The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-29
Election Proclamation.

Notice is hereby given that IN &C
cordance with resolution adopted Dy
the North Caddo Drainage DISTRICT
November q, 1912, an election Will
be held December 80, 1912, in SUD-
Drainage District No. of the North
Caddo Drainage District, SAID SUD
Drainage District having been ere
ated November u, 1912, by resolu-
ton hereinafter quoted and It's
boundaries defined, at which ther"
will be submitted proposition 70
issue nrgotiablc bonds in the sum
Of $t2,NM.NO. for the purpose "l
raisin. a fund for doing speclal
drainage work in said Sub-drainags
district. all nf which is spccItiraiI\
set forth in said resolution. when
is as follows, t0-Wlt:
\ RESOLUTION.
Section |. b., it resolved by tn
BOARD eff commissioners ct inc
North Eaddo Drainage District, III
legal session convened, that there ne
and is hereby created WITHIN the
boundaries of the said North Caddo
Drainage District a Sub-drallaS'
district to he known as SuD-l)ralh-
age District No. Of the North Cad
do Drainage District. including all
of the land within the following
nlrteS and bounds, tO-Wlt:
Beginning at the point where the
east line of the North Caddn Drain
ag.. District crosses Elmer bayou,
thence west on Elmer bayou to Red
BAYOU: thence along Red bayou TO
the point where the /. ;. 4 y. X. II.
crosses Red bayou. following the
fight Of way of the I. :. 4 \. Il. Il.
to the point in section 20, township
u. range ii. where ii touches tn
east boundary of HE said North
Cnd,ln Drainage District: thence III
a nOrthrrIy direction. following til"
east boundary of SAID drainage dis
trict to The point of beginning.
See. ?. Be iIftIrther resolved, thai
under the authority Of Art. 2S1 I'll
the Constitution of the State 81
Louisiana and pursuant to the pro
visions Of law. a special election Is
hereby ordered to be held on tn"
Goth day OF December 1912 in SAID
sub-drainagc district to ascertain
and take the sense of the properly
taxpayers qualified to vote at such
election residing within said sub
drainage district on the prOpOsltlqsg
BOT the undertaking, prosecution,
cOnsummation and maintenance Of
a special work of drainage within
said sub-drainag" district, being Us
follows, tO-Wlt:
TO clean out and deepen Alligator
Slough from the north section line
of section nine t9(, township tWen-
ty-One (2I, range fourteen 90, 10
its intersection with ditch or
canal on the Cuba plantation run
ming in sOuthwesterly direction;
to deepen and widen said ditch or
canal from said intersection with
ALLIGATOR slough to where said ditch
rmptirS into DOOIpy bayou, said
ditch or canal to be made at least
three feet deeper and at least fou.'
feet wider: to clean out and deepen
Doolry bayou from the mouth OF
said ditch or canal to The south line
of section twenty 20, so As to CIV"
nine foot fall from the mouth II
said canal TO said south section line
If section twenty 20: and
In order TO provide the funds for
! the payment Of such Drainage wor!;
tO0ncur debt and issue negOtiabl"
bonds therefor TO bear ) per cent
per annum interest, payable semi
annually. said bonds and interest to
be paid in gold coin at Red River
Valley Bank & Trust Company OF
Shreveport.
See. ;. Be it further resolved thai!
said bonds shall be known as Sub
Drainage District No. Of NORTH
Caddo Drainage District bonds fo'
1912. Said bonds shall be for tn"
sum of si2,0O000. represented by
one hundred and twenty bonds Of
the par value of $4,000 each, to
which shall be attached coupons
covering the gcmi-annual interest.
and said bonds shall be dated March
. /. 1913, and their maturities shall be
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