The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-04-28
pRocI.AMAT1oN OF ELECTION.

Geisn1ar La, March rs, 1917.
PURSUANT to a resolution adopted by tie
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 o.
Ascension, at meeting pursuant TO que
notice held in the office OF sad eoaf 90 d
t1eisn1ar, La on Wednesday. March u, 1917;
/, LEON NEWMAN, president OF the Doaru
ii supervisors of Road District No: Oh the
parish of Ascension, state OF LOUISIANA by
virtue Of the authority IN me Yestea - ana a ~
obedience to and compliance with sad feso,
luton do hereby proclaim that speclai
election will be held of the property tax,
PAYERS, qualified under the constitution ana
laws of the state of Louisiana to vote at
said election, in Road District No OF the
parish Of Ascension, Louisiana, on TUES"
DAY, MAY l, 1917, between the hours OF
I O'Clock a. m. and o'clock p. NJ, Tor the
nurrose of obtaining the sense of the prop
erty taxpayers entitled TO vote on Tie ioi-
lowing proposition, to-Wlt:
To authorize the board of supervisors OF
Road District No. 2 of the parish OF Ascen.
son state of Louisiana, Tor ana Gu nsLa ~
of said Road District No. of the parish OF
Ascension to incur an Indebtedness OF thlf-
ty thousand dollars (S30,0o0t and issue
negotiable bonds therefor, said bonds to bear
interest at the rate OF hye per cent pc,
annum payable semi-annually, and to run
for q period of twenty t2o) years, Tor tne
following purposes, to-wit: That OF con
structing improving and maintaining the
the limits of said Road District No. of the
parish of Ascension, together with bridges;
culverts, drains and other appurtenances ana
accessories incident thereto.
For the purpose of said election and IN
accordance with said resolution the polling
places are hereby designated as follows ::
Houmas Store, in the fifth ward of the par
| ish of Ascension; Armitage's warehouse. IN
the fifth ward of said parish; j. C. klos
store, in the sixth ward of said parish; Pi.
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. Webb $
store, in the eighth ward of said PARISH; an
of said polling places being situated within
the limits of said Road District No. OF
the parish of Ascension. Messrs II; T.
| Braud Dr. w. P. Miles and DR.. j. T.. Br1n-
gier are hereby appointed commissioners s. I4srs
and J. F. Saxon clerk, to serve at said Hou,
| mas store poll; DIR. D. c. Brumfieid, Euclid
Landry and Lawrence Marchand are hereby
| appointed commissioners, and L. w. Ar
| nta2e clerk, to at said Armitage S
warehouse poll; Rosemond Braud, ST.. }. T.
| Many and w. B. Stuart, Sr, are hereby ap-
| pointed commissioners, and J. G. klos CLERK
| to serve at said J. C. Klos' store poll; L..
| Geismar, Isidore Triche and A. G. Menuette
| are hereby appointed commissioners, and NJ.
| l.. Geismar clerk, to serve at said Picard q
| Geismar's store poll; j. N Delaune d. r
| White and DIR. M. r. Cushman are hereby
appointed commissioners, and L.. K. ~hen-
| nedy clerk to serve at said J. n. Delaune $
| store poll H. A. Webb. L. s. Easteriy ana
| E. D. Dixon are hereby appointed commits
| sjoners, and F. Edward Babin clerk. to serve
at said H. A. Webb.s store poll. All OF sald
| commissioners >and clerks of election snail
serve without compensation, and said cleo
| ton shall be conducted under and by virtue
| Of the laws of the state of Louisiana ap-
picable thereto.
I do further proclaim and give notice that
at / o'clock a. m. Friday, May 4, 1917,
TIE 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 & Geismar S
! store at Geismar, Louisiana, and in open Ses-
| sion proceed to open the ballot boxes, ex-
anime and count the ballots in number and
amount, examine and canvass the returns,
/ and decle~e the result of said special cleo
| ton. who result they shall thereafter pro
muIgate by publication in one issue of the
| official journal of the parish.
Done and signed at Geismar, in the parish
| of Ascension, state of Louisiana, on this 23fd
| 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.