St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-03-14
Mr.. Beafl offered the following ordi-
nance and upon being duly read was
adopted unanimously, to-wit:
AN

| of the Police jury Of the Parish of St.
Landry, State of Louisiana, Great
ing the HBayous Boeuf and WaXia
Drainage District" and fixing the
limits thereof; constituting said
drainage district, a body corporate
In law, and investing it with pow
ers incident thereto; investing the
government and control of said
drainage district in a board of COM
missioners, and fixing IFS domiciie;
providing for the qualifications OF
said commissioners, the name of
their appointment, and fixing their
term of office; providing for the
first and subsequent meetings of
the board and the election of Of
ficers, and fixing their compensa-
ton; authorizing the board to adopt
rules and bylaws for its govern
ment and that of its officers, re-
quiring the board to keep the prop
er accounts, and to make semi-an-
nual statements and to publish
same; and providing the manner
in which funds shall be raised for
the district.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, in regular session convened; That
all Of the territory within the following
described boundaries to-wit: Beginning
at the northern boundry line OF ST.
Landry Parish at the point where the
division line between the Parishes of
st. Landry and Avoyelles intersects
Bayou Boeuf; thence following said
Bayou Boeuf south along its eastern
bank to the southwest corner OF Sec
ton 43 Township Four (4) South of
Range Four al East, being the south
west corner of the property of Geo.
Keltat Begg Station; thence northeast
along said section line to the western
line of the right-of-Way of the Morgan,
Louisiana and Texas Railroad Company;
thence south along the western line of
said right-of-Way of said railroad com
pany to the point where said right-of-
way intersects the northern line of Sec
ton Eighty-0ne (81l Township Five 81
South Of Range Four az East; thence
south Fifty {50) Degrees East to Bayou
Courtableau; thence east following
along the northern bank of said Bayou
C~ourtablean tothe mouth ofBayou Wax
ia; thence east following along the north
bank of Bayou Waxia to a point oppo-
site the source of Bayou Sackett; thence
north following along the west bank Of
Bayou Waxia to a poiut where Dry
Bayou empties into said Bayou Waxia,
which said Dry Bayou lies in Town
ship Four az South Of Range Five g.
of said Dry Bayou TO Bayou Petit Prai-
RE; thence in a northwest direction
along the west bank of said Bayou
Petit Prairie to the north line of Section
Fifteen (15l Township Three 49, South
of Range -Four 4) East; thence west
along said section line between sections
Is and 10, of said township and range
to the northwest corner OF said section
Is; thence south along the section line
between sections Is and 16 Of Town
ship Three 81 South Of Range Four
(4) Eastto the east line Of the right-ef-
way of the Texas and Pacific Railroad
Company; thence in a northwest diree-
ton along the said east line of said
right-of-Way to the northern boundary
of the Parish of st. Landry, being the
division line between the Parishes Of
st. Landry and Avoyelles; thence west
along said division line separating said
parishes to Bayou Boeuf at the point Of
beginning, be and is hereby incorpor-
ated into a drainage district to be
known as the .tBayous Boeuf and Wax
ia Drainage District and all property
within SAID drainage district shall be
subject to taxation for the purpose of
more fully and readily draining the
lands of rain water in said district.
Section 2. Be itfurther ordained, etc,
That the said Bayous Boeuf and Waxia
Drainage District is hereby constituted
and declared to be a body corporate in
law, and Is invested with all the pow
ers and privileges of a corporation, and
shall have perpetual existence. It
shall have the power to sue and be
sued. and all legal process against it
shall be served upon its president or
cretary. The domicile of said corpor-
alton shall be at 0PELOUSAS in the
Parish of St. Landry, State OF Louis
lana, at which place it shall keep its
books and records. Said cor
poratiOn to have a seal and to do and
perform any and all acts in its corpor-
ate capacity and in its corporate name,
necessary and proper for the carrying
out OF the purposes and objects for
which the drainage district was erea-
ted. 1t shall have the power to buy
or appropriate property when it is nee
essary to use such property in carry
out the plans of the drainage dis-
It shall have the power to pur-
chase machinery or dredge boats that
may be found necessary for the pur-
pose Of draining any OF the lands in
the drainage district and have the
work performed under their super
vision and shall own the-right-of way
Tor canals and bitches, and all sites
which are acquired either by dona-
ion, purchase or appropriation in full
ownership. It shall have the power |
md it shall be its duty to open ali
drains which it may deem nee
sssary and to perform all work con-
lected Herewith which may be need
'ul to render natural drains more eff
It shall have the power of
and opening new drains or ca
lals. The Drainage Commissioners
or the purpose OF securing a proper
,utlet for the waters of the district,
hall have the authority to extend ca
lals beyond the limits of the district
With the same power and authority of
,xpropriating the right-of-way in the
;ame manner and to the same extent
if such canals were wholly within
he district. 1t shall have the power
o make and execute contracts and to
10 and perform any and all acts nee
'essary to carry out the objects and
purposes for which it is created, name
y, a complete and comprehensive
Irainage system within its limits. They
hall have the power to divide the
district into S~ub-Drainage Districts as
onferred on them by Act No. 317 of
$40, the General Assemblyof Louisiana.
Section 8. Be it further ordained,