The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-07
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parish taxes for the year 1910, and
also mis- credit delinquent list for said
year it is therefore ordered that
the police jury of the parish of As
censlon do hereby issue in favor of
said E. C. Hanson a quietus against
any claim on the part of the parish
for the taxes Of the year 1910. Given
and issued by the police jury of the
parish of Ascension, Louisiana, this
9th day of September, 1911.
The resolution was seconded by
MIR. Aucoin and adopted on roll-caIl
by a vote Of Z yeas and no nays.
Mr.. Well moved that the polling
place in the second precinct of the
seventh ward be re-estaDlished at the
P. S. Berteau warehouse, from the
st. Amant carriage house, which lat
polling place at the last meeting OF
the jury. The motion not receiving a
second, an opinion was requested
of District Attorney Gilbert if the
same was necessary. That official re-
plying in the affirmative, the mo-
ton was declared lost for the want
of a second.
MIR Armitage offered the follow
ing resolution:
Be it resolved, That the finance
committee of the police jury OF the
parish of Ascension be and it is
hereby authorized and empowered to
borrow from any one or the three
banks of the town of DonaldsonVille,
as said committee may see fit, and
as the needs of the parish may re.
quire, such amount or amounts Of
money as may be required to pay the
running expenses of the parish; and
said committee is further authorized
to issue certificates of Indebtedness
in representation of said loan, pro.
vided that the amount SO borrowed
does not exceed twelve thousand
dollars in the aggregate. Said cert
ficates to be made payable on OF
before January 10, 1912.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr.. Aucoin and adopted on roll-cal]
by a vote of yeas and no nays.
Mr.. Klos offered the following res
olution, which was seconded by Mr.
Aucoin and adopted by a vote of
yeas and no nays:
Be it resolved, That the sum OF
one hundred dollars be and the same
is hereby appropriated to assist in
the exhibit of the resources of the
state of Louisiana at the Chicago
Land Show to be held at Chicago in
the month of December of this year
which exhibit is to be conducted un
der the supervision of the Commits
sloner of Agriculture and immigration
OF Louisiana, and a committee ap
pointed by the governor Of the state
District Attorney Gilbert made &
verbal report of the matter of the re
vocation of the liquor license OF
Robert Perry, which was obtained
by fraud and Misrepresentation. He
stated that it was unnecessary tc
procure the rule to show cause as
directed by the jury at it's last meet
ing, for the. reason that he had per
sonally sent for Perry, who stated tc
him that the saloon conducted in
his name was not owned by him;
that he had thereupon requested
Perry to turn over and deliver te
him the licenses, and that Perry hal
complied. The district attorney pre-
sented to the jury the licenses sc
obtained. On motion, duly seconded
and carried, his report was ordered
approved.
Mr.. Armitage offered the follow
| ing resolution, which was seconded
by Mr.. Aucoin and carried by vote
of yeas and no nays:
Be it resolved, That the permi1
granted Robert Perry to carry on &
retail liquor establishment in this
parish be and the same is hereby
rescinded On the ground that the
same was fraudulently and under mis-
representation gotten from this body
Mr.. Klos moved that the sum Of
one hundred and twenty-five dollars
be appropriated to Robert Perry
| whose liquor license had been thus
| revoked, to compensate him for the
three remaining months of the year
The motion was seconded by Mr.
We'll. Mr.. Armitage offered as a sub
stitute that the said amount be not
refunded to the said Perry, which
substitute was seconded by Mr.. Au
cein. The vote was first had on the
SUBSTITUTE, and resulted in its adop.
tson by the following vote: Yeas-Au
coin, Armitage, Gonzales, Webb; nay,
-Reuss, Wiel, Klos; absent-Netter
The substitute was declared carried
by the president, and the amount
ordered not paid to Perry.
No. Gonzales offered the following
resolution, which was seconded by
Mr.. Webb and adopted by a vote of
z yeas and no nays:
Be it resolved, That the donation
of land by residents of the seventh
ward Of the parish of Ascension, Of
the amount nf land sa+ forth onno