Minutes of Police Jury [microform] : 1886-1891 [sic] / St. Landry Parish Police Jury. 1968.

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Minutes of Police Jury [microform] : 1886-1891 [sic] / St. Landry Parish Police Jury. 1968.

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2 microfilm reels : negative ; 35 mm.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Saint Landry Parish (La.). Police Jury

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Louisiana's unit of local government is the parish rather than the county. When Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803, the portion that is now approximately the State of Louisiana was called the Orleans Territory. On April 10, 1805, the governing body of the Orleans Territory divided it into 12 counties that roughly coincided with the parishes established by the Catholic Church during the Spanish and French regimes. On March 31, 1807, the territorial legislature passed an act ...