The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-06-05

PARISH OF ASCENSION, J
Courthouse, May Is, 1880.
mo. 3. New Series1
AN ORDINANCE to carry into effect Act
No. 40 OF the General Assembly of 1880,
approved March 20, 1880.
Sec. l. WHEREAS, The General Assem-
bly, has enacted the following law, to-wit !:
No. 49.l 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 l. Be 1t enacted BIZ 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 Indebtedness of said
parish or municipal corporations, except
judgments, without any discrimination as
to what years said warrants, scrip OF evil
dences of Indebtedness shall have been
issued prorided, that all valid metropolitan
police warrants or scri p for the YEAS 1874,
1873 aud 1876 shall be receivable only for
that portion OF the tax levied for the metro
pOlitan police fund and no other, without
amy discrimination as to the year in which
said warrants were issued or said taxes
levied; and that all school certificates
issued, according to law, by any school
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 OF 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 We're issued or the debt con-
traeted proridcd, 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, ana found valid, aud Endorsed
by them as such and it shall be tho duty
of said police juries and municipal authori-
ties throughout the State, to pass on the
validity OF said scrip and other evidences
OF Indebtedness immediately upon the pre-
seutatlon OF the same to them prorided, no
right to plead prescription shall hereby be
"dtstt uHH ptfOCMeU JNitHCf. tE;tG all war
rants and certificates condemned by the
police jury or municipal corporation shall
be SO stamped.
SEC. ,. lie it further entctea, ETC., That
all laws o: parts Of laws contrary to the
provisions OF tits act are hereby repealed
Il. N. OGDEN,
Speaker OF the House OF Repies. natives.
S. D. McENERY,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Approved March %, 1880
LOUIS A. WILT,
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Assistant Secretary of State.
Now, therefore, in order to carry out the
provisions OF said law,
Be it ordained By the Police Jury Of the
Parish Of ascension, That all warrants,
Except Judgments.) of the parish of Ascen
sion which are made receivable for all
licenses aud 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,
be submitted to IL special committee OF the
Police Jury composed of the folio wing mem
bers: Il. 7. Hanson, Ben Gibson. p. Klop-
man. Aud it shall be the duty of said
committee to examine said warrants, scrip
and evidences Of Indebtedness and if the
same be found valid and not prescribed ill-
dorse them as valid =" with date and signa-
lures OF said committee. Ii the said war
rants, scrip OF other evidences Of indebted
ness be found invalid or prescribed, after
such examination, then said committee shall
indorse them with their signatures 90 CON
delnned ;" invalid" or 9 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
othsr the '' invalid" warrants, scrip and
certificates of Indebtedness. Ia 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 Bet further ordained, That the
lax Collector is hereby authorized to re-
ceive for all parish licenses and taxes due
the parish OF Ascension. prior to January
LIST, 1879, all such warrants, scrip and 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. he 1t further, ordained, That all or
FINANCES, resolutions or regulations of the
Police yur! ip conflict herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Adopted by the Police Jury of the parish
Of Ascension, May TO- 1880.
leas-Duffel. Rodriguez, Klopman, Han
son, Braud, Gibson, harmon, Blouin.
r. 7. HANSON,
President.
A true copy: