do they have tripoint equivalents too
heres the latest on the ctmari etc dispute
http://www.thewesterlysun.com/articles/2003/12/02/news/news3.txt
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> LAFAYETTE (AP) -- The Lafayette City-Parish Council is scheduled to
vote Tuesday
> on setting the parish's boundary line with Vermilion Parish, but a
group of
> residents say the vote would violate the state constitution.
>
> Lafayette city and parish officials began in 1999 having the State
Land Office
> determine a parish line because it has long been in dispute.
Tuesday's vote
> concerns the map created by the Land Office.
>
> However, adoption of the map would mean a handful of Lafayette
residents would
> suddenly find themselves residents of Vermilion Parish, and some
oppose the
> shift.
>
> According to the State Constitution, parish boundary lines can be
changed only
> by the Legislature or a two-thirds vote by residents of both
parishes. Don
> Bertrand, a resident who opposes the map, said one of those
processes should be
> followed in this case.
>
> City-Parish officials have said they are not changing the boundary,
but simply
> ''re-establishing'' it. They say the current boundary line has been
in use since
> 1999, and the Land Office is confirming that move.
>
> Bertrand said the 1999 change was made because of resident Linda
Duhon's run for
> the Lafayette Council. Her opponent, incumbent Lenwood Broussard,
successfully
> challenged Duhon's residency in court by using surveys from the
1940s.
>
> But Duhon and others in the area had voted, paid taxes and gone to
school in
> Lafayette Parish for generations, Bertrand said.
>
> Bertrand said there are just as many maps and surveys that show the
disputed
> area to be in Lafayette Parish. The boundary descriptions used in
the 1940s
> survey use landmarks that no longer exist, Bertrand said.
>
> In a case where the boundary descriptions are blurred, Bertrand
said, officials
> should use boundaries that are historically established by custom.
>
> John Evans with the State Land Office said his office began trying
to determine
> the actual line years ago at the request of Vermilion and Lafayette
parishes.
>
> The State Land Office tried to piece together what could still be
confirmed from
> old surveys and legislative acts to reach the boundary to be voted
on Tuesday,
> Evans said.
>
> Assistant Public Works Director Bill Campbell said last week that
the disputed
> area has always been in Vermilion Parish and all the ordinance does
is formalize
> the line.