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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE POLICE JURY
(Continued from P»|* Throe)
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest— J. J. HEALEY,
Clerk.
Yeas— Messrs. St. Cyr, Pitre,
mil«, Dailey, Cummings, Pavy, Cat
lett, Rushing, Martin, Sylvestre, De
J6an, McCoy; 12 yeas.
Against—Messrs. Larcade, W. F.
Brown; 2 against.
Ordinance adopted.
Mr. K. T. Catlett offered the fol
lowing ordinance, duly seconded, to
*
AN ORDINANCE
Levying a special tax for the pay
ment of bonds and interest author
ized and issued by virtue of the au
thority vested in the police jury, in
the various road districts of the Par
iah, wherein special road elections
were held and bonds authorized is
sued :
Be it ordained by the police jury
of the parish of St. Landry, in lawful
session convened, that the following
tax on all the taxable property is here
hy levied in the various road districts
of the parish of St. Landry, as here
inafter mentioned, for the year 1919,
to-wit :
In Road District No. 11 of the Par
iah of St. Landry, a tax of five (5)
mills on the dollar is hereby levied
for the purpose of paying the bonds
and interest of said Road District as
same matures ;
In the First Sub-Road District of
the 2nd Police Jury Ward of the Par
ish of St. Landry a tax of five (5)
mills on the dollar is hereby levied
for the purpose of paying the bonds
and interest of said Road District as
same matures;
In the 12th Road District of the
2nd Police Jury Ward of the Parish
of St. Landry, a tax of five (5) mills
on the dollar is hereby levied for
the purpose of paying the bonds and
interest of said road district as same
matures ; ...
In the First Road District of the
3rd Police Jury Ward of the Parish
of St. Landry, a tax of five (5) mills
on the dollar is hereby levied for the
purpose of paying bonds and interest
of said Road District as same matures
In the First Road District of the
"4th Police Jury Ward of the Parish
of St. Landry, a tax of five (5) mil
on the dollars is hereby levied for the
purpose of paying bonds and interest
of said Road District as same matures
Ip the Ninth Road District of the
4th Police Jury Ward of the Parish
of St. Landry, a tax of five (5) mills
on the dollar is hereby levied for the
purpose of paying the bonds and in
terest of said road district, as same
matures.
In the Tenth Road District of the
4th Police Jury Ward of the Parish
on the dollar is hereby levied for the
of St. Landry a tax of five (5) mills
purpose of paying the bonds and int
ernst of said Road District as same
matures;
In the Thirteenth Road District of
the 4th Police "Jury Ward of the Par
ish of St. Landry, a tax of five (5)
mills on the dollar is hereby levied
for the purpose of paying the bonds
interest of said Road District as
e matures;
In the Eighth Road District of the
Ish of St. Landry a tax of five
mills on the dollar is hereby
levied for the purpose of paying the
bonds and interest of said Road Dis
trict as same matures;
In the First Road District of the
6th Police Jury Ward of the Parish
of St. Landry, a tax of five (5) mills
on the dollar is hereby levied for the
purpose of paying the bonds and in
terest of said Road iDstrict as same
matures;
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the assessor of the parish of St. Lan
dry be notified of the foregoing tax
» , to the end that he may carry
tax on his assessment roll for the
1919.
( 5 )
The foregoing ordinance was duly
read and considered and a majority
of the members elect being present
voted as follows, to-wit:
For—Messrs. Larcade, Pitre, Mills
Dailey, Cummings, Pavy, Catlett,
Rushing, Martin, Sylvestre, Dejéan.
Against—None.
Adopted Oct. 7th, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President
Attest:
J. J. HEALEY,
Clerk.
Mr. Mills offered the following or
dinance, which was duly seconded by
Mr. Cummings.
AN ORDINANCE
Of the Police Jury of the Parish
of St. Landry, State of Louisiana,
creating the Bellevue and Coulee:
Croche Drainage District of St. Lan
dry Parish, State of Louisiana, and
fixing the boundaries thereof, con
«ituting said drainge district, a body
corporate in law, and vesting it with
power and authority incident there
to; vesting the goverment and control
of said drainage district in a board
of five (5) commissioners, and fixing
their domicile ; providing for the qua
lification 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
hoard to make and adopt by-laws,
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 Ordained
by the Police Jury of the said Parish
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 the South-west cor
ner of Section 4, T-8-S., R-3-E thence
running due East about thhee and 7-8
miles to where the South line of Sec
tion 1, T-8-S., R-3-E., intersects the
west line of Section 43, T-8-S., R. 3,
E, which point also strikes fork in
public road leading from Opelousas
to Bristol, via Chretien's Point;
thence running in a northerly direc
tion, following said public road for a
distanceof about eight miles, to the
northeast comer ofthe property for
merly known as the old Truman plan
tation, now owned by E. W. J. Ev
ans, said point being also situated in
Section 142, Township 6, South,
Range 4, East, and at the intersec
tion of public road leading to West
Bellevue from main road hereinabove
mentioned; thence running west
about 7-8 of a mile to the east boun
line of the old Fahey planta
which is also the east line of
146, Township 6, South,
Opelousas, Louisiana
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No. 1.................No. 2............
