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Louisiana Counties and Parishes: 1908

The Creation of Legal Borders

1908

1908 ACT No. 177.

AN ACT To create, establish and organize the Parish of La Salle; to fix and define its boundaries; to adjust the rights of the Parishes of Catahoula and La Salle in the public buildings, property and improvements; to fix the liability of the two Parishes of Catahoula and La Salle, for the public debt due by the present Parish of Catahoula on January 1, 1910; to provide for the submission of this Act to the voters of the Parish of Catahoula at a special election to be held upon the first Tuesday next following the first Monday in October, 1908, for its ratification or rejection.

1908 ACT No. 53.

AN ACT To create the Parish of "Evangeline" and to provide for the organization thereof. Due notice having been given as required by Article 50 of the Constitution as shown by affidavit hereto attached.

(Act held invalid by Louisiana Supreme Court.)