The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-10-16

MoanAY October 4. 1890.

This being the legal day the Town Counc
of the town Of Lake Charles met at the Coui
, Honse in regular session. Present; Wn
Meyer, Mayor; aldermen James p. Geary,
M. Marsh, #. E. Haskell, o. SCHNEIDER. AT
sent, II. @. Gill.
The minutes Of the previous meeting wer
read and adopted.
On motion, duly seconded, the folIowin,
ordinance was adopted, viz
Be it ordained by the Town Council of til
town OF Lake Charles, La, That, for the p,ir
. pose of defraying the current expenses Of TIL
corporation of the town of Lake Charles La.
an annual aa rdioren tax OF ten mills on til
dollar of the valuation for the year $780, o
all the real and personal property, situated il
said town Of Lake Charles, subject to taxa
United States currency.
The following ordinance was offered by o
NJ. Marsh, viz:
AN ORDINANCE
To approve, ratify and make valid and Of
fectual, within the corporate limits % Ia
town of Lake Charles, La, an ordinance o
the Police Jury Of Calcasieu Parish, la.
adopted Sept. s, 1880, entitled San ortllnanc,
to determine by an election, to be held TO
that purpose, whether the sale, barter or ex
change of intoxicating liquors, in the severa
wards of the Parish OF Calcasieu, except II
certain cases by duly licensed druggists ant
apothecaries, shall be prohibited on and aftel
the first day of January, A. d., 1880; to pro
vide for such an election, and for ascertainins
and declaring the result thereof; to prohibit
the sale, barter or exchange of Intoxicating
liquors In each ward of said parish, on and
| after the first day Of January, A. D.. 1881, cx.
! cept In certain cases by duly licensed drug
gists aud apotllecaries, in which, at such cleo
| ton, majority OF the votes polled ON the
| question Of such prohibition, shall be polled
for such prohibition, and to provide penalties
| for violations OF this ordinance"
| D,fta 9 AZ. -
Calcasieu, louisiana on the sth day Of Sep
| tcmber, A. D., 1880, adopted the following
ordinance, to-wit.
AN ORDINANCE
| To determine, by an election to be held for
| that purpose, whether the sale, barter or ex-
change Of Intoxicating liquors., in the several
wards Of the parish OF Calcusieu, except in
certain cases by duly licensed druggists and
apothecaries, shall be prohibited on and after
\ the first day OF January, A. d., 1881 10 pro-
vide for such an election, and for ascertaining
and declaring the result thereof; to prohibit
the sale, barter or exchange of Intoxicating
liquors IN each ward of said parish, on and
after the first day Of january, A. D., 1881, eX-
eept In certain cases by duly licensed drug
| gists and apothecaries, IN which, ut such cleo
| tlon, majority OF tho votes polled on the
| question OF such prohibition shall be polled
| for such prohibition: and To provide penalties
| for violations of this ordinance.
| SECTION I. Be IT ordained by the Police
Jury of the Parish Of Calcasieu, That the sale,
barter or exchange, Of Intoxicating liquors, In
the several wards of the parish of Caicasieu,
on and after the first day Of January, A. D.,
| 1881, except by duly licensed druggists and
apotheearies as hereinafter provided FOR, shall
be aud is hereby prohibited In each and every
ward Of said parish, In which a majority Of
the legally qualified voters, residing and vo-
ting therein, at the election hereinafter pro-
yided for, shall vote for such prohibition
AN.r ha "a 4I... LII. 40. "A
in order to ascertain and determine the sense
of the legally qualified voters residing ia the
several wards of said parish, on the question
of such prohibition, an election Is hereby or
dered for that purpose, TO be held in each of
the several wards Of said parish, on the day
of the next regular presidential election, to-
wit on Tuesday, the second day OF Novem-
Der, A. d., 1880, at each polling place IN each
of said wards at which SIN election shall be
held for presidential electors and for member
of Congress-.
SEC 3. Be II further ordained, etc, That
every legally qualified voter, voting ut eaid
election upon the question vi such prohibition,
shall have written or printed upon his ballot
for presidential electors and member OF Con-
gress the words For Prohibition IN Ward
No. ------" giving the number OF the ward
in which he resides and yotes,) or the words
against Prohibition in Ward No. --'
giving the number of the ward as aforesaid.)
The commissioners Of election at each poll
ing place shall keep, on the duplicate tally
sheets provided for keeping the tallies Of the
votes for presidential electors and member Of
Congress, separate tallies of all the votes
polled for and against prohibition, carrying
out and extending thereon, in words and
figures the sums total of such tallies, tile
same as they are required to do IN the matter
OF tallies Of votes for presidential electors and
member OF Congress, and shall also embrace
on their official statement of votes for presi
plpptQrR n "a
statement Of all the votes poled at such elee
ton for and against prohibition, and shall
certify the same and make return thereof, and
shall IN all other respects comply with the
general election laws OF this State IN the mat
ter OF Keeping and carrying out tallies, and
signing and certifying tally sheets and state
ments of votes, SO as to plainly and truly show
and declare the vote for and against prohibit |
ton at each polling place In each ward Of the
parish as aforesaid: Pfmided, That In case the |
blank tally sheets and statements of votes
furnished said commissioners OF election, are |
~ such form, and are so printed, as to render |
IL, In the opinion OF sueh commissioners OF |
election, announcement to keep thereon the |
tallies Of votes polled for and against prohi- |
bitiop, and to certify thereon, or on such |
blank statements OF votes, to the result of
such election on the question OF prohibition;
or II such commissioners Of election should |
be instructed by the sheriff or other returning
officer Of said parish not TO keep the tallies Of
the votes for and against prohibition on the
tally sheets forpresidential electors and mem
Der OF Congresf, and not TO make and certify
. statement Of the votes for and against pro-
hibition on the blank statements Of votes for
presidential electors aud member Of Congress,
then and in any such event the said commits
sioners OF election shall keep on separate and
duplicate tally sheets, and shall carry out and
extend thereon as aforesaid, the tallies of all
votes polled rs aforesaid for and against pro-
bibition, and shall make out aud certify sep
aratc statements Of the votes polled as afore-
said for and against prohibition, and shall re-
turn the same to the sheriff or other returning
officer Of said parish, together with their tally
sheets aud statements OF votes for presiden-
lial electors and member Of Congress,
SEd. 4. Be it further ordained, etc., That
Il hall be the duty OF the sheriff, or other re-
turning officer VI said parish, within twenty
four hours after completing hts official return
of said election In said parish for presidential
electors aud member OF Congress, to make
,nce OF two attcsting Witnesses, who shall be
egally qualified voters Of said parish, accord
ng TO the tally sheets aud statements 81 votes
received by him from said commissioners Of
election, separate, official, and true and cor-
oct return Of the vote polled at said election
y each ward Of said parish for and against
Prohibition, and within twenty four hours
hereof, at the Court House Of said parish, IN
he presence Of two competent Witnesses, 10
he President Of the Police Jury Of said par-
sh or to the CLERK Of said Police Jury, or, In
ase Of their absence from the Court House,
o any member Of the Police Jury Of said par
sh who may be present at the Court House, ,
nd II shall be the duty Of amy officer or mem
rom said sheriff or other returning officer Of I
aid paIfsh to tberpurlon fender To such sbpriH q