The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-08-19
PROCEEDINGS Of POLICE JURY.
Parish Of Ascension.
REGULAR MEETING.

REGULAR MEETING.
Donaldsonville, La, July IL, 1911.
The police jury of Ascension par.
| ish met this day in regular session,
at the courthouse, and was calleo
| to order at II. 80 o'clock a. m. Pres
ent-G. B. Reuss, president, flrst
ward; K. A. Aucoin, second WARD; ,
Adolphe Meter, third ward; II. L.
We'll, fourth ward; L. W. Armltage,
fifth ward; J. C. Klos, sixth ward J;
| Oreal Gonzales, seventh ward. Ab-
sent-H. A. Webb, eighth ward.
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The following ordinance was read:
AN ORDINANCE.
Organizing and creating a drainage
District, composed of certain lands
situated in the parishes of Ascen-
sion and Iberville; declaring the
| powers of said body, and carrying
| into effect the provisions OF ACT
NO 317 of the General Assembly OF
the year 1910, and the provisions OF
Article 2S1 of the constitution OF
1898.
Section /, BE it ordained by the po-
lice jury of the PARISH OF Ascension,
mat whereas, in the opinion OF the
pollce jury or the parish OF Ascehsloli'
it is necessary and conducive to the
.,eneral Welfare OF certain property
owners OF the parishes OF Ascension
and lbervilIe that a drainage district
De organized and created comprising
certain lands situated in the sad par
4snes of Ascension and 1Dervule, fol
me purpose of more readily draining
ne SAID lands in said parishes;
1t is, therefore, ordained by said po-
ice jury, That, by virtue or, ana IN
pursuance to, the power vested IN TINS
oody by Act No. 81 OF the GENERA a.
assembly OF the year 1910, all that part
of the parishes OF Ascension and 1per-
VILE lying on the right bank OF the
mississippi river, and embraced within
.ne boundaries following to-Wlt, snal,
constitute and form, and be embraced
IA, the limits OF a drainage district to
oe known and styled ''BAYOU BlJOO
DRAINAGE DISTRICT:
Beginning at the right bank of the
Mississippi river in Ipervllie parish,
celeste plantations to the upper line OF
Old Hickory plantation, thence along
SAID line of Old Hickory plantation to
lne eighty arpaass~4lne, thence following
Hickory, Claiborne, Chatham, Ascen-
sion and New Hope plantations to the
line between New. Hope and McManQl
plantations, thence along said line to
along the right bank OF said river to
the Mississippi river, thence up and
tne point OF beginning, being partly in
the parish of Iperville and partly in the
parish or Ascension.
section 2. Be it further ordained;
etc., That there snail be five con-
lnlssioners for said drainage district
VINO, or whose wives, snail be assessed
wien at least live hundred dollars worth
u zeal estale III said district, and VINO
snail De Citizens OF tile state or Lou
.Sleslia; TWO o. Wnicn SAID co,LInI ISIS iouers
9llaii ue appointed by tie ponce jury OF
Inc parish OF Ascension, winch has the
greatest area in sad drainage district
one by the police jury OF the parish
OF IberV1lle, and TWO snail be appointed
oy the governor OF the state of Lou
sSiana.
Section 3. Be it ordained, ETC., That
said drainage district is hereby con-
Stltuted body corporate with all the
powers OF corporation; it shall have
perpetual existence; snail have the pow
sr and right co incur debts and contract
obligations; to sue and be sued; to
nave a corporate seal and to do and
perform any and all acts in it's cor
oorate capacity and in it's corporate
lame, necessary and proper for the car
rying out of the purposes and objects
tor which the said Bayou Bijou Drain
age District is created under this or
dinance. 1t shall have the power OF
of acquiring sites for pumping stations
or acquiring lands for any other purpose
chat it may find necessary;1t shall also
nave the power to acquire machinery
20 maintain pumping plants, or any ma
| chinery whatever that may be found
necessary for the purpose of draining
or reclaiming any of the lands embraced
within it's limits, and it shall own the
right of way for canals and bitches, ana
all sites which it may acquire either by
donation, purchase or eXpropflatloH, III
full ownership. It's commissioners, for
the purpose OF securing a proper outlet
for the waters of said drainage district,
shall have authority to extend canals
or bitches, or both canals and dltcheS,
beyond the limit of said drainage dis
trict, with the same power and author
lty of expropriating the right of way IN
che same manner and to the same ex-
tent as if such canals and bitches were
wholly within the said drainage dis
lrict. The domicile OF this drainage dis
1rict bayou Bijou Drainage District)
shaan be, and the same is hereby
| liked at Germania, Hohen Soi1ns T. o.,
in the parish OF Ascension, at which
donicile it shall be sued and service
of citation made On the president, either
of the office.
Section 4. Be It ordained, ETC., That
the drainage commissioners. after they
shall have been duly appointed and
qualified, snail convene at Ene court
mouse, within fifteen (15) days after
all OF them have been duly appointed
and qualified, and a majority of said
commissioners shall constitute quo
rum Tor the transaction of business,
when they shall organize by electing,
from their own number, president and
a vice president. 1t shall be the duty
Of the president to preside over the
meetings OF the board and to perform
such other duties are usually re-
qdlred OF presidents of corporations It
| shall be the duty of the vice president
TO act in the absence of the president
IN case OF absence or disability; said
drainage commissioners shall also elect
a secretary and treasurer, who shall
furnish bond In sum to be fixed by
them and whose salary they will also
TX at sum not to exceed fifty dol
lars Per month, and he shall perform
all duties required Of him by said board
Of commissioners, said drainage COM
missioners shall select one of the SOL
vent chartered banks of the state,
where all moneys shall be deposited,
| which bank shall pay interest at not
less than three per cent per annum on
al deposits Of said drainage district.