The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-08-26
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
Donaldsonvile, La, August 10, 1929.
PURSUANT to resolutions adopted by tt

Donaldsonville. La. August 10, 1922.
| IDURSUANT to resolutions adopted by the
| I board of commissioners of the Smoke
Bend Drainage District of the parish OF
| Ascension, Louisiana. the governing author
! ity of said drainage district. at
special meeting held for that purpose
| at the domicile of said board, in Smoke
Bend, Louisiana, Tuesday, June 20, 1922
| l. Felix Acosta, president of the board OF
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 vested
and IN obedience to and in compliance
with said resolutions. do hereby pro-
| claim that a special election will be held of
the property taxpayers. qualified under the
constitution and law of the state of Louisi-
| ana to vote at said election, in the Smoke
Bend Drainage District of the parish of As
tween the hours of Z o'clock a. m. and
p. 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 additional
Indebtedness of seven thousand ($7O0O) dol
lars. in excess and in addition to the four
teen thousand. five hundred ($14,5OO) dol
lars now outstanding, and issue Negotiable
bonds therefor, said bonds to bear interest
at the rate of six Ler cent per annlm ray
able semi-annualy, and to run for Il rer:od
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 drain
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 ar.
cordance with said resolutions. the polling
place is hereby designated as follows:
At Mrs. A. c. Dugas' store in Smoke
Bend. Louisiana, and Henry Dugas, Arthur
Veron and S. F. Brasset are hereby ap-
pointed commissioners and Morris Oubre as
clerk, to serve 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
mlssloners and clerk of election shall serve
without compensation, and said election shall
be 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 Legisla-
ture supplementing 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
trlct OF the parish of Ascension, Louisiana
the governing authority of said drainage dis
trict, shall meet, and in open session pro-
ceed to open the ballot boxes, examine and
count the ballots, both as 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