The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-18
POLICE JURY
REGULAR MEETING.

vide Tor the ADMINISTRATOR u
fairs Of said road district, and Tor the
| issuance of bonds and the ieVy!ng OF
taxes to conform with the consttutici
/ and laws of the state OF Louisiana, aho
| to accomplish in said road dlstflet Ing
| construction of roads within said road
district to invest the police jury OF the
parish of Ascension with the autnor1ty
| to act the governing authority OF salo
| road district, with power to appropriate
property, and with all the powers con-
| ferred upon said road district with the
police jury the governing authority
| thereof by Act No. 1873 OF the genera
assembly of the state OF Loulsiaha iol
the year 1914.
| Section t. Be it ordained by the police
| Jury of the parish of Ascension, state, OF
| Louisiana, in lawful session convened that
| in accordance with the article otgfhe con.
| stitution Of the state of LOUISIANA, ana OF
| Act No. 1873 of the general assembly OF
| 1914 road district within the parish OF
| Ascension, Louisiana, be and the same IS
| ROAD DISTRICT NUMBER 2, and which
| road district shall comprise the following
| territory. situated in the parish OF Ascen-
| sion, Louisiana. and described as follows,
| to-wit: -
| Beginning on the left descending bank of
| the Mississippi river at intersection of the
| parish line dividing Iberville and Ascension
parishes;
| Thence, follow this parish line to the
| back of the Southwood plantation;
Thence follow the continuous back line
of Southwood, Riverside and Waterloo plan
| taticns to the intersection OF back line OF
Waterloo plantation. (which IS also the
boundary line of section 20, in township y,
| range q. and the north line of section Il
Thence. east along the north line OF sec
| ticn 81. to common corner OF sections 49,
49, 81 %, about 80 chains;
Thence, north along west line OF sections
S and 0, one and half miles to quarter
section corner of west line of section 10;
Thence, east one quarter mile along north
atsfa af
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 10;
Thence. east along north line of section
10, quarter mile;
Thence, north three-quarters of a mile
along east line of southwest quarter and
of south half of northwest quarter of sec
ton 3:
Thence, east one-quarter mile along south
line of lot 2, section 8
Ehence, north along west line of lot l.,
section 8, one-quarter mile to township line;
Thence, east along township line, to in
tersecton with south line of section 3d.
about la chains;
Thence, in township 5, south range east,
bearing north % degrees IL minutes east.
across sections 80 and 3s to intersection of
north line of section 3S and west line of
section SIS, about Sc chains
Thence, north along west line of sections
35 and g. about mile to intersection
with right of way Of Louisiana Railway &
Navigation Co railroad;
Thence, follow the right Of way of Louisi-
ana Railway & Navigation Co. railroad to Ba-
you Manchac
Thence follow south bank of Bayou Man
chac easterly to east line of section %;
Thence south 81 degrees east, about Ito
chains TO township line east OF township 8,
range 2;
Thence south along township line, about
VI miles to quarter section corner on east
line of section /, in township Q, range q;
Thence, west along quarter section line
one-quarter mile;
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 2,
section II;
Thence, south on east line of lot 2. sec
ton II. about chains to north line OF
section 80;
Thence, east along north line of section
SO to northeast corner OF that section, about
Is chains;
Thence. south along east line Of section ss
chains;
Thence, follow west along south line of
section 49, to east line of lot s, section II,
about 20 chains,
Thence, south along east line of lot 6, to
south line of section IL, about Is chains;
Thence west along south line of lot 6,
section ~, one-quarter mile to east line of
west half of northwest quarter of section
l3;
Thence. south along east line of west half
of northwest quarter of section II, one-half
mile;
Thence, west quarter mile along south
line Of west half of northwest quarter of
section IL.
Thence, south along west line of sections
IA, % and rs, two miles to quarter section
corner east line of section 26s
Thence, west one-quarter mile along south
line of lot IA, section Is:
Thence, south one-half mile along east
line of west half of southeast quarter, Sec
ton &c;
Thence, west one-quarter mile along south
line of west half of southeast quarter, Sec
ton &c, to quarter section corner on south
line of section 20;
Thence, south along quarter section line
about So 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. Linwood and
Belle Helene plantations to the back line of
the property of the Miles Planting and
Company;
f1ence, 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-
sissppi 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
cension, Louisiana is hereby constituted the
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 corporate seal, to do and perform all
of the acts in 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 are to be |
along the road or through adj /
jacent property; and generally to do and /
perform all duties that may be necessary to |
larry out the objects and purposes for which |
his road district is created Said road dis
.rict herein created shall have the power of /
property for the purpose of /
acquiring rights of way for the building and
constructing of public roads and highways
md the cutting of the necessary bitches and
annals for the draining of same, and shall
lave the power to acquire machinery and
1upment such as may be essenttl to the
roper accomplishment of the purposes for
which this road district is created.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, etc.
hat the domicil of this road district is here
y fixed at Donaldsonvile, in the. parish of
ascension, the county seat of said Assem-
ion parish.
Section A. Be it further ordained, etc.
hat on the request of fifty 600 per cent
+ of the property owners. resident or
on-resident of this road district, the po-
ce jury of the parish of Ascension will
ppeint for this road district supervising
GARD Of five ~ property owners in said