The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-21
PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION
New River Drainage District of the Parish
of Ascension

! by the
New River Drainage District of the Parish
| avs of Ascension.
| Gonzales, La, Oct. 21, 1916.
| PURSUANT to a resolution adopted by
4 the board of commissioners of the New
River Drainage District of the parish of
Ascension, state of Louisiana, at a special
meeting held at the domicil of said board of
commissioners, on October 8, 1916, l, Leon
Picard, president of the board of commits
sioners of the New River Drainage District
of the parish of Ascension, state of Louis-
ana, by virtue of the authority vested in
me and In obedience and compliance with
said resolution, do hereby proclaim that a
| 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,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1915,
between the hours of Z o'clock a. m. and
| O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of obtaining
the sense of the property taxpayers entitled
to vote on the following proposition:
70 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 40.oo0.O0), and
| issue negotiable bonds therefor, said bonds
| to bear interest at the rate of five per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually. and 60
| run for a period not longer than twenty
years, for the following purposes, to-wit:
| Of operating drainage canals, bitches or
machinery owned or controlled by said
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 &
Geismars warehouse, at Geismar; at Picard
Geismars warehouse, at Dutchtown; at
the Lanoux shop, at Gonzales at the Misses
st. Amant carriage house, at St. Amant.
Messrs. Louis Geismar, Leon Newman and
Isidore Triche hereby appointed COM
missioners, and M L. Gesmar clerk, to
serve at the Picard & Geismar Geismar
warehouse poll; Messrs. I'VE Landry, Jos. Pr
card and l.. B. Duplessis hereby ap-
pointed commissioners, and Cledament Mire
clerk, to serve at the Picard & Geismar
Dutchtown poll; Messrs. L. 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. Fergu-
son and w. D. Martin are hereby appointed
commissioners. and A. M. 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 ap- |
plicabie thereto.
do further proclaim and give notice that |
at 10 o'clock a. Friday, December l. |
1916, 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 domicil of said board of commits
soners 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 Is cial journal of the parish of
Ascension.
Done and signed at Gonzales, within the
Units of the New River Drainage District
Of the parish of Ascension, Louisiana this
2lst day of October, 1916.
LEON PICARD,
President Board of Commissioners New River
Drainage District. Parish of Ascension,
Louisiana.
Attest:
C. C. WEBER. Secretary Treasurer