The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-04-30
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BROU66ARD, La.


straight line due east to the north
| east corner of the southeast quarter
Of Section 81, T. 10, S. r. 5 E..
thence due south in a straight
line to the northwest corner of the
| southwest quarter of Section 5, 7. II
S. r. S E., thence in a straight line
| due east to a point in the center OF
Section S, T. IL, S. r. 5 E., thence
| due south in a straight line to a
| point in the center of Section s, 7. IL,
S. r. 5 E., thence due east to the
northeast corner of the southeast
quarter of Section s, T. II, S. r. 5 E..
thence due south to the southeast
corne of the southeast quarter of
Section 8, T. IL, s. r. 5 E.,
thence due east in a straight
line until it i~ntersects the
western line of the Michel Cormier
tract, thence south in a straight line
to the southwest corner of said Mi
chel Cormier tract, thence due east
along the south line of the Michel
Cormier tract to the point of its in
tersection with the east boundary of
the northeast quarter Of Section Fl
of T. II, s. r. S E., thence due south
until it intersects the line of division
between the parishes of iberia and
Lafayette, in Section 80, T. IL, S. r.
5 E., thence in southwesterly direc-
ton to the starting point.
SECTION II.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, ETC.,
that the said Drainage District shall
be under the control and administra-
ton of five commissioners, to be
known as Drainage Commissioners: of
the first Drainage Commissioners to
be appointed hereunder, three of
them shall be appointed by the Police
Jury of this Parish, according to law,
two of them to be appointed for a
term of two years and the third for
a term of four years; the remaining
two Drainage Commissioners to be
appointed by the Governor of the
State for a term of four years. and all
or appointments by the said
Police Jury hereafter shall be for a
of four years.
The said Drainage Commissioners,
OF their wives. shall be assessed with
at least Five Hundred Dollars worth
Of real estate in the said Drainage
District, and any land owner in said
Drainage District to the assessed
value of Five Hundred Dollars may
be a Drainage Commissioner thereof,
whether he be a resident or non-res-
ident thereof, provided he be a citi-
zen of the State.
SECTION III.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, etc.,
the said Drainage District shall !.
a body corporate in law,
with all the powers of a corporation;
shall have perpetual existence; shall
the power and right to incur
debts and contract obligations: to
and be sued; to have a corporate
zeal and to do and perform any and
Ill acts in its corporate capacity and
its corporate name, necessary and
proper for the carrying out of the
purposes and objects for which the
Iame Is created. The Drainage Dis
riot shall also have the power Of ex-
property for the purpose
II acquiring sights for pumping sta
ions. or acquiring land for any other
purpose that it may find necessary.
his Drainage District shall also
AVE the power to acquire machinery
o maintain pumping plants, or any
whatever that may be
ound necessary for the purpose of
raining or reclaiming any of the
ands Of the State Of Louisiana, en-
raced within this Drainage District,
nd shall own the right of way for
annals and bitches, and all sights
;hich are acquired, either by dona.
ons. purchase or appropriation In
i'll ownership. The Drainage Com
lissioners OF this District. for the
nrpose Of securing : proper outlet /,
r the waters Of the District, shall
I've authority. to extend canals or /;
Or both canals and bitches /
,yond the limits Of this District
it'll the. same power and authority |