The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-24
Election Proclamation.
Office 81 the Board Of Commissioners OF the New
River Drainage District OF the Parish
OF Ascens on.
GONZALES, LA. JUNE 10, 1911.

the Parish of Ascension, at a special
meeting held on Monday, June
1911, /, Leon Picard, President OF
the Board of Commissioners OF the
New River Drainage District of the
Parish of Ascension, of the parish
of Ascension, Louisiana, by virtue
of the authority in me vested ana
in obedience and compliance 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 1, 1911, between the hours Of Z
O'Clock a. m. and 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
missioners of the New River Drain
age District of the Parish of Ascen-
sion:
To create an Indebtedness of
Seventy Thousand ($70,000.00) Dol
lars, and authorize 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 mills on the dollar
on the assessed valuation of the
| ,n,tyy yYritI fho itc r>F
| said drainage district subject to tax
alton, for the following purposes, to-
| wit: Of paying the expenses of or
ganization, and the running and OPP
Grating expenses of said Board of
Commis sioners of the New River
Drainage District; Cb) 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 sach other works of drainage as
in the judgment Of said Board Of
Commissioners of said drainage dis
trict may be deemed necessary and
proper, economically, to drain the
thereof.
To levy, assess and collect an
nually 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
purposes, to-Wit: (a) For the pay
| ment in principal and interest of the
series of bonds Of ($70, 100000 Sew
enty Thousand Dollars, aforem ention-
ed: (h) of paying the expenses of
organization, and the running and OPP
Grating expenses of the said Board
of Commissioners of the New River
Drainage District of the Parish of As
cension; (c) 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
omically, to drain the property in
cluded 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 (s70,Oo0.00) Dollars.
To create an Indebtedness of One
Hundred and Five Thousand ($105,-
000.00) Dollars, and authorize 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 special forced contri bution 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-
tributiOn 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 of operating drainage
canals, bitches, or machinery owned
and operated or controlled by said
drainage district; (c) to open, en-
large, 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 may
be deemed necessary and proper,
economically, to drain the property
included within the limits thereof
To levy and collect a. special
forced contribution or special acre
age tax of eleven cents per acre
on all the lands situated and lying
within the limits of said drainage
district, for a period of forty years,
beginning with the year 1911, for
the following purposes, to-Wit: (a)
For the payment in principal and in
terest of the series of bonds of the
amount of One Hundred and Five
Thousand (s105,O00OO) Dollars, afore-
mentioned; (b) of paying the expen-
ses of organization, and the run
ming and operating expenses of the
said Board Of Commissioners Of the
New River Drainage District of the
Parish of Ascension; tc) of operat-
ing drainage canals, bitches, or ma
chinery, owned and operated or con-
trolled by said drainage district; (d)
to open, enlarge, cut, extend such
canals and streams Sitl1ated mithir