The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-13

The following ordinance was read:
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance organizing and creating
drainage district composed OF
lands situated in the first ward OF
the parish of Ascension, state OF
Louisiana, to be known as the
Smoke Bend Drainage District Of the
parish of Ascension: constituting
said board OF commissioners of said
drainage district = body corporate
with all the powers OF corporation
and carrying into effect the Prov;
sions of Act No. 317 of the general
assembly OF the year 1919. and the
Louisiana of 1898.
Section l. Be it ordained by the po-
Wee jury of the parish of Ascension,
La, that whereas in the opinion OF
this body it is necessary and viii be
Of immense benefit and conducive to
the interest and welfare of the property
owners of the first ward Of the parish
of Ascension, La, that drainage dis
trict be organized and created, COM
prising lands situated in the first ward
of the parish of Ascension. for the
purpose of more readily draining said
lands in said portion of said parish:
It is, therefore, ordained by said DO
lice jury, that by virtue of and pur-
suant to the power vested IN this noay
bly, of the year 1910, all that part of
the first ward of the parish OF Ascen-
sion, Louisiana. embraced within the
boundaries following, to-wit. shall con-
stitute and form and be embraced in the
limits of a drainage district to be known
and styled: Smoke Bend Drainage Dis
trict of the Parish Of Ascension:
A certain body Of land situated in the
parish of Ascension, state of Louisi-
ana, bounded on the north by the Mis-
'slssippi river; on the east and south
by the lower line of Souvenir planta-
tion and the upper line of the land of
Joshua Collins. and comprising the fol-
lowing sections and fractional Il sections sa rs
8. IS. 81. S, 81. ST. IS, s.. 10. H. H. q,
48. and 12s. in township eleven eli
south. range fourteen d4l east, south
east district west of the MISSISSIPPI
river.
Section 2. Be it further ordained.
etc, that there shall be five commits
sioners for said district. who. or whose
wives, shall be land owners in said dis |
trict to the assessed value Of five hun |
dred dollars, each, whether he or she
be resident or nonresident of the
zea of the state Three of said COM
nissioners shall be appointed by this
body, two for a term of two years and
one for a term of four years, and ali
shall be for a period of four years; the
remaining two commissioners shall be
appointed by the governor of the state
Of Louisiana for period OF four years.
The appointment of said commission
BIS shall be made upon the Recommended
.ion OF not less than twenty-five prop
srty owners of said district, and the Pc
ition of recommendation shall state the
amount of property owned by each of
he petitioners and the same shall De
.ttested by the parish assessor.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, etc.,
nat said board OF commissioners OF
aid drainage district is hereby eonsti-
s1ted body corporate or body polltic
With ali the powers of a corporation.
shall have the power and right to in
or debts and contract obligations. and
sue negotiable bonds therefor: to sue
!! Be sued: to make and use a corpo-