The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-11
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
Deferred Regular Session of Paroci1iaI
Lawmakers Contract Awarded
for Gravel Roads in First Dis
trict.
Donaldsonyllle, La, Mar. 20. 1914.


The police jury of the parish O:
Ascension met this day in regular
session, said meeting being the de
ferred regular meeting of March IL
and was called to order at II O'Clock
m. Present: AdoIphe Meter, presi
dent, third ward; Kari G. Spahr
first ward; j. M. Ourso, Jr., second
ward; c. II. Landry, fourth ward;
l.. w. Armitage, fifth ward; LeoI
Newman, sixth ward, G. N. Gautreau
seventh ward. Absent. J. eau
sey, eighth ward.
The minutes of the last preceding
meeting, and those as a board OF
review of the assessment rolls of the
New River Drainage District of the
parish of Ascension, We're read, ap
proved and signed.
The following communication was
received:
Donaldsonville, La, Mar. 20, 1914.
Mr.. c. c. Weber, Parish Treasurer
and Secretary Police Jury, Par
ish of Ascension, Donaldsonyille,
La.
Dear Sir:-Referring to the select.
ing OF a depository of your funds,
We beg to say in regard thereto that
it will be agreeable to us to handle
| said funds IN accordance with law,
and will, therefore, submit your non
orable body, in the course of time,
a bond Of five thousand (S5000) dol
lars. Yours very truly,
w. j. LEBLANC,
Cashier, Peoples Bank of Donaldson
Vile.
Mr.. Newman offered the following
resolution:
Be it resolved, that the Peo-
pies Bank Of DonaldsonVille
be and it is hereby elected
fiscal agent and depository of the
funds of the parish of Ascension,
and that its bond be fixed at the
sum Of five thousand (S5000l dol
lars.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr.. Armitage, and on roll-call adopt
ed by the following vote: Yeas
Spahr, Ourso, Meter, Landry, Arm
itage, Newman, Gautreau; absent
Causey.
F. F. Rogers, and Messrs. Knox
& Lively, road contractors, appear
ed before the jury for the purpose
of informing the jury that Mr..
Rogers was prepared to take def
mite action regarding the construc-
tion of the gravel roads in the
first road district. After a discus
ision Of the matter, Mr.. Spahr Of
tered the following rasoluti ion:
Be it resolved, that the report
I.of the first road district committee
be and the same is hereby adopted
in that the bid of E. p. Sawyer,
which was signed L. p. Sawyer, by
F. T. Rogers, be accepted as having
/ been submitted to said committee by
the said F.F'. Rogers, Individually, and
that the said F. F. Rogers be and he
is hereby awarded the contract to
build the system Of gravel roads in
said district, as per the plans, spec
lfleations, profiles and cross sec
tons, upon which said bid was made
by the said F. f. Rogers, and ac-
cording to the terms and conditions
Of the said original bid on file and
OF record in this office.
Be it further resolved, that the
said +. F. Rogers be and he is here
by granted the privilege OF sublet-
ting said contract under the same
terms, conditions and specifications
o. the contract entered into by him
with this jury.
Be it further resolved, that i'm
mediately upon receipt of adyices
from Messrs. Dillon, Thomson & Clay,
New York attorneys, to whom the
series of $4,000 of 5 per cent bonds
have been submitted for their ap-
proVal, that they have approved the
same, the president of this police
jury be and he is hereby authoriz-
ed and empowered to enter into
and sign said contract with the
said F. F. Rogers.
Be it further resolved, that i'm
mediately upon being advised that
the said bond issue has been ap-
proved, the said F. T. Rogers be
prepared to at once and without
further delay sign said contract;
and in the event the said Rogers
does not sign said contract when
SO notified by the clerk of the jury,
the acceptance of his said bid shall
De avoided, annulled and set aside.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr.. Landry, and On rolI-cal1 adopt
ed by the following vote: Yeas
spahr, Ourso, Netter Landry, Arm
ltage, Newman, Gautreau; absent
Causey.
Mr.. Spahr offered the following
resolution:
BE it resolved, that in view of
the fact that the items of court ex
pense are always heavy, we respect
Iully suggest to his honor, the hon.
cradle the judge of the twenty-sev
enth Judicial district court, in and
tor the parish of Ascension, that
upon the conviction of any person of
mlsdemeanor where fine is i'm
posed, the court include in the pen
atty the costs incurred in the pros
ecution of said offense.
Be it further resolved, that a copy
OF this resolution be sent to his
aonor, Judge Chas. T. Wortham, by
The secretary Of the jury
The resolution was seconded by Mr..
Newman, and on rolLea1l adopted by
a vote Of I yeas and no nays.
The jury adjourned.
G. c. WEBER,
Clerk
Inc director of the census reports
455, LA bales of cotton ginned in
Louisiana from the crop of 1918, and
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