The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-18
OF POLICE JURY:
REGULAR MEETING.
Official Minutes of Reeular*5i-M onth-
Iy Session. of Parish Lawmakers. +

>~ The police jury of the parish of
Ascension met this day in regular
session, at the courthouse, and was
called to order; at u o'clock m. Pres
ent: K. A. Aucoin, second ward; A.
Meter, third ward Henry L. We'll,
president pro TEN, fourth ward; L..
w. Ar1nitage, fifth ward; 0real Con
zales, seventh ward. Absent: Geo.
B. Reuss, president, first ward; j. c.
Klos, sixth ward; H. a. Webb,
eighth ward. e-,. a.7s, So
The minutes of the last preceding
meeting. were read and approved:
The following communications and
petitions were read and received:
Duplessis, La, May 20, 1911.
To the President and Members of
the Police Jury of Ascension Par
ish, Donaldsonville, La.
Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned,
owners of land mentioned below,
hereby donate for a public road
the number of feet in width set OPP
posite our names, in line between l..
A. Duplessis and Vincent Babin in
section II, township 8, range east,
southeastern district of river, St.
Helena Meridian in Louisiana.
L. B. Duplessis, Is feet; L. A.
/ Duplessis, Is feet; Alfred Parent, Is
feet; P. P. Parnen, Is feet; Vincent
Babin, Is feet; Danil Parent, Is feet.
New Orleans, La, Oct. 10, 1911.
President Police Jury, Ascension Par
ish, Donaldsonyille, La.
naer Cir.-Tbo cC,,+hor,, pi+u1ifI in
Company has placed in my hands
their claim which is. due for paving
in front of Ascension high school in
| Railroad avenue, which now amounts
to $1595.57.
AS you must realize, this is a
just bill and long past. due, and we
would like to know what prospect
there is of settling the matter in an
amicable way. You realize that the
| debt is an honest debt and the peo-
pie have got the benefit of our ma
teria!s and supplies and we do feel
thai in justice to us, as fair men,
| you should realize that this bill ought
TO be met.
would appreciate it if you would
take the matter up with the police
jury and let me know what. DISPOSE
iion you will make Of same.
Thanking you in advance for your
attention, | beg to remain,
Yours truly,
.@,.s.J.. G, HENlRIQUEs.
Parish of Ascension, La,
October 20, 1911.
Whereas, the polling: place of the
first ward of the parish Of sAscension,
state of Louisianan formerly known
as SeIyere Landry,s cooper. shop, does
not now exist and since the last
several elections hare been held at
Emile Dominique's place Of business
known as Modesto store, and for
the sakeensof regularity we, the
undersigned voters aoE . the said
first ward Of the parish of AS
eension, state Of Louisiana, wish
to have the name. and designation
of said polling place changed, in
accordance with the place it has
been held recently,,@ as above
stated, to the Modeste Hstore, and
ask that. your honorable body,
the police jury of the parish of AS
cension, take this matter up and if
you see fit, change the name and
place of polling of this the first
ward to Modesto store, as Selvere
Landry's cooper shop, the previous
polling place, as stated, is now ex-
tinct. Respectfully submitted,
K. Spahr, Jos. E. Bujol, G. W.
Broussard, P. S. Dicharry, Emile ].
Dominique, Rodolph F. Landry, Leon
u. Landry, J. A. Bujo1, ALI K. Dugas
A petition from J. V. Dupuy, of
McElroy, in the seventh ward OF the
parish, to conduct: d saloon.
On motion of Mr.. Meter, seconded
by Mr.. Aucoin and carried, the petit
ton from the voters in the first pre-
cinct of the first ward for change
OF the polling place was, upon the
advice of the district attorney, laid
over for further consideration, for
The reason that the change of polling
places must, according to law, be
made within three months of the
election.
The petition of J, V. Dupuy for a
liquor license being taken up, and
shown that the proposed location
was more than six miles FROM the
~ 1.AAa1eeIe SS1oot, vi ,IiiOLlUl1z "a ~1 NII
Arlnltage, seconded by Mr.. Gonzales
and carried, the permit to operate
saloon was granted.to Mr. Dupuy
Mr. Gonzales offered the following
resolution, which was seconded by |
Mr.. Meter and carried:
Be it resolved, That the donation
OF land by the signers to the an
ne1ed petition be and the same is
hereby accepted without cost to the
parish, and that the line between
L. A. Duplessis and Vincent Babin in
section II, township south, range 3
east, southeastern district, St. Hell
ena Meridian, be and the same is
hereby dedicated as public road
l.he communication from Attorney
J. G. Henriques, of New Orleans,
representing the Southern Bitulithic I
Company, was taken up and discuss
ed at some length, and upon the
Of District Attorney t
Gilbert, the matter was ordered re-
terred to the school board of the /
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