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An act to incorporate the town of St. Charles of Grand Coteau, in the parish of St. Landry. 1841 318 (1841.12)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0248 and id is 1 raw text is: 318 wtenr tn ncr shltl take effect and be ii fbrc -six months after its to Lake ettect, promulgation. (Signed) WM. C. C. CLAIBORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. (signed) FELIX GARCIA, President of the Senate. Approved, March 16, 1842. (Signed) A. B. ROMAN, Governor of the State of Louisiana. No. 124.-AN ACT to incorporate the town of St. Charles of Grand Coteau, in the parish of St. Landry. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in gene- ral assembly convened, That all free male white citi- Incorporation. zens of the United States and of the state of Louisiana above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided in the parish of St. Landry one year previous to the passage of this act, and who, at the time of its passage, shall reside within the limits hereinafter de- scribed, be and are hereby authorized to meet on the first Monday of May next, and if the election should not take place on that day, then the said election shall take place on the following Monday, and on the first Monday of May in each and every ensuing year, for the purpose of electing five persons, who shall constitute a body politic and corporate under the name and title of Town Council of St. Charles, but no one shall be eligible unless he is a citizen of the United States and of the state of Louisiana, and resides within the limits of said town, and moreover possesses therein a taxable property to tile value of three hundred dollars, and is abov- twenty-one years of age. Sjc. 2. De it further enacted, t5fc., That the limits um of said town of St. Charles shall be as follows, viz.: It shall have one square mile, of which the church shall be the centre, that is to say, it shall have half a mile on each front of said church, and shall form one perfect square. SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, &c., That the afore- Elections. said elections shall be held, viz., the first at the St.Charles hotel, and the ensuing elections at such place as may he hereafter designated by said corporation; said elections to be held by ballot, and the ballot-box shall be kept open from ten o'clock A. N1. until five o'clock in the atternoon, under the superintendenco of the parish judge

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