The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-29
PROCEEDINGS Of POLICE JURY.
REGULAR MEETING.
Parish of Ascension.

REGULAR MEETING.
Donaldsonville, La, July II, l9ll.
The police jury Of Ascension par
ish met this day in regular session,
at the courthouse, and was caiieo
to order at 1880 o'clock a. m. Pres
ent-G. B. Reuss, president, flrs1
ward; K. A. Aueoin, second Wara'
Adolphe Meter, third ward; II. L.
We'll, fourth ward; L. w. Armltage'
fifth ward; J. c. Klos, sixth ward
Oreal Gonzales, seventh ward. AD-
sent-H. A. Webb, eighth ward.
IS 4 = II
The following ordinance was read:
AN ORDNANCE.
Organizing, and creating q: ara1 ,nags
District, composed Of + certain I lanus
sion and IberVile; declaring the
| powers of said body, and carryins
into effect the provisions OF Act
| No. 317 of the General Assembly o.
the year 1910, and the provisions o.
Article Isl of the constitution q
/ 1898.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the po-
| lice jury of the parish of ASCENSION
/ That whereas, in the opinion OF the
police jury of the parish of Ascension,
it is necessary and conducive to the
/ general welfare of certain property
owners of the parishes of Ascension
and Iberville that drainage district
i be organized and created comprising
| certain lands situated in the said par
i ishes Of Ascension and Iberville, for
the purpose of more readily draining
the said lands in said parishes;
1t is, therefore, ordained by s and pG p
pursuance to, the power vested IN Inns TINS
body by Act No. 81 of the General
Assembly of the year 1910, all that part
IF the parishes of Ascension and loef-
Vile lying on the right bank OF the
Mississippi river, and embraced WITHIN
the boundaries following wat, sflai
: constitute and form, and be embraces
{. in, the limits of a drainage dlstrlcl ~ le
pc known and styled BAYOU BlJol
DRAINAGE DISTRICT:
Mississippi river in lperFllie parish
thence on the line between Cannon ans
i Celeste plantations to the upper line g
Old Hickory plaEta s1rre1a, thence alons
5 the eighty arpent line, thence following
! down the eighty arpent line of Oh
i Hickory, Claiborne, Chatham, Ascen
: sion and New Hope plantations to tn
q line between New Hope and McManQ
plantations, thence along said. line t
n along the right bank or said river t
! the Mississippi river, thence UP an
: 6ne point or beginning, being partly il
parish OF Ascension.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
:, etc., That there snail be five com
nlssioners for said drainage district
L VINO, or whose wives, shall ne asSesSe
# Win at least live hundred dollars wort
o. oI zeal estate IN said district, and WIN
SNAIL ne clLAzens or the StaLe OF Lou
4sIana; Two OF Mnien SAID conimlssloner
n 5nan ne appointed by the ponce jury 9
If the parish OF Ascension, Whicn mas tn
II one by the police jury OF the paris
= OF lberville, and two shall be appointe
oy the governor OF the state of Lou
l. tsiana.
e Section 8. Be it ordained, etc, Tha
"a | said drainage district is hereby con
stltuted body corporate with all tn
powers of a corporation; it shall hay
perpetual existence; shall have the pow
r er and right to incur debts and contrae
e Obligations; to sue and be sued;
l. have a corporate seal and to do an
= perform any and all acts in its COZ
:, :. porate capacity and in its corporal
III name, necessary and proper for the cal
n rying out of the purposes and object
le or which the said Bayou Bijou DralI
@ age District is created. under TINS oi
- dinance. It shall have the power
y expropriating property Tor the Pun pos
v, Of acquiring sites for pumping statloi
Lei or acquiring lands for any otner pufpo'
IL
IS have the power to acquire machines
~ "a maintain pumping plants, or any hls
VI ehinery whatever that may pc I .oi,
10 necessary for the purpose OF araI nLn,
in or reclaiming any the la haS, own Il
h. within it's limits, and IL snail AL. u .N - :,
-, right of way for canals and dltches, d,
- all sites which it may ACQUIRE el tia7l !
le donation, purchase or eAp.op ,asl, :
S full ownership It's comf1lss a.ea.. n,,t1
the purpose Of securing proper .o.l. W.
:or the waters of said drainage ulstlie
shall have authority to extend cana ma
or bitches, or both canals ana ulle1 rs
ou beyond the limit of said dralnage ~
= trict. with the same power and autho
- nv of expropriating the risht OF way
OK he same manner and to the same g
Id Tant as if such canals and dltches we
Wholly within the said drainage 81
trict The domicile OF III, TINS aTaln nstril
5haall be, and the same is mere
nv liked at Germania, Hohen Solms z. {
in the parish of Ascension, al VIII
- aomicile it shall be sued ana setxl
dy Eof citation made on the pfeslueiil' ELL
on I'm person or on some person IN chaf
de IF the office. ~,
~ Section 4. Belt ordained, etc, Tn
oe' the drainage commissioners, a1ter I'll
qualified, shall convene at the coul
~, aouse, within fifteen (15) days az
all of them have been duly appoint
ed and qualified, and a majority OF So
no commissioners shall constitute q
ISL rum for the transaction OF busine
ID when they shall organize by electii
-, ~ from their own number, a president a
ne a vice president It shall be the dl
Sc, Of the president to preside over
ICE meetings OF the board and to perfo
. such other duties as are usually
ga snail be the dltv of the vice preside
to act in the absence of the presid
vas in case of absence or disability; $
nd drainage commissioners shall also 81
- a secretary and treasurer, VINO ST
gu furnish bond in a sum to be fixed
m them and whose salary they will a
in tx at a sum not to exceed fifty 9
mo- lars per month, and he shall perfc
~ ~ all duties required OF him by said DO
Ied Of commissioners; said drainage &C
hu- missioners shall select one OF. the s
lae- vent chartered banks of the st;
,.s where all moneys shall be deposit
a. which bank shall pay interest at
anu less than three per cent per annum
all deposits Of said drainage distric
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