The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-09-08

no contestants:
FIRST WARD. FIFTH WARD.
Louis Butler, Z. Z. Shanl1s,
Arthur Joseph, &. ii. Hill,
Marcelin Renard, Alex S, Landry,
~. Z. Hebert. James Robertson.
SECOND WARD SIXTH WARD.
2. A. Jones, VIM. Scott,
| Henry Cook, Aaron Cohen,
/ Owen White, Milton Morris,
II. d. Arceneaux. Alien Stevens
THIRD WARD. SEVENTH WARD.
Pierre Landry, Daniel Blouin,
p o. Ayraud, Joseph Gonzales,
| Soaring Taylor, Adam Guedry,
Rapf ael Lewis. III. x. Doyai.
FoURTI WARD. EIGHTH WARD.
Felix Reynaud, II. D. Minor,
Louis Lefort, p E. Braud,
! G. Kline, Alex. Meyers,
*Gustave Dugas. Henry West.
Absent.
The report was adopted as the roll
of the convention. Motions to admit
duly elecled alternate from the third
| ward to the seat of an absent delegate,
and to allow partial delegations to
east the full vote of the ward were
defeated. Messrs. Gonzales and Ay-
raud were placed in nomination for
permanent president; the vote stood,
Gonzales IL, Ayraud 10, and the Sc
lection of Mr.. Gonzales was made
unanimous. Mr.. Minor was contin-
ued in the position of secretary.
A lengthy communication from the
President of the Police Jury was read,
setting forth the predicament in which
the Jury finds itself through being
invested by State law with the care OF
the leyees, and detailing the provi-
sions of this law, the action taken by
the Jury and its subsequent recanta-
ton, and touching upon the injustice
Uf iuuPosiuo ~poa ProPost5- o,r..err
alone the burden of works in which
all classes of the population are inter-
ested. A motion prevailed to refer
this communication to the committee
on resolutions when appointed.
Mr.. P. Landry moved that q com-
mittee of five be appointed to draft
resolutions expressive of the sense OF
the convention; adopted. The chair
designated Messrs. P. Landry, Doyal,
Reynaud, Shanks and A. s. Landry,
and recess of half an hour was ia
ken to give the committee time to
frame its report. When the conven-
ton again came to order, the follow
ing was read by the secretary:
To the Hon. The President and Members OF
| the Convention:
Conference.-The undersigned committee
| appointed by your Hon. body to report reso-
| buttons expressive of the sense of this con
vention, beg leave most respectfully to sub
NIT the following suggestions TO be made to
the Police Jury as the most practicable man
ner of yprking and repairing the roads and
levees of this parish.
l. Let every man keep up and repair his
own road.
q Let the POLICE Jury call upon one of the
state Engineers anu ascertain Wnitb amount
will be required for the keeping in repairs
of the levees of this parish.
g. When the amount necessary for the
above purpose shall have been aseertained
let the Police Jury ascertain what amount
of parish licenses for 1878 can be collected
appropriate that amount towards the above
purpose, and if they only will, they can as
| suredly obtain the written application of q
majority in value of the tax payers of this
| parish TO levy special tax for the balance
that will be necessary to protect this parish
from overflow, under Sec. 103 of Act No. 81
of 1877. Respectfully submitted.
/ p. LANDRY,
H. r. DOYAL,
FELIX REYNAUD,
EDWIN E. SIANKS.
ALEX. S. LANDRY.