The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-15
be deemed necessary and proper.

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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 ard lying
within the limits of said drainage
district, for q period Of forty years,
beginning with the year 1911 for
the following purposes, to-Wit: lls)
For the payment ID principal and in
terest Of the series Of bonds Of the
amount Of One Hundred and FIVE
Thousand ($1O5 100000 Dollars, afore-
mentioned; lb) Of paying the expen-
SEES of organization. and the run
ming and operating expenses of the
said Board of Commits sioners Of the
New River Drainage District Of the
Parish of Ascension: lc} Of operat-
ing drainage canals, bitches, or ma
chinery, owned and operated on con-
trolled by said drainage district; I'd
to open, enlarge, cut, extend such
canals and streams situated Within
the limits Of said drainage district,
and such other works of drainage
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of Commi ssioners may be deeme.l
necessary and proper, economically
to drain the property included With
in the limits thereof; (e) of spec
tally pledging said special forced
contribution or acreage tax to
redemption of said Indebtedness, Do
principal and interest, of said series
of bonds amounting to the said sum
of One Hundred and Five Thousa&ld
($105, 00o.o0) Dollars, the aggregate
amount to be raised by said annual
forced contribution during which the
same is levied.
For the purposes of said election,
and in accordance with said resoIu-e
ton, the polling places are hereby
designated at Gonzales, Prairie ville,
st. Amant and Belle Helene, the poll
ing booth at Gonzales to be at H Y
C. Lanoux's shop; the polling booth
at Prairieyille to be at j. III. De
laune's store; the polling booth at
st. Amant to be at p. s.. Berteau,s
warehouse; the polling place at Belle
Helene to be at G. d. Gondran's
warehouse, and Messrs. Adam Braua,
Jr., Bazile Berteau, and Robert
Jones have been appointed commits
sioners and Vincent A. Gautreau as
clerk OF election to serve at Com
zales; Messrs. j. Al. Leblanc, Leon
Duplesis, we Landry have been APP
pointed commissioners and J.. DE-
taune as clerk of election to serve
at Prairieville; Messrs. William q
Acy, M. @. Sevario and p. s. Ber-
teau have been appointed commission
ers and A. M. Marchand as clerk of
election to serve at ST. Anant
Messrs. J. 9. Klos, John 7. M arlys
and Louis Geismar have been a.
pointed commissioners and II. III
eros as clerk of election to- serve
at Belle Helene. And all of said
commissioners and clerks of election
shall serve without compensation
! do further proclaim and give M.
tice that at 2 o'clock Is. u on m.
day, August 4, 1911, the sad Beard
Of Commissioners OF the New River
Drainage District OF the Parish ~ A.
.censlon, will meet at Gonzales, II
the parish OF Ascension, Louisia IA
ana IN open session proceed to enar
the ballot boxes, examine and co1,rts I
the ballots in number and arnopnf18
examine and canvass the returns
and declare the result OF said snan-
lal election, which result they s,hsI,s5
thereafter promulgate by pIblieafi,a,,,,,#
70 70 one issue Of the official Journal
OF the parish. 1854 : S -.
5, Done and signed, at Gonzales H.
the parish Of Ascension stafa - I'd
Louisiana, on this 10Th day 81 M, Z
N the year of Our Lord, 1911
(signed) LEON PIcAR
PRESIDENT r's OF the Beard of 81, q, ~, q,
sloners of the New River q ~ ~
age district of the Parish 81 As.
cension. Is ~ -
Attest: G. C. WEBER,
Secretary Treasures.