The Donaldsonville chief., 1885-08-22
Proceedings OF the Police Jux1
Parish of Ascension.

DoNALDsoNvILIE, La, Aug u, 18o (. J
Pursuant to call the Police Jury met thls
day. .....
Presen.-R T. Hanson, President; MosRrs.
Soaring Taylor, Pierre Klnpnan, II. u. Percy,
Horny c. Brand and o. A. Bullion.
Absen. - Messrs Henry Mccall and Jos,
Gonzales. .......-
Tho minutes OF the last meeting were read
| and approved.
The following resolutions. adopted by large
le7ce meeting held at Pointe Coupee Court
house on the 9th inst. were received and read:
Resolved That it is the serse of this meeting
that a leyae convention to BIO called the Nor
gnrza Leyee Convention should be held ut itaton
Rouge on Aug. "a, 1885; sud conyenhon 70 DC
and parts of pnrishes lying west OF the Hllssis-
sippi river north and west of Bayou Lafourcho
and east of Atchafalaya; the object OF the con-
| vention being to devise ways and nhans for the
speedy building end fascinlng of hiorganEa
Levee.
Further resolved, That each Of tho parishes
and parts of parishes included III the above Ie-
tined limits. viz: the parishes OF polnte CoFpse'
West Baton Rouge, lbervillc. Ascension. AS
eunption. Lefonrche, TeTrebonne, st. Mary,
iberia an! y. Martin, DO and they are hereby
requested to send delegates to O Morganza Lev
| 30 t'ons"a.1on to be hold at tho city OF Baton
Rouge ou tic said 9th day of August 1885.
f..rt1g&,. Tint the Texas Pacific, Morgan =
| and Louisiana ContFai railroads be requested
| 70 send each an authorlzed representative 10
attend said con 7ortiu!i.
Further resolved, That his Exccllency, Gov.
3. d. McEnery, be and ih horeky requested to
| attend anid convention. and further, that the
| members of tho State Bonrd of Engineers be
| ana are requested to be preaont; and further,
| that tho State Treasurer and State Auditor be
aeo to ba present WITH 1u Fnrth
| Levee District Fund. and also the fnnd result
ing from the sales of public lands furt her. that
| the members of tho Board Of Commissioners OF
| the Fourth Levoo District.bo also requested to
| attend the convention:
Further resolped, That tho Board Of State
! Engineers be and they are hereby requested to
make without delay survey and measurement
OF hlorganza crevasse and to mako out state
ment of tho amount of earthwork required to
| build said levee, and also the quantity Of lum-
ber to fascine the levee, and that thoy present
| said estimates at the meeting of SAID conveii-
! ton.
| CJBe it further resol,'ed, That copy 81 these
! resolutions be forwarded to Governor 3. u. Aic.
| Emory and that he be nnd is requested to lsaue
u call for said convention in accordance with
| SAID resolutions.
Be it further resolved. That copies Of these
Police Jury Of each parish named in tho fore:
going resolutions, also to each newspaper pub,
hsled in snid parishes. also to the State Board
tor, each Of the railroads named. and to eacf
| Of the Commissioners OF the Fourth Levee Dis
| trict.
| Further resolved, That tho following named
| ten delegates bo and are hereby elected to rep
| resent the parish OF Pointe Coup6e in said con
| vention. viz: Hon. Chas. Parlange, Hon. l.. 3
| ;'lniborne. Hon. John Yoist, p. Duplaigno. NJ
| Thorn .,son, F. E. Hubert, Thos. q. Sparks Dr
A. Tircuit. J. B. Cazayoux. Edwin Vignee.
Nherenpon Mr.. Braud offered the following
resolution. which was adopted:
| Resoircd. That the President appoint three
delegates to the Morganza Lavee Convention
| to be held ut Baton Rouge, on August q, 1885
| the President to be one Of the number.
Tho president appointed tho Hon. Henry l.
Duffel and MIR. SearinR Taylor. as the other tvs
members Of snid committee
The following petition was read and received
ASCENSION. LA. July %, 1855.
To the Honorable President and Nembers O.
tho Police Jury OF tho Parish Of Ascension
i Gentlemen We the undersigned residents o
the eighth Police Jury ward, respectfully sub
| init this our petition. for Il public road, com
mencinR Mt the New Rivor and Mancha,
road, running thence in an easterly direction
on the lines OF lands OF Paris Moore, 8. d
| Webb, Mrs. A. Dixon, G. G. Brown, ". 2. Dix
on. &. NJ. Garig, Newton Rheams, J. j. Bullion
Mrs. X. Brouseard and G. Rabin. and to inter
sect tho Gaivez road at or near Mr.. Julius Ste
phons. The road herein prayed for is the mos
direct route to our nearest post-offico and tn
| principal outlet for marketing our produce.
Trusting your honorable body will fayorabl
consider our petition, and for which we viii
ever pray.