The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-15

Ascension, of the Parish of Ascen-
sion, Louisiana, on Tuesday, Aug
ust /, 1911, between the hours OF I
O'Clock a. m. and 5 o'clock p. M, for
the purpose of obtaining the sense OF
the property taxpayers entitled to
vote, on the following propositions,
tO-wit:
To authorize the Board of Com
missioners of the New River Drain
age District of the Parish of. Ascen-
sion:
To create an Indebtedness of
Seventy Thousand s70,ooO,00) Dol
lars, and authorize a bond issue Of
like amount, said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of five per
centum per annum, and payable with.
in forty years, and to- be secured
by a tax OF five mills ON the dollar
on the assessed valuation of the
property situated within the limits OF
said drainage district subject to tax
alton, for the following purposes, to-
wit: OF paying the expenses of or
ganNation, and the running and OPP
Grating expenses of said Board OF
Commissioners Of the New River
Drainage District; OBJ Of operating
drainage canals, bitches, or machin-
cry owned and operated or controlled
by said drainage district; (c) to
open, enlarge, cut, extend, such
canals and streams situated within
the limits of said drainage district,
and such other works of drainage as
in the judgment of said Board of
Commissioners Of said drainage dis
trict may be deemed necessary and
proper, economically, to drain the
property included Within the limits
thereof.
To levy, assess and collect an
nually a special tax of five mills Of
the dollar Of the assessed valuation
of all the property situated within
the limits of the New River Drainage
District Of the Parish of Ascension,
for a period Of forty years. beginning
with the year 1911, for the following
purposes, to-Wit: (a) For the pay
ment in principal and interest OF the
series of bonds of ($7O, 000.00) Sew
enty Thousand Dollars, aforeme ntion-
ed; (b) of paying the expenses of
organization, and the running and op-
Grating expenses of the said Board
of Commissioners Of the New River
Drainage District Of the Parish Of AS
cension; (c) Of operating drainage
canals, bitches, machinery, owned and
operated or controlled by said drain
age district; (d) and such other
works of drainage as in the judg
ment Of said Board of Commissioners
of said drainage district may be.
deemed necessary and proper, econ
omically, to drain the property in
cluded within the limits thereof; (e)
of specially pledging said five mills
tax to the redemption of said indebt-
edness, in principal and interest, of
the said series OF bonds amounting
to the said sum Of Seventy Thou
sand (S70,000.00) Dollars.
To create an Indebtedness OF One
Hundred and Five Thousand ($1O5,-
100000 Dollars, and authorize a bond
issue Of Like amount, said bonds to
bear interest at the rate of five per
centum per annum, and payable with
in forty years, and to be secured
by a special forced contribution or
acreage tax Of eleven cents per acre.
on all the lands situated within the
limits Of said drainage district and
subject to said special forced con-
tribution and special acreage tax,
for the following purposes, to-Wft:.
s(a) Of paying the expenses of organ
ization and the running and operat-
ing expenses Of the said Board of
Commissioners OF the New River
Drainage District Of the Parish of
Ascension; (b) IT operating drainage
canals, bitches, or machinery owned
and operated or controlled by said
drainage district; {c) to open, en-
large, cut, extend, such canals and
streams situated within the limits of
said drainage district, and such other
works of drainage as in the Judgment
of said Board of Commissioners may