The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1913-05-01

luton passed Dv lIllS fOllCe Jury Oil
the 10th day of Jaduary 1913 aud cleo
tion he and hereby ordered to be held
in said Ward on the Goth day of Nay
1913 for he purpose of elect!ng three
Road Commissioners in said Ward
-Four to be elected from each OF the
respective districts therein as deS-
cribed and defined in said resolution
That ct such election only property
tax payers qualified to vote in special
tax election shall vote therein, No
person shall be eligible to become a
candidate therein unless he Is prop
erty taxpayer and a qualified elector
| in the district in which he resides and
becomes, candidate. That the Sec
rotary OF this Police Jury shall cause
to be prepared for use therein the ne
ceSsary ballot boxes and tally sheets
That the following shall be the poll
ing places for such election, District
No. l, w. A .Airey Store. on Airey
Plantation. Dist No. 2, Clarence, Dis
trict No. G. CamDti, That Frank Cal
leSpie, Geo Gillen, and Selma TriChel
are hereby appointed commissioners
and Geo. Prolific Clerk of election at
Campti, That w. B. Butler, Geo.
SOmpayrac Sr., and W. A. Raglan are
hereby appointed commissioners and
Arnold Sompayrac Clerk of election
at Clarence, and that w. A. Airey. A.
B. LeStage and J. i Clark, Commits
sioners and w. Z. Dunckelman Clerk
of election at Aifey Store, All of
whom shall serve without cOmpenSa-
ton. Returns Of said election to be
made to the Secretary of this Police
Jury on the day following such cleo
ton. and at two O'Clock p. m. on such
day such clerk shall canvass the re
turns and declare result thereof If
no candidate receive majority Of al
votes cast in any district, second
election shall be held on the 3rd day
of June of at the same polling places,
with the same commissioners and
clerk of election at which the two
candidates receiving the highest vote
in first election shall be candidates
thereon and the candidate receiving
the majority therein, shall be by The
Police Jury at It's regular meeting in
July declared elected. In case any of
the candidates does not receive the
majority of votes cast in their dis
trict, the two candidates receiving
the highest number Of votes cast
shall make the second race on Tues
CAV the Bird. day of June, With the
same Commissioners and clerk to
serve at said election.
All persons desiring to become can:
didates for such position shall file
with the clerk of this Police Jury on
or by the 10Th day of Nav 1913 his
written declaration of candidacy. Re
turns of second election to be made
as in fist election. Polls to be opened
at o'clock. a. m. and close at &
O'Clock p. m. Carried.
To the Hon. Police Jury in and for
the Parish of Natchitoches State of
Louisiana.
We the undersigned property tax
payers of Ward two Natchitoches Par
ish Louisiana, being and constituting
more than one third Of the property
tax payers of said ward qualified to vote
in tho election prayed for herein under |
the Constitution and laws of the State !
of Louisiana relative thereto; respect !
fully ask and pray that your Hon. body
order a special election in and far said
ward two of Natchitoches Parish Louis |
lana, at which election shall be SUBJ
mitted to the property tax payers of
said ward, qualified and eligible to vote
therein, under the constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana; the
question and proposition of levying by
your Hon body a special five mill tax
annually on all property situated in
Ward Two of Natchitoches Parish |
Louisiana, subject to State taxation
for 2 periQd Of five years, beginning
49,. -, J sn'ssss ing the years 1913, 1914
with and ;ncI,,1 1917 for the purpose of
| 1oIs Io1c uaintaining and repair
c aS1o, !. 1910, and ndds and bridges in and
inc r.aT6Su it said ward two Of Natchito-
tIes Louisiana, said election to be or
dered and held under the provisions of
Article 29l of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, and all laws on
said State Amendatory thereof and re-
iating thereto,
(SjgnedD