The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-14
Proceedings of the Police Jury,
Parish of Ascension.
DOS Ann


regular meeting of the Police Jury was held
this day. The roll WAS called and every member
WAS found present.
| The minutes of last meeting were read and
approved.
DR.. Duffel presented the claims of certain
| creditors, which were referred to the Finance
Committee.
| The report of Capt ii. W. barton, Parish
Surveyor and Inspect or, showing the condition
| Of every rice f1ume and all the levees, was read
! and accepted.
| A communication from Mr.. Il. e. Bentley,
editor and proprietor of the Donaldsonville
CHIEF, relative to the public printing, was read
and on motion of Mr. Kiopman duly seconded,
| was laid over for future action.
| Mr.. Klopman offered the following resolu-
| ton. which, on his motion, duly seconded, was
| adopted and ordered to be published without
delay and posted III such public places where
! it might more speedily reach the knowledge of
all interested parties:
| WHEREAS, The water has now nearly reached
the top OF the leyees i'll this parish and whereas
it is reported that the rivers are rising above;
therefore,
Be it resolved, That riparian proprietors
! throughout the parish be and they are hereby
ONCE TtllSe LtltlT
with plank5 and earth, 50 as to secure them
against the mass of water which now presses
against them, and put them in a condition to
resist the anticipated rise coming.
Be it further resolved, That the Overseers Of
Roads and Leyees be and they are hereby autho-
rlzed to furnish to all applicants at the cost of
the parish, lumber sufficient to carry out the
work herein projected and also for bridge pur-
poses. as 1t Is desirable that the cross-dltches
be kept free SO as to carry off rapidly the tram
splratlon water from the base of the lcvecs.
to strengthen their levees without delay, and to
keep Ill mind that vi glance is the mother Of
safety.
On motion of Dir. Gibson. duly seconded. the
following ordinance was adopted and ordered
to be printed without delay and posted in the
same manner as the foregoing resolution:
ORDINANCE No. 3O.-N. s.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-enact Ordi-
nance No. is, N. s.
Be It ordained, bU The Police Jury of the par
ISL of ascension IN regular meeting tlssem1fed
That Ordldance No. IL, N. s.. entitled An Or
dinance to prohibit live stock cattle and hogs
roaming ut large on the river and b.syou fronts"
ETC.. passed on tho 10Th day OF March, 1882, be
and the same is hereby amended and re-enacteil
so rs to read as follows:
Whereas, Live stock, cattle and hogs roam
ing at large on the river and bayou front during
the present high stage Of water endangers the
public levees; therefore,
~ 60 Iitotttu, " tte OtNc JNTy ~ me DIFtSH
OF ascension in regular session conrene.i, That
any person permitting his stock, horses, cattle
or or hogs to roam at large on the public levees Of
t the Mississippi i, river or Bayou Larourche in
this parish, shall, for each and every offense be
held liable to a penalty of five dollars for each
head of cattle found roaming.at large as afore-
SAID, recoverable by the President of the Police
Jury before any Justice of the peace And any
OveTseer Of Roads and Levees, any member of
the Police jury, any Constable or any citizen is
hereby authorized to impound all cattle horses
nfT
sald and to hold the same impounded until the
payment by the owners thereof of said penalty
OF five dollars per head and fifty cents addi-
tlonaI per day five days after said cattle shall
have been lnlpounded one-half of which fine of
tive dollars shall belong to the person impound-
ing the same.
Be it further ordained That all premises
wherein cattle may be penned shall be and they
are hereby considered as public pounds.
The following reports, made by the following
members, were read md accepted:
By DR.. Edward Duffel-That 1.-THE leyecs in
the first ward We're generally in good condition;
that planters were raising and strengthening the
same; that at Godchaux's and i'll Smoke Bend
some leVees were low and required raising;
that this work should have been done BEFORE
BY Mr.. Henry c. Braud-That he had recent
ly made In company with Mr.. w. L. Bateman.
Oyerseer of Roads and Levees for the fifth ward
careful inspection Of the entire length of the
t pubic road N sand ward; that every proprietor
Messrs: Sam Leblanc, John D. Cantey and
Odressi Crochet; that they had been notified to
ditch, bridge, and generally repair their roads,
By Mr.. Ben. Gibson: That roads and leyees
IN the sixth ward were in good order and con-
dition.''
The bill of Mr.. Valsin Bourgeois for making
road and ditch on parish lot opposite Donald
sonville, was approved for one dollar and fifty
cents.
Before adjournlng, Mr.. Felix Reynaud OBJ
tanned permission to address the Police Jury.
He offered to sell to the parish full and complete
files of every newspaper published in Donald
sonVlile since 1916, comprising thirty-two vol
ulnes, OF which twenty-five are neatly bound.
Simply as daily record OF local events, these
volumes, said Mr.. R.. possess peculiar in
terest; but when it is further considered that
they were the official journals of this parish,
and contain, possibly, the only evidence of
many an important document burnt with our
late Courthouse, they become almost as inter
estlng as the Sibylline books of DID," In con-
clusion, he asked, if the Jury please. that COM
mlttee be appointed to examine and value the
same. which was agreed to, and the President
authorized to appoint the same.
The Police Jury adjourned.
tSignedl R.T HANSON. President.
tsisnedl Il. PRosprR LANDRY. CLERK.
\ tr,,e copy.
tSsgned r. PROSPER LANDRY, Clerk. |