The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-29

PARISH OF ASCENSION, !
Courthouse May Is, 1880.
No. 3. New Series.l
AN ORDINANCE to carry into effect Act
No. 40 OF the General Assembly Of 1880.
approved March 80, 1880.
SEC. l. WHEREAS The General Assem-
bly, has enacted the following law, to-wit !:
No. 49,. AN ACT
Ordering and requiring parish or municipal
corporations i'll the State to receive for
taxes or licenses due any parish or mu-
ncpal corporation prior to January | ,
1879, all valid warrants, scrip or evil
dences of Indebtedness OF said parish or
municipal corporations.
SECTION !. BE 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of The State of Louisiana. That all
parish or municipal corporations in this
State shall receive for all taxes and licenses
due said parish or municipal corporations
prior to January !, 1879, all valid warrants,
scrip or evidences of indie btednesss of said
parish or municipal corporations, except
judgments, without any discrimination as
to what years said warrants, scrip or evil
dcnces Of Indebtedness shall have been
issued prorided, that all valid metropolitan
police warrants or scrip for the years 1874,
1875 and 1876 shall be receivable only for
that portion of the tax levied for the metro
politan police fund and no other, without
any discrimination as to the year in which,
said warrants were issued or said taxes
levied; 3nd that all school certificates
issued, according to law, by any school
board shall be receivable for any taxes due
any parish OF municipality only for that
portion Of the school tax due to said parish
or municipality. The true intent or mean
ing OF this act being to allow the delinquent
tax payers to pay their Indebtedness OF any
year with any kind of valid obligations
issued or emitted by any such parish or
municipal corporation in this State. with
the restrictions above provided. without
any discrimination as to the year in which
said warrants scrip or other evidences of
Indebtedness were issued the debt con
tracted lrocided. however, that no warrant
scrip or other evidence of indebtedness of
any parochial or municipal corporation
shall be receivable for any tax or license
unless the same shall, after the passage Of
this act, have first been EXAMINED by the
police jury of the parish or the municipal
authority of the town or city owing the
Indebtedness, and found valid, and inlorscd
by them as such ; and it shall be the duty
OF said police jurics aud municipal authori-
ties throughout the State, to pass on the
validity OF said scri p and other evidences
of Indebtedness Immediately upon the pre-
scntation OF the same to them; pinUiGrd, no
right to plead prescription shall hereby be
waived; md proridcd FURTHER, that all war
rants and certificates condemned by the
police jury or municipal corporation shall
be so stamped.
SEC. >. ie Il further enacted, etc, That
all laws or parts of laws contrary to the
provisions &: li,is act arc !crth: repealed
Il. N. OGDEN,
Speaker Of the House of Rep1es natives
$. ID. McENERY,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
senate.
Approved March 90 1890
LOUIS 4. WILT,
Governor oil the State OF Louisiana
true copy:
OSCAR AHHoyo,
Assistant Secretary of State
Now, therefore, i'll order to carry out the
provisions OF said law.
Be ordained by the Police Jury of the
Parish Of ascension. That sill warrants,
scrip and other evidences Of indebtedness,
(cxccpt judgments.) of the parish of Asccn
sion which aac made receivable for all
licenses and taxes due said parish prior to
the LIST OF January, 1879, under the provisions
said Act No, 40 shall, before the same are
made receivable for said taxes and licenses,
he submitted to IL special committee OF the
Police jury composed Of til. folio wing mem
beers: Il. L. Hanson, Ben Gibson. T.. klol,-
nan. And it shall be the duty of said
committee to examine said warrants, scrip
anu eNitttnGt'S Ol li1tttDttulltSS anu IL the
same be found valid aud not prescribed III
dorsc them as valid with date and sigma
lures OF said committee. Ii the said war
rants, scrip or other evidences Of indebted
ness be found invalid on prescribed, ;.ttnr
such examination, then said committee shall
indorse them with their signatures econ
dcmned, invalid" or prescribe" as the
case may be. The said committee shall
keep correct lists Of all OF said warrants,
scrip and certificates Of Indebtedness, and
the names OF the persons presenting same
One list to contain the "valid'' and the
other the invalid warrants, scrip and
certificates OF Indebtedness. In order to en-
able said committee to perform the duties
herein imposed. said committee shall give
public notice of its sessions at such time and
place as said committee can speedily and
convene.
SEC. 2. BE 1t .ftt,'the, ordained. That the |
Tax Collector is hereby authorized to re-
ceivc for all parish licenses and taxes due
the parish of Ascension. prior to january
LIST, 1879, all such warrants, scrip aud other
certificates or evidences of indebtedness
which are duly endorsed and stamped
= valid by said committee as provided for |
in the preceding section.
SEC. 3. BIZ Il further ordained, That all Or
inances, resolutions or regulations of the !
Police Jury i'll conflict herewith be and the |
same arc hereby repealed.
Adopted by the Police Jury Of the parish
IF Ascension, May 10, 1880.
Ieas-Dutfcl, Rodriguez, Klopman, Han
son, Brtud, Gibson, Bar1pon, Blouin
r. Z. HANSON,
President.