, who is to serve for
four years from this date.
The Clerk OF this body is directed to
notify the Hon'i. Luther r. Hall, Cover
nor of the State OF Louisiana, OF the form
alton of this District in order that he
may name the other two commissioners,
who are to serve for four years.
SECTION 4. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That the said three Commissioners here
in appointed, together with the two to be
appointed by the Governor of the State,
shall meet in the town Of st. Joseph, at
the Court House, which is declared to be
the domicile of said Board, at - o clock,
on the 2lst day of August, 1912, for the
purpose of organizing the said Commits
sion in Accordance with the law