The Donaldsonville chief., 1873-06-21

said nre2;,a,,,e m. reso1nfien for the payment
of sa;i warrants a nreseriled by the a4StllI
Section IF tLa Revised Statutes. That the t
Police .Tnr,v was Therefore utterly without 1
authoritv ar mower ID issue. or cause, or
direct to be issued. any of said outstanding /
a,,ra,,fs fiat ali IF aid outstanding war-
rants were iss,1ed by the said Secretary Of /
the Police .1nrv and endorsed a Receivable F
IN navment Of tlnesn by the Parish Treas T
urer. witheut au4hority Of law. and in viola
f;nn ofs law and in ntter tiisre epard of the 1
we'll settled inrispruience Of this State. I
That the said outstanding warrants and all I
ether warranta issued a aforesaid by said /
Sacretary If tho. Police Jnrv. are Therefore !
illeoal.- null and void. not binding ON the /
Y,a,Ssh IF Ascension. and not instly and law |
fully receivable in payment Of parish taxes |
and narish licenses. Petitioner further |
reDresenfs that by the unlawful issue OF said |
warrants and the flagrant abuses consequent /
thnrefrom. fha expenses of this parish have |
been more than trebled each year, and your
netitioner,s parish tax has been thereby in |
creased more than two hundred per cent. !
Zach wear And netitiouer AYERS that the |
unlawful and enormous INCREASE of said |
taxes nv the vicious. wasteful and corrupt |
financial system hereinbefore set forth, |
amounts tn gradual contiscation Of proDerty
in the narisi Of Aseeusion. and is "a gross
v;olatipn of vonr Detitioncr's rights of Drop !
art,- and that the same il also in violation of |
artyoia ( af the Amenalments Of 1871. to the
Cnnstitntion Of the United States. Petitioner
Further represents that the Police jury Of
.nls paii1sn ar .a,o " "1,;,,lr H.
ostensloly nl 1ne Yulpcso " ny a,. ~.
eApens.s " .no p,'s .'u'.,s. ~ so .,I
Iagoi funds wherewith to nnv and defraY
lesln iunus .sasa ~, ~ p:y D..1;a, I,,r.
tho Collector and tha Parish Treasurer will
lnn ooaeosoa s - amu '1o ~ t ~ Ia +ax
coneHI anu - pay " frosa;1
Ine anu e III ,.i, =. 20, -l,o o'.,
ana cue eApgi'ses " .e pallsn ~ - sno aa;,,
rent year Will feila'n anu eoA'inue W 'oA',.A
unpaIu: .,,,4 10 hos
Ie1lomea 5 isp1esente 1a - nraxant the
no au1;i'' " on'. .s;s1, w ,aied IN his
properly ~: :.e pna M poss ~ 4 +l,a sa;i
up, W ;ii ono sd ,,a,arts
.I IL. .nu ;aat ,,n ,,a,,.,,ns. ~
ZOE tne ieason tni't .ne onleo. lnu M s"1,,
saiu ''e - IN os p'l G1,i.s. ;,ns;na the ray
a,oh; n1 ~ ., ~, .no .1st ~ to t5e current
year That petitioner can only obtain rel1eI lei
lronl slu in.ol;r;o ;r;'no4n auaast sha con. ~
stitufed authorities of said parish, restrain
ing them from paving, or recei wing in pay
ment Of parish taxes, any Of said outstanding
parish warrants. That unless the said con-
stituted authorities be cnjOIned ana re-
strained there1rom, 1ney, the salu Ioliee
Jury the State Tax Collector for SAID par
ish, and the Parish Treasurer, will continue
by receiving the same III payment o1 parish
taxes and parish licenses TO the grea. ,'a
damage and injury OF SAID parish ana the
taxpayers thereof, and that the saad unlaM ",
tul acts OF said i authorities and officers WI
cause your petitioner lrreparabie damage
and injury to the amount OF more lhan nve
hundred dollars. These premises consiaeren,
petitioner prays That WITT OF injunction og
issued from this Honorable Court, aaaresseu .al
to the Police jury OF TINS parish, through us
duly auailfied Pres,dent, u Lnaen =. beh. "
ley, State Tax Collector Tor the pailsn 1l
Ascension and sx.ofilelo @ Gollecter % .. aa Raa,sn
taxes, ana TO Chrlstian Ann( Iar'sn llGsls-
urer Of the PARISH OF Ascenslon' en)omIns
them and each OF them, from paying OUT ol
any monies belonging 70 the paiisn u Az
cension, OF from receiving Or eausIng to Ne
received IN payment OF parish "a xes and par
ish licenses, any OF said outs outstanding M gpsa par,ssa
Warrants, drawn and issued by E KodOlphe 1lpl1
Braud, former Secretary, ana FRED ropp, !,
present Secretary OF the follce jury o th,s
parish, and that they pc seserally enloined,
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