The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-07-01
vote, on the following propositions,

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 ($70,000.00O Dol
lars, and authorize bond issue OF
like amount, said bonds to pear
interest at the rate OF i've per
centum per annum, and payable with
in forty years, and to be secured
by a. tax of five mills on the doliar
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 op-
Grating expenses Of said Board OF
Commissioners of the New River
Drainage District; (b) of operating
drainage canals, bitches, or mach1n- nm
cry owned and operated or controlled
by said drainage district; lc) 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
Iof 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
I.ment in principal and interest OF the
series Of bonds Of (s7o,0O0.0O) Sew
i enty Thousand Dollars, afofementlon.
/ ed; (b) of paying the expenses OF
j organization, and the running and op
i Grating expenses of the said Board
of Commissioners of the New River
/ Drainage District Of the Parish OF AS
lcension; (c) of operating drainage
canals, bitches, machinery, owned ant
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
eluded within the limits thereof; le)
Of specially pledging said five mills
tax to the redemption OF said indebt
edness, in principal and interest, o
d the said series of bonds amounting
to the said sum of Seventy Thou
sand (s7o.000.0o) Dollars.
To create an Indebtedness Of One
V Hundred and Five Thousand ($1O5,
fOO0.00) Dollars, and authorize bono
issue of like amount, said bonds t
bear interest at the rate of five PEI
! Icentum per annum, and payable with
I lin forty years, and to be securet
by a special forced contribution b
acreage tax of eleven cents per acr'
on all the lands situated within th
limits OF said drainage district ant
: subject to said special forced con
!, tribution and special acreage tax
for The following purposes, to-Wit
!, tai OF paying the expenses of organ
Iization and the running and operat
ing expenses OF the said Board Q
Commissioners of the New Rive
!, Drainage District Of the Parish Q
Ascension; (b) Ct operating drainag
j canals, bitches, or machinery oWnel
: and operated or controlled by sal
! drainage district; (c1 to open, en-
! large, cut, extend, such canals an,
: streams sitLated within the limits Q
said drainage district, and such othe
s works of drainage as In the judgmeI
! of said Board of Commissioners ma
be deemed necessary and proper
: economically, to drain the propert
!, : included within the limits thereof.