The Rice belt journal., 1912-08-30
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Jefferson Davis


State of Louisiana,
Parish of Jefferson Davis.
II do hereby certify that the above
ana foregoing is a true and correct
copy OF the petition and certified copy
OF the assessor of CalCasieu Parish
tnefeto annexed. presented to the Po-
lice Jury of Jefferson Davis Parish.
passed on August II, 1912, the original
OF which has been withdrawn by the
petitioners, with the consent of the
Police Jury,
Witness my official signature here
to at Lake Arthur, La, on this the
18th day of August, A. D. 1912.
l. R. PRICE,
Clerk of the Police Jury of Jefferson
Davis Parish. Louisiana.
Upon motion by Mr.. Merritt, sec
onded by Mr.. Cooper, the following
ordinance creating Lacasine Drainage
District No. l for the Parish OF Jeffer-
son Davis was read, adopted and sign
ed. Upon roll call all members vot-
ing in the affirmative.
AN ORDINANCE, NO. 6.
An ordinance creating Lacasine
Drainage District No. l for the Parish
of Jefferson Davis, State of Louisiana:
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis that the territory within the
following described metes and bounds
is hereby created a drainage district,
to-wit:
All of sections three (3), four (Q,
five (5) ;>east half of section six C; ;
all of sections seven (O, eight (S),
nine (9), ten 1O), fifteen Q5), six
teen (16), seventeen Q0, eighteen
(1S), nineteen Q9), twenty (20), TWEEN,
ty-one (2D; north half of section
twenty-eight (28); all that portion of
section twenty-nine (29) north of the
right of way of Louisiana Western
railroad; north half of section thirty
| (30J and that portion of the south half
of said section lying west of the La
casino Bayou, all in township nine (9)
south, range five (5) west.
The east half of section eleven (1D ;
all of sections twelve. Q2), thirteen
(13), fourteen (14, twenty-four (24)
twenty-five (25) and thirty-six (96)
all in township nine 90 south, range
six (6) west.
All of section one ~, in township
ten (1O) south, range six (6) west
as will more fully appear with refer
ence to plat hereto annexed and made
a part hereof.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
etc, that said drainage district shall
be known as "Lacasine Drainage Dis
trict No. l." and shall have its domi
cile at Rice, La, in the said district
in the parish of Jefferson Davis, State
of Louisiana.
| Section 3. Be it further ordained
ETC.. that until otherwise provided A
Vernon Peters, Thomas S. Stegall ant
Arthur T. Jones, qualified electors
owning land within the said drainage
district, and qualified to hold said OF
flee under the laws of the State %
Louisiana, be and they are hereby ap
pointed and commissioned as commits
sioners for said drainage district, tn
first two of said named parties for
period of two years and the last name'
for a period of four years from thi
date, with all of the powers and au
thority vested by law in such officers
to act with two commissioners to b.
appointed by the governor OF Louis
lana.
Section a. Be it further ordained
ETC., that said commissioners shall
meet at the above named domicile a
10 o'clock a. M, on Monday, Septem
her 16, 1912, and shall then and ther
proceed to organize as provided b.
Ilaw ROBT. P. HOWELL,
President of the Police Jury.
R. PRICE, Clerk of Police Jury.
By Mr.. Cooper: That Mr.. c. A. Nc
Gov be and he is hereby authorized I
retsin the original petition from Ian
owners of Lacasine Drainage Dltc
No. /, which has just been presente
| to the Police Jury, he to leave VIII
the clerk of this Police jury cert
fled copy of said petition, Motto
seconded by Mr.. Langley and carried
II BY Mr.. Cooper: That Ordinance NJ
7 authorizing the clerk OF the Dlstrle
Court of the Parish of Calcasieu t
proceed to make a true and corret
transcript of all records, etc, IN III
office be. adopted as read. Seconde
J by Mr.. Conner, whereupon the 10
} lowing ordinance was unanimous
adopted on roll call:
ORDINANCE NO. Z.
D Pc it ordained by the Police Jur
of the Parish of Jefferson Davis, stat
of louisiana
0 That the clerk of the District Cou
of the Parish of Calcasieu procee
0 without delay to make true ana co
O rect transcript, in order OF dates