The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02

Total quantity Of earthwork, say. l6G.2 200
yards, which ut - cents per cubic yard, is
$36 56i
The valuation Of the district on the rolls
Of 1880 was s., l3l ,S72, and 50 far az we arc
aware there is no cause to expectl any con-
siderable change from revision of 1881 E.fss
y tax OF five mills on this amount would
be ST.. l59 80, or, after dcducting IL reasona-
bic allowance for dcinuuencies and expen-
OF cOlectlOn-say % per ccnt.-leavcs
S9 - % that may be derived from tho adis-
trict tax. Add to this the amount Of the
General Engineer Fund which will be avail
able for the district, viz: $15,OOO and we
have us the total sum which can be relied
upon for use in 1881, 81, I'D 81.
This shows large deficiency in the means
available, as compared with. the estimated
requirements, ana indicates that some OF the
works included in the above estimate will
have to be much reduced in extent, or de
ferrcd till the revenues IUf 1882 become
available.
1t also shows the necessity for the levy
and collection Of the full amount Of district
tax permitted by law. go, =
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY B. RICHARDSON,
Chief State Engineer.
SIDNEY G LEWIS,
H. G. BROWN
Assistant State Engineers.
LII H'ial'ioH' WI. IlONH NGlDaliI Ie-
ported that the indebtedness Of the dis
trct was al covered by previous taxes.
WIcrenpon the following resolutions
were offered:
WHEREAS, 1t appears from tho report
of the State Engineers that the cvce
work required 10 ne done in the Second
Levee District Of the State OF Louisiana
renders it proper and necessary to lew "A
district tax OF five mills therefore, bu it
|. Resolccd, BY the Board OF Lcyeu
commissioners OF the Second Lcyec Dis
trct of said State. duly convened in
meeting by the order of the Governor of
the State, at Darrowyillr in the parisl,
of Ascension and in said district, that IA
district lev"e tax ot five mills on all rc
estate and taxable property of the said
Second l,rycc district he levied ..on the
assessment rolls OF 1851, in accordance
with law.
=. Rcso'rcA, That the Tax Collectors of
the parishes of East Baton Rouge" Ibrr-
willie, Ascension and St. James he in
Structcd to cAtcnh. on all the real estate
nnl taxable property of those portions OF
their respective parishes lying and being
within the Second Lcvee District as de
fined ''y Act No. :s3 of ISIS, the said
special rvcr district tax levied in the
foregoing resolution, and to proceed and
collect the same in the same manner and
under the same terms and penalties as
the State taxes arc collected and en-
forced
3. RcSolrcf, That copies of the fore
going rrSulutInn> be transmitted by the
Secretary o.! the Board to the Board OF
State Engineers. to the Auditor of Public
Accounts and to the Tax Collectors of the
parishes oil East Baton Rouge Ibcrvillc,
Ascension and St. james.
The above resolutions were adopted
unanimously, by the votes Of Mcssrs.
Galdcrc, nnpny and Brent.
The following resolution iii relation ia
rice tluurS was offered and unanimously
passed.
R,&nircd, That the B,al,l of State En-
GtHv"iS be requested 10 modify their rules
and regulations in relation to rice fumes
hN proN l'linG HAT III all cases where Il
rIre ttnmc n.'W is or hereafter may be
placed in the lrNrc that there shall he
made nn each side OF the t1ume an abut-
n'nt nn the l,rr side equal in height Ia
tho lrNer: that said a5ntment shall be
substantially l,ian',esl. and that the ditch
to the :icc iirtmr shall be p!anked be
tween lie ahufiMcntS on either side at
feast >'N feet beyond the river mouth o!
the flame and to the height OF the lcsee.
So as. in ease OF necessity. TO permit Il
,lnnr to be put in the titmctiitch ut least
six feet hrNon,i The ilumc- month, 10y
means Of wl,'.!, 'nnr u water-tiyht con
nrction shall he form, Il between the two
ahutmrntS Of Il height equal to the
height q; the lcyce.
die.
FERGUS GARDERE,
.JoSEIil l.. BRENT, President.
Secretary.