The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-08-17

Dugas. first ward; y n.
Pugh. third yard; Emile LeBoeuf, fourth
ward; w P. Miles, fifth ward.
On motion of Mr.. Bergeron. seconded by
Mr.. Duple:sis and adopted, the reading OF
the minutes of the meeting of the board
held May Is, 1918. was dispensed with and
The minutes ordered APPROVED.
On motion of .Ar. Webb. seconded by MI
Bergeron and on rol-call unanimously
the *ecre.ary was instructed TO
notify the parish assessor that the ten mill
special tax ir School District No. expired
in 1917, and to hereafter omit from the as.
sessment rolls the said ten-mlll tax IN saia
School District No. 2.
The following ordinance was offered by
Mr.. Webb:
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for the issuance and sale OF
school bonds of School District No. 8,
of the parish of Ascension, Louisiana,
to the amount of seven thousand doll
lars, and the levying of special tax
on all property subject to taxation with
in the limits of said school district fuf-
ficient to pay the principal and inteSsst
of the said bonds the same shall
mature.
Whereas, by ordinance duly adopted and
passed by the school board of the parish OF
Ascension, Louisiana. entitled, An ordin-
ance ordering a special election for the pur-
pose of submitting to the property taxpay-
ers of School District No. 8, of the parish of
Ascension. Louisiana. proposition to incur
debt and issue bonds of SchookyQistrlct NO.
8, of the parish of Ascension, Ledisaaha; 60
the amount of seven thousand dollars
(S7O00). to runf for period OF twenty
years, bearing interest at the rate OF nve
per cent per annum. payable semi-annualiy'
the funds thus derived to be used fo1 Ae
purpose of buying nineteen and q
(19A) acres of land adjoining tF lex
Grove High School farm. building a. omestlc
science and an agricultural buI ing, and
purchasing an automobile trucE<o transfer
the johnson school childrer 30 the Oak
Grove High School in School, District No.
pafish of Ascension. Louisiana, OF daspe
March 6, 1918, it was ordered and dIree ed
that special election be held in said n aool
District No. 8 on the 18th day of April,
1918, between the hours OF seven O'Clock d.
m. and hve O'Clock p. m.' as aulnor.1eu "
law. at which election the property ta1pay
ers OF the SAID scnooi aistrict iesany qua
fled to vote at sucn eleet1on snouia nav. nav
submitted to them the proposlt1on TO incur me.
debt and issue negotlabie nonds OF salu
School District NO. OF the parish VI Aseei lr
sion. Louisiana, TO the amount % sess !.
Thousand dollars, bearing interest z. tne re =
OF five per cent per annufn' payaDle sem sen.
annually. for the purpose OF purchasing
nineteen and one-haH I9A) acres OF iand
adjoining the Oak Grove Hlfh schooi 1arni'
building domestic science ana an asrlcul-
tural building, and purchasing an auSomo,
bile truck to transfer the Johnson scno =,
School District No. g.. parish OF Ascension,
Louisiana: and,
Whereas. notice of said election was
printed and published in the form and man
ner prescribed by law, for thirty DAYS IN the
official journal of the parish school board
and,
Whereas, in pursuance of said ordinance
and notice the said special election was duly
and regularly held in said Schooi Dlstrlct
No. on the seventeenth day of April. 1918
of al
Ascension parish sShool board, IN the city OF
Donaldsonville. Louisiana, on the 24th day
of April, 1918, proceeded to open the naLot
box, examine and count the ballots IN num-
her and amount, examine and canvass the
returns. and declare the resalt OF said eiee-
ton: and.
Whereas. at the said meeting of the said
parish school board, held on the aforesaid
date the said hoard did declare. make and
Laon :. nrocess verbal of the manner in
,,h;ah s.;d hallo+ how had been onened. re.
turns canyassed. and the result of the cleo.
t;on ascertained. and did forward copy oil
said process verbal to the secretary of state
who filed same in his Office on the ths3d day
~ Nav 1918. and recorded the same il
Rnols nj Sneeial Elections Number S, and die
forward another copy thereof to the clerk 4. 9
Ecourt of the tWenty-seventh Judiclai dls9rie.
parish of Ascension, Lonls III y Wnscl
narish the said school DIS ~ J
situated. which said process 81 verbal IS W.
sau SASA n
trecords of said parish, ana aid make an
/ file copy OF said process Yerbal ~ y U
archives OF the salt parish school ooaFa, IN
authority ordering the said election; ana. #
Whereas. the said process verbal Spt IN
result of the election was published, as re
quired by law, in the Donaldsonvllie Chlel
the official journal of the said school boaro
| on the oath day of April, l91s; ana,
| Whereas. in and by the said canvass an
count, it was ascertained and found that IN
proposition to incur debt and issue bohas
School District No. 3, to the amount Q
lseyen thousand dollars tST000), bearing IN
terest at the rate OF hse pfer ese sA 90 .,
mum, payable semi-anrually, for the pun
/ nose of purchasing u acres OF land 40
/ Joining the Oak Grove High School Farm
building domestic science and an agrlcul
tural building, AMI purchasing an eutome
bile truck to transfer the Johnson sehoe
children to the Oak Grove High school. wa
duly carried. and the issuance OF bonds
/ the said School District NO. 8, TO evfaehe
said debt. was, at the said election autnoi
lied by the vote of majority IN numne
and amount of the pronerty taxpayers
said School District No. 3 qualified TO vot'
who voted at the said election helo Tor Tn
purpose hereinbefore stated: and.
Il Whereas. the school poaru of the parish {
.soansion Louisiana. has examined and il
Ascssioa The ragn5aritv Of the proceeding
~ cold alection and find that the same wa
J,,,1 ana IsraIlv called and held: that til
ai;oa thereof renuired by law to be give
has heen duly and regularly given, uni, tn:
tba said election was conducted in strict cor
fornity with the requirements of law, an