The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

Range 4, East; thence following said
section line in a northeasterly direc-
ton to the northeast corner thereof
thence running due north about one
quarter mile to a point in Section SO,
Township 6, South, Range A, East
thence running due west to public
road leading from 0pelousas to Lew
isburg and Church Point, striking
same at the northeast corner of tract
of land owned by Perry G. Walker
thence following said road in direc-
ton of Church Point (southerly) to
the township line between Townships
and z, South, Range 8, East, at the
southwest corner of Albert Savoy's
property; thence running east to line
of division between property of Mos
! ley and Phillips thence running south
one-half mile; thence running west
one-quarter mile; thence running
south one and one-half miles to the
southeast corner of Southwest guar
ter of Section IL, Township z, South,
Range 8, East; thence running west
three-fourths of mile to the north
east corner of Northwest quarter of
Northeast quarter OF Section Is,
Township 7, South, Range 8, East !;
thence running south one-quarter of
mile to the southeast corner of said
Northwest quarter of Northeast quar-
ter of Section Is; thence running
west one-quarter mile to the south
west corner of said Northwest guar.
ter of Northeast quarter Of Section
Is; thence running south ene-quarter
Of q mile to the southeast corner OF
Southeast quarter of Northwest quar-
ter Of Section Is, Township z, South,
I Range 3, East; thence running west
one-quarter mile to the southwest
corner Of said Southeast quarter of
Northwest quarter Of Section ID;
thence running south one-half of a
mile to the southeast corner of South
west quarter Of Southwest quarter
of Section Is, Township z, South,
| Range 8, 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 z, South, Range
8, East; thence running west three
/ fourths of a mile to the northwest
corner of Northeast quarter of Sec
ton 81, Township 7, South, Range 8,
| East; thence running south one-quar-
! ter of a mile to the southeast corner
of North half of Northwest quarter
of Section 81, Township Z, South,
| Range 8, East; thence running west
one-haf 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.
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 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 i'm
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 a 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 president,
and in his absence then upon the sec
rotary. It shall keep at its domicile
all its official books and records.
Section Be it further 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 exeeu-
ted under their own supervision and
shall own the right-of-way for ca
nails and bitches and all sites which
are acquired either by donation, pur-
chase of appropriation in full own
ership. It 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. 1t
shall have the power and authority to
cut and open new drains or canals.
The drainage commissioners for the
purpose of securing proper outlet
for the waters Of the said drainage
district shall have the full power and
authority to extend drainage diteehes
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 IF the
said district. It shall have he 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,
namely: To design, construct, COM
plete and maintain a comprehensive
gravity drainage. system within its
boundaries. 1t shall have the power
to divide the district into one and
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