The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-15

the township line between Townships
6 and z, South, Range 3, East, at the
I southwest corner of Albert Savoy's
property; thence running east to line
of division between property of Mos
F.! ley and Phillips thence running south
i one-half mile; thence running west
one-quarter mile; thence running
south one and one-half miles to the
southeast corner of Southwest quar-
/ ter of Section II, Township z, South,
Range 3, East; thence running west
/ three-fourths of mile to the north
east corner of Northwest quarter of
Northeast quarter of Section Is,
I Township z, South, Range 3, East;
thence running south one-quarter of
a mile to the southeast corner of said
Northwest quarter of Northeast quar-
ter of Section Is; thence running
west quarter mile to the south
west corner of said Northwest quar-
ter of Northeast quarter of Section
Is; thence running south one-quarter
of a mile to the southeast corner of
Southeast quarter of Northwest quar-
ter of Section Is, Township Z, South,
Range 8, East; thence running west
quarter mile to the southwest
corner of said Southeast quarter of
Northwest quarter Of Section Is;
thence running south one-half of a
mile to the southeast corner of South
west quarter of Southwest quarter
of Section Is, Township 7, South,
Range 3, East; thence running west
one-quarter mile to the southwest
corner of said Southeast quarter of
Northwest quarter of eSction Is;
thence running south one-half of
mile to the southeast corner of South
west quarter of Southwest quarter of
Section Is, Township 7, South, Range
| 3, East; thence running west three
fourths of a mile to the northwest
corner of Northeast quarter of Sec
tion 81, Township z, South, Range 3,
i East; thence running south one-quar-
ter of a mile to the southeast corner
of North half of Northwest quarter
of Section 81, Township 7, South,
Range 8, East; thence running west
one-half mile to the southwest cor
ner of said North half of Northwest
quarter of Section 81; thence run
ming south three and three-quarters
miles to the point of beginning. Con-
tanning approximately 1900 acres
be and the same is hereby incorpor-
ated into a drainage district to be
designated and known as the 'Belle-
vue and Coulee Crochee Drainage
District" of the parish of st. Landry,
state of Louisiana, and all of the land
and property situated within the
boundaries of said drainage district
shall be subject to taxation for the
purposes of more perfectly draining
the lands of rain water within said
drainage district.
Section BE it further ordained,
etc., that the said Bellevue and Cou-
lee Croche Drainage District be and
the same is hereby duly constituted
and declared to be a body corporate
in law, it shall have perpetual exis-
tence and shall enjoy. and exercise
all rights, powers and privileges here
matter set forth, as well as those
granted, or which may hereafter be
granted by the constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana, to
corporations of this character with
full authority and power to contract,
sue and be sued, plead and be inn
pleaded, appear, answer and prose-
cute in all courts of justice and else
where, to make and use a corporate
seal which shall be in circle of the
words Bellevue and Coulee Croche
Drainage District" and in the CEN
ter Corporate Seal 1919, La" The
domicile of said corporation shall be
in the City of Opelousas, Parish of
St. Landry, State of Louisiana. All
citations or other legal process shall
be served upon the president, and in
his absence upon the vice-president,
and in his absence then upon the sec
rotary. 1t shall keep at its domicile
all~it official books and records.
Section Be it furJher ordained,
etc., that said corporation through
its Board of Drainage Commissioners,
shall have the power to receive by do
nation or to buy or appropriate prop
erty when it deems it necessary to
use such property in carrying out
the plans and purposes for which
said drainage district was created.
It shall have the power to purchase
or rent machinery that in its judg-
ment may be found necessary for the
purpose of draining any or all of
the land situated within said drain
age district and have the work execu-
ted under their own supervision and
shall own the right-of-way for ca
mails and bitches and all sites which
are acquired either by donation, pur-
chase of appropriation in full own
ership. 1t is hereby vested with full
power and it shall be its duty to open.
straighten and clean out all natural !
drains which in its judgment it may
deem necessary or proper, and to per-
form any and all other work Incl
dental to or connected Herewith |
which may be needful to render the |
natural drains of said drainage dis |
trict more perfect and effective. It |
shall have the power and authority to |
cut and open new drains or canals. |
The drainage commissioners for the |
purpose of securing a proper outlet |
for the waters of the said drainage |
district shall have the full power and |
authority to extend drainage ditcehes
or canals beyond the boundaries Of |
the said drainage district with the |
same power and authority to expro-
pirate the right-of-way in the same |
manner and to the same extent as
though such canals or bitches were
situated within the boundaries Of the
said district. It shall have The power
to make and execute, contract and
to do and perform any and all acts
necessary to carry out the plans and
purposes for which it is created,
To design, construct, com
plete and maintain a comprehensive
gravity drainage system within its
boundaries. It shall have the power