The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-24

three bonds of five hundred dollars
| {S5OO) each, falling due July /, 1917
aggregating a total Of four thousand
dollars $4,000, said bQpds issued by
the board of supervisors of Road Dis
trict No. of the parish of Ascension.
Louisiana, on January 20, 1917, in
accordance with the vote of the prop
| erty taxpayers of Road District No.
of the parish of Ascension, Louisiana,
on the 10Th day of October, 1915.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the assessor of the parish of Ascen-
sion, state of Louisiana, be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to
extend said tax upon the assessment
roll Of the parish Of Ascension, Lou
isiana, for the year 1915, according
to Act No.256 of the general assembly
for the year 1910, and the laws
amendatory thereof.
Mr.. Stewart moved the adoption
| of the ordinance, which motion was
seconded by Mr.. Delaune, and on roll
call adopted by a vote of yeas and
no nays.
| Mr.. Armitage moved that the fol
lowing advertisement requesting bids
for the sale of the fifty thousand dol
lar ($50,000) bond issue for this dis
trict be inserted in the Donaldson
vile Chief and in the Bond Buyer of
New York for period of thirty days
bids Wanted-Proposal for Sale of $4,000
Bond Issue of Road District No. 2 of
the Parish OF Ascension, La.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Supervisors of Road District
| Number of the parish of Ascension Louisi-
For. {11-~S ~ 4I,r1,
and accrued interest of a $4,000 bond is
sue authorized by Road District No. 2 of
the parish of Ascension at an election held
in said district Tuesday, October 10, 1915.
July /, 1917, and running over period of
twenty years. Interest payable semi-an-
nually the first day of January and July
of each year, from date of issue, at per
cent.
Principal and interest of said bonds are
payable at the office of the treasurer of
the Board OF Supervisors, or at any bank
at the option of the purchasers.
Each bid to be accompanied by certi-
fled check for two and one-half per cent of
the face value of said bonds, made payable to
the treasurer of the Board of Supervisors of
Road District No. 2.
"AI bids must be addressed to the Board
of Supervisors of Road District No. 2 of the
parish of Ascension, Geismar, La, and su-
prescribed: IBID for Road Bonds of Road
District No. of the Parish of Ascension"
Bids will be opened in public session at the
office of the Board of Supervisors at Gels
mar, La, on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28,
1917, at II o'clock a. m.
1.-THE privilege is reserved to reject any and
all bids.
Further information will be supplied on
application to C. C. Weber, Special Coun-
- LEON NEWMAN,
President, Board of Supervisors, Road Dis
trict No. 2 of the Parish of Ascension.
"F. EDW. BABIN, Secretary"
The motion was seconded by DR..
Miles, and on roll-call adopted by a
vote Of yeas and no nays.
DR.. Miles moved that the following
advertisement asking for bids for the
construction of the gravel roads of
the district be inserted in the DON
aldsonville Chief for a period of
thirty days:
bids Wanted-For Construction of Gravel
ed Roads in Road District No 2 of the
Parish of Ascension, La.
Sealed Bids will be received by the
Board of Supervisors of Road District
Number of the parish of Ascension Louisi-
ana, for the construction of thirty t30) miles
of graveled road in said district, according
to plans and specifications prepared by the
highway department of the Board of State
Engineers, copies of which may be obtain
ed on application to said department, or from
C. c. Weber, Special Counsel, Donaldsonville,
La.
Each bid must be accompanied by eer-
titled check for two and one-haf per cent OF
the amount of the bid, made payable to the
treasurer of the Board of Supervisors of
Road District No. z. The successful bid
der to furnish bond as required by law.
''All bids must be addressed to the Board
of Supervisors of Road District No. 2 of the
parish of Ascension, Geismar, La, and SUI
prescribed bid for Constructing Thirty
Miles of Graveed Road in Road District No.
2 of the Parish of Ascension" Bids will be
opened in public session at the office of the
Board of Supervisors at Gesmar, La, on
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1917, at IL
o'clock a. m.
t"Fhe privilege is reserved to reject any
and all bids
Further information will be supplied on
application to C. c. Weber, Special Counsel.
DonaldsonviIle, La. LEON NEWMAN,
president, Board of Supervisors, Road Dis
trict No of the Parish of Ascension.
.'F. EDW. BABIN, Secretary"
The motion was seconded by MFR.
Delaune, and on rcll-call adopted by
a vote of yeas and no nays.
Mr. Armitage offered the following
resolution:
Be it resolved, that it is the sense
of this board that the material to be
used in the construction Of the roads
of this district shall be that Of wash