Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-06-05
TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Jaw iH Tie regular meeting Oh Cue bOaru
If Aldermen Of the Town of st. Joseph,
said Board met at the Office oil the Mayor
this day.
There wore present: Hon. w. NJ.
Davidson, .Iayor. and Me>srs. JOS. Cur.
ry, Oscar Levy, Il. J. Walton and Louis
iuckncr. Aldermen.
\ quorum being present, the Board
proceeded to business as follows:
On motion, the reading of the minutes
/ the last meeting was dispensed with.
On motion Of Mr.. Curry, seconded by
Mr.. Levy. the following ordinance Wa,
unanimously adopted:
ORDINANCES No. rs.
An ordinance providing for the enlarge
ment OF the Corporate Limits of the
Town Of st. Joseph.
SECTION /. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Board Of Aldermen of the Town oil
y. Joseph, That the corporation limits
Of the Town of st. Joseph he, and the
same are hereby enlarged and extended
50 rs to include the following described
t ,rritory:
That certain property commencing al
The corner Of Pamela Avenue and Newton
Street in Northerly direction 275 feet,
thence in Westerly direction l2O feet
on line parallel with Pamela Avenue,
thence in Southerly direction on line
parallel with Newton Street, 275 feet,
thence along Pamela Avenue 100 to the
place of beginning
Also those seven lots lying between
Duckpond Street and Grace Street and
Grace Street and the public road and the
extension Southerly Of Third Street.
SECTION 2. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That as thus enlarged, the corporate linn
its OF the Town of st. Joseph shall Ike as
follows, tO-wit:
Beginning at point on the margin OF
the lake in front of the Town opposite
lie upper line Of the lot on Duck Pond
plantation, occupied by Chas. Lincoln,
thence along the fence forming the North
ern boundary line of said Lincoln lot tn
the outside base Of the public leyee;
thence along the said outside base Of the
said levee to a point opposite the South
inc Of the street known az Duck Pond
Street, on the plat Of the Worrrll Addi-
tim to the said Town OF st. Joseph; NJ
corded i'm NOtarial Book "J'', in the Re.
corder's Olice OF said Parish Of Tensas,
Louisiana, thence across said public levee
t, the public road at Duck Pond Street,
thence down said public road In
trace Street, thence along Grace Street
to Third Street to point 2IO feet
West Of the intersection of Third Street
and said Duck Pond Street, a. laid
DOWN on said plat OF said Worrell Addi-
ton, thence in Northerly direction on
\ line parallel with said Third Street
to the line between Section IL and IL,
Township l, Range ~, East, thence in a
Westerly direction along said section line
to point opposite the Northeast corner
Of Lot 7 as laid down on the plat Of lots
belonging to the Parish of Tensas, as re-
corded in Notarial Book 'I'', page 4S3,
in said Recorders Office, thence in d.
rect line in a Northerly direction across
Section IL (tl,cnce in an Easteriy direc-
ton to said Northeast corner OF said lot
-, thence in an Easterly direction along
the line between Sections l6 and IL in
said Township and Range to the North
west corner of the lot OF Arthur Shaifer,
thence in a direct line across what is
known as the Price Field to the South.
west corner of Alex Blanche lot, former
ly occSpied by N. H. Clark, thence in a
Northerly direction along the West line
of said lot to.and across the Plank Road
to the fence OF the Pamela plantation,
thence along the said fence to the South
west corner OF the lot OF Z. j. Walton,
formerly occupied ne residence by J.
w. Gildart, thence along the Western
line of said lot to the Northwest corner
thereof, thence to point opposite the
North line Of said Pamela Avenue to
point 100 feet from the intersection OF
said Northern line OF Pamela Avenue with
the Western line of Newton Street, thence
in Northerly direction parallel with
said Newton Street to point intersect-
ing the Westerly extension of the North
ern line of North Street, thence along
said extension in an Easterly direction to
the intersection OF Newton Street with
North Street.
Thence along said North Street to the
public road lying behind the public Ievee
in direct line to the edge Of the lake in
front Of town. thence along the said lake
to the point of beginning.
And vote being taken on the above
Ordinance said vote resulted as follows:
For the passage of the Ordinance:
Curry, Walton, Levy and Buckner.
Against the passage Of the Ordinance:
None.
Adopted June 2, 1914.
W. NJ. DAVIDSON, Mayor,
Josiah p. Scott, Clerk.
There being no further business, ON
motion the Board. adjourned, sine die.
W. NJ. DAVIDSON, Mayor,
Attest: Josiah p. Scott, Clerk.