The St. Mary banner., 1913-07-05
OF THE RESULT
or ELECTION

ish of ST. Mary, Louisiana, on the 18th
day of June, 1913, to levy, impose and
collect special tax in aid o. a railway
enterprise and all in favor of the South
western Traction & Power Company, its
successors or assigns
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY.
Be it known that on this, the 20th day
of June. A. D., 1913. we, the under
signed Board of Supervisors of Election
in and for the Parish of St. Mary, by
virtue of law. in accordance with our
official duty. and in accordance with an
ordinance of the Police Jury of the Par
ish of ST. Mary, adopted on the 18th day
of May, 1913, did meet in special session
for the purpose of examining and can
vassing the returns of the special cleo
ton held in the Fourth Ward of the
Parish of ST. Mary on the 18th day of
June, 1913, to take the sense of the prop
erty tax payers Of the Fourth Ward of
under the Constitution and laws OF the
State of Louisiana, on proposition to
impose, levy and collect a special tax of
two and one-half GU mills on the dollar
per annum on all of the assessable prop
erty in the Fourth Ward OF the Parish
of ST. Mary, said tax to be imposed and
collected in aid of railway enterprise,
and in favor Of, for the benefit of and
in aid of the Southwestern Traction &
Power Company, its successors or as
signs, said tax to be imposed, levied
and collected beginning with the year
| 1914, and extending to and including the
| year 1928, 50 as to realize the sum of
Thirty Thousand $3.50. .00W Dollars, pro-
| vided that in case the sum of Thirty
| Thousand Dollars be collected and turn
ed 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 South
| weetern Traction q Power Company.
| its successors or assigns.
| And the President of said Board, w.
II. Vetter, being absent, and the re-
naming members of said Board, DR.. d.
| N. Foster, vice-prcsdent, and w. H.
Kramer, secretary, being present, and
the said members thus present consti-
tuting a quorum, we. the said members
thus present at said meeting and so con-
stituting quorum, did formally orga-
niZe and did, in the presence OF Henry
w. Kappel, w. H. Latham and Louis
S. Bigler, three witnesses possessing
the qualifications required by law being
tax payers and qualified electors under
the Constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, all residents of Franklin
of the Parish Of St. Mary, and as many
others as chose to attend, examine the
sworn returns filed with us by the Com.
missioners and Clerk of election held on
the 18th day of June, A. D. 1913, as
: aforesaid, and from such sworn returns
, have prepared the following compiled
statement, which we hereby declare ant
promulgate as the result of said election
Total number of votes cast in favor o
the proposition submitted. as herein
above set forth eighty-seven (S1.
| Tota! number of votes cast against th
proposition submitted, as hereinabov
: set forth, None.
Z Total amount in value of propert
voted in favor of said proposition sui
mitted, as hereinabove set forth, On
Hundred and Fourteen Thousand, Fou
Hundred and Sixty-Eight and 2i-lO
(S114, ,46S.2D Dollars.
Total amount in value of propert
voted against the proposition submittel
as hereinabove set forth, None.
The majority in number of propert
tax payers eligible to vote in said e.e
ton in favor of said proposition, eight,
seven.
The majority in value of property
favor of said proposition, One Hundre
and Fourteen Thousand, Four Hundre
and Sixty-E Eight ard 2l-l00 Dollars.
We further declare and promulga
that an examination made by us of Il
assessment rolls the list of register'
voters and the list of persons who pa
their poll taxes for the years l9ll i'll
1912 in and for the Fourth Ward of q
Parish of st. Mary, shows that T.
eighty seven votes cast in favor Of sa
proposition represent majority Of
the qualified voters who might ha
participated in said election under t
Constitution and laws Of the State
Louisiana, and that likewise the o.
Hundred and Fourteen Thousand, Fo
Hundred and Sxty-Eight and 2l-1
Dollars of assessed valuation Of proper
voted in favor of said proposition repl
sents an amount in excess of one-half
the assessed value of property Il
might have been voted at said elect
uuder the Constitution and laws Of t
State of Louisiana.
Therefore majority of the prope
tax payers in number entitled to vote
said election under the provisions of
Constitution and laws of the State
Louisiana, and majority in amount
the assessed value OF property EMIT
to be voted at said election under
Constitution and laws of the Stale
Louisiana, having voted in favor Of s
proposition submitted as herelnabove
forth, We hereby declare that said el
ton carried and the tax accordingly
posed
In witness whereof. we the memt
of the Board of Supervisors of the I
ish of st. Mary, have set our hands
this process verbal, made in trip!icate,
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