The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-12
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Board of Supervisors of Road District No. 2,
Parish of Ascension.

Eeisn!ar La, May A. 1917.
The board of supervisors of Road District
Ne 2. parish of Ascension Louisiana. got "a
vened in session at the office of the board at
Geismsr Louisiana. this It'll day OF May,
1917, at II o'clock, Il. m pursuant 10 an OF
dinance of the board adopted March ~;
1911. calling a special election to be held
Throughout Road District No 2, parish OF
Ascension on May l. l9l7, and setting TINS
day for the board to meet IN open session,
TO examine and count the oaiiots' canvass
She returns and 1ronulgate the result OF sara
election.
/ The following members were pEeseht'
President Leon Newman, Dr. VIM. P Miles
L. W. Arntitage, J. n. pelaune. n. Z. "epn
and w. B. Stuart. None absent.
The minutes OF the previous meeting were
read and on motion of MIR. Arn1tage, sec
onded by MIR. Delaune and adopted, were or
dered approved and signed.
On motion of Mr.. Deiaune, seconded by
Mr.. Armitage and adopted, the board pro
ceeded to open the ballot boxes used in the
special election on Tuesday, May l, 1917.
The boards findings were as shown IN the
following process verbal:
Be it known and remem bereG, that this
the 4th day of May. 1917, at II o'clock a M,
in accordance with an ordinance of the board
of supervisors of Road District No. 2, parish
of Ascension, state of Louisiana. acting as
the governing authority of Road District
No. e. of the parish of Ascension, enacted on
which issued and published according
to law, the undersigned members of the
|. board of supervisors of Road District No. 2,
parish of Ascension. met in public session
at the office of said board in Geismar. Lou
isiana, parish of Ascension, and according
to law opened the ballot boxes used ln and
which Were received from the commissioners
of the special election held on Tuesday, the
first day of May 1917, in accordance with
said ordinance and there proceeded to ex-
anime and count the ballots both in number
and amount for and against, to determine
the proposition to incur debt and issue bonuS
of said Road District No. 2, parish of AS
cension, state of Louisiana. to the amount OF
thirty thousand dollars, tS3O,00O). to run
for a period of twenty f2ol years, bearing
interest at the rate of ave per cent pc"
annuna, payable senii-annually; the funds
thus derived to be used for the purpose OF
constructing, improving anG MAIN am :ng the
public highways and roads situated within
the limits of said Road District No. 2, par
| ish of Ascension, together with bridges, cul-
verts, drains and other appurtenances and
accessories thereto: the result of said count
was sixty-seven t67) ballots and sixty-nine
Thousand two hundred ard twenty ts69,22o)
dollars in favor of said proposition, and no
ballots and dollars against said PROPOSE
| ton; and, therefore, the majority of SIXTY
seven $50 in number, and sixty-nlne thou
sand two hundred and twenty (S69,220) dol
lars in amount cast by the property tax
payers of the said Road District No. z, par
! ish of Ascension. in said special election be-
and place we did examine and canvass the
returns evidenced by the duplicate tally
| sheets and duplicate compiled statements.
| the correctness of both being sworn to by the
commissioners, according to law, and fndIng
also that the returns show majority both
in number and amount of property IN Ia
vor of said proposition; therefore, we de-
clare that the result of said election IS in
| favor of the proposition to incur debt and
| issue bonds of said Road District No. 2,
parish of Ascension, state of Louisiana, to
the amount of thirty thousand dollars, tSs0,-
| 6G0), to run for a period of twenty (2Ol
! years bearing interest at the rate of five
per cent per -annun, payable seml-annually
| The funds thus derived to be used for the
| following purposes, to-wlt: That OF con-
structing. improving and MAINTAINING tne
public highways and roads situated within
| the limits of said Road District No. 2, of
| the parish of Ascension. together with the
bridges. cuiverts, drains and other ap-
purtenances and accessories incident there
to: and in accordance with Act 256 OF 1910
and all subsequent amendments thereto. we
| do hereby declare and promuigate the re-
! suit of said special election having car
ried and adopted. and the secretary of the
| board of supervisors of Road District No. 2,
parish of Ascension. ordered to have
copy of same signed by the president. and
published in issue of the official journal
of Ascension parish.
And likewise we did order that one copy
| of this process verbal be sent to the sec
j rotary of state to be recorded in the archives
sent to the recorder of mortgages to be re-
| corded in the mortgage records; and that
| one eony bestkeps In the record Of the said
| board OF supervisors Of Road District No. 2.
parish of Ascension, state of Louisiana.
Thus done and signed in the presence of
| F., Edw. Babin and o. v. osterberger. com
| petent witnesses and electors. on this 4th
| day of May. 1917. at the Office of the board
| of supervisors of Road District No. 2, par
/ ish of Ascension, at Geismar. Louisiana, by
| the undersigned members of the board OF
| supervisors of Road District No 2, parish
| of Ascension. state of Louisiana. present and
| participating in the canvass of said election.
LEON NEWMAN,
| w P. MILES,
L. w. ARMITAGE,
J. N. DELAUNE,
H E. WEBB,
W. B. STUART.
Witnesses:
F. EDW. BABIN.
A. V. OsTERBERGER.
| And the canvass of the returns of said
election having been made, the result there
of was ascertaned and declared to be as fol-
| lows:
For said proposition $50 $4,000
Against said Propositions co.. 100000
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