The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-11-18
PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION
New River Drainage District of the Parish
of Ascension.
Gonzales, La, Oct. 2l, L

Gonzales, La, Oct. 2l, 1916.
/ PURSUANT to resolution adopted b.
/ d the board of commissioners of the New
/ River Drainage District of the parish o
| Ascension. state Of Louisiana, at speeia
meeting held at the domicil of said board o
| commissioners, on October 8, 1915, /, Leor
Picard, president of the board OF commits
sioners OF the New River Drainage Distric
of the parish of Ascension, state of I4ouisi
ana, by virtue of the authority vested ii
| me and in obedience and compliance with
| said resolution, do hereby proclaim that
| special election will be held of the property
| Taxpayers qualified under the constitution
and laws of the state Of Louisiana to vote
at said election, in the New River Drainage
District of the parish of Ascension, Louisi.
ana, on
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER IS, 1916.
| between the hours of o'clock a. M and 6
| o'clock p- M, for the purpose of obtaining
the sense of the property taxpayers entitled
| to vote on the following proposition:
To authorize the board of commissioners
| of the New River Drainage District of the
| parish of Ascension, state of Louisiana, to
create an additional Indebtedness of FORTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ts40,000.0O). and
issue negotiable bonds therefor, said bonds
to bear interest at the rate of five per cent
per annurn. payable semi-annually. and to
run for period not longer than twenty
years, for the following purposes, to-wit
or operating drainage canals, bitches or
drainage district; to extend. open, enlarge.
cut such additional canals and streams
situated within the limits Of said drainage
district, in the judgment of said board
of commissioners of said drainage district
may be deemed necessary and proper to
drain the property included within the limits
thereof.
For the purposes of said election and in
accordance with said ordinance, the polling
places are hereby designated at Picard q
(rnlSmaf'S fnr,. mt an,.l
Il Geismar's warehouse, at Dutchtown; at
the Lanoub shop, at Gonzales at the Misses
st. Amant carriage house, at St. Amant
Messrs. Louis Geismar. Leon Newman and
ls1dore Triche are hereby appointed COM
missioners, and M. L. Geismar clerk, to
serve at Othe Picard & Geisnar Geisg-ar
warehouse poll: Messrs. we Landry, JOS Pr
card and l.. B. Duplessis are hereby APP
pointed commissioners. and Cledament Mire
clerk, to serve at the Picard & Geismar
Dutchtown poll; Messrs. /. A. Ambeau,
Vincent Gautreau and Adam Braud, Jr. are
hereby appointed commissioners. and c. r.
Gautreau clerk, to serve at the Gonzales
poll; Messrs. r. A. Gonzales, E. e. Ferru-
son and w. d. Martin are hereby appointed
Commissioners, and A. NJ Marchand clerk
to serve at the st. Amant poll. All of said
commissioners and clerks of election shall
serve without compensation. And said cleo
ton shall be conducted under and by virtue
of the laws of the state of Louisiana APP
pHcable thereto.
do further proclaim and give notice that
at 10 o'clock a. m. on Friday, December /,
1915, the board Of commissioners of the
New River Drainage District of the parish
of Ascension, Louisiana, will meet at Con
zales, within the limits Of said drainage dis
trict. the domieil of said board of commits
sioners of said drainage district, and In
open session proceed to open the ballot
boxes, examine and count the ballots in
number and amount. examine and canvass
the returns. and declare the result Of said
special election, which result they shall
thereafter promulgate by publishing in one
issue of the o u cial journal of the parish of
Ascension.
Done and signed at Gonzales, within the |
limits of the New River Drainage District |
Of the parish of Ascension, Louisiana, this
2ist day of October 1916.
LEON PICARD.
President Board of Commissioners New River
Drainage District. Parish of Ascension. |
Louisiana.
Attest:
C. c. WEBER. Secretary Treasurer.