Name..................... . ........Town...............
Date.......................... R. F. D.............State.
Range 4, East; thence following said
section line in a northeasterly direc
tion to the northeast comer thereof;
thence running due north about one
quarter mile to a point in Section 99,
Township 6 t South, Range 4, East;
thence running due west to public
road leading from Opelousas to Lew
isburg and Church Point, striking
same at the northeast comer of tract
of land owned by Perry G. Walker;
thence following said road in direc
tion of Church Point (southerly) to
the township line between Townships
6 and 7, South, Range 3, East, at the
southwest comer of Albert Savoy's
property; thence running east to line
of division between property of Mos
ley and Phillips Whence running south
one-half mile; thence running west
one-quarter mile ; thence running
south one and one-half miles to the
southeast comer of Southwest quar
ter of Section 11, Township 7, South,
Range 3, East; thence running west
three-fourths of a mile to the north
east comer of Northwest quarter of
Northeast quarter of Section 15,
Township 7, South, Range 3, East;
thence running south one-quarter of
a mile to the southeast comer of said
Northwest quarter of Northeast quar
ter of Section 15; thence running
west one-quarter mile to the south
west comer of said Northwest quar
ter of Northeast quarter of Section
15; thence running south one-quarter
of a mile to the southeast comer of
Southeast quarter of Northwest quar
ter of Section 15, Township 7, South,
Range 3, East; thence running west
one-quarter mile to the southwest
comer of said Southeast quarter of
Northwest quarter of Section 15;
thence running south one-half of a
mile to the southeast corner of South
west quarter of Southwest quarter
of Section 15, Township 7, South,
Range 3, East; thence running west
one-quarter mile to the southwest
comer of said Southeast quarter of
Northwest quarter of eSction 15;
thence running south one-half of a
mile to the southeast comer of South
west quarter of Southwest quarter of
Section 15, Township 7, South, Range
3, East; thence running west three
fourths of a mile tu the northwest
comer of Northeast quarter of Sec
tion 21, Township 7, South, Range 3,
East; thence running south one-quar
ter of a mile to the southeast comer
of North half of Northwest quarter
of Section 21, Township 7, South,
Range 3, East; thence running west
one-half mile to the southwest cor
ner of said North half of Northwest
quarter of Section 21; thence run
ning south three and three-quarters
miles to the point of beginning. Con
taining approximately 18,100 acres.
Section 2—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
inafter 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 im
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 vice-president,
and in his absence then upon the sec-'
retary. It shall keep at its domicile
all its official books and records.
Section 3—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 expropriate 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
nals and ditches and all sites which
are acquired either by donation, pur
chase of expropriation 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 inci
dental to or connected therewith
which may be needful to render the
natural drains of said drainage dis
trict more perfect and efffective. 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
priate the right-of-way in the same
manner and to the same extent as
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though such canals or ditches' 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 whfch it is created,
namely: To design, construct, com
plete and maintain a comprehensive
gravity drainage system within its
boundaries. It shall have the power
to divide the district into one and
more sub-drainage districts ns con
ferred upon them by Act No. 227 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana of 1314, as
well as any and all amendments
thereto.
Section 4—Be it further ordained,
etc., that all the corporate powers and
the administration of the affairs of
the said BeUevue and Coulee Croche
Drainage District shall be vested in
and controlled by a Board of Com
missioners to be known as "THE
BOARD OF DRAINAGE COMMIS
SIONERS OF THE BELLEVUE
AND COULEE CROCHE DRAIN
AGE DISTRICT;" and said Board of
Drainage Commissioners shell be
composed of five members who, or
whose wives, shall own real estate
situated within the boundaries of
said drainage district assessed for not
less than five hundred dollars ($500.
00), or must be the representatives
of some corporation owning real es
tate within the said drainage district
assessed for not less than five hun
dred dollars ($500.0) Persons pos
esaing such qualifications may be ap
pointed drainage commissioners
Powes
whether they be residents or
residents of said drainage
The Police Jury shall have the'
to appoint three conupissionersT,
to serve for a term of four years I
two to serve for a term of two yea»
each. The remaining, two comnS
sioners shall be appointed by the
Governor of the State to serve fora
term of four years each ,and ai T
pointments of drainage commission!
ers by the said Police Jury thereafl
ter shall be for a term of four yea»
each. The appointment of the drain
age commissioners by the Police Jury
shall be made upon a written recom
mendation signed by not less than
twenty-five of the land owns» 0 f
said drainage district.
All vacancies on said board caused
by death, resignation or otherwise
shall be filled in the same manner in
which the drainage Commissionen
thereof were originelly appointed and
for the unexpired term only.
