The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
PROCL OF THE RESULT
OF ELECTION

lTOCiduliLlDIl o. lIlC result VI Illc CIV
tion held III the Fourth Ward OF the Par
ish Of ST. Mary, Louisiana, Or tie 1.th
day of Juue, 1913, to levy. impose and
collect a special tax in aid o. a railway
enterprise aud all in favor of the South
western Traction s. Power Company, its
| successors or assigns
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY.
| BE it known that on this, the 20th dag
of June, 4. 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 al
ordinance of the Police luly Of the Par
sh of st, Mary. adopted on the 1th day
Of May, 1913, did meet in special session
| for tue purpose ot examining aud can
vassing the returns Of the special cleo
ton held in the Fourth Ward Of the
Parish Of St Mary on the l1th day Of
June. 1913, to take the sense Of the prop
erty tax payers Of the FouIth Ward of
the Parish Of 81 Mary. entitled to vote
under the Constitution and laws Of the
State of Louisiana, Oh proposition to
impose, levy and collect special tax Of
two and one half (2t) mills on the dollar
| per aunum en- all of the asseSsab!e prop
ertv in the Fourth Ward Of the Parish
| of st. Mary, said tax to be imposed and
| collected III aid Of a 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 1923, 50 rs to realize the sum of
Thirty Thousand 1880, ,00J) 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 aud tIrued over to the outh-
| weetern Traction & 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-presIdent, and W. H.
Kramer, secretary, being present, and
| the said members thus present cOnStt-
| tutlng a quorum, We. the said members
| thus present at said meetin- and so con.
stituting 4 quorum, did formally orga-
uize and did. i'll the presence of Henry
". Kappel, ". H. Latham and Louis
). Bigler, three witnesses possessing
| the qualifications required by Jaw, 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.
| lnissioners 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 and
promulgate as the result of said election.
Total number of votes cast in favor of
the proposition submitted. as herein
! above set forth eighty-seven {S7l.
Total number of votes cast against the
proposition submitted, as hereinabove
set forth, None.
Total amount in value of property
voted i'll favor of said Proposition SUBJ
| mitted as hereinabove set forth, One
Hundred and Fourteen Thousand, Four
Hundred and SiXty-Eght and 2l-l0O
(5lI4, ,463.2D Dollars.
Total amount in va!ne Of property
as here!nabOve set forth. NOue.
| The majority in number Of property
tax payers eligible to vote in said e,ec-
ton in favor of said proposition, eighty
seven.
The majority in value OF property in
favor of said proposition. Ole Hundred
and Fourteen Thousand, -Four Hundred
and tx ty-Eight aud 2l-l00 Dollars.
We further declare and promulgate
| that an examination made by US Of the
| assessment rolls, the list of registered
| voters and the list OF persons who paid
their poll taxes for the years 1911 and
| 1912 in aud for the Fourth Ward of the
Parish of st. Mary. shows that the
| eighty-seven votes cast in favor Of sal d
| proposition represent majority of all
| the qualified voters who might have
participated in said election under the
Constitution and laws u the State of
{ Louisiana, and that likewise the One
Hundred and Fourteen Thousand, Four
Hundred and SiXty-Eight and 2l-100
| Dollars OF assessed valuation of property
voted in favor of said proposition repre-
sents au amount in excess of one-half Of
the assessed value Of property that
might have been voted at said election
under the Constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana.
Therefore ajority Of the property
tax payers in number entitled to vote a
said election under the provisions of thu
Constitution and laws Of the State o
Louisiana, and majority in amount o
the assessed value of property entitled
to be voted at said election under tn
Constitution and laws of the State o
Louisiana, having voted in favor. of sai(
. proposition submitted as hereinabOve Sc
| forth, we hereby declare that said eiec
ton carried and the tax accordingly i'm
lposed.
In witness whereof. we the member
| Of the Board of Supervisors of the Par