Rapides Par. Boundries, Page 3; Rapides, Louisiana
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P192.  La. A., 1871, 1st session of 2nd Legislature, #71, p. 175. Approved 
March 30, 1871.
To create the Parish of Vernon, and to provide for the organizaiton thereof.
Sec. 1. . . . That a new parish in the State of Louisiana be and the same 
is hereby created out of the western portion of the Parish of Rapides and 
the southern portion of Sabine and Natchitoches, to be called and known by 
the name of the Parish of Vernon.
Sec. 2.  . . .that the following shall be the boundaries of the Parish of 
Vernon, viz:  Commencing at the mouth of Bayou Toro, upon the Sabine River, 
thence up said Toro to the township line between three and four, (3 and 4) 
thence east on said township line to the road known as the Bevils (now Hardins) 
and Natchitoches Road; thence along said road in a northward direction to the 
township line between four and five (4 and 5) north, thence east on said 
township line to the Devil creek, thence down said creek to the range line 
between four and five (4 and 5) west, thence south on said range line to the 
parish line of Calcasiou, thence west on said parish line to the Sabine River, 
thence up the Sabine River to the point beginning.

209.  La. A., 1906, Reg. session, #27, p. 37.  Approved June 27, 1906.
To establish and organize the Parish of Beauregard, to fix its boundaries, 
and to provide for temporary government and administration thereof, in 
accordance with Article 277 of the Constitution of this State.  And to 
Provide for the submission to the voters of the Parish of Catahoula at 
an election to be held on the third (3) Tuesday in January 1908 of the 
question.  "Whether or not the said Parish of Beauregard shall be 
established and organized" and to provide for the holding and conduct 
of said election, and to give effect to the same.
Sec. 1. . . . That a new parish, in the State of Louisiana, be and the 
same is hereby created out of the western portion of the Parish of 
Catahoula, to be called and known as the Parish of Beauregard, that 
the Parish of Beauregard shall be composed of all that territory of 
the said Parish of Catahoula comprised within the following boundaries, 
to-wit:  All that portion of Catahoula Parish lying west or range line 
four; east Louisiana meridian.  The boundaries of said territory being 
as follows to-wit:   The south line of Caldwell Parish on the north; 
range, line four east Louisiana meridian on the east; the east line of 
Grant and Winn Parishes on the west and on the south, bounded by Avoyelles 
and Rapides Parishes, and containing six hundred and fifty square miles 
more or less, and eight thousand (8,000) inhabitants.
211.  La. A., 1908, Reg. session #177, p. 244.  Approved July 3, 1908.
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.
Sec. 1. . . . .That a new parish in the State of Louisiana, be and the 
same is hereby created out of the western portion of the territory of 
the Parish of Catahoula, to be called and known as the Parish of La 
Salle; that the said Parish of La Salle shall be composed of all the 
territory of the present Parish of Catahoula lying west of the following 
described line:  Commencing at the northeast corner of section twenty-four 
(24) in township eleven (11) north of range four (4) east, Louisiana 
meridian, and running south on range line between ranges four (4) and 
five (5) east, to Saline Bayou; the said Parish of La Salle being bounded 
as follows:  The south line of Caldwell Parish on the north, the said 
range line four (4) east, Louisiana meridian on the east; the east line 
of Grant and Winn Parishes on the west and the line of Avoyelles and 
Rapides Parishes on the south, and containing more than six hundred and 
twenty-five (625) square miles and more than seven thousand (7,000) 
inhabitants.

216.  La. A., 1912, Reg session, #6, p. 8.  Approved June 12, 1912.
To create, establish, and organize the Parish of Allen; to fix and define 
the boundaries thereof; to provide a Representative therefor; to provide 
for the adjustment of the assets and liabilities of the Parish of Calcasieu 
with the said Parish of Allen; and to assign the Parish to a Senatorial, 
Judicial, and other Districts.
Sec. 1. . . . that a new Parish in the State of Louisiana, to be called 
and known as the Parish of Allen, is hereby created out of that portion 
of the present Parish of Calcasieu comprised and embraced within the 
following boundaries, to wit:  commencing on the Vernon Parish line at 
a point where the line between sections Fifteen and Sixteen in Township 
Two South Range Six West, intersects said Parish line; thence South along 
Section line to the southwest corner of Section Twenty-two in Township 
Five South, Range Six West, thence West along Section line to the Southwest 
corner of Section Nineteen in Township Five South Range Seven West, thence 
South along Range line to Southwest corner of Section Nineteen, in Township 
Seven South, Range Seven West, thence East along Section line to the 
Southeast corner of Section twenty-two, in Township Seven South, Range 
Seven West, thence North along Section line to the Northeast corner of 
Section Twenty -two, in Township Seven South, Range Seven West, thence 
East along Section line to the Southeast corner of Section Sixteen in 
Township Seven South, Range Four West, thence North along Section line 
to Quarter Corner between Sections Thirty-three and Thirty-four, in 
Township Six South, Range Four West, thence East to the middle of Bayou 
Nezpique, thence in a Northerly direction along the middle of Bayou 
Nezpique, to the point where the North boundary of Section Thirty, in 
Township Five South, Range Three West, intersects said Bayou, thence 
North on the line between Evageline and Calcasieu Parishes to the Rapides 
Parish line, thence west along Rapides Parish line to beginning.