The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-06

TO them, aud submitted to the Police Jury
for their action
OFFICE OF THE DoSALDseSyILLE CHIEF,
DonaldsonvilIe, La, Feb II, 1873.
GeHtiemesl-I propose to do all the adyef-
Using, Police jury proceedings, official no.
tees, etc, OF the parish of Ascension for the
year 1878, for the full sum of One Hundred
and Eighty Dollars tS1S0). payable monthly
in the same manner as salaries of parish of
4icers are paid. Respectfully yours,
L. T. BENTLEY,
Editor and Proprietor D'ville CHIEF.
The following resolution was adopted:
ReSolred, That the Police Jury award to
L. E. Bentley the contract for printing upon
the terms of his bid made Feb. IL, 1878, filed
with the Secretary of the Police Jury and
that his salary shall begin trom the LIST dav
of January last past, as he has Published
the parish printing from said day.
On motion of A. Burnett:
Resolred, That the President of the Police
Jury may direct the Parish Treasurer To
transfer any surplus belonging to any funds
of 1877 after diseharging all claims against
said funds, to pay any outstanding claims
for the year 1877 against funds that may be
exhausted; provided, that such claims be
first approved by the Parish Attorney, and
only such claims shall he approved thai
have accrued in strict conformity to law.
Adopted.
Joseph L. Brent offered the following:
AN ORDINANCE
Amendatory of the Code Ordinances III Re-
lation to Estrays.
The Police Jury of the parish of Ascension
do ordain as follows:
| SEC. /. That Chapter XII of the Code
Ordinance of the said parish, compiled by
M. Marks and published by Ascension
! Leader in 1871, shall be amended by attack
ing to said chapter the following section
"SEC. Is. That all animals found at largr
in any lands fronting on the Mississippi
river or Bayou Lafourche having an inclos-
ure along its front line sufficient to turn
stock. may be taken up by the owner of
said lands or his agents, and thereupon may
be treated as ii taken up on the public high
way under sec. of this chapter; or may be
delivered to the Justice of the Peace of the
ward, to be kept until the owner comes
forward and pays all reasonable charges
and costs incurred or accruing to the said
Justice, or by his order: and the said JUS
tice is authorized to advertise q description
of said estrays, and if no person shall como
forward in thirty days and prove ownership
and pay the costs and charges due on said
animals, the same shall be sold at public
auction by the Justice of the Peace OF the
ward, after ten days notice published in a
newspaper and set up in the ward, and the
proceeds thereof, after dedueting costs and
charges, paid unto the Parish Treasurer, TO
be held by him for the account of the owner
of said animals; provided, that nothing
contained in this ordinance shall be held to
apply to the seventh and eighth wards
SEC. 2. That the fee of the Justice for
verifying the ownership shall be fifty cents,
provided no advertisement be made till
after three days, and for posting advertise
ments one dollar.
SEC. 3. That all ordinances so far as they
may conflict with the foregoing are hereby
repealed. Seconded and adopted.
On motion of Joseph L. Brent:
Resolred, That the President be requested
to inform the State Board of Engineers of
the caving of the Bujol leyee, and of the
danger of other levees, requesting them to
make the necessary survey to ascertain the
cost for building aud repairing said levees,
and call upon the Governor for aid and as
sistance, as the parish is unable to build
new levees. Seconded aud adopted.
On motion of Joseph L. Brent:
Resolped, That committee of one men,
Der from each side of the river be appointed
to report at the next meeting OF the Police
Jury the polling places to be established in
the parish. Adopted.
The following petition was read:
! DoNALDsoNvILLE, L., March 25, 1878
To the President and members of the Police
jury of the parish of Ascension
| GentemeH--As we aIe DESTROYS of having
a spacious apartment to rehearse our band.
and as we can not find a private place af-
fordIpg this advantage, We hereby respect
fully beg your honorable body TO let us hayo
the use OF the court room for said purpose !;
and we further beg of you to grant US the
exclusive use of said room during our re-
hearsals, reserving to us the right to refuse
adnittanee to the public.
Respectfully,
MEMBERS OF THE DoS. INDPT BAND
p. LECHE, Presdt.
The foregoing petition was laid over Till
the next meeting of the Police Jury.
A bill of G. w. Mitchell of 81 was pre-
sented and approved.
bill of Henry Buquoi of S. for one coffin
for pauper was presented and approved for
81
On motion, duly seconded, the Police Ju.
ry adjourned till Thursday, the 9TH inst, ut
III o'clock A. NJ.
RT HANSON,
A true copy: President Police Jury.
FRANCIS VIcKSAIR, Secretary
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