The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-04-12
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ONOAINANAE.
BE 1t ordained by the Police Jury of tn
Parish of st. Mary, it being the authorit
ordering the election held on the 25th da,
OF March, 1913, for the purpose of votin!
lor or against the proposition to levy ant
collect two and one half mill tax for
period OF ten years, to raise the sum O
Eighty Thousand Dollars, in aid of tn,
southwestern Traction and Power Com
pany, its successors or assigns, that they
90 now proceed to inspect the compiled
statements and list of voters as returned
by the Commissioners and Clerks presiding
at the election held on the 25th day Of
March, 1913, for the purpose as above Sc,
forth, as well rs the proclamation of the
piled statements made by them, and that
what the Police Jury shall do in this mat.
ter shall be evidenced by a 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. ID. LATHAM, President
Secretary.
Be 1t 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
athe purpose of examining the sworn re-
turns of the special election held on the
18th day OF March, 1918, as filed with us
by the Commissioners and Clerks of elec.
ti0n 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 ordi:
nance, as follows:
II 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 % returned by the Commissioners
ana 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 . special tax Of two and one
aOP0sed. levied and collected in aid Of a
railway enterprise, and in favor of, for the
benefit Of and in aid Of the South western
Traction and Power Company, its success
ors or assigns, said tax to be imposed,
levied and collected beginning with the
yesr 1918, and extending to and including
the year 1922, 80 as IN 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 n this sum 10 collected and turned
ever TO the Southwestern Traction and
Power Company, its successors or assigns.
Alter making such inspection, we found
n nj mi nj for noi
ton submitted as aforesaid to be three
AuHdred and sixty three 1859 total num-
Der of votes cast against the proposition
submitted IS 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>
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.OU)
Doliary.
The said examination and compilation
shows the net result to be a majority in
number Of votes voted at said election in
Three Hundred and Fifty Three 1853.
Majority In amount of the assessed valu.
alton Of property voted at said election in
favor of the proposition Four Hundred
and twenty-five Thousand, Three Hun.
dred and Eighty-Seven and .O21O0
($422, ,887.02) Dollars.
We further examined the list Of regis
tered voters Of the Third Ward of the
Parish Of st. Mary, including the incor-
poFated Town Of Franklin, State of
Louisiana, as well as the assessment roll
for said Ward, including the incorporated
Iown 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
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 .02.100
($4S6, ,637N2C Dollars, voted their entire
assessment in favor of said proposition,
and that the said three hundred and sixty !
three votes was majority in number Of
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 90, 100 Dollars voted iu favor
OF seiq proposition at such election was
majority IN value of the property entitled
to be voted 1t said election.
And we now formally declare the result
OF said election to be in favor Of the
submitted, and that the
Traction and Power Cons
pany, its successors or assigns. are en-
titled to collect the said special tax voted
In Its 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. u. 1918.
CHAs. n. FR0sr, President.