The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-07-01

To levy and collect a special
forced contribution or special acre
age tax OF eleven cents per acre
on all the lands situated and lying
within the limits OF said drainage
district, for a period Of forty years,
beginning with the year 1911, for
the following purposes, to-Wit lD
For the payment in principal and in
tarest of the series of bonds Of the
amount of One Hundred and Five
Thousand ($1O5. .Ooo.0ol Dollars, afore-5I
mentioned; (b) of paying the expen-s
ses of organization, and the run
ming and operating expenses OF Ine
said Board OF Commissioners OF the
New River Drainage District Of the
Parish OF Ascension; (c1 OF operaf-s
ing drainage canals, bitches, on ma
chinery. owned and operated OF con
trolled by said drainage dlstflcIs 50,
to open, enlarge, cut, extend such
canals and streams situated Wibaln
the limits OF said drainage district,
md such other works OF drainage
as In. the Judgment of said Board
| Of Commis may be deemed
necessary and proper, economic
| TO drain the property included with
n the limits thereof; (e) OF spec
| tally pledging said special forced
contribution or acreage tax to the
REDEEM ption Of said Indebtedness, n
principal and interest, of said series
Of bonds amounting to the said sum
Of One Hundred and Five Thousand az
/ (s1O5, ,O0O.00) Dollars, the aggregate
amount to be raised by said annual
forced contribution during which the
/ same is levied.
For the purposes Of said election,
and in accordance with said resoiu-
ton, the polling places are hereby
/ designated at Gonzales, Prairie lle,s
i ST. Amant and Belle Helene, the poll
ing booth at Gonzales to be at I'll.
IC. Lanoux's shop; the polling booth
1t Prairieville to be at j. m. De-
aune's store; the polling booth at
4 st Amant to be at p. s. Berteau
warehouse; the polling place at Belle
Helene to be at c.. D. Gondran' 's
warehouse, and Messrs. Adam Braui,
I Jr.. BaziIe Berteau, and Robert
4 Jones have been appointed commits
ioners and Vincent A. Gautreau as
i clerk Of election to serve at Con
sales; Messrs. j. "a. Leblanc, Leon
0uplesis, we Landry have been ap-
pointed commissioners and J. N. De-
aune as clerk OF election to serve
at PraifieWlle; Messrs. William A..
Acy, M. G. Sevario and p. s. Ber-
eau have been appointed commissions
srs and A. M. Marchand as clerk ofs
q election to serve at ST. Arnant:
Messrs. J. G. K1os, John T. Many
Ind Louis Geismar have been an
,ointed commissioners and T..
eros as clerk Of election to serve
it Belle Helene. And all OF said
e commissioners and clerks OF election
shall serve without compensation.
do further proclaim and give ia
5ice that at 2 O'Clock p. M, ON Fri
lay, August 4, 1911, the said Board
! of Commissioners OF the New Rivar
s Drainage District OF the Parish ~ g.
cension, will meet at Gonzales s3 i,
the parish of Ascension. I.ol;isia,,ss
Ind in open session proceed IN or,ess, ana, !,
The ballot boxes, examine and oos,,st @
8 he ballots in number and an, ,f,,,r,t
Examine and canvass the raturr,s, :,
Ind declare the result of said sr,ss q ID
at eiection, which result they shaal
hereafter promulgate BY publication
2 one issue Of the official iourna1
If the parish. g - - $
Done and signed, at Coma las
ne parish OF Ascension, stata $ s.
Louisiana, on this 18th day a d, s. =,
m the year OF Our Lord, 1911 80
{ Signed LEON PIcA
+ resident OF the Beard of {sont,,,; IS. ~
IL sloners of the New River T,,aas ~ ls,'
age District of the Parish of 4 a.. i :
censiun. ~ ~ N ~ Y 40 g
! Attest: G. G. WEBER
y Secretary Treasurer.