The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-03-16

! intersects the West Line of Section
/ %, T, 8. s., R. 2, E.; thence south
to a point One-quarter of mile
/ South of the North line Of Section 81,
/ 7. s. s, R. ,. E.; thence East to Ba-
you MalIet and thence crossing said
Bayou to a line of division between
property of Frank Brinkman and
properties Of Ernest Guillory and
Arthur Miller: thence in Southeast
erly direction, along said division line
20 where the same intersocts the dl-
vision line between the parishes or
St. Landry and Acadia; thence East
along said division line to point OF
BEGINNING Containing approximately
Sixteen Thousand t16.000) acres OF
land. BE and the same is hereby IN
corporatad into a Drainage District
10 be designated and known as the
"'Iawteu Drainage District" of the
parish Of ST. Landry, state Of LOuisi-
ana. and all the land and property
situated within the boundaries of sad
drainage district shall be subject 10
taxation for the purpose of more per-
fectly draining the lands of rain wat
er within said drainage district.
Section ? Be it further ordained.
etc. that the said Lawteu Drainage
District be and the same is hereby
duly constituted and declared to be
a body corporate in law. 1t shall
have perpe uai existence and shall en-
Joy and exercise all rights, powers
and privileges as now granted, or
which may hereafter be granted by
the constitution and laws of the state
of Louis lana. to corporations of this
character with full authority and pow
er 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 corpor-
ate seal which shall be a circle OF
the words: "LAWTELL DRAINAGE
DISTRICT" and in the center: Cor
porate Seal 1921, La" The domicile
of said corporation shall be in the
, town of Lawtell. in the parish of St.
Landry, state of Louisiana. All cita-
tiOns or other legal process shall be
served upon the president, and in his
absence upon the president and
in his absence upon the secretary. 1t
shall keep al its domicile all its Off
cial books and records.
Section ,. Be it further ordained.
etc. that said corporation shall have
authority 20 receive by donation or 70
buy or appropriate property when
deemed necessary to use such prop
erty in carrying out the plans and puT-
poses for which said drainage Dis
trict was created. 1t shall have auth
Ority to purchase or rent machinery
which may be necessary for draining
the land within said drainage district
and to have the work executed under
its own supervision, and shall own the
right-of-way for canals and bitches
and all sites which are acquired for
the said drainage district 1t is here
by vested with full power and author
ity, and it shall be its duty to open,
straighten and clean out all natural
drains, or make new bitches or canals
which it may deem necessary or pro-
per, and to perform any and all other
work incidental TO or connected there
with which may be needful to render
the natural drains of said drainage
district more perfect and effective. II
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 water Of the said drainage district
shall have full power and authority TO
extend drainage bitches or canals
beyond the boundaries of the said
drainage district with the same power
and authority to appropriate the right
OF way in the same manner and to
the same extent as though such ditch
eS or canals were situated within the
boundaries of the said district. They
shall have authority to make and exc
cute, contracts and to do and perform
any and all acts necessary 10 carry
out the plans and purpose for which
the said district was created, namely:
to design, construct, and maintain a
comprehensive system of gravity
drainage within it's boundaries. They
shall have authority to divide the dis
trict into one or more sub-drainage
districts as conferred upon them by
Act No. 227 of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisi-
ana of 1914, as amended
Section 4 Be it further ordained.
etc. that all the corporate powers and
the administration Of the affairs of
the said drainage district shall be