The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-21
DRAINAGE ELECTION CALLED.
Board of Commissioners of Bayou Bijou
District Designate Nov. %, 1911,
as Date for Holding Election
to Vote on Proposition
to Levy Tax.

Hohen Solms P. o., La, Oct. 10, 1911 |
A A SPECIAL. meeting of the board |
Ia OF commissioners OF the Bayou BIZ
you Drainage District held this 1SlE |
day OF October, 1911, at its domlcne, |
cne following resolutions were unanI- |
lousiy adopted.
Resolution by R. P. Landry, seconded
oy karl Spahr:
Whereas, the Bayou Bijou Drainage
district OF the parishes or Ascension
ana lDerVllle was organized by JOINT
ordinances OF the ponce ju1les OF the
parishes OF Ascension anu iperville on
tne l2tn day OF July, lsIl, and the tn
Jay OF August, 1911, respectively, N spv-
clai session assembled; ana Wnefeas,e
inc said Bayou BiJou Drainage Dis"
lrict was organized to accomplish the
drainage OF lands within said district,
III order TO give the greatest possible
benefit to the greatest number of land
JWnerS:
And, whereas, 1t has been ascertained
rom the celLIlcaJeS OF the assessors
| Of the parishes OF Ascension and losr-
| Vile, respectively, that there are eieyen
thousand one nunured ana eiSnty slA
| >Il,lo6) acres Of land subject to taxa
| zion within the limits OF said draln-
| tge dis lrlcl;;
| ana, whereas, 1t has also been aseer-
| tanned that the drainage district work
Contemplated will cost not more tnaA
sixty thousand dollars {s6U,0O0.UO);
! Therefore, De 1t resolved: That the
president OF 8tnis board is instructed 10
-a1l an election to pc heid in the sad
| 15aY gu BiJou drainage district at Emile.
| .1onliliaue5 S ystore IN Ascension parish,
ana at Claiborne store, Iperellle par4sii,
Z | WiInJn the limits OF said drainage Us
met and that there snail be suomi. eu
| 20 the property holders quali1ied to
.ote IN Salu district under the conStl-
tuition and laws of this state, the fol-
/ owing propositions, to- Wit:
iS,ts ttt r 1n hoe Nf
commissioners Of the Bayou i5ljou Drain.
/ IKE District to levy ana assess an am
alal contribution or acl cage tax of flf-
| " i50) cents per acre on every acre O.
and within the limits of said Bayou
,l4uu drainage Llsti let, winch levs
tn,Ii begin win the wear 1911, and con
slnue Tor a total period OF twenty-five
II 1911 to 1885, both inclusive, Tor the pul
pose OF providing and maintaining al
adequate drainage system 1or SAID dis
u ri,.I in ace orlaace with the provisions
ii Article Isl or the constitution ssn,4
me laws OF the state of LOUISIANA.
sioners Of the Bayou Bllou Draina5y
district Of sixty thousand dollars (Spu,
: ,OJ.0JJ to be Evidenced BY one hundred
J and twenty (12o) negotiable bonds of the
: -lslrlct OF tive nundrsd dollars .s5Ov
, Of Article Isl of the constitution a.u
avs of the state OF Louisiana. The salo
ponds to be secured by and payable o..
of the annual contribution or acreage
: tax Of fifty 600 cents per acre to be
levied as ABOVE provided Tor in PROPOSE
zion No l. Said bonds to mature wiI.liI
! ,wenty-fiv years from their date; te
j | contain such provisions for their priol
exemption at such times and in sucI
mounts as the board of commissions
RS of the Bayou Bijou Drainage Dls-
r .rict may, by resolution, determine; tt
,a..r live Isl per cent interest per an.
num from their date, payable semi an.
: | nnally on fhe 1st dav Of January anG
July of each year, and the proceeds O.
Isne sale of which bonds in accordance
| with law shall be devoted to the ac
ompllsnnent Of the drainage work o
Z | said district.
Be it further resolved: Ihat the IVY
led to the property taxpayers OF tn
:syou Bllou Iialnase Dls.FIct, auall
leu 70 VotG uiuet ehs a1act;nn 81
ia"s "a ms seaee, az ea N'",f,:'
1s11 e 7rs, - + ~ ,as;3sf ~ ff,is NO..
i,sslriSnIsd az fo = lssae hts nrocIamatiol
saDh9g such eleAlo1M after due lega
advertisement, wfAeh election shall b
T PARISH OF Ascension, and at Claiborn
store in the PARISH OF 1perVlIle, 9
n said date. The poils TO pc opened 1fei
q. m. 70 P. M, ana inc pailoe
3fl11eed saaii contain eHe Two loi eSo4tet
PROPOSITIONS 50 Stas eli soeel hot
said propositions That the president {
6 his Board is instructed to have tue -.
,allot psinted in accordance with 10
= Of this board, and to make all neces
slry preparations for the holding I
said election; and the result thereo