The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-11-16

Gautreau, and on roll-call was adopte,
by vote of yeas and no nays, Alb
| sent Causey.
The following resolution was of
! fered by Mr.. Ourso:
Be it resolved by the police jury O
the parish of Ascension, state of0Lou
lslana, That in all cases of the ex
animation of insane patients where
I under the acts Of the general as
sembly, the coroner shall call in one
additional physician to assist in max
ing said examination to determine
the sanity Of said patient, the said
additional physician shall receive fol
| his services from the parish a fee
not to exceed the sum of five ($5)
dollars in each case; that a copy
hereof be forwarded to the district
judge of this judicial district for his
guidance in said matters.
Be it resolved, etc, That this reso-
luton shall take effect from and af-
ter date of the passage hereof,
The resolution was seconded by
MI. Landry, and on roll-caH was adopt.
ed by a vote of 5 yeas and no nays.
Absent Causey.
The following resolution was Of
fered by Mr.. Landry:
Be it resolved by the police jury of
the parish of Ascension, state Of Lou
lslana, That in every polling precinct
OF this parish where elections are
held in private buildings, and rent
IS charged by the owner thereof for
its use, in no case shall the charge
for the use of said building exceed
the t sum Of three (sa) dollars per
Be it further resolved, ETC., That
this resolution shall take effect from
and after date of the passage hereof.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr.. Ourso, and on roll-cal was adopt
ed by a vote of S yeas and no nays.
Absent-Causey.
The following resolution was Of
fered by Mr.. Ourso:
Be it resolved by the police jury
of the parish of Ascension, state Of
Louisiana, That deputy sheriffs ap-
pointed to serve at all primary elec-5
tons held in this parish shall re-
ceive as compensation for their SER
vices an amount not to exceed three
($3) dollars per day.
Be it further resolved, ETC.. That
this resolution shall take effect from
and after date Of its passage.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr.. Gautreau, and on roll-call was
adopted by a vote of 5 yeas and no
nays. Absent-Causey.
The following ordinance was read:
An ordinance amending Sections
and 2 Of the ordinance adopted July
10, 1912.
Section 1. Be it ordafnes1ssy the po-
lice jury of the parish of Ascension,
state Of Louisiana, That the ordi-
nance adopted by the police jury July
10, 1912, leVying an eight mill par
lsh tax and adopting the budget for
the fiscal year 1928, be and the
same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section @ Be it ordained, ETC.,
That for the year 1912 there Is here
by levied tax amounting in the ag-
gregate to nine and one-quarter mills
On the dollar on the assessed valua- |
lion of all property, movable and i'm
within the parish OF Ascen-
sion, except such as is expressly ex-
empted from taxation by the con-
stitution of the state, as per- the as
sessor's rolls for the year 1912, de-
posted in the recorders office Of the |
parish of Ascension.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc, That the sums contained and in
,luded in the original budget Of ex-
,enditures adopted at a meeting of |
fully 10, 1912, and the supplemental
budget adopted at meeting of Sept.
q, 1912, or as much thereof as may
,e necessary, be and the same are
hereby appropriated out of the
moneys Of the parish treasury de-
lived from the annual tax provided
" the second section of this osdi-
lance, for the purposes stated In
laid original budget of July 10, 1912,
md said supplemental budget OF
Sept. IL, 1912. for the fiscal year
912-13, as per estimates exhibiting
he various items of expenditures Of /
he parish, which said original and
budgets were published
n the DonaldsonYil1e Chief fully
hirty days prior to the meeting of
Jov. 13, 1912, at which meeting said
,udget was amended, approved, rati-
led and adopted.
Mr.. Ourso moved that the or
finance be adopted, which motion
vas seconded by Mr.. Armitage and
arried, rol1-caH resulting as follows:
eas-Ourso, Meter, Landry. Armi-
age, Gautreau; nays-0; absent |
5ausey.
Mr.. Gautreau offered the following
esolution, which was seconded by
If. Ourso and adopted on roll-ca1l by |
yeas and on nays: L
Be it resolved, That 2Messrs. Rolf |
3ourque and G.. G. Williams be and
hey are hereby elected members of
he Third District Road Board, Vt Ae
/. H. Hopkins and L. L. Bourgeoaa
esigned.
Secretary Treasurer G. C. Weber
eDorted that as result Of his trip