Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-06-06
FRIDAY, JUNE 6. 1919.
State Of Louisiana,
Parish Of Tensas.

Be 1t known and remembered, that
pursuant to call of the President, the
Police Jury In and for the above Par
ish and State, met ct the Court House
In st. Joseph, La, on this the 4th day
Of June, 1919.
There were present, Mr.. Frank H.
Curry, President; and Messrs. E. G.
Grace, w. H. Ally, L. T. Hunter, E.
d. Coleman, and Wiley Gavin; absent,
d. H. O'KelIey.
There being q quorum present, the
Board proceeded to business as fol-
lows:
On motion duly made and seconded
the reading Of the Minutes Of the last
meeting was dispensed with.
On motion of Mr.. E. E. Grace, duly
seconded the following Ordinance was
offered and unanimously adopted:
An ordinance amending and re-
snacting m ordinance passed by this
body on the 9th day of May, 1919,
creating within the parish of Tensas q
Drainage District in accordance with
the Constitution and laws of the State
OF Louisiana, said District to be known
~ the Lake st. Peter Drainage Dis
trict, appointing three Of the Com
missioners thereof, defining the limits
and designating the domicile thereof.
Be It ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish Of Tensss In special session
assembled: That that certain ordi-
nance passed on the motion of Mr..
Ally on the 9Th day of May, 1919,
creating within the Parish of Tensas a
Drainage District, be, and the same is
hereby amended and re-enscted so as
10 read % follows, to-wit:
Sec. /: That a drainage district
70 b known - "The Lake st. Peter
DT1inage District" be and the same
= hsreby created.
Sec. 2: Be It further ordained that
The limits Of the said District shall
b - follows, and the same shall be
composed Of the lands within the fol-
lowing lines, to-wit:
Beginning on the Pamela Planta-
ton just above the Town of st. Jo-
eoph, IN township IL, range IL at the
point whore private ievee In front Of
tAe building formerly used as the Pa
nola store joins the public state levee
thence in . southerly direction along
the west side of said public .levee
- what u known as Bass Lane,
Icing . public road dividing the
eoudan plantation belonging 20
the estate Of G. C.. Goldman from
TIE Myrtle Grove plantation be
Longing to Mrs. Jennie Bass; thence
n . northwesterly direction along
oeid public road until it strikes the
elyision line between sections Ii and
%. township 10, range IL; thence
n = northerly direction through Sec
ton 86 and 80 until it strikes the
ltuo between section "a and "a, same
township and range at the half Sec
ton corner Of the said line; thence
tn . northWesterly direction until It |
Utyikao the section line between sec-l
ton IL, toWnship 10, range 10. and
section ~, township 10, range IL,
- the hall section corner, thence |
north to the corner Of section 20 |
and -. township 10, north, range |
IL eaGt. and section and IL. town /
chip 10, range 10; thence West q
nttle over miles along the section
llno betWeen section / and IL, and Q /
and II, 3 and 10, T. 10, r. 10 E to q
point on the section line between
DeCtions 8 and 10, same township
md range to . point directIyI
north Of eastern edge of iron bridge
across Big Choctaw Bayou. known as
he Pscano Bridge; thence south TO
The center Of Big Choctaw Bayou,
lheuCo In . northwesterly direction
Along the center of said BAYOU to
where 0aid Bayou intersects section
line between sections 8 and 10, same
Downehtp and range; thence east along
Md section line to the q section cor
her between sections and 10, same
boWnship and range; thence due
north through section 8, town.
hip 10, range 10, and section "a,
township II, range 10, to the section
Inc between. sections q and 81, said
!oWnshlp and range, thence east to the
Little Choctaw Bayou; thence along
little Ohoctaw Bayou, to where same
ntersscts the line between section
y, -, seme township and range; then
.. slopg line dividing secs. 81 and %
rom 20 and "a, said township and
range. TO . point x Of q mile west
q the corner dividing sections 20,
-. 20 and rs, said township and 9
!enee; thence south through section ID
=, u mile, thence east through sec ,
Ions = and Is, T. II, r. 10, and
through section 30, T. IL, r. IL e. to
ne center OF section 30, thence south
through sections 80 and 81 to the
.eoter OF section 81, T. IL, R. II e, T,
hence east to the center OH
ectaon s., said Township and I
'ange; thence north to the line be-
ween sections 20 and SO, said town.
hip and range; thence east to the /;
ectton corner between sections ~,
y. 81 and 81. same township and
Nnge, thence north on the section I
Inc between sections "a and 20 and r
Il and %, same township and range !,
9 . point one-quarter Of mile north
8 the section corner between sec
ions Il, %, q and 2S, same town. q
hip and range; thence east to a s
|otnt on the line between sections "a. T
ownship IL, range IL, and section :
%, township IL, range IL, one-quar.l
er Of mile north Of the corner be- q
wsen sections "a and Is, township
]. range III, and section 40 and IS,
ownship IL, range IL, thence north I
long the range line between ranger
! and range IL, township IL, to a b
oint 4 Of mile south Of the cor n
or between sections Is and "a, f.
pwnship II, range IL, sections 80
nd 20, township IL, range IL; q
Aenes est to the section line be- o