The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-27
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
Assessment Rolls for 1914 Reviewed
and Approved-Quarantin lnsti-
tuted Against Livingston Parish
Owing to charbon.
BOARD OF REVIEW.

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/ DonaldsonvilIe, La, June II, 1914
The police jury of the parish o1
Ascension met this day as Board
of Review of the assessment rolls ant
listings for the year 1914. Present:
| Adolphe Meter, president, third
ward; Karl G. spahr, first ward; J
/ NJ. Ourso, Jr., second ward; L. w
Armitage, fifth ward; Leon Newman
sixth ward; C. N. Gautreau, seventh
ward; z. ]. Causey, eighth ward. Alb
sent-C. H. Landry, fourth ward
The following communication was
read and received: !;
Burnside, La, June II, 1914.
| To the President and Members
| Police Jury, Ascension Parish,
Sitting as Board Of Reviewers.
Gentlemen:-I write to ask that
my assessment on 14343 acres of
land, all situated in 10 S, e,
be assessed at so per cent of the
| 1913 assessment.
Do not forget that our lands are
taxed 25 cents per acre and per
cent ad valorem for the Bayou Conway
Drainage District. The owners of the
lands may never have the benefit of
| drainage, but in the meantime we
know the tax collector will be in con-
tact with our pocket books every
year.
Remember that our parish is go-
ing through a severe ordeal owing,
largely to the demise of the Miles
Pltg. & Mfg. Co., and the permanent
residence of the boil weevils in the
cotton section of the New River
country. The tax collector and the
boil WeeVils, like the poor, will be
with us, fear, always.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY C. BRAUD.
The following report was read by
j. G. Klos, appointed by the jury to
assist the assessor Of the parish in
adjusting the assessments throughout
the parish:
DonaldsonVi1le, La, June II, 1914
To the Members of the Police Jury,
Parish of Ascension
Gentlemen:-In conformity with
your appointment to assist Assessor
A. A. King in adjusting assessments,
submit this my report:
On May Il, we checked up acreage
of part of Bayou Conway Drainage
District; May Is, we checked up acre
age of part of New River Drainage
District; May 10, we went to Sorren-
to and saw Mr.. OpdenWeyer, OF
0pdenweyer-Alcus Cypress Co., who
showed us his inventory of Jan. /,
1sIa, aggregating .22s,3oo feet Of
I lumber and nVentory Of Chicago!
Lumber CO., amounting to 465, 500
feet, total of 1861 800 feet.
While we were waiting for the next
train, on suggestion we decided to
walk to McElroy. There We found
Mr.. Miller, who very courteously in
formed US he has no record or mem
oranda Of inventory. but referred us
to the main office in New Orleans.
MT. king and determined to- go To To
New Orleans to see the inventory,
but having matters which required
my personal attention, I prevailed on
Mr.. King to go alone, which he did
on May 25, and reported On hand
Jan. /, 1914, 12,928,7 709 feet.
On May 26, II and % and June 2
we went over a number of assess
ments to the satisfaction of all par
ties interested.
Respectfully yours,
+. G. KLOS.
]. L. Bradford appeared before the
board seeking a reduction of his as
sessments. Edmund Maurin, attorney
for the Maginnis Land Co., addressed
the board seeking a reduction of the
assessments of the company's lots in
Maginnisville. He stated that the
prices of these lots had been reduced
to $100 each, and requested a reduc-
cent Of that amount.
On motion of Mr. Gautreau, Sec
onded by Mr.. Spahr, the assessment
of H. c. Braud was ordered to stand
as made by the assessor. The mo-
ton was adopted.
On molten of Mr.. Spahr, seconded
by Mr.. Gautreau and adopted, the as
sessment of J. l.. Bradford was order
ed to stand as made by the assessor.
On motion of Mr.. Ourso, seconded
by Mr.. Newman, the assessor was di-
rected to reduce the assessment of
the Maginnis Land Company to 33 1-3
per cent Of s100 on each lot owned
by said company, and as requested by
Attorney Maurin. The motion was
adopted
Mr.. Ourso offered the following res
olution
Be it resolved by the police jury of
the parish of Ascension, that after
carefully examining and scrutinizing
the assessment lists as prepared and
filed by the assessor, and comparing
each individual item, of assessment
with the others, and considering the
values placed on the same, and find
ing said valuations equitable and
just, the said lists and assessments
be and the same are hereby approved |
and adopted.
The board adjourned.
c. C. WEBER, Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING.
Donaldsonyille, La, June IT, 1914.