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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
, OF THE POLICE JURY
(Continued from P»|* Nine)
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest— J. J. HEALEY,
Clerk.
Yeas— Messrs. St. Cyr, Pitre,
Mills, Dailey, Cummings, Payy, Cat
lett, Rushing, Martin, Sylvestre, De
Jean, McCoy; 12 yeas. _
Against—Messrs. Larcade, W. r
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, m
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
by 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
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 First Sub-Road District of
the 2jnd Police Jury Ward of the Par
ish of St. Landry a tax of five O)
mills on the dollar is hereby levieti
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) mihs
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
In the Ninth Road District of the
4th Police Jury Ward of the Parish
St. Landry, a tax of five (5) mills
the dollar is hereby levied for the
trpose of paying the bonds and in
■$;t of said road district, as same
atures. „
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
erest of said Road District as sapie
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
and interest of said Road District as
same matures;
In the Eighth Road District 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 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
levy, to the end that he may carry
said tax on his assessment roll for the
year 1919.
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, Dejean.
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
stituting 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
board 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 three 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
dary line of the old Fahey planta
W. which is also the east hne oi
tion 146, Township 6, bo-th,
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Date_____
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. State .
Range 4, East; thence following said
section line in a northeasterly direc
tion to the northeast corner thereof;
thenfce running due north about one
quarter mile to a point in Section 99,
Township 6, 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 corner 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; thenceg-unning east to line
of division between property of Mos
ley and Phillips whence running south
one-hrflf 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 ll, Township 7, South,
Range 3, East; thence running west
three-fourths of a mile to the north
east corner 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 corner 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 pf Section 15, Township 7, South,
Range 3, East; thence running west
one-quarter mile to the southwest
corner 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
corner of said Southeast quarter of
Northwest quarter of eSction 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 three
fourths of a mile to the northwest
corner of Northeast quarter of Sec
tion 21, Township 7, South, Range 3,
East; thence running south ohe-quar
ter of a mile to the southeast corner
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
drtfins 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 extcpt as
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j though such canals or ditches were
; situated within the boundaries cf the
; said district. It shall Rave 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,
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 pne and
more sub-drainage districts j -is con
ferred upon them by Act Nd, 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 Bellevue anti Coulee Croche
Drainage District shall be vested m
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
;
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j
AGE DISTRICT;" and said Board of
Drainage Commissioners shall oe
composed of five members who. or
whose wives, shall own real estate
situated within the boundaries of
said 1 drainage district assessed for not
less than five hundred dollars ($500.
00), or must be the representatives
of some corporation owning raal es
tate within the said drainage district
assessed for not less than five hun
dred dollars ($500.0) Persons poa
essing such qualifications mayjjie ap
pointed drainage commissioners
whether they be residents or
residents of said drainage dû
The Police Jury shall have the i
to appoint three commissioner^
to serve for a term cf four years
two to serve for a term of two
each. The remaining two coi
- .JS
sioners shall be appointed by the
Governor of the State to serve for*
term of four years each ,and all *«.
pointments of drainage commission
ers by the said Police Jury theroaf.
ter shall be for a term of four
each.- The appointment of the s
is
age commissioners by the Police lotf
shall be made upon a written recant
mendation signed by not less than
twenty-five of the land owners of
said drainage district.
All vacancies on said board »» m ri
by death, resignation or othsrwis*.
shall be filled in the same manner in
which the drainage commissioners
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 See.
tion Four of this ordinance, aft«
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 «mi
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 p«.
form such other duties as are u*q p
, ally required of presidents of cor
porate bodies of this character, ft
shall be the duty of the vice
dent to act in the absence ol
president or during the time of
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 shaS
furnish bond in a sum fixed by th#
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 f
urer, which bond may be incr
or decreased as the said tre
shall from time to time have und«
his control, more or less money. r
The premiums on such bonds exe
cuted by the said treasurer shall be
paid by, the Drainage Commission.
Such secretary and treasurer shall re
ceive a salary not exceeding
five dollars ($25.00) per rfionth
shall perform all duties required
him or them by the Board
missioners.
Third—They shall select .one of
the solvent chartered banks of
parish of the district, in which
monies shall be deposited, which ba
shall pay interest on said money
provided in Section Seven (7) of/
No. 227 of the Acts of the Gen*
Assembly of the State of
of 1914, as amended by Act No. I
the Acts of 1918.
Settion 6—Be it further ordainod,
etc., that the Board of Drainage Cob
missioners shall meet as often
they deem it necessary to pr
conduct the affairs of the dii
provided that at least one
shall be held every year. All of
expenses of administreing the
of said drainage district, incl
salaries of officers, etc., diall be ]
out of any funds in the hands of
treasurer belonging to the said drain
age district when such ite ms,^ bills,
salaries, or other expenses
been approved at a meeting ofth*
Board of Commissioners, pro'
that the Drainage Comm:
themselves shall not receive any
pensation for their services as
bers of said drainage district,
may be reimbursed for any ex;
incurred in performing the
imposed upon them by virtue i
appointment. It shall be the
the Drainage Commissioners to in
form themselves of the needs and re
quirements of their district and to
administer the affairs so as to P 10 "
cure as near as possible a perfect
drainage system within the bounda
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 regulations for
its government and that of its offi
cers and employees; it shall keep a
book in which shall be recorded au
its proceedings. It shall be the duty
of the Board to examine all accounts
and operations of the district and to
determine what work shall I®
dertaken. It shall be the duty of to*
Board to see that an accurate mco"®*
of its affairs and finances are kept
and to cause the treasurer to make,
when and ap called upon, a "****""
statement showing their receipts sna
disbursements of all monies of toe
district which has come into his ban»
and as such treasurer, also showffif
the character and cost of wore done,
salaries paid and other expenditure*
made under authority of the B«**®
and balance on hand. . ,
Section 8—Be it further ordained.
etc., that in order to cairy
provisions contained in this orœn«**
provisions contairieu lit r ÿ
relative to the draining of
situated within the boundaries oi s«
drainage district, the said Foard
Drainage Commissioners arc IWj®
fully authorized, empowered an®
rected to provide the funds necessary
therefor by levying and c0,,ectin * a .
the manner provided by law, ar
tax or forced contribution whtc ,
now or rrfay hereafter be autaon
by the Constitution and laws o* ..
State and to incur debts and
negotiable bonds as authorized
Act No. 256 of the General Assemw
of 1910, of the State of Lorn*»«*
as well as any and all arnetia»*^
that may now exist or may « ere
be male thereto. • nl j
Section 9—Be it further ordain«*
etc., That said Drainage Districi ^
have and possess all all the s
powers and privileges thatjmJ*g
puwera »hu
conferred upon it by the Const
and Laws as well as any and al
or parts of laws or amendments
to, that may now exist or may
after be enacted by the Gene
seembly of the State of Louis .»
Section 10—Be it further ordain*
etc., that this ordinance shall ftsf
effect immediately from am
its adoption.
Voting for the-Ordinance---®^
Larcade, Pitre, Mills, Dailey- _
mings, Pavy, Catlett, W. ±
Rushing, Martin, Sylvestre, wv*"
McCoy. * xî-âi,
Voting against Ordinance^-—
Adopted this 7th day of Uew
A. D. i919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
Fres
Attest :
J. J. HEALEY,
Clerk.