The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
OF POLICE IuRY.
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polling place, therefore
Be it ordained by the police jury
of the parish of Ascension, That
the vacant shop of Gautreau and
Lanoux, situated in the village OF
Gonzales, be and the same is hereby.
designated as the polling place for I
the holding of all elections in the
first precinct of the seventh ward I
OF the parish of Ascension.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That
all ordinances or resolutions N |
conflict herewith be and the same /
are hereby repealed.
Mr.. Meters motion was seconded
by Mr.. Aucoin. Roll-call was then
had on the substitute, and resulted
in its adoption by the following vote:
Yeas--Reuss, Aucoin, Meter, Well;
nays-Armitage Klos, Gonzales: The
president declared the substitute
adopted.
Mr.. Gonzales moved that the or
dinance be now adopted changing
the polling place to DR.. st. Amant'
office from its present location. The
motion was seconded by Mr.. Arml-
tage, and on roll-call failed of adop-
ton by the following vote: Yeas
Armitage, Klos, Gonzales; nays
Reuss, Aucoin, Meter, Well. The
president declared the motion lost.
Mr.. Gonzales then presented the
following petition, which was read:
To the Honorable Members of the
Police Jury in and for the Par
ish of Ascension, State of Louis
iana
Gentlemen-We, the undersigned
qualified voters of the second pre-
cinct of the seventh ward, parish
of Ascension, hereby submit and ap
peal to you to exercise the right,
power and authority vested by law
in your honorable body to create, es-5
tablish, designate, change and re-
move election polls, and request that
the election poll of the second pre-
cinct of the seventh ward be changed
and removed from its present 10
cation in P. S. Berteaus warehouse,
and that it be authorized and or
dered that it be created and es-.
tablished in the carriage house on
DR., P. r. st. Amant's old place.
Said carriage house is situated dl-
rectly on the main public road and
/ is by reason of such situation more
conveniently located and could be
reached with greater facility than
the present poll, and because such
change meets with the demand and
appreciation of a majority Of the
voters of said precinct and ward.
Signed: Fred Gonzales, Elphege
Arceneaux, Geo. Rice, j. F. Arce-
neaux, j. w. Watson, NJ. D.. a. a.
Gonzales, R. A. Gonzales, u. NJ.
Gonzales, S. C. Sturgeon, John II
Dyer, Henry S. Martin, F. II. Bats,
R. b. Alexander, M. l.. Johnson, NJ .
ID, Felix St. Amant, Clement Savoy,
Allen Dyer, o. II. Gonzales, p.
( Walker, j. E. Gonzales, Alfred La
noux, Vincent Burgeois, Sims Con
zales.
4 Mr.. Meter moved to reconsider the
vote by which the motion to change
the polling place to DR.. St.. Amant's
office was defeated. The motion was
seconded by Mr.. Aucoin, and adopted
by Z yeas and no nays.
Mr.. Gonzales offered the follow
ing resolution:
Be it resolved by the police jury
of the parish of Ascension, That
j the polling place now located at P.
is. Berteau's warehouse, in the sec
ond precinct of the seventh ward,
! be changed to the carriage house
on the property of the late DR.. st,
1 Amant, and that the said carriage
house be designated as the st
Amant carriage house, and as such
the polling place of the said second
precinct of the seventh ward.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr.. Meter, and adopted on rollcal
by vote Of z yeas and no nays.
Mr. Gonzales offered the follow
ing ordinance:
, Be it ordained by the police jury
of the parish of Ascension, That thu
: seventh police jury ward of Aseen
sion parish be divided as now di
vided, with the exception that pre-
cinct No. 8 be and the same is here
by created. The said precinct No
u 3 to be comprised of the territor,
embraced within the green lines o.
the map attached to the petition Q
r the voters and residents of Sorrent
this day read and received. Tha
: said precinct No. 3, with the terri
tory therein embraced, be and tn
same is hereby created as a pollin
place for said seventh ward, an
shall be known as the Sorrento pol
ing place.
Be it further ordained, ETC., Iha
i precincts Nos. / and 2 shall renal
as now divided with the said abov
exception.
n Mr.. Gonzales moved the adoptio
= OF the ordinance, which motion wa
: seconded by Mr.. Klos and adopte
e on roll-call by vote of z yeas an
Q no nays.
!, In order to secure the sentimen
It of the jury on the subject as
i whether the parish rate of taxatio
should be increased from eight mill
to ten mills, Mr.. Klos moved thu
. the present rateryof taxation be a
lowed to remain at eight mills. TIL
motion was seconded by Mr. Col
zales, and on roll-caN was adopted.
The subject of the budget wa
now taken up.
On motion of Mr. We'll, duly Sc,
onded and adopted, the items of th
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