Lower coast gazette., 1913-10-18
NOTICE.


Plaquemines Parish Road District No.
2, of ,Plaquemines Parish, State of
Louisiana, composed of all that por-
ton of the Parish of Plaquemines in
,cluded within the boundaries as fol-
lows, tO-wit:
Commencing at the intersection. Of
the lower line of Cedar Grove Planta-
ton, thence along the lower line of
Cedar Grove Plantation to the rear
Of said plantation, thence on a straight
line to the intersection of Bayous La
Barrier and Barataria, thence along
Bayou Barataria to the point where
the line dividing the Parishes OF
Plaquemines and Jefferson leaves said
Bayou Barataria, thence along the
line dividing the Parishes of Jefferson
and P%laquemines to the intersection
Of said line with the line dividing the
Parishes of Orleans and P%laquemines,
thence along said line to the Missis-
sippi River, thence along the Missis-
ippi River to the line dividing Upper
Magnolia and Fort. st. Leon Planta.
tons, thence along the line dividing
said plantations to the rear line Of
Fort st. Leon Plantation, thence
along the rear line of Fort st. Leon
Plantation to the line of Belle Chase
Plantation, as formerly constituted,
thence along the line dividing Fort
st. Leon and Belle Chase Plantations,
as formerly constituted, to the Mis-
sissippi River, thence along the Mis-
sippi River to the point of beginning.
Whereas, in order to carry out the
purpose for which said Road District
has been created, a special election
was ordered to be held by ordinance
of the Police Jury Of Plaquemines
Parish, State of Louisiana, on the 10th
day Of October, 1913, to enable the
property owners in said Road District
to vote on the propositions herein
after stated on the 21st day of Novem-
Der, 1913.
Therefore, public notice is hereby
given by the Police Jury of Plaque
mines Parish, that a special election,
under the provisions of Art. 281 of
the Constitution of Louisiana, as
amended, and Act ESQ of. 1910, as
amended, and all laws on the same
subject, will be held on Friday, the 21st
day of November, 1913, from Z A. M.
to 5 P. NJ, to take the sense Of all
the property holders of the Plaque
mines Parish Road District No. 2 who
are qualified as electors, under the
Constitution and Laws of this State,
to decide upon the following PROPOSE
tons:
First Proposition-Shall the Police
Jury of Plaquemines Parish be author
lied to levy and assess an ad valorem
tax of five mills on the dollar upon all
property situated within the limits Of
the Phquemines Parish Road Dist. 2,
for a period Of forty years, beginning
with the year 1914, to construct and
maintain a shell road or highway along
] the Woods or East Side of the Track
of the New Orleans, Southern & Grand
Isle Railroad, to extend from the line
dividing Plaquemines and Jefferson
Parishes to the Belle Chase Switch
of said New Orleans, Southern &
Grand Isle Railroad, in accordance
with plans and specifications to be fur
nished by the State Board Of Engi-
neers.
Second Proposition-Shall the Police
Jury of Plaquemines Parish be au-
thorized to incur an indebtedness and
to issue negotiable bonds to the
amount Of eight thousand dollars ($8,
000.00) bearing interest at the rate
of five per cent. per annum, payable
semi-annually, said bonds to be pay
able in forty years, from the proceeds
of said ive-mill ad valorem tax, and
the proceeds Of said bond issue, or as
much thereof as may be necessary, to
be used to build a shell road OF high
way along the Woods or East Side OF
the Track Of the New Orleans, South
ern & Grand Isle Railroad, to extend
from the line dividing Plaquemines
and Jefferson Parishes to the Belle
Chase Switch Of said New Orleans,
Southern & Grand Isle Railroad, in &C.
%cordance with plans and specifications
to be furnished by the State Board Of
Engineers.
The qualifications OF property tax
payers of said Plaquemines Parish
Road District No. 2 to vote at said
special election are those Of age, resi-
dence and registration as voters, but
women tax payers have a right to vote
at said election, without registration,
in person, or by their agents, author
lied in writing.
The polling place shall be at the res
idence on Belle Chase Plantation in
said Plaquemines Parish Road District
No. 2.
The Police Jury Of %Plaquemines Par
ish will, in open session, to be held IN
the Police Jury Room OF the Court
house at PointealaHache, Plaque
mines Parish, Louisiana, on the 18th
day of November, 1913, at II O'Clock
NJ, proceed to open the ballot boxes
examine and count the ballots, exam
inc and canvass the returns and De
clare the result Of said election.
POLICE JURY OF PLAQUEM1NEs
PARISH.
]. B. FAsTERLING,
| TI1rIEN CApn President.