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Louisiana Counties and Parishes: 1877

The Creation of Legal Borders

1877

1877 Act No. 24.

AN ACT To abolish the parish of Carroll, and to create and establish in lieu thereof the two parishes of East Carroll and West Carroll; providing for the organization of said two parishes, and fixing their representation in the House of Representatives.

1877 Act No. 143.

 AN ACT Entitled " An Act to amend the Act twenty-five, abolishing the parish of Carroll and creating the parishes of East Carroll and West Carroll," so as to fix Bayou Macon as the boundary line between the parishes of East Carroll and West Carroll.

1877 Act No. 29

AN ACT To annex certain territory of Lincoln parish to the parish of Jackson, with proviso; to provide for the redivision of Jackson parish into police jury wards; to dispose of certain suits pending in the courts of Lincoln parish, and to permit certain persons to select the parish of their domicile.