The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13
Proceedings of Common Council,
Town of DonaldsonVille.
ADJOURNED MEETING.
MAYORS OFFICE, April 6, 1873.

MAYOR OFFICE5 Apfll y, lofo
The Council met this day at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, Mayor Dutfel in the chair.
Members present-Joseph Burbridge, DR.,
B. Claverie, Aldermen LIST ward s. Ricard,
Alderman, ID ward V. Maurin, u Landry,
Aldermen Sd ward.
Absent-H. S. Boudreaux.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved
Mayor Duffel informed the Council that
he had sent the Governor the following
resignation, which explains itself:
DoNALDsoNyILLE, 9th April, 1878.
70 His Excellency F. T. Nichols, Governor
of louisiana
Sir-Measures adopted this week by the
Police Jury of the parish of Ascension-of
which | am the District Attorney pro tenn
porc-to be enforced within the Incorporated
limits of the town of Donaldsonyille. OF
which l am the executive officer, have made
manifest the incompatibility between the
two offices, which | had urged when pressed
by my friends to accept at your hands the
commission of Mayor; and now determine
me to resign my position of District Attor
ney pro ten,poFe, which have the bonor to
hereby formally tender.
would earnestly urge your excelleney to
act at once in the matter, that my successor
may relieve me before the 18th inst, on
which day it may become his duty to pro-
coed crminally to enforce the penalties pre-
scribed by an ordinance enacted by the Po-
lice Jury, ostensibly according to the pro-
visions of Act No. "a, passed by the General
Assembly of the State at the regular session
of 1878; against such of the citizens of Don
jacksonville as should stand firmly opposed
to what they may believe, as l conscien-
tiously do, to be not only partial, harsh,
unjust uncalled for and Illegal measure,
but an arbitrary and tyrannicaI exercise of
misplaced power, and a palpable and I'M
justiiable encroachment on their municipal
and corporate rights
| trust your eXeellency will appreciate
the delicacy of my position and find therein
sufficient excuse for my anxiety in again
urging your prompt action in the premises.
have the honor to be your excellency's
Obedient servant,
FREDERICK DUFFEL,
Mayor of Donaldsonville.
On motion of V. Maurin, duly seconded,
the following resolution was adopted
Be it resoEged, That the obove communi-
cation and resignation be spread on the
minutes of this Council.
ReS0lUed further. That this Council do
hereby endorse and approve the action of
the hon. Mayor, and that the thanks of this
judicious action in the above matter.
The following report was presented, re-
eived and adopted:
To the Hon. Mayor and Aldermen of the
Town of Donaldsonville
Gentiemese-Your committee appointed to
examine the wharf and report whether the
same had been completed in accordance
with the contract entered into between the
town and Mr.. Felix Leblanc, have the
honor to report that upon q careful and
thorough examination of the wharf they
find that the lessee has substantially COM
piled with all the material specifications,
the only deviation from the contract being
that the front instead of being made with
cypress logs driven three feet apart, have
only six cypress logs with solid facing of
heavy gunnels from below the low water
mark to the top of the wharf firmly secured,
which in the opinion of your committee do
not detract from but rather add to the
strength of the same, and that he has in
other respects done more than the contract
calls for, your committee would therefore
recommend the acceptance of the same.
ResDectfullV