The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-01-17
Table No. I.

Levee work in the Second District. PAYABLE
from taxes of 1888, undertaken since Febru-
- AIRY !, 1884 or then reported "a not COM
Rleted or not received:
HebersS levee, East Eaton Rousa, completed.
Woodstock Fergus Car;lers, Gilbert Dsigre,
Fast Baton Rous. expense incurred under sec
ton IL Ut act SO Of 1889.
Forlorn Hope. Ibervlle, including work at
Isaac Brown's. Completed and ce.tisrasnt made
on February q, 1894.
Heste, and Belmont, St. Jomes: Completed
AmountOf work reported oonp 'etei Feb
ruary l. 1884. 20, 76o cubic yards. Total am"nnta
drawn upon and payable from funds arising
from taxes Of 1888 to date, l2p.O67 cubic ynrds,
costing S26,9 $40 s..
Table No. 2.
Showing levne work undertaken IL, the Seccud
Leree District payable from taxes of 1880:
Williams. Shannon. Magnolia Mound to Ho!-
!ywooI: Knox, Sunnybsnk, t&artner's and Will
in'ns. Clay ;3"frrier. Conrad. Walker vicinity,
RonZan, Woodstock. r. Gart;e,e G. paisre
Ma'chac all in East Baton Rouge, ccn,n'atet'
incurred under section Is. act 50 OF 1890.
Manchae, in East Baton Rouge and Iher-ille,
completed and settlement made Aug. e. 1884.
Laurel ttwo sactirrs). in Fast Baton Rouge,
il under cont ract. 5000 Of the coet 10 be paid
from funds Of 1875.
Point Clear, lherville. completed and settle
1nent made Aug. 10, 1854.
Mount Olive Church Aace-sion completnt
and settlement made Nov. 20, 1884.
~. sIosden Grove 81. James. ia under contract.
ny OF the cost to he paid from finds Of isa5.
st. jaEas. under wav 1870 OF the cost
to he paid nut Of che fnn,ls OF 1883.
Total cuhic yards 1885 costing &esas o.
IT which 1914 u WAS PAYABLE from the district
Fund. S1s.l10 81 from the engineer fund. and
&413O from the funds ~ 1898.
On motion OF Mr.. Brent it was
I. Resolred. That in the opinion of the Board
Of Levea Commissioners Of tn" Second District
the constitutional limit upon the power OF the
]evea diatr,cts to tax the,nseiy YES for protection
from overflow is preindicial to our interests
and contains the possible germ OF the ruin o.
our agricultural lands.
2. RESOLVED, That in our opinion there should
he an amendment of the constitution allowing
the majority Of tax payers to empower local
boards to levy the necessary taxation to secure
the country from overflow.
Wherenpon. on motion, the Board ad-
journed sine die
FERGUS GARDERF,
President Board of Levee Commissioners,
Second District.
]. l.. Brent, Secretary.
Proceedings Of the Third District Commits
siOnrrs.
The Third District Levee Commissioners
net at 10 O'Clock 4. NJ, Friday, January 8
1855, at Davis Station. on the Texas Pacific
railway, parish of St. Charles, pursuant to
Il call OF the Governor dated Dec. a6. 1854
Me1ubers presently. B. Bcrthoud Of
Jefferson Theo S. Wilkinson of PiaQne
hines. DIR. j. j. Gauthreaux of St. James
@. McI.eran OF ST. Charles and l.. D. Mar
tin of ST. John. Absent-PrssideEt y. "
puRh of Assumption, p. Q. Rousseau % Ia
fourche and ]. c. CoEeid of Ascensic,:.
Major II. b. Richardson, Chief State En-
gineer, and Mr.. Sidney T. Lewis, Assistant
State Enginees, represented the Board o.
State Engineers.
Mr.. W. B. Berthoud was elected Prcsi
dent pro tenn.
Major Richardson submitted his annua
report, and in accordance with the sugges
t;on therein contained a district tax of fiv
mills was ordered to be levied for the cue
rent year, 1886.
Mr.. McLeran offered the following reso
lutions. which were adopted:
Considering the praca. sous cors!'ti"n IN who
Davis rrnvass. now ~. with {. rapid rise q
tho river coming IVY: belt
;,esolred That thus 4 ard of Ieyet' "rnts 6
.,Dnnrs appeal to- the Morgan railroad ana u
the Texas and Pncif~ railway TO hn,ii revet
,nellt alo:ag the Inc u 'tai ieVee.