The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-05-19

pc paid upon presentation of a specific an
.Eemlzed accounT, duly approved under e,
lsting laws; and Police Jurors, who shall b
pald upon a warrant of the President nnde
sec. D, Act q, extra session of 1877
sec. IL. Be it further. yesolced. That III;
ordinance shall take effect from and affa
the cate of its passage, and all ordinance
or parts OF ordinances in conflict herewith
De ana the same are hereby repealed.
On motion of A. Burnett:
ResotUed, That the above resolutions b,
taken up and voted upon separately.
Adopted.
Sees. l, 2, taken up and adopted.
Sec' taken up and considered. H. Heymar
moved to amend by allowing 40 cents in lier
OF IS cents. Joseph Ferrier moved to amend
Mr.. Heyman's amendment by substituting
10 cents; the vote was taken ON Mr.. Terriers
amendment and lost the vote was then
taken ON Mr.. Heyman's amendment and
carried, and the section as amended was
adopted. Yeas, Hanson, Heyman, Rice.
Burnett. Terrier, King, Brent and Le1nann
No, Fl. Mccall
Secs. a, 5, taken up and adopted.
Sec. s taken up, and on motion of H. Hey-
man, duly seconded, the amount was re-
duced to one hundred and fifty dollars, and
the section as amended was adopted.
Sec. taken up adopted.
Sec. 8 taken up, and on motion of ]. L.
Brent the salary of the Parish ATTORNEY was
increased to $500, but at the request of the
Parish Attorney the amendment was recon-
sidered, and the section as it originally
stood, at two hundred and seyenty-fiye dol
lars, was adopted.
Secs. 9, 10, II, taken up and adopted.
Sec. IL taken up, and on motion of JL.
Brent, duly seconded, was amended by add
ing that neither the Clerk of Court nor
Sheriff shall be entitled to draw their war
rants for salary, except on the certificate of
the District Attorney that they have duly
performed the duties imposed on them by
law, and no Constable shall receive his war
rant for his salary without certificate from
the Justice of his court that he has performed
his duties, and no Justice of the Peace shall
draw warrant for his salary except npon
the certificate of the Clerk of Court that the
said Justice is in the actual performance of
his duties. Adopted.
Sec. ID taken up and adopted
On motion of Henry Heyman
Resolvcd, That the revised estimate of |
expenditures be taken up item by item and |
7oted upon.
Carried.
Items l, 9, taken up and adopted.
Item taken up, and on motion of j. L.
Brent was amended by increasing to two
five hundred dollars. H. Mccall
'oting against said amendment.
Items 4, 5, 6, Z, 8, 9, 10, IL, IL, ID, taken up,
onsidered and adopted.
Item Ia taken up, considered, and on mo
ion of B. Lemann, the blank was filled I'D
" inserting the sum of one hundred and
evenly dollars.
Items Is, ,l6, IL, Is, 10, 20, 81, %, %, "a,
AIKEN up, considered and adopted.
B. Lemann offered the following ordinance
. assess, levy and collect the parish tax of
8T:
Sec. |. Be IL resolued By the Police Jury of
le parish of ascension, That the estimate
Expenditures as now revised and amended,
and the same is hereby adopted as
hole.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, That tax
ten mills on each dollar of the valuation
all the real and personal property, as per {
lie parish assessment rolls of the parish of
scension for the year 1876, be and the same
hereby assessed, to be known as the parish
X of 1877, to defray the expenses of the
arish for the current year, and that the
mount OF said taxes be and the same ia
sreby specially and separately apprcpri-
ed to the several items of expenditures of
i'd estimate.
Sec. 8. Be ii further resolved, That said
xes shall be and the Tax Collector is here
7 directed to levy and collect the same in j
). currency only, in the same manner as
@ State taxes are collected, and under the :
me rules and regulations.
Sec. 4. Be it further resolved, That the
cretary of the Police Jury be and is here 4
directed to furnish said Tax Collector
tn copy of this ordinance forthwith.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further reSolced, That this
dinance shall take effect from and after
9 date of its passage.
On motion of Henry Mccall:
That the regular june meeting
dispensed with, and that we meet accord
: to law on the first Monday of July, to 81
district the parish. i
adopted.
On motion of II. Mccall: r
Resoired, That the President appoint q q
nmittce of two members, who, with bim- &c
and the Parish Attorney, shall examine II
, ordinances of the parish and report to :
J Police Jury. at its July session, what
" reg ulations or changes they deem wise
adopt, when adopted it shall be the duty =
said committee to prepare full new code,
present one being so mixed up in the az
'retary's record book without index, that r,
8 impossible to find any thing without |,
at labor. When the new code is made l
it shall be the duty of the Police Jury Z
zee to make a copy of it in the beginning 3 ?
1he new record book, with proper index. :
hat when any new regulations are adopted 2
y can he indexed under proper heading. .
.dopted. 2
he President appointed on said committee 9
ssrs. j. L. Brent and Henry Mccall. 10
he Parish Attorney reported progress in a a
report of the indebtedness of the parish, % %
on motion, duly seconded, Messrs. B. 20 20
mann and Joseph Terrier were appointed -
aid and assist the Parish Attorney on =, .S
report, which report shall he made at ~
I'LL 80 L. T.,