The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18
Proceedings of the Police Jury.
Parish of Ascension.
SPECIAL MEETING.

CoURTHoUsE. July Is, 1874
Members presentation. p. Landry, presi-
dent; Messrs. j. B. Hebert, H. Heyrnan,
Louis Leblanc and Hillery Rice.
| H. o. Maher, Esq, .wasE eleeted temporary
Secretary in the absence OF the permanent
| Secretary.
The reading Of the minutes OF the last
meeting was dispensed with.
! On motion of Mr.. J. B. Hebert duly sec
onded, the following resolutions were
| adopted
| WHEREAS, By resolutions of this body,
adopted on the 18th day of June, 1874, a
| method was prescribed for the levy aud col
| lection of the parish tax of 1873, which we
| find, upon consultation with the Tax Col
! Iector, to be cumbersome and altogether
| impraeticable, owing to the great number
of items into which the approximate esu-
mate of expenses is divided therefore,
| BE il tesotced, That the following resolu
! ti0ns. numbered l. . = and 4, adopted upon
| the date aforesaid, be and the same are
hereby repealed:
Mol. :. Be it therefore enacted by the
Police Jury of Ascension i'll session convened,
| That it shall be the duty of the Assessor and
| Tax Collector in making out the assessment
under said Estimate, and the tax bills there
under, TO make out a separate assessment
| against each tax payer showing the amount
/ due by hinrsor taxes under and for each
seperitte item of expenditure on said esti-
mate.
No. ,. "Be IT further enacted, etc, That
| said tax bills shall be made out so that the
assessment under each special item shall be-
| gin as special taxes Tor that special item"
! No g. 8 Be it further eHicted, etc, That
/ when the tax collector collects said taxes,
| he shall plsAe. each amount received by him
| to the credit of the particular special tax for
| which it was paid, aud on no account shall
| he place the monies collected or to be col
| lected BY him into a general fund, so that
in his settlement with the Parish Treasurer
the latter shall he able to place the amounts
so collected to the credit of particular
special funds
No f. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
j the tax collector shall collect and receive in
payment of said taxes for the current fiscal
ye;ir commencing ON the LIST of January 1874,
! and ending on the 31st OF Deeem er 1875,
| only United States currency, provided, how
| ever that scrip, warrants or the valid ey-
idence ofsedebts against the parish, issued
for debts due for the current year, assessed
and levied under the estimate OF expendi-
lures adopted by the Police Jury ON the
25th day Of May, 1874, shall be receivable in
payment of the particular special tax for
| the payment of which the tax was collected
Ind be It enacted, That the Tax Collector
| shall collect and receive in payment of the
/ parish taxes of 1873 only United States cur
! renev or duly approved and regstefed evil
dences of claims against the parish, issued
Tor debts due for the current year of 1874.
under the estimate of expenditures adopted
! by the Police Jury on the 10Th of May, 1874 !;
! provided. however. that the two mill school
| tax and the special tax levied to satisfy the
Judgment of G. Kline against the parish, be
I II, low ali
BY Mr., j. b. Hebert M
| Be il resolrcd That the account of r. n.
/ Sims for professional services and costs of
printing brief in the suit of Thomas Brady
IS No. lS4S, the Parish of Ascension, be and
the same is hereby approved.
Be ii further YcSolrcd, That q tax be as
/ scssed and levied on the assessment roll of
the current year at sufficient rate per
! eentunl to pay said claim, and that the Tax
| Collector proceed to collect the same ae-
eording to law.
ADOPTED.
The following petition from V Cantrelle,
| Coroner, was received and read:
DoNALDsoNyILLE, July 10TH 1874.
To the Presidelt and members of the Police
Jury Of Ascension:
| GENTLEMEN would Respectfully eau
yourattention to the fact that the Coroner's
| appropriation is exhausted, owing to the
| fact that my predecessor has been drawing
on the amount set aside for the present year
/ for the Coroner's fee; aud also that the
Coroner's Juries are paid out OF the said APP
preparation, thus leaving me without ap-
preparation to draw against
l would thereforeas ask that your honorable
body make some provision that may be
| nna i,led tn have my claims AGAINST the par