The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-19
OF THE RESULT
OF ELECTION.

OF ELESIION.
Proclamation Of the result of the cleo
| tion held in the Fourth Ward of the Par
! ish of ST. Mary, Louisiana, on the 18th
day of June, 1918, to levy, impose and
| collect a special tax in aid Of a railway
| enterprise and all in favor of the Souths
western Traction & Power Company, its
successors or assigns
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY.
Be it known that on this, the 10Th day
Of June. A. D., 1918, we, the under
signed Board Of Supervisors of Election
in and for the Parish of ST. Mary, by
virtue of law. ia accordance with our
| official duty. and in accordance with an
| ordinance of the Police Jury of the Par
ish of ST. Mary, adopted on the 9Th day
| of May. 1913, did meet in special session
| for the purpose of examining and can
vassing the returns of the special cleo
lion held in the Fourth Ward of the
| Parish of ST. Mary Oh the 18th day of
June. 1913, to take the sense of the prop
erty tax payers of the Fourth Ward Of
| the Parish of ST. Mary, entitled to vote
under the Constitution and laws of the
| State Of Louisiana, on a proposition to
impose. levy and collect a special tax of
two and one-half CD mills on the dollar
per annum on all of the assessable prop
erty in the Fourth Ward of the Parish
Of ST. Mary, said tax to be imposed and
collected in aid Of a railway enterprise,
and in favor of, for the benefit of and
| in aid Of the Southwestern Traction &
Power Company, its successors or as
signs, said tax to be imposed, levied
| and collected beginning with the year
| 1914, and extending to and including the
year 1928, so as to realize the sum of
| Thirty thousand $3.50, 000) Dollars, pro-
| vided that in case the sum Of Thirty
| Thousand Dollars be collected and turn
ed over to the said Company before the
expiration of the ten years, that the said
tax shall cease as soon as this sum is
collected and turned over to the South
weetern Traction & Power Company.
| its successors or assigns
And the President of said Board, w.
| H. Vetter, being absent, and the re-
naming members Of said Board, DR.. D.
| n. Foster, vice-president, and w. H.
Kramer, secretary, being present, and
| The said members thus present consti
| tuting a'quorum, we. the said members
thus present at said meeting and so con-
sti.uting a quorum. did formally orga-
nize and did, in the presence of Henry
W. Kappel, w. H. Latham and Louis
| 5. Bigler, three witnesses possessing
he qualifications required by law, being
tax payers and qualified electors under
the Constitution and laws of the State
| of Louisiana. all residents of Franklin
Of the Parish Of ST. Mary, and as many
others as chose to attend, examine the
sworn returns filed with us by the Com
missioners and Clerk of election held on
the 18th day of June, A. D. 1913, as
aforesaid, and from such sworn returns,
have prepared the following compiled
st tement, which we hereby declare and
promul rate as the result of said election.
| Total number of votes cast in favor of
the proposition submitted, as herein-
above set forth eighty-seven (87l.
Total number of votes cast against the
proposition submitted, as hereinabove
set forth, None.
Total amount in value of property
voted in favor of said proposition sub
mitted, as hereinabove set forth, One
Hundred and Fourteen Thousand, Four
Hundred and Sixty-Eight and 2l-lO0
| (Sll4. 46S.2D Dollars.
Total amount in value of property
voted against the proposition submitted,
as herenabove set FORTH None.
The majority in number of property
tax payers eligible to vote in said e.ec-
ton in favor of said proposition, eighty
| seven.
The majority in value OF property in
favor of said proposition, One Hundred
and Fourteen Thousand, Four Hundred
and Sixty Eight ard 2l-lO0 Dollars.
We further declare and promulgate
that an examination made by us of the
assessment rolls, the list of registered
voters and the list of persons who paid
their poll taxes for the years 1911 and
1912 in and for the Fourth Ward of the
Parish of st. Mary. shows that the
eighty seven votes cast in favor of sal
proposition represent majority of al
the qualified voters who might have
participated in said election under the
Constitution and laws of the State Of
Louisiana, and that likewise the One
Hundred and Fourteen Thousand, Fou
Hundred and Sixty y-Eight and 2l-1Ot
Dollars of assessed valuation of property
voted in favor of said proposition repre-
sents an amount in excess of One-half o
the assessed value of property tina
might have been voted at said election
under the Constitution and laws of tn
State of Louisiana.
Therefore majoritJ of the propert
tax payers in number entitled to vote a
I said election under the provisions of tn
Constitution and laws of the State o
Louisiana, and a majority in amount o
I the assessed value of property entitle
/ to be voted at said election under tn
!: Constitution and laws of the State O
I Louisiana, having voted in favor of sal
proposition submitted as hereinabove sc
! forth, we hereby declare that said elec
ton carried and the tax accordingly i'm