The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-10
DoNALDSKNvNsKgasf LA. SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 1914
]. LEVEE BOARDS NAMED.

ft.y LEVEE BOARDS NAMED.
Gov. Hall Makes Almost Clean
y Sweep of Lafotirche and Pont-
' chartrain OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IT. ticn of the Lafourche Boards
Domicile Reviewed.
A Baton Rouge despatch of the
3rd instant conveyed the informa-
ton that Governor Hall had that
evening announced the following ap-
= pointments:
Board of Commissioners for the
Lafourehe Basin Leyee District-Fer-
dinand Lemann, vice Victor Maurin,
for Ascension; Robert Martin, .Jr.,
vice Charles Schreiber, for Assump-
ton; W. J. Wigginton, vice David +.
Foret, for Lafourchess e. q. sWartz,
vice Ulysse steib, Tor St. James; A..
Champagne, vice Alfred Songy, for
st. John; S. Himel. vice Thomas j.
Sellers, for St. Charles; Chas. Vier-
ing, vice w. 0. Humphreys, for JEFF
ferson; George LoIio, vice j. S.
Patterson, for the railroads.
Board of Commissioners for the
Pontchartrain LeVee District-Par-
ish Of ST. James. Joseph lie Bour-
geois, vice Louis Himel; ST.. John,
F. J. Waguespack, vice Lucien Mon
tegut; St. Charles, J.8Crespo, vice Fe-
lice o. Delaune; Jefferson, Robert
Otterman, vice Emile Geisenheimer;;
for Illinois Central Railway Company,
Hunter C. Leake, vice himself; for
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley.
Railway Company, H.SC. Braud.
II 1t was stated in the despatch that
the terms Of all the members OF the
Lafourche board had expired, but
according to more recent publica-
ton this expiration would not ensue
until January next. The retiring
commissioners will Yield the point,
however, having no desire to embar-
1 qualification Of their successors IN
office.
AS the new boards#Wili shortly or
ganize and enter upon their import.
ant duties, it is deemed proper and
timely to again direct attention to
the fact that Donaldsonville is the
/ legal domicile of the Lafourche Ba-
sin 1evee board andsghat the future
meetings Of the body should be held
in this city.
4 The 1eYee board organized under
act No. l3 of 1892, and on August f.
1898, designated DonaldsonVil1e as
the domiclle Of the board Meetings
were regularly held u this place un-s
\ til u SO SO "a board at
4 tempted to change the domiciIe TO
4 Gretna, and from that time until the
present date the board has never held
a meeting at It's domici1e.
In 1908, when the suit was brought
against the Lafourche leVee board to
enjoin the board from damming Ba-
you Lafourehe, an exception was filed
that the suit could not be brought
1 the levee board. This exception, af-
ter trial and argument, was overruled
4 by the district court. Judge Leche
rendering at that time the following
4 opinion
The quetiosn Of jurisdiction ra-
tionae personae demands considera-
/ ton at the outset. Act No. of
the general assembly of 1892, Great
4 ing the I-afourche leVee district and
providing for the organization Of
\ board Of commissioners to superin-
tend and control the affairs of said
i district, first repeals act No. SO of
1879, creating the third levea district,
and creates a new leYee district to
be styled The Lafourche Basin Lee
4 wee District, defines its territorial
4 limits and specifies the property
4 therein subject to taxation. Section
liz provides for the appointment of
commissioners, fixes their term of
4 office and gives them the supervision
1 of the location, erection, repairs and
maintenance of Ieyees in said dis
A trict The third section fixes the
time and place for the first meeting
OF the commissioners and the man
ner of organizing the board, the
manner Of removing commissioners
1 and filling vacancies, and the sala-
ries Of commissioners. The fourth
section relates to the adoption of
bylaws and the letting out of work.
The fifth and sixth sections provide
h for the assistance to be given said
board by the state engineers. Sec
Ition z, in addition to the powers al
|ready conferred, constitutes said
board into a political corporation in
| vested with the power inherent in
said corpoatfons, with authority to.
sue and N sued, directs Thy pro.
eesses bgserVed upon the PIN sidelt
or secre41liry, and contains the II gther
proyisAl The beard shall, its
first l3.Sular meeting, elect
iciIgz .tJr the purpose Of being 81 q
az keeping its office aud archiVeAS$s
ss'1 sos. THE board at its first meeting
!, a,1nDeld under section 3 on the fourth
4 of August, 1898, at DonaldsonFllle,
/ elected Donaldsonyille, in the parish
of Ascension, as its domieile under
/ the authority delegated to it III sec
|Ition z. On the 8th of July, 1S97, the
/ board, by resolution, changed it's
n i on,i clio from gJ10naIdSonyiIle TO Gret-