The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1913-07-24


the sense of the voters of said Ward
whether or not we will vote a special
five mill road tax, per Capita and We
hicle tax in and for said Ward No. .,
for period of five years beginning n
1914 for building and maintaining roads
in said Ward.
Respectfully,
(SigneD j. E. Keegon, D: J. John
son, DR.. J. Curtis, R. NJ. Winn, i. Il.
VIM, T. L. Smith, J. H. Baldwell, R.
2. L. Ricketts,, ]. M. Slater, c. M.
| Elliev, L. w. Jacob, .F. NJ. Caldwell,
Chas. R. Yarbrongh, N. A. Stille, Her
man Weiss, T. B. Sellers, L. G. Green,
j. F. Jones, G. w. &C. English. F. G.
Blacksher, H, C. Mannings, H. =.
Barnes, T. H. Boyett, W. c. Cox, Til
den Rabom, j. B. Davis, j. w. Gales
pie, ]. j. Yarbrough, B. L, Litton, l..
Page, M. L. Filder, w. T. Durr, Tom
Lambert, Geo, F. Jones.
AN ORDINANCE.
BY Mr.. Page:
Be it ordained by the Police Jury OF
the Parish of Natchitoches:
Sec. /, That in accordance with pc
| tition of citizens, and tax payers OF
| Ward 6, of the Parish of Natchitoches,
that a special election be held in said
| Ward Z on Tuesday the 26th day OF
| August 1913, to take the sense OF the
tax bayers of SAID ward entitled to
vote at said e.ectioH as to whether or NOT
a special tax of five mills on the dollar
of the total assessment OF said Wafq
shall be imposed for years, ana per
canita tax of 81 90 on each able BODIED
male citizen in said Ward between the
ages of is and 55 yeaIs and vehicle
tax on all vehicles graded as follows
| Annual Tax
For two horse wagon or carriage. soc
For two horse wagon. buggy
or cart. ...............'. Zoc oc
For Automobile e........................... @..Oo
For bicycle, steam or gas. ........... soc
Said property per capita and vehicle
tax to exist for years, to-wit: for the
wears, 1914, 1915. 1916, 1917 and 1918
and shall be in aid of the construction
Improvement and maintenance of the
public roads and bridges of SAID WaId.
Sec. 2. Said election shall be held at
the regular polling places in said ward
and shall be conducted under the gen.
eral election laws of the State govern
ing special elections.
/ Ses. & The returns of said election
| shall ne promulgated and proclamation
made by the Police Jury as provided by
law.
Sec. d. The tickets voted at said ell
ection shall be prepared and furnished
the commissioners of election as pro-
vided by law and shall contain the
words.
"For said property, per capita and
vehicle tax.
against said property, per capita
| and vehicle tax.
SEE q m eERHt such tax Az carried
/ the Assessor IL hereby requ4red t9 F4
tend on the assessment rolls of ward 3
for said period of time, said mill tax
and per capita tax and vehicle tax, end
the Tax Collector Is hereby authorized
and instructed to collect said taxes at
the time, in and manner and under the
penalties provided by law for the col
lection of State and Parish taxes.
Sec, 6. when collected the Tax Col
lector paw same to the Parish Treasurer
as reuuired by law. The Parish Treas
urer shall pay same to the following
Commissioners to be known as Road
Commissioners of ward g." viz Tom
Lambert, l.. page and Irwin wilson and
the member of tho police jury FROM
said ward, who shall be ex oftieio chair
man of said Commission.
Sec. 7. Said Commissioners shall
make quarterly written statements,
duly verified by oath, to the Police Jury
setting forth in detail all receipts ano
disbursements of said tax, which re,
mort shall be filed with the Clerk OF
this body and be duly published in the
official journal.
the per capita tag or vehicle tax Dy
: any citizer; of ward 6 liable therefor
the Road Commissioners Of the Warc
have authority to collect same by clvl
process and In addition thereto the clti
, zens so failing to pay the per capitt
tax she'll be liable to be prosecuted
criminally and upon conviction shall oe
> sentenced to the payment OF fine ol
! S5. 90 together with all costs Of prose
cution and in default of payment shall
be sentenced to imprisonment in tht
parish jail for 10 days, subject to worl
i on the public roads of ward for II
t days.
: Sec. 8. In event of a vacancy in. tn
= Board of Commissioners for Ward Q
I as provided above, either by death, res
: iQnation, failure to qualify within 3
e days from date Of election, or other
h wise such vacancy shall be hlled py Tn
Police Jury of the Parish.
Yeas. Messrs. Pierson, Williams
), Adams, Coceerham, Knott, Page, Par
: ker, Derbanne, Cockfield and Russell
!, Carried unanimously.
! BY Mr.. Parker:
!. That the following petition of tn
: property tax payers OF ward seven o
/, accepted.
: To the Police Jury of the Prrish 0
? Natchitoches, La.
!. We the undersigned property ia:
payers of ward Seven OF the Paris
of Natchitoches, La, being more tha
> one-third in number resident tax-pay
ers. qualified legal voters of said war
z respectfully petition the Police Jur
> of the Parish of Natchitoches, La, t
, call special election of the propert
tax PAYERS, qualified legal voters
{ said ward 7, as soon as practicable, q
! provided by the laws of the Stats,
I. lake the sense of the property tax pay
I ers of ward Z qualified legal voters or
! titled to vote at said election, as
: whether or not special tax OF Fiv
:, Mills of the Dollar shall be impose
, and collected for the years 1916 and
= exist for 10 years on all property j
!. said ward Z, liable to taxation unde
! the laws of the State or to exist K
: such period of time, not exceeding Te
. wears, as will net the sum of Fift
= five Hundred Dollars, in aid of II
Orange Northeastern Railway Con
Y pany of Louisiana, its successors or a
. signs. a corporation duly chartered u
, der the laws of Louisiana, domiciied
Natchitoches, La.
s Provided said tax shall not be cole
~ ted or paid to said Company until II
completion and operation Of standal