The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1922-05-27
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS

Doha'osoi'h'e' "S' aT 10, 1922 SS
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Mr. Eby offered the following ora;n..
and moved it's adoption. The rnotian .se n
seconded by Mr.. Wright. -
AN ORDINANCE
! alll:,4sf a special election of she proves
!ax,ayers of Road District NJ, 6 n III IN
parish of Ascension. for the purposa 'a 6 s. I
submitting to them a proposition fnsr. StSs
cind the action of the taxpava,a 80
said Road District No 6, at the 9 60 Il oss
ton held September IA. 1920, aatb ess s
izing the levy of special tax AZ 60
mills on the dollar, for ton years ' asa5s
the purpose of constructing, nainf. w
ing and repairing the dirt roads Il ss 1--WE
district; and authorizing the poles z;n a.s &
to incur an Indebtedness of Sl0o0ll sss
to issue negotiable, six per cent bas ana
therefor to run for period not Ion. sss
than twenty-five years. for tho nus
pose of constructing and improyinps e.
public roads within said district aas M n
mated as Route No. 46 Of the Esta s.s
fle hway system
Section One. Be it ordained by tia sna,il;5zsssss
ury of the parish of Ascension stafa@sssA
louisiana, as The governing authoritafsssss
III. Sixth Road District of the parish d A saEs
cen sion, that special election be and IN
same il; hereby ordered and called q ADJ
held within the limits of the Sixth sRasSs
District of the parish OF Ascension Taa Gss
ana. the fixed geographical limits Of VIA
have been established by this police ;m ,,ss
after published notice Of the fixing of ~
same, by published ordinance of said noG.ss
jury in the official journal il: said parish M
Ascension, establishing the same 1T the Y;ssss8
said Sixth Road District was oreanizea M
created, between the hours of sew s fgSEs
O. clock q. M. and Sax 60 O'Clock n,ap. 49,
Tuesday, the 18th day OF June, 1884,: Jndsg Il
the laws of the state Of LoI.. ma ~ D
which said special election shall Be mi s Nj
misted the following proposition:
One To rescind the action of the pfoh. ,tsss
taxpayers of said Road District Nd g. III
the election held Tuesday. September II NIL
s;1920, authorizing the police Jury as sthsSs
governing authority of said Road Distrst
No 6 to levy and collect special taxFas#
five mills on the dollar all properly snh.ss
ject to taxation, situated within the limits
OF said Road District No. 6, for the purposs 4
Of constructing, maintaining and repairineN
the dirt roads within said district, said sn- ,s
to be levied for a period of ten years g5ss
Two. To authorize the police jury al SaheE
governing authority Of Road District M ss
Df. the parish OF Ascension. state of Louisi.
ana to incur and Indebtedness of ten thous
| sand ($1O.0OOb dollars and to issue IL. II
gotiable bonds therefor, said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of six t6l per cent Der
snnum payable semi-annually, and tn sganS
for period not longer than TWENTY-FIVE 4
| t25) years, for the following purposes, to-
wit:
| That of constructing and improving the
public roads situated within said Road Dis.
| trct No. of the parish OF Ascension, srofs
| the boundary line between the ninth and
| tenth wards of the parish of Ascension to I
| point on the Amite river opposite Port
| Vincent, which said road is designated By
| act of the Legislature Of Louisiana 8ass
| Route No 46 of the State Highway system
| Section Two Be it further ordained efe ]:
that the secretary of the police jury NE 4
and he is hereby authorized and instruesed
| to have prepared for at said special elac.s
| ton a sufficient number of ballots. on each
| of which shall be printed the proposition
hereinbefore mentioned and '"u Rerated. MI Nh
| ranged in such manner as tVenable the
voters to vote properly; that the said secsss
| rotary of>this police jury be andvs hereby
| authorized and instructed !" hs# ali Prepared
for use at said special electionss essss cessasY
| ballot boxes, ballots, the neee,tery blanks
for tally sheets. lists of votomy assessed
| valuations of property and ceirxEed state-s
ments of the voters in numha%Sand amount
Section Three. Be it f"Yner ordained 3
ETC., that the polling place For said special
1 election shall be at Adlard Mire's store
which said polling place is in the parish AT
Ascension, Louisiana, and within the Inn. 81
of said Sixth Road District.
! C. M Russell. Newman 'Nickens and W
l. Smiley are hereby appointed commissions
I ers and Seaborn Dixon as clerk to serve att
| said Aldlard Mire store poll. S#s
| Said polling place herein designated be-
| ing situated within the limits of said Sixth
Road District Of the parish of Ascension
| Louisiana, and all of said commissioners
| and clerk Of election shall serve With0ufs
| compensation, .s3ssssgsgs
And said special election shall be conduct
! ed under and by virtue of the laWs.1f sfhss
state of Louisiana, and especially ADJ a5S
| of 1910, and the amendments thereto Az
any subsequent acts of the legisasire Rapsa
plementing or amending the same
| Section Four. Be it further ordained etesA
| that the president of this police luEg.isg
hereby instructed to give notice Df tnts3
special election herein ordered by hls prveS
lamation to be published according "a asssss
and in said proclamation he shall reciths aaas
announce that at twelve l2} eelceks en-
| Wednesday, June IA, 1922 this polltss
jury as the governing authority al sasas
Sixth Road District of the parish Of Aseeass
sion, Louisiana, shall meet at the fegltss
house in Donaldsonville, parish OF AscenseHa
and in open session proceed to open the aai77s
lot boxes, examine and count the baaiotsss
both as to number and amount, and eKaHanaa55
and canvass the returns and declare the ress
suit of said special election, which resplsaa
tshall be promulgated by pubIeaticnS fN
the official journal of the parish OF Asesnss
ision. sSs u
Rol1-call on the above ordinance resumes
40 follows: Ayes-Stuart, Reuss. Gospp|
Leblanc, C. H. Landry, ST., Martin, WflghtsI
IL. I'VE Landry and Eby. Nays--Noaes
And the ordinance was declared adopted.
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