§ 1-13. Ward boundary lines; established.
(a)
The metes and bounds of the various wards of the parish are hereby fixed and defined as follows:
(1)
Ward One. The limits of the First Ward are to be as follows: Beginning at the lower line of the parish where the township line between Townships 8 and 9 South Range 13 East intersects the Mississippi River; thence up the river to the section line dividing Sections 26 and 27 in Township 8 South Range 12 East (the lower line of the land formerly belonging to V. Landry and the upper line of the land formerly belonging to H. Marrineaux); thence along the section line dividing Sections 26, 27 and 68 to the northwest corner of Section 68 in Township 8 South Range 12 East; thence northerly between Sections 68 and 81 in Township 8 South Range 12 East to the southeast corner of Section 80 in Township 8 South Range 12 East; thence west between Sections 80 and 81 to the range line dividing Township 8 South Ranges 11 and 12 East; thence west between Sections 25 and 26, 32 and 31, 37 and 38, and 44 and 43 all in Township 8 South Range 11 East to the western boundary of the parish (as shown on C.H. Dickinson Map of Iberville and West Baton Rouge Parishes made in 1883); thence along the western and southern boundary of the parish to the point of beginning.
(2)
Ward Two. The limits of the Second Ward are to be as follows: Beginning on the Mississippi River on the section line dividing Sections 26 and 27 in Township 8 South Range 12 East (the upper line of Ward One); thence up the Mississippi River to the section line dividing Sections 8 and 9 in Township 8 South Range 12 East (the upper line of the Cinclare Plantation); thence northwesterly along the line dividing Sections 8 and 9, 50 and 51 in Township 8 South Range 12 East; and Sections 108 and 109 in Township 7 South Range 12 East to the back line of Sections 108 and 109 in Township 7 South Range 12 East; thence northeasterly along the section line dividing Sections 32 and 108, 32 and 107, 32 and 106, 32 and 105, 32 and 104, 32 and 103 to the southeast corner of Section 28 in Township 7 South Range 12 East; thence west between Sections 28 and 32, 29 and 32, and 30 and 31 to the northwest corner of Section 31 Township 7 South Range 12 East and the range line between Township 7 South Ranges 11 and 12 East; thence south on range line to the township line between Townships 7 and 8 South Ranges 11 and 12 East; thence west on township line between Townships 7 and 8 South Range 11 East to the southeast corner of Section 33 Township 7 South Range 11 East; thence north between Sections 32 and 33 to the northwest corner of Section 33 Township 7 South Range 11 East; thence west between Sections 29 and 32, 30 and 31, to the northwest corner of Section 31 Township 7 South Range 11 East and the range line between Township 7 South Ranges 10 and 11 East; thence south on the range line to the western boundary of the parish (as shown on C. H. Dickinson Map dated 1883); thence southeasterly along said parish boundary to the north boundary line of Ward One; thence along the north boundary line of Ward One to the Mississippi River and the point of beginning.
(3)
Ward Three. The limits of the Third Ward are to be as follows: Beginning on the Mississippi River on the section line dividing Sections 8 and 9 Township 8 South Range 12 East (the upper boundary of Ward Two); thence up the Mississippi River to the section line dividing Sections 62 and 63 Township 7 South Range 12 East (upper line of Homestead Plantation or Lafiton Lane); thence northwesterly on the line dividing Sections 62 and 63, 90 and 64, to the northwest corner of Section 64 Township 7 South Range 12 East; thence south between Sections 64 and 119, 65 and 119, 16 and 65, 117 and 65, 118 and 65, to the southeast corner of Section 118 in Township 7 South Range 12 East; thence west between Sections 118 and 16, 118 and 17 to the southwest corner of Section 118 same township and range; thence north between Sections 17 and 118, 17 and 117, 17 and 116 to the northwest corner of Section 116 Township 7 South Range 12 East; thence west between Sections 8 and 17, 7 and 18 to the range line between Township 7 South Ranges 11 and 12 East; thence west between Sections 12 and 13, 11 and 14, 10 and 15, 9 and 16, 8 and 17, 7 and 18 to the range line between Township 7 South Ranges 10 and 11 East; thence west between Sections 96 and 97, 95 and 98, 94 and 99 Township 7 South Range 10 East to the western limits of the parish as shown on C. H. Dickinson Map dated 1883; thence southeasterly on the western boundary of the parish to the north line of Ward Two; thence along the north line of Ward Two to the Mississippi River and the point of beginning.
