The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-10-11
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CREATING THE BAY
on COURTABLEAU AND TECHE


DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
Mr.. G. w. Greig offered the fol-
lowing ordinance which was duly sec
onded by Mr.. w. F. Brown, q
AN ORDINANCE
Of the police jury of the Parish OF
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, Great
ing the Bayou Courtableau and Teche
Drainage District of st. Landry Par
ish, State of Louisiana, and fixing
the boundaries thereof, constituting
said drainage district, body corpor-
ate in law, and vesting it with power
and authority incident thereto; vest
ing the government and control of
said drainage district in a Board of
five Isl Commissioners, and fixing
their domicile, providing for the qua
LITIGATION 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 compensation,
authorizing and empowering the
board to make and adopt bylaws,
rules and regulations for its govern
ment and that of its officers; requir-
ing the board to keep the proper
books and accounts; and providing
the method Of procuring funds for
the district.
SECTION 1.
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordain-
ed by the Police Jury of the said Par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
now in regular session duly assembled
that all of the land and property sit
uated within the following described
boundaries, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the South
Bank of the Bayou Courtableau in
the Town of Port Barre, La, where
the public road leading from Port
Barre to Opelousas leaves the said
Bayou Courtableau leading in south
erly direction (said road being a con-
tiuation of the present gravel road
from Opelousas to Por tBarre) and
following said Port Barre-Opelousas
Public Road to the point where said
road crosses the Bayou Teche; thence
following the meanderings of the
Bayou Teche in a southerly direction
to a point one-half mile due West
of the range line between Town
ships S r E and S., r 5 E.;
thence due South to Township line
between Townships 6 S., r e and
z S., R E thence due East one-half
mile to the corner common to Town
ships 6 S., r E, T s S., R-5-E;T-7-
S., RAE and IT'S, RISE; thence
due South one-half mile; thence due
East to the Bayou Teche; thence fol-
lowing the meanderings of the Bayou
Teche to the st. Landry-St. Martin
Parish Line; thence following said
Parish Line in an easterly direction
to the pont where the south line of
Sec. 81, IT'S, R-6-E, intersects the
said Parish Line, or Bayou Portage;
thence due east to the point of inter-
section with Protection Levee con-
structed by the State or Levee Board; ;
thence in a northerly direction fol-
lowing said protection levee to its
North end on Bayou Courtableau;
thence following the South bank of
the Bayou Courtableau in a westerly
direction to the point of beginning.
SECTION 2.
BE 1T FURTHER ORDAINED,
ETC., That the said BAYOU COURTA-
BLEAU TECHE RAINAGE DIS
TRICT be and the same is hereby
duly constituted and declared to be
perpetual existence and shall enjoy
and exercise all rights, powers and
privileges hereinafter set forth, as
well as those granted, or which may
hereafter be granted by the Consitu-
ton and Laws of the State of LOui-
siana, to corporations of this charac-
ter with full authority and power to
contract, sue and be sued, plead and
be implicated, appear, answer and
prosecute in all Courts of Justice and
elsewhere, to make and use a cor
porate seal which shall be a circle
of the words: BAYOU COURTA-
AND TECHE DRAINAGE
and in the CENTER
Corporate Seal 1919, La" The DOM
icile of said Corporation shall be in
the City of Opelousas, Parish of st.
Landry, State of Louisiana. All cit
atoms or other legal process shall be
served upon the President, and in his
absbence upon the Vice. President and
in his absence then upon the Secre-
tary. It shall keep at its domicile all
official books and records.
SECI1ON 3.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED,
ETC., That said corporation through |
is Board of Commission, shall have |
he power to receive by donation or
% buy or appropriate property when
t deems it necessary to use such i
property in carrying out the plans
ind purposes for which said Drain
lge District was created. It shall
AVE the power to purchase or rent
that in its judgment may
'e found necessary for the purpose
4 draining any or all of the land
ituated within said Drainage District
md have the work executed under
heir own supervision and snail own
he right-of-way for canals and
Iitches and all sites which are ac-
Iuired either by donation, purchase
r appropriation in full ownership.
t is hereby vested with full power
nd it shall be its duty to open,
traighten and clean out all natural
rains which in its judgment it may
eem necessary or proper. and to
erform any and all other work in
idental to or connected Herewith
Which may be needful to render the
atural drains of said Drainage Dis
rict more perfect and effective. 1t
hall have the power and authority
0 cut and open new drains or canals.
he Drainage Commissioners for the
urpose of securing a proper outlet
or the waters of the said Drainage
)isrtict shall have the full power and
to extend drainage bitches
r canals beyond the boundaries of
he said Drainage District with the
anne power and authority to expro-
rate the right-of-way in the same
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