Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-16

State of Louisiana,
Parish Of Tensas.
Be it known and remembered, that
on this the 9Th day of May, 1919. it
being the day for the regular meeting
of the Police Jury in and for above
Parish and State. said Honorable
body met at the Court House in st.
Joseph, La.
There were present: Mr.. Frank H.
Curry, President, and Messrs. Ally.
Coleman, Grace, Hunter and Gavin,
absent O'Kellu.
On motion duly made and seconded
reading Of the Minutes Of last meet
ing was dispensed with.
On motion duly made and seconded
the following Ordinance was offered
and adopted, to-wit:
Be it Ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of Tensas in lawful ses-
sinn convened. tina. an Ordinance
Of the Police Jury of this Parish. Of
date Oct. 2, III, being q" Ordinance
creating the Lake St. Peter drain
age district in this Parish, be and the
same is hereby rebealed and annulled
for the reason that none CT the pro-
visions of said ordinance were ever
carried into effect.
And on motion of Mr.. Ally. duly
seconded, the following ordinance
wsa offered and unanimously adopted
AN ORDINANCE. creating within the
Parish Of Tensas, drainage dis
trict in accordance with the con.
stitution and laws of the State Of
Louisiana, said District to be
known a. "The Lake ST. Peter
Drainage District" appointing
three Of the commissioners there
Of, defining the limits and desig-
mating the domicile thereof.
It is ordained bv the Police Jury
Of the Parish Of Tensas, in regular
session:
Sec. l.: That a drainage district
to be known at "The Lake st. Peter
DRAINAGE District" be and the same
is hereby created.
Sec. 2: Be it further ordained that
the limits of the said District shall
be as 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-
senh, in township II. range l2 at the
point where the private leyee front of
the building formerly used as the Pa
ncla store Joins the public state levee !:
thence in a southerly direction along
fhe west side of said public levee
to what ia known as Bass Lane.
being q public road dividing the
Soudan plantation belonging 20
the estate Of G. C.. Goldman from
the Myrtle Grove plantation be
longing 70 Mn. Jennie Bass: thence
in q northwesterly direction along
said public road until il strikes the
division line between sections IA and
IS, township 10, range IL; thsnce
in . northerly direction through. sec
tiOn IS and 81 until il strikes the
line betweou section "a and 81. same
- 1<nfs1 - III 80
III q ~ y ~ u IA Iihe; thence
IN q no9C1WeSteriy direction until It
strikes the section line between sec
ton IL, township 10, range 10, and
section ~. township 10, range IL.
at the half section corner, thence
north to the corner of section 23
and "a, township 10, north, range
IL east, and section 1 and IL, town.
ship 10. range 10; thence due west
one mile to the corner of sections
l, 2, IL and IL, township 10, range
10: thence north one-half mile along
the line dividing sections l and 2,
said township and range; thence due
west one mile to the section line di-
viding sections 2 and 3 at the half
section corner; thence south to the
corner between section 2, 8, 10 and
IL, same township and range; thence
west along the line between section
8 and section 10, same township and
range to . point directly north of
the eastern edge Of the iron bridge
across Big Choctaw Bayou, known as
the Pecano Bridge: thence in
northwesterly direction along the CEN
ter of said BAYOU to where said Bay-
ou intersects section line between sec
tions 8 and 10, same township and
range; thence east along said Sec
tion line to the one-half section cor
ner between sections 8 and 10, same
township and range: thence due
north through section 8. town.
ship 10, range 10, and section "a,
township II. range 10. to the section
line between sections 81 and "a, said
township and range. to the Little
Choctaw Bayou: thence alone Little
Choctaw Bayou, to where the same
intersects the line between section
% and 27: thence east along the
line dividing sections 21 end 23
from PC and 27 aaid townshin and