The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-29

of Ascension, Louisiana, BY virtue
OF the authority in me vested and
IN obedience and comnliance with
said resolution, do hereby proclaim
that a special election will be held
Of the property taxpayers, qualified
under the constitution and laws Of
the state of Louisiana to vote at
said election, in the New River
Drainage District Of the Parish Of
Ascension, of the Parish of Ascen-
sion, Louisiana, on Tuesday, Aug
ust |, 1911, between the hours of Z
O'Clock a. m. ana S o'clock p. M, for
the purpose Of obtaining the sense of
the property taxpayers entitled to
vote, on the following propositions,
to-wit:
To authorize the Board of Com
n1issioners of the new river Drain
age District of the Parish Of Ascen-
sion:
To create an Indebtedness Of
Seventy Thousand ($7o,oOOOO) Dol
lars, and authorize a bond issue Of
like amount, said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of five per
centum per annum, and payable with
In forty years, and to be secured
by a tax of five nitls ON the dollar
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
ganlzatlon, and the running and OPP
Grating expenses Of said Board Of
Commissioners of Che New River
Drainage District; ny Of operating
drainage canals. bitches, or machin-
cry owned and operated or controlled
by said drainage district; (c) 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
trlct 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
of all the property situated within
the limits of the New River Drainage
District of the Parish of Ascension,
for period of forty years, beginning
with the year 1911, for the following
to-Wit: (a) For the pay
ment in principal and interest of the
series of bonds Of (s70,000.0O) Sew
enty Thousand Dollars, aforemention-
ed, lb) 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; Co of operating drainage
canals, bitches, machinery, owned and
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
to drain the property in
Guided within the limits thereof; (e)
Of specially pledging said five mills
tax to the redemption of said indebt-
edness, in principal and interest, Of
the said series of bonds amounting
to the said sum of Seventy Thou
sand ($70,00000) Dollars.
To create an Indebtedness Of One
Hundred and Five Thousand (s1O5,-
000.00) Dollars, and authorize bond
issue of like amount, said bonds to
bear interest at the rate Of five per
centum per annurns and payable with
in forty years, and to be secured
by a special forced contribution or
acreage tax of eleven cents per acre
on all the lands situated within the
limits of said drainage district and
subject to said special forced con-
Iribution and special acreage tax,
for the following purposes, to-Wit:
(a) OF paying the expenses of organ
ization and the running and operat-
ing expenses Of the said Board of |
Commissioners of the New River |
Drainage District Of the Parish of |
Ascension; OBJ # operating drainage
canals, bitches, or machinery owned |
and operated or controlled by said |
drainage district. feb to omen ems I