The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-08-17
Proceedings of the Police Jury
Parish of Ascension.
SPECIAL MEETING.

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day in special session, at the courthouse. and
was called to order at II O'Clock m. Pres
/ ent-George B. Reuss, president, first ward
George Bergerop, second ward; Sidonius Goette
| third ward Albert Esneault, fourth ward l.. w
Armitage, fifth ward J. C. KIos. sixth ward; M
/, g. Savario, seventh ward; j. T. King eighth
| ward. Absent-none.
| The minutes Of the last preceding meeting
| was read and approved.
communication from Capt H. C. Whiteman
requesting that his ferry lease notes be returned
to him for cancellation, as the Indebtedness Of
Others has supervened therefor and instead
thereof, was read and referred to the joint ferry
committee of the police jury and town council
| with authority to act.
The following petition was read and received
Gonzales. La, July 20. 1907.
To the Third District Road Board and the Police
Jury of the Parish of Ascension:
We, the undersigned, citizens of the seventh
ward OF the parish of Ascension, do hereby petit
ton your honorable bodies to make and pass
public said roads, to-wit
From bridge across New River in front Of Pi-
card & Gelsmar's store to Simon Lanoux along
north side Of bayou bank: thence from bayou
bank north between Simon Lanoux and Jos.
Lanoux as far as lands of Marcelin Braud thence
west as far land of Louis Leblanc; thence
north as far as land of Lawrence DupIessis and
thence west as far as Bayou Goodine
road beginning at lands of A1ees Braud,
running south to New River between lands of E.
u. Smith and Jos. Blouin as far as Bayou
Goodlne; thence along north and east side of
said bayou to New River along lands OF Edmond
Blouin and G. D. Blouin. Road 80 feet.
Picard h Geismar, Ltd. E. D. Smith
by Ii. Nj. Picard, G. d. Blouin,
Joseph Lanoux, Simon Lanoux,
Mrs. Jos. Braud L. A. Babin
Chas. b. Bleuin, Alexander Braud
Joseph Blouin, Alces Braud,
Telesphore Mire, Felicien Mire,
Louis Leblanc, Lawrence Duplecy.
Mrs. Alfred Duplecy, A. P. Lanoux,
Ellie Lanoux, T. Marchand
Renest Marchand. Edmon Blouin,
MarCeIen Braud, John Mire
Nestor Braud.
Gonzales, La. July 25 1907.
The above petition was approved by Third
District Road Board In regular session this day
N. q. SAVARIO, Pres:
P. P. PAINTER,
G.. A. HENDERSON, Sec
On motion of Mr.. Killing, seconded by Mr..
Savario, the petition was granted. with the pro-
viso that the roads be constructed without cost
to the parish.
A bill Of s2S4.8 from the municipal power
plant of Donaldsonville. for the installation OF
the electric light fixtures in the new Donaldson
vile high school building was read and referred
to the finance committee.
The following ordinance was offered by Mr..
G4sASat1S sSSoAueu " mi. hlos, ana auOpted on
call of the roll by yeas 8. nays 0:
Section l. Be it ordained by the police jury
OF the parish of Ascension That for the year
1907 there is hereby levied tar amounting in
the aggregate to eight mills on the dollar Of the
assessed valuation of all property, movable and
immoVable, within the parish of Ascension, ex-
cept such as is expressly exempted from tag
alton by the constitution Of the state as per tag
assessors rolls for 1907. deposited in the re-
corder's Office in and for the parish of Ascen-
sion.
Section II. Be it further ordained ETC., That
the following sums, or much thereof as may
be necessary, be and the same are hereby appro-
priated out Of the money in the parish treasury
derived from the annual tax provided by the
first section of this ordinance, for the following
purposes for the year 1907, as per estimate ex-
hibiting the various items of expenditures of the
parish, which was duly published in the Donald
sonville Chief official journal of the parish fully
thirty days prior to this meeting. and which Is
hereby approved, ratified and adopted, viz: