§ 1-103. Boundaries of the City.

The boundaries of the City shall be as follows: Commencing at a point in the middle of the Mississippi River on the projected division line between the Parish of Orleans and the Parish of Jefferson, in the vicinity of Carrollton, and thence along the said projected line to the left bank of said river, and thence along the division line between the Parish of Orleans and the Parish of Jefferson to the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, and thence to a point in the middle of Lake Pontchartrain on the projected said Parish division line, and thence along the middle of Lake Pontchartrain to the middle of the Rigolets, and thence along the middle of the Rigolets to Lake Borgne, and thence along the main shore of Lake Borgne, including all islands within one marine league distance thereof, to the middle of Fisherman's Canal, and thence along the middle of Fisherman's Canal to the line of the south side of Florida Walk, and thence along the said line of Florida Walk to the lower line of the United States Barracks, and thence along the said line of the United States Barracks to the left bank of the Mississippi River, and thence to a point in the middle of the Mississippi River on the projected line of the said United States Barracks, and thence along the middle of the Mississippi River to the point of commencement; and commencing at a point in the middle of the Mississippi River, abreast of a point on the right bank of the said river established by the Board of State Engineers, opposite Ptolemy Street, and thence to said point, and thence running as follows, viz: South, 42 deg. 30 min.; east, 4 miles and about 1,080 feet and south, 3 deg. 10 min.; west about 620 feet. Thence along the back line of properties south, 57 deg. east 2,143 feet 4½ in.; north 2 deg. 45 min.; east 1,910 feet 7 in.; south 53 deg. 30 min.; east 5,162 feet 2 in.; north 6 deg. 15 min.; east 4,932 feet 7 in. to township line, 1 mile, 138 feet 9 3/4 in.; south 76 deg. east 3,111 feet 4½ in. to township line, 445 feet 10 in.; south 72 deg. east 947 feet 9½ in.; south 65 deg. 30 min.; east 955 feet to range line 1,337 feet 8 in.; south 83 1/3 deg. east 860 feet 6 in.; north 61 deg. 7 min.; east 524 feet 7 in. to range line, 1,366 feet 6 in.; south 81 deg. 15 min.; east 2,368 feet 6 in. to range line 4,383 feet 2 in.; south 61 deg. 53 min.; east 1½ miles and about 2,770 feet 2 in. south 31 deg. 35 min.; east 1½ miles and 2,163 feet to line of Jeanne La Salles, and thence to a point in the middle of the Mississippi River on a projection of the said line, and thence along the middle of the Mississippi River to the point of commencement, and any additional area hereafter included in the Parish of Orleans, and legally incorporated by ordinance of the Council into the City of New Orleans.