Lower coast gazette., 1913-10-25

LIft, -
said Plaquemines Parish Road DistricI
No. 2. on the prosositiqns contained it
said petition.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Pc,
lice Jury Of Plaquemines parish, tina,
an election shall be held on the 2lst
day Of November 1918, to take the
sense of the property. tax payers, who
are also qualified electors, and entitled
to vote in said Plaquemines Parish
Road District No. 2, upon the propo.
sitions hereinafter designated, as
First Proposition and Second Prop
osit!on' the voting place to be at the
residence on Belle Chase plantation,
which voting place shall be open from
q. m. to S p. m.
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
Plaquemines parish Road District No.
2. for a period Of forty years, begin
ming 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 and
Grand Isle Railroad, to extend from the
line dividing Plaquemines and Jeffer-
son parishes to the Belle Chase Switch
Of said New Orleans Southern and
Grand Isle Railroad, in accordance
with plans and specifications to be
furnished by the State Board Of En-
gineers?
Second Proposition. Shall the Police
Jury Of P!aquemines parish be author
lied to incur an indebtedness and to
issue negotiable bonds to the amount
of Eight Thousand Dollars $4,000. 0O)
bearing interest at the rate OF 5 per
cent per annum, payable semi-annual-
ly, said bonds to be payable in forty
years, from the proceeds of said five
mills ad valorem tax, and the proceeds
of said bond issue, or as much thereof
as may be necessary, to be used to
build a she'll road or highway along the
woods or East side of the track of the
New Orleans Southern and Grand Isle
Railroad, to extend from the line divid-
ing Plaqueminesa and Jefferson Parishes
to the Belle Chase switch OF SAID New
Orleans Southern and Grand Isle rail-
road, in accordance with plans and
specifications furnished by the State
Board of Engineers?
Section 2. Be it further ordained
etc.. that the Police Jury Of Plaque
mines parish will, in open session, to
be held IN the Police Jury Room Of The
Courthouse. .aL Pointe a la Hache,
PlaQuemines parish, State Of Louisiana
on the 26th. day Of November, 1918 at
IL O'clock hi, proceed to open the bal
lot boxes, examine and count the bal
lots in number and amount, examine
and canvass the returns and declare
the result CT the election.
Section !. Be it further ordained.
etc, that notice Of said election and
the purposes thereof, and notice that
the police jury Of Plaquemines parish
will, in open session, to he. held i'm the
police jury room Of the P~laqusmines
parish court house at PoiEte aiaRaehe
Plaquemines Parish, State OF Louis
lana, on the Goth day OF November,
1913. at II o'clock M, proceed = open
the ballot boxes, examine ard count
the ballots in number and amount. ex-
anime and canvass the returns and de-.
clare the result of the election shall be
published in the Lower Coast Gazette,
the official journal of the parish Of
Plaquemines, for thirty days, accord
ing to law.
Section 4, be it further ordained etc.,
that the police Jury Of Plaquemines
dees hereby appoint August
Neil Guy and Chas. j. Bieber
as Commissioners Of said election,
which parties r hereby vested with
power to hold scid election, or with
other powers as are conferred by
law upon such Commissioners and
Of election, and to tabulate the |
returns thereof and to make the re-
to The police jury Of Plaquemines
according to law.
The foregoing ordinance was put to
a vote by the President, and was IN.
.animously adopted.
The balance OF the proceedings Of
the Police Jury will be published next
week.
to the Public Of New Or
leans and the Lower Coast.
The New Orleans Southern and
Grand Isle Ry. Co., will receive and
freight COMMANDING Monday