Section 5—Be it further ordained,
etc., that drainage commissioners ap
pointed under the provisions of Sec
tion Four of this ordinance, after
having qualified in accordance with
of the State of Louisiana, shall con
tained in the Constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana, sahll con
vene and hold their frist meeting in
the City of Opelousas on October 18,
1919, at 10 o'clock a. m., and »Haij
then and there proceed to organise
by the election of officers as fol
lows:
First—They shall elect from
among their number a president and
vice president. It shall be the duty
of the president to preside over all
meetings of the board and to per
form such other duties as are usu
ally required of presidents of cor
porate bodies of this character, ft
shall be the duty of the vice presi
dent to act in the absence of the
president or during the time of his
inability to act.
Second—They shall elect a secre
tary and treasurer who may or may
not be a member of the Board of
Commissioners. The treasurer shall
furnish bond in a sum fixed by tile
Board, but must be of an amount of
at least one-fourth over and above
any amount of funds that may come
into the possession of the said treas
urer, which bond may be increased
or decreased as the Bald treasurer
shall from time to time have under
his control, more or less money.
The premiums on such bonds exe
cuted by the said treasurer shall bo
paid by the Drainage Commission,
Such'secretary and treasurer shall re
ceive a salary not exceeding twenty
five dollars ($25.00) per month and
shall perform all duties required of
him or them by the Board of Com
missioners.
Third—They shall select one of
the solvent chartered banks of fi»
parish of the district, in which «B
monies shall be deposited, which buk
shall pay interest on said money as
provided in Section Seven (7) of Act
No. 227 of the Acts of the Genend
Assembly of the State of Louisian*
of 1914, as amended by Act No. 57 of
the Acts of 1918.
Section 6—Be it further ordained,
etc., that the Board of Drainage Com
missioners shall meet as often as
they deem it necessary to properly
conduct the affairs of the district,
provided that at least one meeting
shall be held every year. All of tb*
expenses of administreing the affaire
of said drainage district, in
salaries of officers, etc., shall be]
out of any funds in the hands
treasurer belonging to the said d
age district when such item«,
salaries, or other expenses shall
been approved at a meeting of
Board of Commissioners,
that the Drainage Cor
themselves shall not receive any com
pensation for their services as mem
bers of said drainage district, but
may be reimbursed for any
incurred in performing the A
imposed upon them by virtue of 1
appointment. It shall be the duty]
the Drainage Commissioners
__Drainage Commissioners to in
form themselves of the needs and »•
quirements of their district and 1»
administer the affairs so as to pro
cure as near as pbssible a pm«*
drainage system within the bound*
ries of their said district.
Section 7—Be it further ordained»
etc., that the said Board of Drainage
Commissioners shall make and adopt
by-laws, rules and regulation* for
its government and that of it* offi
cers and employees; it shall keep a
book in which shall be recorded m
its proceedings. It shall be the duty
of the Board to examine all account*
and operations of the district and w
determine what work shall be un
dertaken. It shall be the duty of fiw
Board to see that an accurate account
of its affairs and finances are kg*
and to cause the treasurer to
when and as called upon, a detauea
statement showing their receipt« SB«
disbursements of all monies of tl
district which has come into b"
and as such treasurer, also mvwH
the character and cost of work uo° *»
salaries paid and other expenditure
made under authority of the Boara
and balance on hand.
Section 8—Be it further °^ ain< r'
etc., that in order to carry oat
provisions contained in this ordiMB**
relative to the draining of the wjj
situated within the boundaries of *»»
drainage district, the said Bo«® «
Drainage Commissioners are here»;
fully authorized, empowered eau®*
rected to provide the funds neces*OT
therefor by levying and collecting
the manner prdvided by 1®*» •*£
tax or forced contribution wnic»
now or may hereafter be
hy the Constitution and laws of ta»
State and to incur debts and j®"
negotiable bonds as authorize® *
Act No. 256 of the General Asse»««
of 1910, of the State of LouiflW*
as well as any and all amenome
that may now exist or may hereanw
be made thereto. . ___j
Section 9—Be it further ordainej
etc., That said Drainage Distric t »*^
have and possess all all the ng
powers and privileges that are .
conferred upoA it by the Consbtu•
and Laws as well as any and
or parts of laws or amendments
to. that may now exist or may nwf
after be enacted by the General
seembly of the State of Louisiauf; .
Section 10—Be it further ordain®
etc., that this ordinance shall
effect immediately from and
its adoption.
Voting for the Ordinance—
Larcade, Pitre, Mills, Dailey,
mings, Pavy, Catlett, W.F. Br o
Rushing, Martin, Sylvestre, Deje*"»
McCoy. wnsi«.
Voting against Ordinance—««»
Adopted this 7th day of Oct©»®*
A. D. 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAV |, '^ 1 j in f
Attest: .
J. J. HEALEY,
Clerk.