The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1901-10-19
Proceedings of the Po,
lice Jury.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF LAFOCR CRCHE.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF LAFOCRCHE.
Thibodaux, Oct. 18TH 1901.
The Police Jury OF the parish Of La
fourche met this day i'm special session.
Present.. l.. Aucoin. T.. Morvant,
G.. J, Guedry, l.. ROdrigue, j. L.. Basset,
+. =. FalgOut and +. +. Parra.
Absent-Messrs. Alex TheriOt, II.
Morvant and J. l.. Leblanc.
President Aucoin stated that the OBJ
ject of this special session was 10 count
tabulate the votes east at the election
held In Drainage District No. OF this
Darish. and 10 promulgate the result Of
said election, but, in as much ~ MT. r.
ii. Tompkins, special representative
Interstate Mississippi River Improve
mcnt and I.cvee Association, was pres
ent and desired to lay some matter he
fore the Jury, he suggested that Mr.
Tompkins be heard. and this neing
agreed to, Mr.. Tompkins briefly tnfofm.
have resulted in favor Of the RIPARIAN
lands Of the Mississippi. due In great
measure to the efforts Of his said asso-
citation ON the congress Of the United
states and Of the advantages anticipate
cd I'm the future owing to said associa-
tion's presence At Washington, he asked
for and thought IL would be just for
this parish to contribute at least $2DN
towa ards the fund necessary for the
maintenance Of the said association.
Mr.. Tompkins concluded his remarks
by presenting this jury the Volume
con attaining q collection Of Essays and
discussiOns of problems affecting the
Improvement Of the Mississippi River,
etc. copyrighted by him. Whefeupon
on motion made and carried the thanks
Of this jury were extended to MT
a. we'll - for his valuable donation
1t being the sense Of the jury to restrict
this session to it, main object, tho con
sideration Of the request of Mr.. TOnp
kins was deferred until the November
meeting of the jury.
On motion Of Mr.. MOrvant seconded
by Mr.. Rodrigue the jury now proceed
ed to canvass the election returns o
made by the cOmmissiOners-in th'
manner and form ~ set forth in thu
following process verbal Of their work
! STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF LAFOUKCHE.-
Thibodaux, October, Is, 1901.
He II known, that on this the 10 da,
Of October, 1901, at 2 o'clock p. M, We
the President and members OF the Polio
Jury Of the Parish Of LafOurche hav
met In special session for the purpOs
Of canvassing and prOmulgating tn
vote cast at the special election held Il
the Third Drainage District OF thi
Parish, on the 18th, day Of October lU
on the question Of the levy Of specia
tax Of five mills on the dollar per aI
mum for forty years and the issuance o
bonds u run for forty years. for tn
purpose of thoroughly and effectivei
draining said district, when were pre-
ent J. l.. Aucoin, J. l.. Bssset, &.
Guedry, L. Rodrigue, y. =. FalSout, ]
y. PARA and r.. Y. MOrvant.
Absent-Alex TheriOt, J. l.. LeBlan'
IL. MOrvant.
Whereupon we proceeded to open III
sealed packages and the boxes as d.
} livered by the commissioners unds
|. whose supervision the said election NJ
, held and ~ containing the returns I
said special election, for the purpose
/: canvassing the returns Of said speci'
election and ascertaining the rcsul
and having opened said psckapcs m
boxes, we found therein the returns
said special election duly signed 3
Me.srs. Lucien J. Trosciair. A. J. Al
coin and ii. J. Folse a. commissions
Of Precinct No. I ward ).
J. IIrchc, d. ThibOdaux and T. j.
jeune as commissioners At Precinct n
z ward ).
l.. J. Boudreaux. Cyprien, CsncienI
and Sam CangilOssi ~ cOmmissiOne
z at Precinct No. ward 5.
J. Caillouet, TheOpOld Gros, On
: zippe Chiasson rs commissioners
2 precinct No. ward 8.
J. l.. ROdrigue, Albert Rodri2ue,
| ROdfigue ~ commissioners ut precin'
No. 2 ward q for said special election
: and consisting Of q list Of the names
the property tax payers who voted
said special election, . tabulatiOn IN
tally sheets Of the votes cast for N
against the said special tax snd havin
the said returns Of the said commission
ers that the said special election hs
= | been held In strict compliance with la
and eonformably with all the rules ~
regulations prescribed by the ordinsn'
calling said special election and th'
the returns thereof were made in d'
form Of law and under oath; We pr
ceeded to canvass the said returns n
found from said canvass, that IS Prope
ty tax payers representing proper
assessed ~ per the assessment roll
r this Parish for the current year At 81
4, sum Of 81 ,DO6.4O voted for the levy
said special tax II five mills per annu
= for forty years and issue Of bonds
4 run for forty years, and lib tax psye
representing property assessed -
the assessment roll Of this parish {
e the current year at the sum Of &H.S0.
voted against . special tax Of five mil
per annum for forty years and the iss
e Of bonds to run for forty years, and
. appearing from said canvass and cou
: that iess than . majority in number
= the property tax payers though rep
9 senting property exceeding in assess
value the one half Of the total asse'
ment Of the property on the sssessme