The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1921-08-27
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE,
The Chief is not responsible for
views expressed by correspondents.
Proposed Issue of Bonds to Fund Old
Debts and Make improvements.

Proposed Issue of Bonds to Fund Old
Debts and Make improvements.
Geismar, La, August 20, 1921.
| Editor Chief:
Regarding the refunding Of the
parish debt, I beg to submit for pub
llc information the following state
ment:
The parish debts and obligations
of date December 81, 1919, were as
follows:
Bank Of Ascension. certificates. $50, 900 90
New Orleans bank, certificate ~ i 400 90
f1ci'rd and Gelsmar. Ltd. ccrtif
Vincennes Bridge Company.
for Hop. Villa bridge, w 3,225.O2
Total outstanding debt -. ...-..- $lO5. .~9T 80
Debts paid since January, 1920.
bank of Ascension. second Road
District bonds .......-.....-.-. . $2S, OOO. 90
Bank of Ascension. parish taxes
1920. ,........ .-.. ........ 81, 200. 90
Total paid since January 1920 sG3. 10000
This leaves balance unpaid on
the outstanding debt of $42, $4,000
with interest aggregation about
$500, making total Of approxima-
tely $4,000 parish debt to be bond
led.
The obligation to the Gonzales
school is $4,000. Certificates
Amounting to $1,000 on this account
were issued. One of these certih-
Gates for $500 is unpaid, leaving
balance to be paid on this obligation
of@$21, 500.
Since the grand juries for the
past twenty years, with very few ex
ceptions, have called the attention
of the police jury to the condition of
the courthouse and Jail, recommend
ing that the said conditions be rene
died, the police jury deemed it ad-
visable to get the sense of the tax
payers on proposition to issue
bonds to make the needed REPAIRS
to put the important records of the
clerk of courts Office in proper shape
and to make changes and additions
necessary to give these records the
proper protection.
Should the police jury be autho-
rized to issue bonds to refund the
parish debt and pay obligations, a
special tax of l 18 mills will be re-
quired annually to take care of the
maturing bonds and coupons, and
the interest saved out of parish
funds supplemented by the refund
to the parish by the second road
district "a special tax has been voted
in the second road district to make
this refund) will be sufficient to
carry on the work of tick eradica-
ton as adequately as has been done
this year, and will leave the parish
in better shape to care for roads and
bridges.
Should the police jury be author
lied to issue bonds to refund the
jury to levy this special tax to re-
fund debts and pay obligations, it
will be necessary for the police jury
to levy the full rtie eillafflfffua1' laaflffua1 refund
from the second road dAstrlct: ~
create a surplus sufficient to re1ulo
the certificates of indebtedness 1Di: Du:-
Standing against the parish ln,e ms
is possible, but in that event tne
narish will be forced to suspeha eieh 1a
eradication for the want OF 1uhos
will not be able to take care OF any
nart of the $4,000 still obligated 70
tha M Conzales school and will be Wlth-
ont ont funds to offer further aid 10
roads and bridges. o , Gov
| The certificate of 5000 issued lor
the Gonzales school as well as o''tr
outstanding certificates will nave =,
he taken care of by the ponce jury
one way or another. ~ ,or,
It might be well to mention ht,' n
)+bat tick eradication, since the , ot
ginning of 1918, has cost the p,, paiaI,,
npwards of $4,000. This is MAJ man,: y
resnonsible for the present oeot %
the parish. But this most 1IhpI'
. tant work has gone too TAR 70 y
susnended at this time, unless 1t ca ca
5 he forseen that it will not be poss
t NE 70 pet a uniform system OF tlc
t eradication in the surronolhG pa
0 of the state that will assure e'''c'e'
and permanent results. -
y Due to the uncertainty OF u
c locality of calling an elect'oh
= authorize the issue of BONDS unu' s
II the new constitution at TINS nh t,n, II
= the the nolice jury deemed it adV'san Al,
e ~ rrscind the call and wait "l'' IN
Il after the Legislature meets " TO e
St alo' a. ooact;on. Respectfully,
y, '''e ' W. B. STUART,
- President, Police jury