The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-25
POLICE JURY
REGULAR MEETING.

+ REGULAR MEETING.
( DonaldsonVille, La, Sept. 8, 1919.
The police JUICY of the PARISH OF Ascen'
sion met this day in regular session, at tne
( Courthouse and was called to order at II 80
o'clock a. m. Present: Geo. b. Reuss, hrs'
/ 3fyn;tare fifth ward: Leon Newman, sixth
/ ward c. N. Gautreau. seventh ware - .
! Causey. eighth ward. Absent: Adoiphe
+ Nettur president. third ward; }. M. otrso
if. second ward
/ Tn the absence Of President Meter, pres
ident pro tenn C. H. Landry presided.
| The following ordinance was read
AN ORDINANCE
Creating the Road District No. z to pro-
vide for the administration OF t t a. a.
( fairs of said road district. and Tor inc
/ issuance of bonds and the 1e'yihg OF
/ taxes to conform with the constltntloI,
4 and laws Of the state OF LOUISIANA, ano
to accomplish in said road district the
Construction of roads within said road
district; to invest the police jury OF the
/ parish of Ascension with the ahthofl!y =,
ia act as the governing authority Oh saia
road district. with power to appropriate
i,rouerty and with all the powers con-
ferred upon said road district, with the
police jury as the governing authority
thereof, by Act No. 1873 OF tne gehefaa
| assembly of the state OF Ao"istal'a A'
the year 1914.
! Section h. Be it ordained by the police
/ ;Dtay Of the parish of Ascension, state OF
! louisiana in lawful session convened thae
! in accordance with the article OF the con-
/ 4titution of the state of LOUISIANA, ana OF
/ Art No f83 of the general assembly OF
/ 1911, a road district within the parish OF
/ Ascension, Louisiana. be ana Inc same -
I hereby created, which shall pc known o,;s a.
! ROAD DISTRICT NUMBER 2, and winch
~fsoad district shall comprise the folioWlhe
territory, situated in the parish OF Asceh-
SION Louisiana, and described as follows
1o-wit:
me Mississippi river at intersection OF the
/ parish line dividing Iberyille and Ascension
! parishes:
| back Of the Southwood plantation;
Thence, follow the continuous PACK nhe
of Southwood Riverside and Waterloo plan
| tations to the intersection OF BACK me OF
| Waterloo plantation (which is also the
boundary line of section 80, in township g.,
range j. and the north line of section "a
Thence, east along the north line OF sec
Jon II, to common corner OF seetaohs TO-
lG "a %, about 80 chains
Thence, north along west ilne OF sectlohs
/ : and 0, one and one-half miles to quarter
section corner of west line OF section ~;
Thence, east one-quarter mile along north
line of northwest quarter OF southwest quar-
ter Of section 10;
Thence. north one-half mile along west
line of east half of northwest quarter OF
section 10, to north line Of section W.
Thence, east along north lne OF seeeioh
TO- one-quarter mile;
Thence. north three-quarters of mile
along east line of southwest quarter and
of south half of northwest quarter OF sec
ton 3
Thence. east ne-quarter mile along south
line of lot 2, section 3
Thence. north along west line of lot |,
section 3, one-quarter mile TO township me
Thence. east along township line,. to IN
teFsecton with south line OF section %,
about u chains;
Thence, in township s, south range east,
bearing north 23 degrees IL minutes east.
across sections 50 and 3s TO intersection OF
north line of section SO and west line OF
section 35, about 36 chains;
Thence, north along west line OF sections
35 and 26. about mile to intersection
with right Of way Of Louisiana Railway &
Navigation Co. railroad
Thence follow the right of way of Lou1sl-
ana Railway & Navigation Co. railroad to Ba-
you Manchac;
Thence follow south bank Of Bayou Man
chac easterIy to east line of section %;
Thence. south 81 degrees east, about ITO
chains to township line east of township 3,
range 2
Thence, south along township line about
2 = miles to quarter section corner on east
line of section J. in township 3, range q;
Thence, west along quarter section line
Thence, south along east line of west
half of southeast quarter OF section L, one
half mile;
Thence, west along south line of section
/, one-quarter mile to east line of lot z,
section IL;
Thence, south on east line of lot 2, sec
ton ~, about chains to north line OF
section 50
Thence, east alongs north line of section
SO to northeast cornerof that section, about
Is chains;
Thence, south along east line Of section 33
to southeast corner OF that section, ~
Gh s
Thence, follow west along south line Of
section 33, to east line of lot s, section II.
about 20 chains;
Thence, south along east line of lot g. to
south line Of section IL. about g chains;
Thence, west along south line of lot s,
section IL, ne-quarter mile to east line of
west half Of northwest quarter of section
t3;
Thence, south along east line of west half
Of northwest quarter Of section IL, one-haIf
mile;
Thence, west one-auarter mile along south
line of west half Of northwest quarter of
section IL;
Thence. south along west line of sections
IA, % and IS, two miles to quarter section
corner on east line of section 26;
Thence, west one-quarter mile along south
line of lot H. section &c;
Thence, south one-half mile along east
line of west half of southeast quarter, sec
ton PC;
Thence, west one-quarter mile along south
line of west half OF southeast quarter, sec
ton %, TO quarter section corner on south
line of section 20;
Thence. south along quarter section line
about SIS chains to intersection with back
line of section so, which is also the back
line of Mt. Houmas plantation
Thence, follow the continuous back line of
Mt. Houmas, Cottage Farm, Lnwood and
Belle Helene plantations to the back line Of
the property of the Miles Planting and
Manufacturing Company;
Thence. follow back line of the Miles
Planting and Manufacturing Company to par
ish line dividing Ascension and st. James
parishes;
Thence. to the Mississippi river along par
ish line;
Thence, follow up the bank of the Mis-
sissipp river to point of beginning, at
dividing line OF Iberville and Ascension par
iShes.
Section 2. Be it further ordained. etc,
that the police jury of the parish of As
board Of administrators or the governing au
thority of said Road District No. 2, herein
created, and such said road district is
hereby constituted a public corporation, and
as such public corporation said road district
shall have all the powers of corporation
shall have perpetual existence, shall have
the rights and powers to incur debt and
contract obligations to sue and be sued, to
have a corporate seal. to do and perform all
OF the acts i'll its corporate capacity and in
its corporate name necessary and proper for
the purpose of constructing public high
ways in said road district. and in construct
ing the same to do all acts necessary therein,
such as bridging of streams and ditching OF
said roads whether the bitches to be
constructed along the road or through ad-
jacent property; and generally to dc and
perform all duties that may be necessary to
carry out the objects and purposes for which
this road district is created. Said road dis
tTlct herein created shall have the power of
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