The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-07-15
Police Jury Meeting.

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b. Reuss occupying the chair and the
following members present: S. Goette,
L. w. Armitage, ]. G. Klos, George
Bergeron, J. T. King and NJ. ). Sc
vario. The only absentee was Juror
Albert Esneault, who was out of the
parish on the day of the meeting. The
minutes of the last preceding meeting
and those of the meeting held Thurs
day. July 8, in which the jury sat as a
| board of review, were read and app
| proved. The finance committee sub
mitted its report for the month of
June, as follows: Cash on hand June !.
S2l, 5000; receipts during the month,
81, 933.58; disbursements, sl3, $3.50;
| balance on hand July 1, s22, 374. %.
| The same committee submitted Sec
ond report eogering the fiscal year
ending june 30, 1905, and statement
showing the assets and liabilities Of
! the parish on July l of the present
year. Each of the documents was re-
ceived and adopted. Mr.. Armitage
made a verbal report of the progress
being made in repairing the foot
bridge over Bayou Lafourche, owned
jointly by the parish and town, and
stated that the repairs would be COM
pleted within the near future. In con-
| formity with the decision reached at
the May meeting of the jury, the ques-
tion of making an appropriation of
S25, 200 towards aiding in the erection
and equipment of modern high
school building st Don aldsonville was
brought up for final action. President
Reuss, in introducing the subject,
pointed out that the finances of the
parish are in excellent shape; that ar
rangements had been made to give
every public school in the parish a
nine-month term for the ensuing sew
eral years; that steps had been taken
TO render increased aid TO the various
road boards in their efforts TO inn
prove the public roads of the parish;
that an adequate fund was available
for use in assisting the school board
to erect new school buildings in the
rural districts; and that, finally, the
proposed appropria of S25, 900 for
the DonaIdsonville school could be
made without increasing the. parish
tax from its present rate of 8 mills.
MIR. Reuss' remarks were received with
applause, as were also the following
resolutions submitted by Mr.. Goette:
Whereas. the police jury of the parish of As.
cension has with much satisfaction viewed the
the town Of Donaldsonvilie for the advantage
and benefit OF all the edncable children OF the |
parish, and
Whereas, the police jury is thoroughly inn |
bued with the sense of tho necessity of such an |
institution, feeling that it is not only meeting
the demands Of popular educa ton, but offering |
opportunities for higher education to many TO |
whom this privilege has been debarred, and |
feeling further that this project meets with |
thetfavor and consent of the people of the parish
Whereas, the town of nonaldsonville, being |
the third police jury ward of the parish having |
authorized the issue of $4,000 of bonds for the |
purpose, and having further agreed to furnish |
site for the building therefore,
Be it resolved by the police jury of the parish |
of Ascension, That as representatives of the /
people of the parish, recognizing the necessity |
OF the erection and equipment of modern high |
school building in the town of DonaldsonvilIs, /
third police jury ward. hereby. agree to make
thereby equalling the obligation imposed upon
themselves for this purpose BY the voters and
taxpayers of the town of DonaldsonvilIe and the
third police jury ward Of the parish;
Be il further resolved by the police jury of AS
cension parish, That the manner in which this
appropriation and dedication is to be raised,
and the method and mode of payment of the
same. be referred TO the president of the police
jury and the finance committee of the same body, \
r1f,er
keeping with the present status of the parish
treasury and its prospective revenues, with
reference to Act No. 30 of the general assembly
OF 1902.
The roll was called and the resolu-
tions were carried by unanimous
vote. Communications making appli-
cation for the position of parish
Times, Daily Democrat and the Dom
aldsonville Chief. The Times SUBJ
mitted bid of $3.50, the Democrat Of
fered to do the work at legal rates,
and The Chief bid $500. Mr.. Reuss
stated that for the guidance of the jury
he had requested District Attorney
Gondran to submit written interpre-
tation OF the law governing the award
of parish printing contracts. MIR. Con
dran's opinion was produced and read,
and in substance stated that the police
jury has not the right to award the
printing to the lowest bidder, as the
salary OF the official printer is fixed by
law. Mr.. Armitage offered resolu-
ton naming Edmund Maurin, editor
OF the Daily Democrat, as the parish
printer, and when the vote was put
every member present voted ssaye.
Mr.. Maurin was present at the meet
ing and made brief talk thanking
the jury for the honor conferred upon
him and his paper.-A resolution was
adopted authorizing the finance COM
mittee to prepare budget of paro-
chial expenses for the ensuing fiscal
year, Mr.. Sevario was empowered to
act with member of the parish school
board appointed for q like purpose in
tract of sixteenth section
lands in the seventh wardof the par
ish which is thought to contain a
large amount OF valuable timber.
There being no further business re-
curing attention, the jury adjourned
until the second Wednesd ay in August.
June Weather.
Local Observer W. D. Parks sum-
mary of weather conditions for the !
month Of June shows that the maxi
mum temperature was recorded on the ,
9th, when the mercury climbed up to ;;
LOO degrees. The minimum, 81 de-
grees, was registered on the End. The c
greatest rainfall in twenty four hours