The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-08-12
PROMULGATION
Result of the Special Election HE'D
In the New River Drainage DIS
trict Of the Parish of AS
cension, on Tuesday,
August /, 1911.
of the
Gonzales, La, August 4, 1911.

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lcordance with our duty, we hereby
declare and promulgate the result
of the special election held in the
New. River Drainage District OF the
parish of Ascension, on Tuesday,
August l, 1911, on the following ques.
tons and propositions submitted TO
the properly qualified properly TAX
payers:
To authorize the Board Of Com
missioners of the New River Drain
age District of the Parish OF Ascen-
sion: g
To create an indebtedness OF
Seventy Thousand ($70,O0O.00) DOL
lars, and authorize bond issue OF
like amount, said bonds to pear
interest at the rate of five per
centum per annum, and payable with
in forty years, and to be secured
f,y tax of five mills on the dollar
m the assessed valuation of the
PROPERTY situated within the limits OF
said drainage district subject to tax
alton, for the following purposes, to-
wit: (a) Of paying the expenses OF Or
1 aanization, and the running and OPP
1 Grating expenses of said Board OF
4 Commissioners Of the New, River
Drainage District; tb) Of operating
: drainage canals, bitches, or machlh-
cry owned and operated or controlled
by said drainage district; (c) TO
open, enlarge, cut, extend, sucn
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
J proper, economically, to drain the
5 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
: rnent in principal and interest of the
: series of bonds of ($70,000.O0) Sew
: enty Thousand Dollars, aforemention-
: 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 ane
: !, operated or controlled by said drain
- y age district; (d) and such other
;. works of drainage as in the judg-
: Tnent of said Board Of Commissioners
. Of said drainage district may be
y deemed necessary and proper, econ.
:; oraically. to drain the property in
= Guided within the limits thereof; (e)
3 Of specially pledging said five mills
s tax to the redemption of said indebt.
g e. adness IN principal and interest, Of
g The said series Of bonds amounting
to the said sum Of Seventy Thou,
g sand (ss70, 100000 Dollars.
of To create an Indebtedness of One
Z Hundred and Five Thousand ($105,
vel 090.00) Dollars, and authorize a bono
r issue Of like amount, said bonds te
n bear interest at the rate OF five pei
p centum per annunl, and payable with
as. N forty years, and to be secured
is. ~ a special forced contribution OF
r. acreage tax of eleven cents per acre
a. On all the lands situated within the
Id limits Of said drainage district ant
I'd subject to said special forced con
le trlbutIon and special acreage tax
10 Tor the following purposes, to-Wit
Or az Of paying the expenses of organ
or lzation and the running and operat
ly ing expenses of the said Board O
h Commissioners of the New Rive,
n. Drainage District of the Parish O
Id Ascension; (b) + operating drainag,
De canals, bitches. Or machinery oWnet
It. and operated or controlled by sail
IN drainage district; (c) to open, en-
10 large, cut, extend, such canals ant
til jtreams situated Within the limits 0
said drainage district, and such othe
IN works of drainage as in the judgmer
ed of said Board of Commissioners ma,
III be deemed necessary and proper
IN economically, to drain the propert,
NJ included within the limits thereof
We TO levy and collect specia
- forced contribution or special acre
age tax OF eleven cents per acr
on all the lands situated and lyin,
within the limits Of said drainag
district, for a period of forty years
beginning with the year 1911, TO
III the following purposes, to-wit: Ca
~ Cor the payment in principal and il
= tefest of the series Of bonds of tn
ny amount of One Hundred and Fiy
as Thousand ($105, 100000 Dollars, afor,
'la mentioned; (b) of paying the expeI
"a "a 5es OF organization, and the rur
as ming and operating expenses of tn
ot said Board Of Commissioners of tn
sf. New River Drainage District Of tn
IS Parish of Ascension; (c) of opera1
az, ing drainage canals, bitches, or me-
'es chlnery, owned and operated or cor
tfolled by said drainage district; Cd
to open, enlarge, cut, extend sue
nd canals and streams situated With
en.] the limits of said drainage distric1
oh and such other works of drainag
it. as in the Judgment of said Boar
ay- OF Commissioners may be deeme
DIV necessary and proper, economically
to drain the property included with
n the limits thereof; (e) Of spec
ialiy pledging said special force
~ contribution or acreage tax to tn
q reuemDtiOn of said in6aIat adnaco !