The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-08-19
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Donaldsonville, La, August 49, 1922.
PURSUANT to resolutions adopted by the
board of commissioners of the smoke
Bend Drainage District Of the parish OF
Ascension Louisiana, the governing anthof-
;ty of said drainage district, at
special meeting held for that purpose
at the domicle of said board. in smoke
Bend, Louisiana, Tuesday, June w. i9zz:
l. Felix Acosta president OF the Doard ol
commissioners of the Smoke BEND Drainage
District of the parish of Ascension the gov
erning authority of said drainage district
by virtue of the authority in me vested
and in obedience to and in compliance
with said resolutions, do hereby pro.
claim that a SPECIAL election VIII pe nelo "
the property taxpayers, qualified under the
constitution and law of the state OF Louis'-
ana to vote at said election, in the Smoke
Bend Drainage District of the PARISH OF AS
cension on Tuesday, September 26' l9Z2' ne,
tween the hours of 7 o'clock a. M and D
y. M, for the purpose of obtaining the sense
of the property taxpayers entitled to vote
on the following proposition, to-wit
To authorize the board of commissioners
of the Smoke Bend Drainage District of the
parish of Ascension. to create an additional
indebtedness of seven Thousand t$100O) dol
lars in excess and in addition to the four
teen thousand, five hundred f$14,50o) dol
lars now outstanding. and issue nes"t'a:ie
bonds therefor, said bonds to bear interest
at the rate of six Ter cent per AMMAN. 7 ay-
able semi annually. and to run Tor Per 'ud
Of fifteen Years, for the following purposes.
to-wit: OF operating drainage canals
bitches or machinery owned and operated or
controlled by said drainage district; to
OPEN enlarge, cut and extend such canals
and streams situated within the limits OF
said drainage district in the Judgment OF
said board of commissioners of said dram
age district may be deemed necessary and
proper economically to drain the property
included within the limits hereof
For the purpose of said election, and in ac-
cordance with said resolutions, the polling
place is hereby designated follows:
At Mrs. A. c. Dugas' store, in Smoke
Bend, louisiana and Henry Dugas, Arthur
Vcron and s. F. Brasset hereby ap-
pointed commissioners, and Morris Oubre as
clerk, to at said election.
The said polling place herein designated
being situated within the limits of said
Smoke Bend Drainage District of the parish
of Ascension, Louisiana, and all of said COM
| missioners and clerk of election shall serve
without compensation, and said election shall
b.. conducted under and by virtue of the laws
of the state of Louisiana, and especially Act
| No. 46 of 1921. and the amendments there
| to, or any subsequent acts of the Legisia-
ture supplementne amending same.
| do further proclaim and give notice
| that at four o'clock p. m., on Thursday.
September %. 1922, the board of commits
sioners of the Smoke Bend Drainage Dis
| the governing authority of said drainage dis
| trict shall meet, and in open session pro-
ceei to open the ballot boxes, examine and
count the ballots, both to number and
| amount and examine and canvass the re-
| turns, and declare the result of said cleo
| ton, which result shall be promulgated by
| one publication in the official journal of the
parish of Ascension, Louisiana.
FELIX ACOSTA, President
| c. c. WEBER, Secretary.