The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-22
PARISH OF ASCENSION, }
Court House, May Is, 1880. :

Court House, May Is, 1880.
mo. 3. New Series.l
AN ORDINANCE to carry into eject Act
No. 40 OF the General Assembly of 1890,
approved March 90, 1880.
SEC. l. WHEREAS. The General Assem-
bly, has enacted the following law, to-wit ::
No. 49.1 AN ACT
Ordering and requiring parish or municipal
corporations in the State to receive for
taxes or licenses due any parish or mu-
nicipal corporation prior to January L,
1879, all valid warrants, scrip or evil
dences of Indebtedness Of said parish or
municipal corporations.
SECTION |. BE Il enacted BY the General
Assembly OF the State Of LO,tisi0,,a, 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 evidencesof indie btednesss of said
parish or municipal corporations, except
judgments, without any discrimination as
to what years said warrants, scrip or evil
issued i: prorided that all valid metropolitan
police warrants or scrip for the years 1874,
1879 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; and that all school certificates
board shall be receivable for any taxes due
any parish or 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
mi n RIUn1
the restrictions above provided without
any discrimination as to the year in which
said warrants. scrip or other evidences of
lnde btedness were issued or the debt con-
tracted; pv0rided, however, that 40 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, ana found valid, and indOrsed
by them as such and it shall be the duty
Of said police jnries and municipal authori-
ties throughout the State, to pass on the
validity OF said scrip and other evidences
of Indebtedness immediately upon the pre-
sentation OF the same to them prerided, no
right to plead prescription shall hereby be
and provided further, that all war
rants and certificates condemned by the
police jury or municipal corporation shall
be SO stamped.
SEC. 2. be 1t further enacted, etc., That
all laws or parts of laws contrary to the
provisions OF this act are hereby repealed
K. n. OGDEN,
Speaker of the House of Reples natives
s u. McENERY,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved March 80. $780,
LOUIS A. WILT.
Governor ut the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Assistant Secretary of State.
Now. therefore, in order to carry out the
of said law,
BE 1t ordained BY the Police Jury Of the
Perish Of ascension, That all warrants,
scrip and other evidences of Indebtedness,
except judgments.) of the parish Of Ascen-
slon which are made receivable for all
licenses and taxes due said parish prior to
5he 1st OF January, 1879, under the provisions
said Act No 40 shall, before the same are
made receivable for said taxes and licenses
,e submitted to ii special committee of the |
Police Jury composed of the folio wing mem
,ers: X. L. Hanson. Ben Gibson. z. klop- |
nan. And it shall be the duty of said |
committee to examine said warrants, scrip |
sad evidences of Indebtedness and if the |
tilo w IsVHtt Sdiii stlu hOt prescribed lu-
lorse them as valid with date and sigma
ures OF said committee. Ii the said war
ants, scrip or other evidences of indebted
less be found invalid or prescribed, after
uch examination, then said committee shall
ndorse them with their signatures econ
lemned, . . invalid" Or :. prescribe" as the
ase may he. The said committee shall
,eep correct lists Of all of said warrants,
Grip and certificates OF Indebtedness and
he names OF the persons presenting same.
3ne list to contain the "valid," and the
Their the IS invalid" warrants, scrip and
certificates of Indebtedness. In order to en-
BILE said committee to perform the duties
erein imposed. said committee shall eivA
ublIc notice Of its sessions :st,such time and
ace as said committee can speedily and
convene.
SEC. :. lie II further ordained, That the
AK Collector is hereby authorized to re-
Give for all parish licenses and taxes due
he parish OF Ascension, prior to January
81, lS|9, all such warrants, scrip and other
ertlflcates or evidences of indebtedness.
'hlch are duly endorsed and slammed
valid by said committee as provided for
! the preceding Section.
SEC. 5. he II further ordained, That all OF
resolutions or regulations Of the
olice Jury in conflict herewith be and the
anne are hereby repealed.
Adopted By the Police Jary Of tie parish
Ascension, May TO- 1880
Yeas-Duffel. Rodriguez, klopman, Han
IN, Erand, Gibson, harmon, Blouin.
r. I. HANSON,
President.
A true copy:
K. PRespER LASDpy. Secre+a,r