RS 1991 - Limits of district
All that portion of the parishes of Ouachita, Morehouse, and Richland embraced in the following limits, to-wit: Beginning at a point where the north line of Caldwell parish and the south line of Ouachita parish intersects the west right of way line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad; thence running in a general northeasterly direction along the west boundary line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad to where it intersects the south city limits of Monroe, Louisiana; thence following the city limits around the east and north side of Monroe to a point where the city limits intersect the west edge of the right of way of the Little Rock and Monroe Railroad; thence in a general northeasterly direction along the west edge of the right of way of the Little Rock and Monroe Railroad to its intersection with the south bank of Bayou De Siard; thence in a general easterly direction along the south bank of Bayou De Siard to its intersection with the west line of section 43, T. 18 N., R. 4 East; thence in a southerly direction along the west line of section 43, T. 18 N., R. 4 east, to a point at its intersection with the west right of way line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain Railroad; thence in a general northeasterly direction along the west right of way line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad to its intersection with the west line of section 13, T. 19 N., R. 5 East; thence in a northerly direction along the west line of section 13, T. 19 N., R. 5 East, and section 12, T. 19 N., R. 5 East to a point at the northwest corner of section 1, T. 19 N., R. 5 East; thence in a direct line to the northwest corner of section 21, T. 20 N., R. 6 East; thence in a direct line to a point on the north line of section 17, T. 22 N., R. 7 East, one thousand feet east of the east bank of Bayou Bartholomew at low water; thence in a general northeasterly direction following the meandering of Bayou Bartholomew and one thousand feet east of the east bank of the bayou at low water to the Arkansas-Louisiana state line; thence in an easterly direction along the Arkansas-Louisiana state line to a point at the northeast corner of section 4, T. 23 N., R. 10 East; thence south along the east line of section 4 to the northeast corner of section 9; thence southwest across section 9 to the southwest corner thereof; thence south between sections 16 and 17 all in T. 23 N., R. 10 East; thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of section 12, T. 22 N., R. 9 East; thence south on the section line between sections 13 and 14 to the southeast corner of section 14; thence west on the section line between sections 14 and 23, 15 and 22 to the southwest corner of section 15; thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of section 29; thence south on the section line between sections 31 and 32 to the southeast corner of section 31, all in T. 22 N., R. 9 East; thence in a straight line to the southeast corner of section 23; thence south on the section line between sections 25 and 26, 35 and 36, to the southeast corner of section 35, all in T. 21 N., R. 8 East; thence in a straight line to the southeast corner of section 16; thence south between sections 21 and 22, 27 and 28, 33 and 34, all in T. 20 N., R. 8 East; thence in a straight line to the southeast corner of section 17; thence west along the section line between sections 17 and 20 to the southwest corner of section 17; thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of section 19; thence south on the range line between sections 25 and 30, 36 and 31 to the southeast corner of section 36, all in T. 19 N., R. 7 East; thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of section 11; thence south on the section line between sections 14 and 15, 22 and 23 to the southeast corner of section 22; thence west on the section line between sections 22 and 27, 21 and 28, 20 and 29, 19 and 30 to the southwest corner of section 19, all in T. 18 N., R. 7 East; thence in a straight line to the south quarter corner of section 35, T. 18 N., R. 6 East; thence south in a straight line through the centers of sections 2, 11, and 14 to the south quarter corner of section 14; thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of section 28; thence south on the section line between sections 32 and 33, all in T. 17 N., R. 6 East; thence southwest to the southwest corner of section 5; thence west on the section line between sections 6 and 7 to the quarter corner; thence south through the center of sections 7 and 18 to the south quarter corner of 18, all in T. 16 N., R. 6 East; thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of section 26; thence west between sections 27 and 34; thence southwest to the southwest corner of section 33, all in T. 16 N., R. 5 East; thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of section 7; thence south along the west line of section 18 to the line between Ouachita and Caldwell parishes, all in T. 16 N., R. 5 East; thence in a westerly direction along the line between the parishes of Ouachita and Caldwell to its intersection with the west line of the right of way of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Company to the point of beginning, shall constitute the Lafourche Basin Drainage District.
The district shall be a corporation and political subdivision of the state and shall be governed by a board of commissioners.
This corporation is created for the purpose of draining and reclaiming the lands embraced in the Lafourche Basin Levee and Drainage District.