Louisiana § RS 38:1596.1 - Creation of district; governing authority

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§ RS 38:1596.1. Creation of district; governing authority

A.  There is hereby created a drainage district in Ouachita Parish to be known as the River Oaks Drainage District No. 1.  The boundaries of the district are as follows:

"A certain tract of land containing 450 acres, more or less, and situated in Sections 35 and 68, Township 18 North, Range 3 East and Sections 50 and 80, Township 18 North, Range 4 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, more particularly described as follows:

An irregular shaped parcel of land being bounded on the west by the easterly toe of the Ouachita River levee; bounded on the north by the southerly high bank of Chauvin Bayou; bounded on the east by the east line of Section 50, T18N-R4E; and bounded on the south by the north line of the present Monroe City Limits, as of March 1, 1985.

LESS AND EXCEPT

A certain tract or parcel of land containing 7.25 acres, more or less, and situated in Section 68, Township 18 North, Range 3 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, more particularly described as follows:

Commence at the most southwesterly point of River Oaks Subdivision Unit 10 and run thence in a westerly direction, along the north line of River Oaks Subdivision Unit 9, a distance of 220.00 feet, more or less, to a point 220.00 feet west of, as measured perpendicular to, the west line of River Oaks Subdivision Unit 10; thence run in a northerly direction, parallel to said west line of River Oaks Subdivision Unit 10, a distance of 1435.81 feet; thence run in an easterly direction, parallel to said north line of River Oaks Subdivision Unit 9, a distance of 220.00 feet, more or less, to the west line of said River Oaks Subdivision Unit 10; thence run in a southerly direction, along the west line of said River Oaks Subdivision Unit 10, a distance of 1435.81 feet, more or less, back to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

AND

A certain tract of land containing 205 acres, more or less, and situated in Section 35, Township 18 North, Range 3 East, and Section 51, and 80, Township 18 in North, Range 4 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, more particularly described as follows:

An irregular shaped parcel of land being bounded on the west by the easterly toe of the Ouachita River levee; bounded on the north and east by the north and east line of Section 50, T18N-R4E; and bounded on the south by the northerly high bank of Chauvin Bayou."

B.  The Ouachita Parish governing authority shall be the governing authority for the district.  

Acts 1985, No. 979, §1.  

Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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