(4)
Ward Four. The limits of the Fourth Ward are to be as follows: Beginning on the Mississippi River on the section line between Sections 62 and 63 in Township 7 South Range 12 East (the upper boundary of Third Ward); thence up the Mississippi River to a point in the middle of Section 28 in Township 6 South Range 12 East (the lower line of the Allendale Plantation); thence on the lower line of said plantation being through the middle of Section 28 Township 6 South Range 12 East and the middle of Section 41 Township 7 South Range 12 East to the back line of Section 41 Township 7 South Range 12 East and the back of the Allendale Plantation; thence northwesterly on the back line of Section 41 Township 7 South Range 12 East to the public road dividing Westover and Calumet Plantations; thence southwesterly along the line dividing the said Westover and Calumet Plantations (which line is in the western part of Section 85 in Township 7 South Range 12 East and is well defined by a public highway along the line) till said line intersects the section line between Sections 7 and 8 Township 7 South Range 12 East; thence south on section line between said Sections 7 and 8 Township 7 South Range 12 East to the southwest corner of Section 8 in Township 7 South Range 12 East which corner is in the middle of the Old Louisiana Central Railroad, now known as State Highway No. One, and on the north boundary of Ward Three; thence in an easterly direction following the north boundary of Ward Three to the Mississippi River and the point of beginning.
(5)
Ward Five. The limits of the Fifth Ward are to be as follows: Beginning on the Mississippi River in the middle of Section 28 in Township 6 South Range 12 East (the upper line of the Fourth Ward); thence up the Mississippi River to the section line dividing Sections 44 and 45 in Township 6 South Range 11 East being the lower line of the Rose Hill Plantation; thence southwesterly between Sections 44 and 45, 44 and 46, 46 and 70, 46 and 71, 47 and 72, Township 6 South Range 11 East to the southeast corner of Section 72 Township 6 South Range 11 East; thence southwesterly between Sections 72 and 73 to the back corner of Sections 72 and 73 Township 6 South Range 11 East; thence along the back line of Sections 72 and 71 to its intersection with the eastern boundary line of Section 15 Township 6 South Range 11 East; thence northeasterly along the eastern boundary line of Section 15 to the northeast corner of Section 15 Township 6 South Range 11 East; thence west along the north line of Section 15 to the northwest corner of Section 15 Township 6 South Range 11 East; thence south between Sections 15 and 16, 21 and 22, 27 and 28, 33 and 34 to the township line between Townships 6 and 7 South Range 11 East; thence south between Sections 3 and 4, 9 and 10 to the southwest corner of Section 10 Township 7 South Range 11 East which is also the center of the Old Louisiana Central Railroad now Highway No. One, and the north line of Ward Three; thence east along the north line of Ward Three to the southwest corner of Section 8 Township 7 South Range 12 East which is the southwest corner of Ward Four; thence along the western boundary line of Ward Four to the Mississippi River the point of beginning.
(6)
Ward Six. The limits of the Sixth Ward are to be as follows: Beginning on the Mississippi River on the section line between Sections 44 and 45 Township 6 South Range 11 East (the upper line of the Fifth Ward); thence up the Mississippi River to the limits of the north line of the parish; thence along the north and west boundary of the parish to the southwest corner of Section 4 in Township 6 South Range 11 East; thence south between Sections 8 and 9 to the southwest corner of Section 9 in Township 6 South Range 11 East; thence east between Sections 9 and 16 to the southeast corner of Section 9 in Township 6 South Range 11 East which is the northwest corner of Ward Five; thence along the north line of Ward Five to the Mississippi River and the point of beginning.
(7)
Ward Seven. The limits of the Seventh Ward are to be as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Section 10 in Township 7 South Range 11 East (the southwest corner of Ward Five and on the north line of Ward Three); thence west on the north line of Ward Three to the western limits of the parish and the northwest corner of Ward Three; thence northerly along the western limits of the parish to the southwest corner of Section 4 in Township 6 South Range 11 East which is on the western boundary of the parish and on the western boundary of Ward Six; thence south between Sections 8 and 9 to the southwest corner of Section 9 in Township 6 South Range 11 East which is the southwest corner of Ward Six; thence east on line between Sections 9 and 16 to the northwest corner of Section 15 in Township 6 South Range 11 East which is the northwest corner of Ward Five; thence south along the western limits of Ward Five to the southwest corner of Ward Five and the southwest corner of Section 10 in Township 7 South Range 11 East and the point of beginning.
(b)
A copy of this section with a supporting copy of the map showing ward lines as hereby fixed, both duly certified by the clerk of council, shall be placed on file in the office of the clerk of the parish.
(Code 1973, § 1-1; Ord. of 10-13-1937, §§ 1, 2)
State law reference
Power to redistrict parish into wards, R.S. 33:1224.