The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-15
Donaldsonville, La,

and is hereby created, and which shall be
known Road District No. (4) Four.
Be it further ordained, etc. that said roaC
district shall comprise the following terri.
tory, to-wit:
! Beginning at the southwest corner OF
! section thirty lone, township ten, south oi
range four east and running due north tc
| bayou Conway between sections eighteen
township ten, south of range four east, anC
twenty-five, township ten, south of range
| shree east, then following north side OF
| Bayou Conway to section line between sec
tions twenty two and twenty three, town.
| ship ten south Of range three east. then due
| north to middle portion of sections ten and
eleven. township nine. south of range three
east, then due east to the Amite river, then
east and south to limits boundary of the
! parish.
Roll-cail the above ordinance resulted
as follows: Ayes-Landry. Armitage. Stuart
| Nargassans, Gonzales. Sibley; nays-none
! Absent-Eeuss. Falcon. Tobias and Dixon,
and Che ordinance was declared adopted.
| The following communication was received
and read:
! DonaldsonviIle. La, May 12, 1920.
| To the Honorable President and Members of
| the Police Jury of the Parish of Ascen-
| sion. State of Louisiana.
| We the undersigned. residents and PROP
| erty owners of the fourth ward of the par
| ish of Ascension, respectfully petition your
honorable body for permission and authority
to erect poles along the wood side of the
the fourth ward of the parish of Ascen-
sion, from the town of Donaldsonvilie to
the plantation of The LeBoeuf Planting
| Company, Ltd, about and one-half miles
below, which electric wires are to be
strung for the purpose of enabling US to OBJ
tain electric current from the Donaldson
vile electric and power plant.
Respectfully, R. J. Chauvin, A. A. Sar-
radet, per r. J. Chauvin. J. B. Martin, Lee
Boeuf Planting Co. by Frank LeBoeuf, U. L.
Rodriguez, Sidney Harp. Louis Dinino, per
U. L. Rodriguez, Alcee Dugas. per J. B. Mar
tin.
The following resolution was offered by
Mr.. Landry. seconded by Mr.. Gonzales:
Be it resolved by the police jury of the
parish of Ascension, that permission be and
vim. A. A. sarradet, John B. Martin, Le-
Boeuf Planting Company, U. L. Rodriguez,
Sidney Harp, Louis Dinno and Alcee Du-
gas, residents and property owners of the
fourth ward of the parish to erect poles
along the wood side of the public road along
the Mississippi river. in the fourth ward of
| the parish of Ascension from the town of
ponaldsorville to the plantation of the Le-
Boeuf Planting Company, about one and
| one-half miles below. which to string
electric light wires for the purpose of en-
abng them to obtain electric current from
the Donadsonvlle light and power plant.
Roll~call on the above resolution resulted
as follows: Ayes--Landry. Armitage Stu
art. Nareassans, Gonzales and sibley; nays
none. Absent-Reuss, Falcon, Tobias and
Dixon, and the resolution was declared
adopted.
Mr.. Nargassans addressed the police jury,
and called attention to the fact that the
work of the parish secretary and treasurer
which was already heavy, would be con-
s1derabiy increased by the creation of the
proposed two additional road districts and
suggested that it would be but fair to grant
him an increase of salary, and moved that
the salary of the secretary and treasurer be
increased to s125 per month.
The motion seconded by Mr. Con-
zales. Mr. Sibley and Mr.. Landry. Roll-cal
on the motion resulted as follows: Ayes
Landry, Arn1itage. Stuart, Nargassans. Con-
zales and Sibley; nays-none. Absent
Reuss, Falcon, Tobias and Dixon, and the
motion declared adopted
The secretary reported that he had been
requested by the district attorney to state
to the police jury that he had examined the
law relative to the legality of the ordi-
nance creating the ninth and tenth police
jury wards of the parish and that he had
found nothing which would make its adop-
ton illegal.
A claim was presented by Easely Melan-
con, for $50, for one milch COW killed as
result OF dipping, at the vat at Prairieville
The claim being approved by the dipping
vat inspector as we'll by DR.. E. J. Nickel,
federal supervisor Of dipping, on motion of
M Gonzales, seconded by Mr.. Nargassans
ana carried, the same was ordered paid out
OF the general funds.
It being ~ O'Clock noon the ballot
boxes containing the ballots cast at the
special election held in the Third Road Dis
trlct of the parish of Ascension on Tues
day, may IL, 1920. to take the sense of the
property taxpayers of the said district on
the proposition to incur an indebtedness of
5000 for road building Improvement and
nalntenance purposes and to issue negotia-
ole oonaS therefor Were in pursuance of the
ordinance adopted April 8, 1920, calling said
election. opened by the police iury az tho
governing authority of said Third Road Dis
ErIrE and the ballots both as to the number
aho assessed valuation of property counted
and the result found to be as follows:
For the Observation-Disclosures of yotas "a
assessed value, SI3S.34O
Against the proposition--Nun,be,. of vo+es
I23: assessed value. s14s,465
"'ajoFlfE OF votes cast against the pro-
position, 40: majority in assessed valuation
Oh property cast against the proposition.
s1o.l25' and the proposition was rec,ared ~
have been defeated W
lhe following ordinance was offered bv
Ar. Gonzales, seconded by Mr.. Narcassans
AN ORDINANCE
Section l. Be it ordained by the nol;ca
1ury OF the parish of Ascension, state of
LOUISIANA, as the governing authority of the |
lhlrd Road District of the parish of Ascen-
s1on' that special election be and the
hold
within the limits of the Third Road nistr;ct
Of the parish Of Ascension. Louisiana the |
fixed geographical limits of which have been
aastabIlshed e by this police jury after pub
'shed notice of the fixing of the same, by |
published ordinance Of said police iurv in |
he official journal Of said parish. establish |
nG the same at the time said Third Road |
district was organized and created, between |
ne nonrs OF seven O'Clock a. m. and five
clock y. m, Tuesday, June 22 1920. nm |
nt tat of
which said election shall be submitted the
o'lowing propositions
70 authorize the police jury of the parish
u AHcenslon' state of Louisiana. for and on
'ar1sh of Ascension. to incur an indebted
ess of one hundred thousand (sl00, 0oO) |
o'iars and to issue negotiable bonds there
or, said bonds to bear interest at the rate of
I'VE We per cent per annun. payable semi-an-
nally, and to run for period not longer
nan twenty-five years, for the following |
urDoses, to-wt: |
! hat Of constructing, improving and main
aiming the following designated roads sit
ated within said Third Road District. to-wit:
Starting at Gonzales going south on the
urnside Road to the eighty (80) arpent
ne from the Mississippi river; then start
lg at Gonzales going east down New River
} the western boundary of section twenty
X t26}, township nine, south of range
'ree east: starting at Gonzales, going
orth by Wright Gautreau's store and in
rsectlng with the Port Vincent-Hope Villa |
'ad at the little prairie; thence west, fol-
wing the Port Vincent-Hope Villa road to
e boundary of the Second Road District,
Oak Grove, to the southern boundary line
section forty-two (42), township eight,
uth of range three, east: then starting at
onZales, going west up New River to the |
nndary of Road District No. 2, at Moore's
idse, together with the bridges, cuIverts, =
aims and other appurtenances and acces-
ries incident thereto. r
Section 2. Be it further ordained. ETC.. I