The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-05-27

Net balance cash on haud------------S 5ool Va
Accounts Receivable Outstanding:
Licenses in hands OF collector --;S loou W. ~
1910 taxes unEaid Irregular and special ie3i W
L light bills outstanding to May l----- zta 80
q os7a 81
Liabilities:
School and waterWorks bonds ---------S Wy w
street paving certifcat es ----- 55do oo
Certificates payable li,k. OF i'on,viils = Ze1oo w
Certif Gates for cater: ofES extension
into I.en,ann addition ------------- 1l3 ~
Fills payable flavor Texas 0ilt o. - 1890 90
Texas Oil O.. oEen account from Jan.
/ to May /, 1911 .--4-----.---.------ 26l2 81
Omen accounts current outstanding 767 80
,ro.o1 $ 5000 70
Respectfully submitted,
j. Il. Blu M. Chairman;
w. d. PARK,
DAVID ISRAEL, JR.,
Finance Committee.
Mavor Maurin read the following ad-
dress:
Observation-Disclosures you adjourn sine
| die. i " ant tu take tLIs occasion ~ let you
| KNOW how much lIave appreciated your
! uniform cGuiLtSleS 70 ne. Dome Ol you
| have Deen Oh Tile council WIN HE lof the
last Two years, some 1ur Tour years, Out
lne luajui4ts Vi YOU Lave DteA Win lie
1,r SIX wears and during the Whole time
we nave Wulheu very nailnonl0usiy 10
! seti.tr, iiiahills 1t pusslbie TO accomplish
many Ul tne public improvements Wnlch
/ nave been constructed curing these years.
rvu nave made history Tor yourselves
ana the town aid your names VIII forever
ue Inscribed Iii the annals Of the town as
one OF TIE most progressive adminlstfa-.
lions we have ever had.
" iii su1l.l9arlze SINE few OF the most
/ llnpyltant improvements you nave accOiil-
/ pushed:
lie magnificent high school building,
,Itkat aicHe would be a monument 10 your
ACTIVITIES; Tie renudelllng ut the water
/ works system, Inaklng 1t equal to any Iii
/ The sta.e, Tie paved streets, which I'M
i uIess tie Slrallger coming into our midst,
/ s,,onlI,g the proper progressive spirit; ln-
/ s,aiiiug all eiectilval nte alarm system
atu cuuipping tie volunteer nre depart
u,ent win tie latest modern parapher-
/ nalia therefore enabling our citizens to
obtain a much lower insurance rate, a
saving OF an average Of 40 per cent IN
prellnums; numbering houses aud streets,
/! making d tree delivery OF mails IN the
Gown possible; doing away Win the uL-
slightly water tank Ill Louisiana Square,
making this square a beauty spot and a
.iace Tor the ladiss and children TO spend
lneIr evenings, and many other improve
uellts not necessary to mention.
/ In conclusion wish to Thank each one
4 of YOU for your good and faithful services
rendered the town.
I Mr.. Hanson, on behalf Of the retiring
/ members of the council, thanked the
mayor for his unfailing courtesy and i'm
parliaIity, stating that whatever good had
been accomplished by the municipal adj
4 ministratlon within the past two years
was due in large measure to the mayor s
| unbiased and conservative counsel and
1 advice MIR Hanson said there had been
no discord or disseptions among the mem
1 bers of the council with relative to the
:. performance of their official duties; that
8 on the contrary their relations had ever
/ been of the most cordial and harmonious
character. Their one object. he declared,
4 had been the conservation OF the best lE-
terests of the community, and any mis-
takes they may have made were due to
>
errors of Judgment and not OF motive.
They had devoted their best effort to the
correction and attention of the conditions
J, and needs of the community, and While
4 the deuleted condition of the municipal
treasury had rendered it impossible for
them to cope with all the evils requiring
! emedy or make all the improvements de-
sired. still they had done the best they
could with the limited funds at their hanc
10 accomplish as much as their facilities
!, permitted. WI,sther or not they were
given the thanksof their constituents and
the citizens generally was OF minor I'M
q portance, the reward OF supreme value fof
their labor being the conscious ess OF duty
well done and earnest effort expended tc
3 safeguard the best interests OF the COM
. nunity. Mr.. Hanson paid q pretty tribute
to Mr.. Blum, who was voluntarily retiring
from the council after sixteen consecutive
years of membership, during which ex-
a tended period he had given to the finance
Il C0nfl1LICS Lie StIVtSc VI q Iiiiid opSN>ta1u!
skilled ard trained. The speaker said Mr.
BUNS services in behalf OF the munlc-
ipaiity have been Of inestimabie value
s and he is entitled to the gratitude ane
}, sincere appreciation of every citizen OF
the community. Mr. Hanson concluded
his chastely worded and splendldly dellv.
Z cred address by Wishing the mayor ano
incoming counciltnen complete success II
8 their administration Of the towns affairs
b for the next two years.
MIR. Blum EXPRESSED his thanks for tils
. complimentary references to him made
by MIR. Hanson in his address, and IN
brief task reviewed the achievements o
. the municipal administrations during hi:
connection with the council, stating ina
numerous substantial improvements hat
been accomplished without increasing thu
: taxation except in the. instances OF tint
slnayed streets, high school building ant
extension of waterWo rks system, for which
! purposes a special tax had been voted y!