The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-25
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
Various Matters Considered at Meet.
ing of Parish Lawn takers

Donaldsonville, La, Aug. p, 1917.
The police jury Of the parish of
Ascension met this day in special ses-
sion, at the courthouse, with the fol
lowing members present: Joseph F'al-
con, second ward; Jasnin Tobias,
third ward; c. H. Landry, Sir, fourth
ward; l.. w. Armitage, fifth ward;
Leon Newman, sixth ward; J. G. Mar
gassans, seventh ward; B. L. Cambre,
eighth ward. Absent-G. B. Reuss,
first ward. Absent by reason of be-
ing enjoined from serving by order of
court = Joseph Gonzales, seventh
ward; E. D. Dixon, eighth ward.
President Newman stated that the
meeting had been called for the pur-
pose of authorizing the finance COM
mittee to prepare budget Of esti-
mated revenues and expenditures for
the current fiscal year, and to trans
act such other business as may require
attention.
Mr.. Falcon offered the following
resolution, which was seconded by
Mr. Cambre and unanimously adopt
ed:
BE IL resolved, tnat inc AnhuCe committee
of the police jury be and is hereby instructed
to prepare budget Of estimated revenues
and expenditures Of the parish of Ascension
| for the fiscal year l917-18, and cause same
| to be published in the official journal of the
| parish for a period Of thirty days, as re-
quired by law.
Mr. Tobias offered resolution ap-
propriating $3.50 for the repair of the
road extending from the Burnside
road to Bayou Conway, distance of
eighty arpents. The resolution was
seconded by MIR. Landry, and on roll
call adopted by vote Of seven yeas
and no nays.
The following communication was
read and received:
New Orleans, La, Aug. 5. 1917.
To the President and Members OF the Police
| Jury of the Parish of Ascension. Dom
| aldsonville. La:
We, the undersigned property holders in
| this parish do hereby emphaticalIy protest
against the proposed highway to be erected
under your supervision through our property
| When the highway was originally proposed
| it was agreed that it should follow certain
| course and that it should be constructed IN
q certain manner.
1t now appears that the conditions under
which the consent of the property holders
| was originally obtained have not only been
materially altered, but have been changed
until they are not at the present time recog-
nizabe.'
/ In the case of the property of DR.. VIM. P
! Miles, who signs this protest, it will COM
| pletely ruin q portion of his premises by the
destruction of valuable and ornamental
| trees, and by the destruction of his fields
and fences In the case of the Miles Plant
ing & Manufacturing Company, it will cause
| equal damage.
AS property holders of this parish and as
large property holders, we desire to express
our emphatic disapproval of the highway as
it Is now to be constructed and as it has
been changed, and we respectfully pray thai
! this honorable body take measures to correct
the proposed highway and to construct II
according to the original plans and dlnlen
sions, or else to submit the entire matter
to the people of this parish for reconsldera
ton so that they may pass upon 1t knowing
that they are passing upon certain plans ane
not passing upon plans which are likely to III
changed altered
! Respectfully submitted
For Dr. VIM. P Miles, individuality:
w. P. MILES. -
For Miles Planting & Mfg. Co.:
T. A GAuDET, Secretary.