The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-10-18
Proceedings of the Police Jury.
Parish Of Ascension.

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Parish Of Ascension.
DoNALDsoNyILLE, Oct. Is, 1871.
| The Police Jury met this day pursuant to the
adjournment Of the 9Th inst, present Messrs.
Y; =. Hanson. President; Henry Mccall, Pierre
h1opman, d. u. Percy, Joseph Gonzales and
o.. a. Bullion.
Absent Messrs. Soaring Taylor and Henry
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
The following communication from the Audi
tor Of Public Accounts was received and read:
~- STATE on LOUISIANA AUDITORS OFFICE,
Baton Rouge, La, Sept. ], 1884. )
10 the Hon. President and members of the
Police Jury.
would respectfully call your attention to
sectlon OF Act 50 of 1884. which reads as fol-
sEorIoa I. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly OF the State of Louisiana, That in order
70 systeInatize and perfect the manner of MAX
ing assessments throughout the State, parish
q Orleans excepted, to conform with the town.
ship and range maps of the United States, that
1t shall be the duty OF the Police Jury of each
IN which no abstract of land entries exists to
nave one made including all entries up to jan
uary !. 1885, and in parishes where the same ex-
lst. the Police Jury shall cause the same TO be
revised and completed up to the 1st of January.
1850. and to the LIST of January of each year
thereafter. for the use OF the Assessors; and it
shall be the duty Of the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts to furnish with the assessment rolls to
each parish q blank map of each township in
book form, four inches to the square mile, by
scale, divided and subdivided into sections,
quarters and sixteenths Of sections on which
the Assessor shall check off all public lands be-
longing to the United States. the State of Lou
lslana, and all lands which have been granted
to railroads or other corporations, but which
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therefor; the remainder he shall proceed to as
sess by personally visiting each separate piece
OF property or tract of land to be assessed and
shall write In each sixteenth of section or
other part thereof, the owners name, and
when he shall have assessed ali the land the
owners of which are known he shall diligently
examine the records of the conveyance and
mortgage office. and the abstract to find the
owners OF the lands that there appear unchecked
on said township maps and proceed to assess
the same in accordance with law.
Very respectfully.
D. B. STEEL Auditor.
petition from several citizens of Port Bar
row, showing that Widow a. N. Sanchez was
unable to provide the necessaries of life for
herself and children, was read. and on motion,
duly seconded, the Parish Treasurer was or
dered to pay her two dollars per month.
Mr.. Mccall offered the following resolutions,
which on his motion, seconded by Mr.. Kopman,
were adopted:
T.1as t1ss Police Jury of Ascension do hereby
appropriate the sum of i've hundred dollars.
OF as much thereof as may be necessary for the
Imposition at New Orleans; said sum of money
to Be disbursed by the Ascension Worlds Ex-
position COMMITTEES OF which Mr.. Frederick
That the sum of fifty dollars be and is hereby
appropriated to pay Mr.. G. L. Mavor for open
ing new set of books for the Finance Commit
Gosd oYan r1ytff IA taGsr .,
warrant. countersigned by the President OF. the
Police Jury.
The Finance Committee submitted its month
ly report of the balances in the parish treasury
which are as follows:
Government square fund. ........ 5s27 10
Special deposit. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2H Is
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. SeO73 SO
Accompanying this report was the statement |
of David Israel, Deputy Sheriff and Tax Coll |
lector, of the collections for the month of Sep
tember and up to the 9th of October, COM
prising the following items
Parish and poll taxes of 1888 and 1854 8 Is o5 |
q PARISH licenses OF 1854 125 80 /
Aice fumes, 1884. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. AZ co |
Total. ..........................s 2U7 IS |
On motion of Mr.. Mccall, seconded by
MIR. KIopman, the following resolution was
adopted:
That the President of the Police Jury is here
by authorized to contract with Capt. barton to
repair the Bayou Lafourche reyetment in the
town of Donaldsonvlile for the sum Of five
hundred dollars Capt. Darton to furnish all
lumber. material and labor of any kind and to
receive during the course of work $3.50 balance
70 be paid when work is completed to the salts
faction of the President of the Police Jury and
committee appointed for said purpose.
On motion of Mr.. Gonzales, duly seconded,
Mr. Thomas Fl. Dyer, was appointed Road In
spector for the ninth ward.
= The following citizens were appointed Clerks
of Election, to serve az such November l. 1881:
Achlile Landry. first precinct, poll at H. E.
Duffei's store.
VIM. L. Tearney, second precinct, first poll,
McCali's warehouse
Robert Coquille, second precinct, second
poll, A. Z. Dugas store.
Henry Ayraud, third precinct, Mrs. D. Gre
gO1re's store.
]. Tras. Landry, fourth precinct, Donaldson
nile Courthouse.
L. A. Landry. fifth precinct, first poll, Cire's
store.
W. Il. Davis, fifth precinct, second poll. Co.
ield's.
L. W. Armitase. sixth precinct. first poll,
Darrowville.
F. Gauthreaux, Jr.. sixth precinct, second
Trlste. .Rringier, sixth precinct, third poll,
Tureand's warehouse.
Prosper P]aisance. seventh precinct. Ashland
warehouse.
Joseph Gonzales, Jr., eighth precinct, New
River lane.
Ernest P. Braud. ninth precinct, first poll,
I. Paul Landry's store.
Camille st. Amant, ninth precint. second DOLL.
It. Amant's store
Il. Z. Brown, tenth precinct. first poll, Her
'ule Landry's store.
A Carpenter, tenth precinct. second po11
Magnolia school house.
dopted:
-. DoNAhDsoEVILLE, La. Oct Is. 1884:
20 the Hon. President and members of the
Police Jury of Ascension parish,
conference.-the joint committee appointed
espectively by your honorable body and the
'chool Board OF this parish for the purpose of
recommending the best means of appropriating
he funds derived from the sale of the Govern
nent Square IN Donaldsonyille, beg leave to
ubmit the following:
They recommend to your body the best mode |
f expending the said funds in the following
manner: 5000 for the erection of a Seminary of
earning IN Donaldsonville, 5000 for the build
ng OF five schools in tbs seventh and eighth
1000 for EACH say three buildings in the eighth
nd two IN the seventh ward. and the balance
. De used for furnishing the Seminary and said |
We schools In furniture, ETC.. pro rata.
Your committee also recommend that the
of the Seminary of Learning in
'onaldsonylile should be under the immediate
lperVlsIon of the joint committee appointed
y the Police Jury and the School Board, and | .
nat the erection of the school houses in the
eventh and eighth wards be under the control
{ the members OF the School Board and Police
ury of those wards.
Respectfully,
r. T. HANSON,
Chairman Joint Committee.
ADoLPH dosDRAN, Secretary,
The Police ,Tury the,, adjourned