The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-07-24

To the Grand Jury Of the Twenty Seventh
Judicial District Court. in and for the
Parish of Ascension, La.
Gentlemen-We most respectfully beg to
advise that through copy of your report
made to the honorable twenty-seventh ju-
dicial district court, and sent to us by the
clerk of said court, received the first in
timation that the Smoke Bend Drainage Dis
trict is without sufficient funds to remedy
the condition caused by the wasbout of the
Smoke Bend drainage canal where it empties
into the Bayou Lafourche. carrying away
the public road
On February 20 of this year Mr.. C. C.
Weber, secretary of the Smoke Bend Drain
age District. appeared before the police jury
to request an appropriation to be used to
put the Leaann Company's bridge in shape,
so as to give the travelling puV Vic' temporary
relief. Mr.. Weber stated to the police jury
at that time that the $1,000 bond issue au-
thorized by the Smoke Bend Drainage Dis
trict to be supplemented BIT $4,000 dollars
appropriated by the joint lewe board, was
ample funds to do the work. and that ar
rangements had been made to have the
work completed by July OF this year.
The police jury has appropriated out Of
funds for the First Road District around
$4,000 in giving temporary relief to the
public, and We given to understand by
the representative OF the Smoke Bend Drain
age District that full measures had been
taken to remedy this condition permanently
The governing authority of the Smoke
Bend Drainage District is solely responsible
for the conditions in this matter and had
the situation been grasped in the early be-
ginning by the responsible authority, the
condition existing today would have been
saved by the expenditure OF one-th1rd OF
what it will cost now.
We do not think that the property tax
PAYERS of the entire west side of the PARISH
should be taxed to remedy a condition which
appears to us to have been caused by the
careless indifference bordering on criminal
neglect of public duty by the governing
authority of subdivision of the parish
If to give the travelling public permanent
relief in this matter, the police jury must
reconstruct this road.
The poice jury will, after the Smoke Bend
Drainage District has completed the nune'
reconstruct this road by filling in with earth
and graveling the surface, reserving to it
self the eight to have proper recourse S.
against tFfs Smoke Bend Drainage District,
for whatever amount it might be required
to expend in completing the work
Respectfully submitted
W. B. STUART,
j. CLARENCE LEBLANC.
c. Fl. LANDRY, SR.
Finance committee of the police jury
Court now adjourned until Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock.
TUESDAY.
Court met this day pursuant to al"
iournment and disposed of the fol-
lowing business:
Civil Matters
T. F. Saxon VS.. Belle Helene Co
operative Sugar Co. Saxon and Bor'
mann VS.. the same defendants. A.
V. Coco ct ais. VS.. Joseph T. Ca
fero; Ulysses Marcel VS.. Etienne Ste
vens; Louis Levi Grocery Co. VS.. Ed
Broussard; on motion Of counsels
for plaintiffs, all of these cases were
ordered dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
LeBoeuf Planting Co. VS.. A. A. De-
laune; in this case Judge Gilbert re-
cused himself and appointed Attor-
ney C. V. St. Amant judge ad hoe to
try the same. Mr.. St. Amant, having
taken the OATH on motion of the at
torney for plaintiff, default was
ordered enteaed herein.
Defaults were taken in the follow
ing cases: Lucinda Johnson VS.. James
Winfield, Ida Braud VS.. Willie Den
mis- and Albert Wilson VS.. Mary
Thompson.
Standard Oil Company VS.. Louis J..
DeHass; this, case was taken up and
tried and Judgment rendered in favor
of plaintiff for the sum Of $151.42,
with per cent interest from June /,
1920, and all costs.