The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-03-29
OF THE RESULT
OF ELECTION.

| Proclamation of the result of the elec.
| ton held in the Third Ward of the Parish
of ST. Mary, including the incorporate
| Town of Franklin, on the 18th day OF
March. A. d.. 1918, to levy, impose and
collect a special tax in aid OF 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 18th day
OF March, a. d.. 1918, we, the undersigned
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 Parish of st. Mary,
adopted on the 18th day of February
1913, did meet in special session for the
| purpose OF examining and canvassing the
returns of the special election held in the
Third ward of the Parish of st. Mary, in
Guiding the Incorporated Town of Frank
| lin, on the 18th day Of March, A. d., 1918,
| to take the sense of the property tax.
payers of the Third Ward of the Parish of
st. Mary. including the taxpayers of the
| incorpOra ted Town Of Franklin, en,l,tcG
| to vote under the Constitution and law, of
the State OF Louisiana, on a propo>l tloh
| to impose, levy and collect a special fax
dollar, per annum, on all of the assessable
| property in the Third Ward of the Parish
| OF st. Mary, including the property in the
| Incorporated Town of Frank lin, said tax
| to be imposed and collected in aid OF a
| railway enterprise, and in favor Of. for
the benefit of and in aid of the South
western Traction & Power Company, its
successors or assigns, said tax to be i'm,
posed, levied and collected beginning
! with the year 1913, and extending to ana
including the year 1922, so as to realize
the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars,
provided that in case the sum of Eighty
Thousand Dollars be collected and turned
over to said Company before the ex-
piration of ten years, that the said tax
shall cease as soon as this sum is collected
and turned over to the southwestern
Traction Il Power Company, its success
sorS or assigns.
And the President of said Board, w. Ii.
Vetter, being absent, and the remaining
members Of said Board, DIR. u. N. Foster,
Vice>President, and Wilbur II. Kramer,
Secretary, being present, and the said
members thus present constituting a
quorum, We, the said members thus pres
ent at said meeting and so constituting
quorum, did formally organize and did,
in the presence of Sam SeriO, Emmett AL
pha and Louis s. Bigler, three witnesses
possessing the qualifications required by
law, being tax payers and qualified cleo,
tors under the Constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana, all residents of
the Third Ward of the Parish of St. Mary,
and as many others as chose to attend,
examine the sworn returns fled with us
by the Commissioners and Clerk of the
election held on the 25th day O. March A.
ID. 1918, as aforesaid, and from such
sworn returns, have prepared the follows
ing 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 hereinabove
set forth, three hundred and sixty-three
1863.
Total number of votes cast against the
proposition submitted, as hereinabove
set forth, ten Q0).
Total amount in value of property voted
in favor of said proposition submitted,
as hereinabOve set forth, four hundred
and thirty-tive Thousand, six hundred
and thirty-seven and 02-100 (S435, 637. O2)
dollars.
Total amount in value of property
voted against the proposition submitted,
as hereinabove set forth. thirteen thou
sand, two hundred and fifty aud no-lOO
(lo, 25O.OO) dollars.
The majority in number of property
tax payers eligible to vote in said cleo
ton in favor of said proposition, three
hundred and fifty three 1859.
The majority in value of property in
favor of said proposition four hundred
and twenty-five thousand, three hundred
and eighty-seven and O2-lOO 1922, 1877. O2)
dollars.
We further declare and promulgate that
an examination made by us of the assesses
ment rolls, the list of registered voters and
the LIST Of persons who paid their poll
taxes for the years 1911 and 1912 in and for
the Third Ward of the Parish of st. Mary,
including the Incorporated Town of
Franklin, shows that the three hundred
and sixty three votes cast in favor of said
proposition represent a majority of all the
qualified voters who might have partici-
pated in said election under the Constltu.
ton and laws of the State of Louisiana,
and that likewise the Four Hundred and
Thirty-FIve Thousand, Six Hundred and
Thirty-Seven O2-100 Dollars of assessed
valuation of property voted in favor of
said proposition represents AN 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 majority of the property
tax payers in number entitled to vote at
said election under the provisions of the
Constitution and laws OF the State of
Louisiana, and majority in amount of
the assessed value of property entitled to
be voted at said election under the Consti.
tuition and laws of the State of Louisiana.
having voted in favor of said proposition
submitted as hereinabOve set forth, we
hereby declare that said election carried
and the tax accordingly imposed.
In witness whereof, we the members of
the Board of Supervisors of the Parish of
st. Mary, have set our hands to this process
verbal, made in triplicate, in the presence
of Sam Serio, Emmet Alpha and Louis 5.
Bigler, three competent witnesses, who
also signed these presents, and who have
been present and witnessed the entire
proceedings herein on this, the 18th day
of March A. ID. 1918, and have filed one