The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1912-10-26

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The Mayor explained the object of the meet
ing to be Tor the purpose of receiving the OH |
cial returns of the special election held on the |
18th day Of September, A. ID. 1917, IN the Town
of ST. Martinville, Parish of st. Martin, wherein
submitted to the qualified voters Il PROPOSE
ton to levy "a special tax of hve mills on the |
dollar per aunum, to be Imposed, LEVIED anu
collected in aid OF railway enterprise, and In
favor oi, for the benent Ui aud III ald Of The
Southwestern Traction anu over Company, its |
successors or assigns, SAID tax To be Imposed, To-
We'd and collected uet;Inuin. with the year 1910
and extending To and including the year W.,
so as To realize the sum of twenty hive thousand
dollars, provided tha. III Case the sum vi twenty
five thousand dollars DE collected and turned
over To the said company before the expiration
of the ten years, that the tald tax shall cease az
| soon this sum is collected and Turned over to
| the Southwestern IracIIvn and Power ompany,
its successors or assigns. That the sworn re-
turns OF the Commissioners ana Iierk have been
hied with the Council, and that the Doara vi
Supervisors had met Sar urday, September
| 18th, lyi2 anu had drawh up complied state
LIrut s,.Iu pruclIiineu me eiectIon To iia.e
suited III Iavor VI the proposition submitted,
and had MED copy OF their return anu prOcla-
nation showing SUCH complied statement with
| the Council. hat iii accordance with the ordi-
nance august 10, iJi-, Gaining the election, 1t
was necessary Tor the Council 10 examine tine
returns ana prumugate the Result vi the cleo
| ton.
line following resolution was then introduced
| by Mr. II. j. uuIrard, seconded by Mr. l.. j. Du-
champ and unanimously earned
lie 1t resolved 10y the Mayor and Council vi
1 the Town OF ST. Martinville, II being the autho-
nty ordering the election mend On september
~, 1872, for the purpose "a voting for VI against
the proposition TO levs ami collect IA nve mill
tax Tor "a period u ten years. to raise the sum oil
| twenty nve thousand dollars, ia aiu of the
Southwestern fraction aLu fower Company, Its
| successors Or assigns, that they do now proceed
To inspect The tally sheets, computed statements
| ana Inst vi voters returned W. the Commits
sIUners and Clerk PRESIDING, at the election held
ON the 18TH vi september, 1872, tor the purpose
40 above set forth, as We'll ls the proclamation
Ot the Board ouieNI sors SHOWING The cori-
piled statements n,aue by them, and that what
tine MAJ or and Council shall DO ia This matter
shall be evidenced by Il process verbal of same.
a copy of which process verbal shall he publish
eli, along VIII. the minutes vi this meeting, Tor
A
ot. Siartinville, anu shall DC considered the 9TH
cial PRONUNCIATION 10y the Mayor and Council of
the result OF such election.
Ihereupon the MAY or ami Council did proceed
to comply with said resolution and elnboay their
acts Al the following process verbal
BE Al KNOWN AND EkMEMBERED That
We, the Mayor anu Uouucii oil the Town OF l.
MartInville, acting ander and by virtue of an
Lori nr...ft, Il
Town of st. MartiavIlle, this day met ia special
session, ior the purpose vi examining the
sworn returns vi the :ecal election held On
the 18th day OF September, 1872, as filed with a.
| W the Commissioners and Clerk of election
and the complied statement of the Board vi Su-
peryisors OF the Parish vi st. Martin, and to
formally declare the result of said election, did
proceed To perform the duties imposed upon US
in said ordinance, as follows:
! We did proce,d TO inspect the compiled state
ment lurnishsd by the Board oil Supervisors OF
! the Parish vi st. Martin, and their proclama-
ton declaring the result of the election as we'll
as to inspect the tally sheets, compiled state
ment and list of voters as returned by the Com
missioners and Clerk presiding at the special
election held on September 20, Iyi2, in the Town
of St. Martinville, to take the sense of the pro-
perry tax payers upon the following prop POSITION,
namely
10 levy special tak of 1--WE mills ON the dol
lar per annum, 10 be imposed levied and col
lected IN aid of d railway enterprise, and in IA
of, for the benefit of and in aid of the South
western Traction and Power Company, its sue
cessors assigns, said tax 10 be imposed, le-
We'd and collected beginning wi tn the year 1913,
and extending to and including the year 1922 80
q, to realize the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand
liars, provided that in the sum of Twen-
( t-iive Thu, and Dollars be collected and turn
1 CT over T.. &c .,ruIasny before the expira-
tIUn of the tea Years, that the said tax shall
cease this sum is collected and turn
ed over to the Southwestern Traction and Power
| Company, its successors assigns.
/ After making such inspection. we found the
/ number of votes cast for the proposition sub
mItted az aforesaid to be one htndeed and fifty
seven tlJ1); number of votes cast against the
proposition submitted as aforesaid to be four
! a.; the amount of assessed valuation of proper
I! voted for the proposition aforesaid to be
une Hundred aud Ninety-one Thousand, -Four
Hundred aud Fifty 01-I0O (Si9l i5O.O7) Dollars:
and the amount of assessed valuation of proper
! ty voted against the proposition submitted as
aforesaid TO be Two Thousand one hundred
tS2.l0Ol Dollars.
The sad examination and compilation shows
the net result TO be majority in number of |
votes voted at said election in favor of the pro-
position submitted of one hundred and fifty
(iJS). Majority i'll amount of the assessed valu-
alton OF property voted at said election in favor