Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-11
PROCEEDINGS
OF rHK
POLICE JURY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
PARISH OF TENsAs. (

st. Joseph, La, October 9TH, 1912.
Be it known that on this 9TH day of
October, 1912, it being the first Monday
in said month, and the day for the regu-
lar meeting of the Police Jury of the Par
ish of Tensas, Louisiana, said Board met
at the Court House at St. Joseph, La.
There were present:
Hon. Frank H. Curry, President, and
Messrs. Jno. d. Fultz, r. B. Lynch, B.
F. McVay and Louis T. Hunter, men,
bers.
Absent: Messrs. F. L. Guthrie and W.
A. Register, members.
The Committee appointed to examine
books and accounts Of Parish Tax Col
lector reported said examination made
and the books and accounts found cor
rect.
On motion of Mr.. Lynch, duly second
ed, the following resolution was unani-
mOusly adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
Amending and re-enacting Section No. 2
OF an ordinance of the Police Jury
passed on Monday, Aug. 18th, 1912,
entitled, IAN ordinance creating
within the Parish of Tensas drain
age district in accordance with Act
No. 81 Of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana, for the year
1910, said district to be known as
the Lake st. Peter Drainage District,
appointing three Commissioners there
for, defining its limits, and designat-
ing the domicile thereof"
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Tensas Parish, in regular meeting as
sembled-
Sec. L. That Section No. 2 OF an or
dinance passed August 18th, 1912, en-
titled San ordinance creating within the
Parish of Tensas drainage district in
accordance with Act No. 81 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, for the year 1910, said district
to be known as the Lake st. Peter Drain
age District, appointing three Commits
sioners therefor, ordaining its limits, and
designating the domicile thereof" be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows, to-wit:
That the limits OF the said District
shall be as follows: Beginning on the Pa
nola plantation at the point where the
private levee thereof in front of the Pa
nola store joins the public or State levee,
thence in Southernly direction along
the West side of said State levee, to the
public road known as the Bass lane, be-
tween the Myrtle Grove plantation of
Mrs. Jennie Bass, and the Soudan or
Hedgeland plantation of G. G. Goldman,
thence along said lane to the line between
the Soudan or Hedgeland plantation of
the said Goldman, and the Moss Grove
or Burn plantation OF the said Goldman,
thence in Northerly direction to the
center OF Section "a, Township 10, Range
ii East, thence in Nortwestly direction
to the Northeast corner of the Southeast
quarter OF Section IL, Township 10,
Range 10, East, thence due West to line
between Sections 10 and IL. Township 10,
Range 10, East, thence South along said
line TO Choctaw bayou, thence in North
westery direction along the bank of said
Choctaw bayou to the line dividing Sec
tons 4 and 5, Township 10, Range 10,
East, thence North to the corners OF Sec
tons 28, 20, 80 and SO, Township IL,
Range 10, East, thence East to the cor
ners of Sections "a, 2S, 80 and "a, Town
ship IL, Range 10, East, thence Southeast
to corners OF Sections "a and So, Town
ship IL, Range 10, East, and Sections 2
and 3, Township 10, Range10, East,
thence due East to the Southeast corner
Of the Southwest quarter OF Section 81,
Township IL, Range IL, East, thence
North TO the center of said section, thence
due East to the public road running from
the Cross Keys plantation of w. ]. Wat
son to the Oneonta plantation of the
Oneonta Realty Co., thence along said
public road in Northeasterly direction
10 where the said public road reaches
Van BURNS bayou just to the side Of
the Oneonta residence, thence along the
bank Of the said Van BURN bayou in an
Easterly direction to the point where it
intersects the line between Sections %
and 70, Township IL, Range IL, East,
thence East along said line to corners Of
Sections %, "a, %, and 20, Township II, ,
Range IL, East, thence in a Northeast
erly direction to the corners of Sections
30, 80, 40 and Al, Township IL, Range
IL, East, thence North to corners of Sec
tons 32, 80 and 80 and 80, Township Ii,
Range IL, East, thence East to corners
OF Sections 80, "a, 81 and 80, Township
III, Range ~, East, thence North to the
corners OF Sections 20, 80, 33 and "a,
Township IL, Range IL, East, thence
East along line between Sections % and
"a to the Southwest corner of the South
East quarter of Section %, thence North
to center of said Section 20, thence East
to the Bray Lake public road, thence in
Southeasterly direction along said BRAY
Lake public road to where said road
crosses the Pamela private levee, thence
along said levee 10 point of beginning.
All OF the said land being within the Par
ish OF Tensas, and comprised within the
above limits.
On motion an additional appropriation
OF $4,000 was made for benefit of Do
nestle Science Department in st. Joseph
School.
Petitions being presented asking for the
repeal of the mo fence law" no action
was taken at this meeting, but this Board
asks for expressions from all wards in
the parish, to be presented at its Decem-
Der meeting, at which time this Board
will take action.
The following bills were allowed and
ordered paid: