The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-11-19

be permitted to grant a franchise for
the use OF certain streets in the town
to the Kyle Lumber Co for q period
of fifty years:
Now. in order 10 carry out the pro-
visions of said ordinance and hold
said election, Be it Resolved.
etc. that August Ehrhardt, A. r..
Stirling and II. W. kappel be.
and they are hereby appointed com
| missioners TO hold said election, and
W. H. Latham is appointed clerk o:
! said election, and that said commits
sioners shall be sworn in as such.
Sec ,. Be it further resolved, etc. :,
Tha. the polls shall be opened at the
court house in the town of Franklin
by said commissioners at the
hour OF t O'Clock a. w., ana
shall be closed at the hour OF ! O'Clock
F., ,. m: that all persons who are prop
erty tax payers in the town of Frank.
, lin. including women tax payers, shall
, be permitted to vote at said election
provided all male property tax pay
i ers desiring to vote at said election
must possess the additional qualifica-
ton of having been registered, as
provided by Art. 1919 of the Constitu-
ton OF Louisiana of 1898: and said
commissioners shall. first, keep
a list of all persons voting at
said election: second, shall have
the ballots deposited in a ballot
box for that purpose. such ballots be-
| ing in the form provided for by reso-
luton OF the town council of the town
of Franklin, passed on the 10th of
October, 1904; third. that after receiv-
ing the ballots, the hour for the
closing Of the polls having arrived,
they Shall open the ballot box, count
the ballots therein. and compare the
same with the list of voters voting at
said election, and if there are great
er number of ballots than names, one
OF the commissioners shall draw at
random from the ballot box sufficient
number of ballots to make the number
OF ballots equal with the list of voters
voting at said election. The com
missioners shall then proceed to count
the votes cast for and against the
proposition submitted, and record the
same as counted upon triplicate tally
sheets. After the vote is thus count
ed, and the tally sheets completed,
the said commissioners shall sign the
same in the presence Of the clerk and
two witnesses, and deposit the same
in the ballot box. together with the
ballots thus counted, and forward the
whole without delay to the Mayor and
Town Council of the town of Frank.
lin.
Sec. ). Be it further resolved. etc,
That it shall be the duty of the Mayor
and Town Council of the Town Of
Franklin, upon the receipt of the bal
lot box, triplicate tally sheets anc
ballots, as above provided, to oper
the same, in open session, and thu
Mayor shall take therefrom the tallj
sheets. examine the same, and declare
the result of the election: that this re
suit shall then be embodied in process
verbal, showing the result OF sale
election, and attached to said process
verbal shall be a tally sheet. Ont
copy of this process verbal, with {
tally sheet attached shall be forwarded
to the Clerk of Court of the Parish O
st. Mary, who shall record the sam.
in the conveyance books of the Par
ish of St. Mary; another copy, with q
tally sheet attached shall be forwarded
to the Secretary of State, at Bator
Rouge, who shall file same in the ar
chives of his Office; the third shall re
main in the archives of the Office o.
the Mayor and Town Council of the
town of Franklin.
Sec. 4. Be it further resolved, etc.
That afterjhe declaration of the re
suit of the election as aforesaid, tn,
same shall be promulgated by the ad
vertisement of the same in the officia
journal of the town of Franklin, fol
one issue, and this resolution shall ge
into effect from and after its passage
! There being no further business
on motion the Council adjourned
/ J. c. LEWIS, Mayor.
/ G. LAuvE, Secretary.