The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-04-14
PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION.

Geismar, La, March %, 1917.
PURSUANT to a resolution adopted by the
board of supervisors of Road District
No 2 of the parish of Ascension, state
of Louisiana as the governing authority of
said Road District No. of the parish of
Ascension, at a meeting pursuant to due
notice held in the office of said board at
Geismar. La. on Wednesday,, March p, 1917;
I, LEON NEWMAN. president of the board
of supervisors of Road District No. of the
parish of Ascension, state of Louisiana, by
virtue of the authority in nae vested and in
obedience to and compliance with said reso-
election will be held of the property tax
payers, qualified under the constitution and
laws of the state of Louisiana to vote at
said election. il Road District No. OF the
DAY, MAY i. 1917 between the hours of
o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. M, for the
purpose of obtaining the sense of the prop
erty taxpayers entitled to vote on the fol-
lowing proposition to-wit:
To authorize the board of supervisors of
Road District No. 2 of the parish of Ascen-
son state of Louisiana, for and on behalf
of said Road District No. 9 of the parish of
Ascension, to incur an Indebtedness of thir-
ty thousand dollars ($30.000) and issue
negotiable bonds therefor said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of five per cent per
annum payable semi annually, and to run
for q period of twenty 600 years, for the
following purposes, to-wit: That of con-
public highways and roads situated within
the limits of said Road District No. of the
parish of Ascension, together with bridges,
culverts, drains and other appurtenances and
accessories incident thereto
For the purpose of said election and in
accordance with said resolution, the polling
places are hereby designated follows
Houmas Store. in the fifth ward of the par
ish of Ascension; Armitage's warehouse. in
the fifth ward of said parish: J. G. Klos'
tEas II x,1yJtn caJa ,tn,.is I ii.
card & Geismar's store, in the sixth ward of
said parish; j. N. Delaune's store, in the
eighth ward of said parish; and H. A. Webs
store, in the eighth ward of said parish; ali
of said polling places being situated within
the limits Of said Road District No. of
the parish of Ascension. Messrs. H. C..
Braud, DIR. w. P. Miles and DR.. J. T. Brin-
gier hereby appointed commissioners,
and J. F. Saxon clerk, to serve at said Hou-
mas store poll; DR.. D. c. Brumfield, Euclid
Landry and Lawrence Marchand are hereby
appointed commissioners, and L. W. Ar
mitage clerk, to serve at said Armltage's
warehouse poll; Rosemond Braud, ST., ]. T.
Many and w. B. Stuart, ST., are hereby APP
pointed commissioners. and j. C. Klos clerk
to serve at said J. C. Klos' store poll; L.
Geismar, Isidore Triche and A. c. Menuette
hereby appointed commissioners, and M
L. Geismar clerk, to serve at said Picard &
Geismar's store poll; J. N. Delaune, J. P.
White and DR.. M. R. Cushman are hereby
appointed commissioners, and l. Z. Ken
store poll H. A. Webb, L. S. Easterly and
f. D. Dixon hereby appointed commits
sioners, and F. Edward Babin clerk to serve
at said H. A. Webb's store poll. All Of said
commissioners and-asferks of election shall
serve without &gffpensation, and said cleo
ton shall be conducted under and by virtue
OF the laws Of the state of Louisiana APP
plieable thereto.
l do further proclaim and give notice that
at l o'clock q. on Friday, May 4, 1917,
the said board of supervisors of Road Dis
trict No. of the parish of Ascension, state
Of Louisiana, will meet at the office of said
board of supervisors, in Picard & Geismars
store at Geismar, Louisiana, and in open SEES
sion proceed to open the ballot boxes ex-
anime and count the ballots in number and
amount, examine and canvass the returns,
and declare the result of said special cleo
ton, which result they shall thereafter pro-
mulgate by publication in issue Of the
official journal of the parish.
Done and signed at Geismar, in the parish
of Ascension, state of Louisiana, on this GARD
day Of March, in the Year of Our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
LEON NEWMAN,
Presidet Board of Supervisors, Road District
No. 2, Parish of Ascension.
Attest: w. B. STUART
Secretary, Board of Supervisors Road
District No. 2, Parish of Ascension