St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-07

thence running due east one mile;
thence running due north one mile;
thence running due east one mile to-
the south-eenter line of section II,
IN TT S R E; thence running due
north one and one half miles,
thence running due east one
quarter mile, thence running due
north one half mile to the town.
ship line between townships 6 and
7 south R 3 e.; thence running due
west along said township line $40
chains to the public road leading
from 0pelousas to LeWisburg;
thence following said public road in
a north-easterly direction $3.50
chains; thence trimming east, fol-
lowing said road 1887 chains,
thence running northeast, follow
ing said road 1919 chains; thence
running west $500 chains; thence
running northeast AZ chains;
thence running east 4.62 chains;
thence running north 29.08 chains;
thence running east 4.45 chains,
thence running northeast IS
chains to the southeast corner of
section AZ, L 3 e; thence run
ming northwest 1912 chair ~ the
east line of section IA, in T 6 S r
3 e; thence running south, follow
ing said east section line, f4.94
chains to the southeast corner of
said section Ia, T6SR3E; thence
running due west one and one quar-
ter miles; thence running due south
one quarter mile; thence running
{. due west three quarters of a mile.
thence running due south One half
mile; thence running due west III
and one quarter miles, thence run
ming due north one quarter mile to
the southeast corner of the Town
of LaWtell; thence running due
west one-quarter mile, thence run
ming due south three quarters OF a
mile; thence running west one hail
mile; thence running south n half
mile; thence running east one
quarter mile, thence running south
one half mile; thence running west
one quarter mile: thence running
south three quarters of a mile,
thence running due west n mile
and IS chains, thence running due
north 31.66 chains; thence running
due west Is chains; thence run
ming due north 1888 chains; thence
running due west one half mile to
the point of beginning, containing
1915 r be and is hereby Il
c%orporated into a drainage district
to be known as the BAYOU
PLAOUEMTNE DRAINAGE DIS
TRICTs' and all of the property
within said drainage district shall
be subject to taxation for the pur-
pose Of more fully draining the
/ lands of rain water in said district.
SECTION 2. Be it further ordain-
ed etc. That the said Bayou
Plaquemine Drainage District is
hereby constituted and declared to
be a body corporate in law, n IS
invested with all the powers and
privileges of a corporation, and
shall have perpetual existence. Ii
shall have the power to u and De
sued, and all legal processes against
it shall be served upon Its presl-
dent or secretary. The domlclie
of said corporation shall be at Ope-
lousas in the Parish of St. Landry,
State of Louisiana, at which place
Il il shall keep its office, books and
records. Said corporation shall
have the power to Buy or eXpro-
pirate property when it is necessary
to use such property in carrying oni
the plans of the drainage district
It shall have the power to purchase
or rent machinery that may Dc
found necessary for the purpose oil
draining any of the lands in the
\. drainage district and have the work
performed under their supervision
and shall own the right-of-Way fol
canals and bitches, and all sites
which are acquired ether by do
nation, purchase or appropriation
in full ownership. 1T shall have tht
i power and it shall be its duty K
open all natural drains which j
may deem necessary and to per.
form all work connected therewltf
which may be needful to rendel
natural drains more effective. 1
shall have the power of cutting ant
opening new drains 0r nonafs. In,
) Drainage Commissioners for tn
, purpose of securing a proper out
let for the waters of the district
shall have the authority to extent
: canals beyond the limits of the dis
) trict with the same power and au
3 thority of expropriating the right
of-Way in the same manner and t.
! the same extent as if such canal
were wholly within the district
Tt shall have the power to make an,
execute contracts and to do an,
perform any and all acts neeessar,
/ to carry out the objects and pur
poses for which it was created
namely, a complete and compre
limits. They shall have the powe
\ L - ls.tlaH f6a II n, - nj az 1n4o Gr,h
Drainage Districts as conferred Of
them by Act No. 227 of 1914 of th
General Assembly of Louisiana.
SECTION 3 Be it further ordain
ed, ETC., That the administrator
: and control of the affairs of the sal
Bayou Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict shall be vested in a board 0
commissioners to be known as "Th
9 Board of Commissioners of tn
) Bayou Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict:" and said board of commits
3 sioners shall be composed of fiv
members who, or whose wives
: shall be assessed with at least Fiv
i Hundred Dollars worth of real es
: tate, or must be the Representative
i of some corporation owning land
i in the district to the value of Fiv
: Hundred Dollars. Persons possess
r ing such qualifications may b
drainage commissioners whethe
: they be residents or non-resi
dents. The Police Jury shall hav
t the power to appoint three com
} missioners and the remaining tW'
commissioners shall be appointe,
!: by the Governor. Two of said com
t missioners appointed by the Polio