St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-02-21
AN ORDINANCE

of the Police Jury of the Parish of ST.
Landry, State of Louisiana, Great
ing the eBayous 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
m~issioners, and fixing its domicile;
providing for the qualifications of
said commissioners, the manner 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 /. 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 i%ntersects
Bayou Boeuf; thence following said
Bayou Boeuf south along its eastern
bank to the southwest corner OF Sec
ton 43 Township Four (41 South Of
Range Four AZ East, being the south
west corner of the property of Geo.
KeIt at 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-One (81) Township Five {5)
South of Range Four {1 East; thence
south Fifty t50) Degrees East to Bayou
Courtableau; thence east following
along the northern bank of said Bayou
Courtablean tothe mouth of Bayou Wax
la; thence eastfolloWing 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 (4) South of Range Five 81
East; thence east along the north bank
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 (15) Township Three 81 South
of Range -Four AZ 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 is of Town
ship Three 49, South of Range Four
AZ East to the east line of the .right-of-
way of the Texas and Pacific Railroad
Company; thence in a northwest direc-
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
as the "Bayous Boeuf and Wax
ia Drainage District" and all property
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
.rs and privileges of a corporation, and
shall have perpetual existence. 1t
shall have the power to sue and be
sued. and all legal process against it
shall be served upon its president or
Sc cretary. The domicileo of said corpor-
alton shall be at OPELOUSAS In the
Of ST. Landry, State OF Louis
lana, at which place it shall keep Its
office, books and records. Said cor
nnration To have q seal and to do and