The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-07-25

Ds0HylLLE, La, SATURDAY,, il
lice jury of the parish Of Ascension
that for the year 1914 there is here
by levied a tax amounting in the ag
gregate to nine and one-quarte:
! t9A) mills on the dollar on the as
sessed valuation of all property, moV
able and immoVable. within the par
| ish Of Ascension, except such as i!
Exempted from taxation by the con
st1tutlon of this state, as per the as
SCISSORS rolls for the year 1914, de
posted in the recorders office O.
the parish of Ascension.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained
etc, that the sums contained and in
cluded in the budget of expenditures
adopted at meeting of the police
jury held this day, or as much there
| of as may be necessary, be and the
| same are hereby appropriated out o.
the moneys in the parish treasury
| derived from the annual tax provid
| ed by the first section of this ordi
nance for the purposes stated il
said budget for the fiscal year 1914
1915, as per estimate exhibiting the
various items Of expenditure of the
parish, which was published in the
Donaldsonville Chief, the officia
journal of the parish, fully thirty
days prior to the meeting of July 8,
1914, at which meeting said budget
was amended, approved, ratified and
adopted. .
Mr.. Landry moved that the ordi
nance be adopted, which motion was
seconded by Mr.. Newman, and On
roll-call adopted by the following
vote: Yeas-Spahr, Ourso, Netter
Landry, Armitage, Newman, Gau
treau, Causey; nays-0.
The following ordinance was read:
Whereas, the parish of Ascension
is indebted in the sum of SIG, 900 for
the unpaid balance due by it for past
years; and whereas, it is Impossible
for it to pay it's Indebtedness out Of
the revenues for the year 1914; and
whereas, in order to meet it's said
obligation, it has to fund said in
;debtedness out of the excess reve-
nues above all statutory charges for
the years 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1917,
and issue certificates of Indebted
ness in denominations of $1,000 each; J;
therefore
Be it ordained by the police jury
of the parish of Ascension, that in
order to meet%its Indebtedness for
past years, it has taken advantage of
the provisions of Act No. 80 of the
general assembly of the state of Lou
isiana for the year 1902, to fund said
Indebtedness Of $4,000 out of the ex-
cess revenues for the years 1914.
1915, 1916, and 1917, above all sta
tutory charges for said years, and
to issue certificates of Indebtedness
therefor in denominations of $1,000
four Of said certificates being made
payable annually on or before Feb
ruary 10, 1915,#1916, 1917, and 1918.
and bearing interest at the rate of
i've per cent Per annum, payable an
snHall Said certificates to be IS
sued by the president OF the police
jury and countersigned by the sec
retary thereof.
Be it further ordained, etc, that
one mill on the dollar or as much
thereof as is necessary to meet the
payment of the certificates and
the interest due annually, be and is
hereby set aside and levied for the
years 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1917, out
of the general parish tax levied for
said years.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the police jury shall budget said
sums annually ]. for said years to
meet the payment Of said certifi-
Gates and the interest thereon,
Mr.. Newman moved that the ordi-
nance be adopted, which motion was
seconded by Mr.. Landry, and on
adopted by the Following
vote: Yeas-spahr, Ourso, Meter,
Landry, Armitage, Newman, Gau-
treau, Causey; nays-0.
Mr.. Newman offered the following
resolutions:
Be it resolved, that the sum Of
$1,000 be and the same is hereby ap
to the school board of the
Parish of Ascension, the same to be
advanced at the present time to said
school board and to be charged to
the public school appropriation for
this fiscal year of 1914-1915.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr.. Causey, and On roll-call adopted
by a vote of 8 yeas and no nays.
Mr.. Landry offered the following
resolution:
Whereas, Messrs. Galley & Clark,
a partnership composed Of A. J.
Galley and Burt Clark, domiciled and
doing business in the parish of
Rapides, state of Louisiana, contrac-
tors, and assignees of the contract
entered into by and between the po
lice jury of the parish of Ascension
and Frederick F. Rogers, for the con-
of tWenty-one miles Of
gravel roads in the First Road Dis
trict of the parish Of Ascension, and
by virtue of which contract the said
contractors were to be paid for said
work in bonds of the First Road Dis
trict of the parish of Ascension, a
series Of $4,000, said bonds being
dated June 1, 1914, and bearing in
terest at the rate of five per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually,
and which bonds run serial1y for
period of twenty years, maturing as
follows:
Mos. and June /, 1915
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