The St. Mary banner., 1913-04-26
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ONO1INAE\$E.
BE 1t ordained by the Police Jury Of the
Parish Of st. Mary, it being the authority
ordering the election held on the 25th day
of March, 1913, for the purpose of voting
for or against the proposition to levy and
collect a two and one half mill tax for q
period Of ten years, to raise the sum OF
Eighty Thousand Dollars, in aid OF the
Southwestern Traction and Power Com
Pany, its successors or assigns, that they
do now proceed to inspect the compile
statements and list of voters as returned
by the Commissioners and Clerks presiding
at the election held on the 25th day Of
March, 1918, for ths purpose as above set
forth, as well as the proclamation OF the
Board of Supervisors showing the COM
piled statements made by them, and that
what the Police Jury shall do in this mat.
ter shall be evidenced by process verbal
Of same. A copy Of which process verbal
shall be published for thirty days in the
official journal of the Parish of st. Mary,
and shall be considered the official pro,
mitigation by the Police Jury of the result
Of such election.
CHAs. N. FROST.
w. H. LATHAM, President.
Be it known and remembered that we,
the Police Jury Of the Parish of st. Mary,
acting under and by virtue of an ordinance
of the Police Jury of the Parish OF st.
Mary, this day met In special session for
the purpose of examining the sworn re-
turns Of the special election held on the
25th day Of March, 1918, as filed with us
by the Commissioners and Clerks of elec.
tion and the compiled statement of the
Board of Supervisors Of the Parish of St.
Mary. and to formally declare the result
of said election, did proceed to perform
the duties imposed upon US in said Ordl:
nance, as follows:
We did proceed to inspect the compiled
statement furnished by the Board Of
supervisors OF the Parish of st. Mary, and
their proclamation declaring the result of
the election, as well as to inspect the tally
sheets, compiled statement and list Of
voters as returned by the Commissioners
and Clerks presiding at the special election
held on the 25th day of March, 1918, in the
Third Ward of the Parish Of st. Mary,
including the incorporated Town Of
Franklin, to take the sense of the property
tax payers upon the following proposition.
namely:
To levy q special tax Of twu and one
half mills on the dollar Der annum, to he
railway enterprise, and in favor Of, for the
teue6t of and in aid of the Southwestern
Traction and Power Company, its success
ors or assigns, said tax to be imposed,
levied and collected beginning with the
year 1918, and extending to and including
the year 1922, SO a. to realize the sum Of
Eighty Thousand Dollars. provided that
in case the sum of Eighty thousand Dol
lars be collected and turned 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 Southwestern Traction and
Power Company, its successors or assigns.
After making such inspection, we found
the number of votes cast for the PROPOSE
tion submitted as aforesaid to be three
hundred and sixty three (a63); total num-
ber of votes cast against the proposition
submitted as aforesaid to be ten (10); the
amount of assessed valuation Of property
voted for the proposition submitted as
aforesaid to be Four Hundred and Thirty>
Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Thirty
Seven and .U2.10O ($i35, ,637. 02) Dollars; and
the amount Of assessed valuation Of prop
erty voted against the proposition sub
mitted as aforesaid to be Thirteen Thou.
sand, Two Hundred and Fifty $13, ,25O.00)
Dollars.
The said examination and compilation
shows the net result to be a majority in
number Of votes voted at said election in
favor of the proposition submitted of
Three Hundred aud Fifty. Three 1853.
Ms3ority in amount Of the assessed valu.
alton Of property voted at said election in
favor of the pE0positi0n Four Hundred
and Twenty Tvs Thousand. Three Hun.
ared and Eighty Seven and .o2.loO
($422, ,887.U2) Dollars.
We further examined the list of regis
tered voters Of the Third Ward of the
Parish Of St. Mary, including the incor-
pOrated Town Of Franklin, State of
Louisiana, as we'll as the assessment roll
for said Ward, including the incorporated
Town OF Franklin, and the list furnished
by the Sheriff of the Parish of st. Mary,
showing the payment OF poll taxes for the
years 1911 and 1912 in said Ward, includ-
ing the incorporated Town of Franklin,
and further examined said compiled
statement and list Of registered voters re.
turned by the Commissioners and Clerk
of said election, as we'll as the process ver-
bal Of the Board of Supervisors OF the
Parish of St. Mary, wherein the said
Board duly declared the election to have
been In favor Of the proposition submit
ted, and the result of this canvass shows
that three hundred and sixty three 1861
voters, with an aggregate assessment OF
-Four Hundred and Thirty FIVE Thousand,
Six Hundred and Thirty Seven and .O2. 100
f$435, ,637.U2) Dollars, voted their entire
assessment in favor Of said proposition,
aud that the SAID three hundred and sixty
three votes was majority in number OF
the property tax payers enIltleu 70 vote III
said election under the provisions Of the
Constitution and laws OF the State OF
Louisiana, and that the assessed property,
amounting to Four Kindred and Thirty
Five Thousand. Six Hundred and Thirty.
seven and ~. 100 Dollars voted 10 favor
OF said proposition at such election was a
majority In value Of the property entitled
70 be voted at said election.
And we now formally declare the result
Of said election to be in favor Of the
proposition submitted, and that the
Southwestern Traction and Power Com-
pany, It's successors or assigns. are en-
titled TO collect the said special tax voted
In it, favor.
In testimony whereof, We, the President
and each Of the Police Jurors Of the Parish
Of st. Mary, have set our hands to this
process verbal, on this End day OF April
A. d. 1913.
CHAs. N. FROsT, President,