The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-05-03
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE.
Be 1t ordained by the Police Jury of tn
Parish OF st. Mary, it being the authorit
ordering the election held on the 18th da,
Of March, 1913, for the purpose of votin.
for or against the proposition to levy ant
collect a two and one half mill tax for
period Of ten years, to raise the sum O
Eighty Thousand Dollars, in aid Of thu
southwestern Traction and Power Com.
pany, its success RS or assigns, that they
do 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 tbs purpose as above sci
forth, as we'll as the proclamation of the
hoard OF Supervisors showing the COM
piled statements made by them, and that
what the Police Jury shall do in this mat.
ter shall be evidenced by process verbal
OF same. 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.
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
the purpose of examining the sworn re.
turns Of the special election held on the
25th day OF March, 1918, as filed with us
by the Commissioners and Clerks of elec.
ton 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:
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 as returned by the Commissioners
and Clerks presiding at the special election
held on the 25th day of March, 1918. in the
Third Ward Of the Parish of st. Mary,
Franklin, to take the sense of the property
tax payers upon the following proposition.
namely:
oievy special tax Of two and one
half mills on the dollar ler snnum, to be
imposed. levied and collected iH-aid of a
railway enterprise, and in favor ~ for the
Lenefit OF and in aid of the Southwestern
Traction and Power Company, its success
ors or assigns, said tax to be imposed,
year 1913, and extending to and including
the year 1922, SO as to 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 as this sum is collected and turned
over to the Southwestern Traction and
Power Company, its successors or assigns.
I After making such inspection, we found |
the number of votes cast for. the PROPOSE
'tiOn submitted as aforesaid. 20 be three |
hundred and sixty y-three 1853 total num-
Der of votes cast against the proposition |
submitted as aforesaid to be ten OO); 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>
Seven and 2.l0O (Sl35, ,637. O2) Dollars; and |
tie amount of assessed valuation of prop |
erty voted against the proposition sub |
mftted as aforesaid to be Thirteen Thou.
sand, Two Hundred and Fifty ($I3, ,25O. .OO) |
Dollars.
shows the net result to be a majority in |
number OF votes voted at said election in
favor of the proposition submitted of
Three Hundred aud 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 Two Thousand, Three Hun
dred and Eighty Seven and O2IOO
($422, ,3s7O2) Dollars.
Z We further examined the list of regis
tered voters of the Third Ward of the
Parish Of St. Mary, including the incor-
p0rated Town of Franklin, state of
Louisiana, as we'll as the assessment roll
for said Ward, including the Incorporated
Town 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. :
led, and the result of this canvass shows
hat three hundred and sixty three 1868
voters, with an aggregate assessment OF
Four Hundred and thirty. Five Thousand, t
six Hundred and Thirty Seven and .02. 100
I<435, ,63102J Dollars, voted their entire i
assessment in favor Of said proposition, ,
md that the SAID three'hundred and sixty ;
hree votes was majority in number of
he property tax payers entitled to vote in .
'aid election under the Provisions of the a
and laws OF the State of q
louisiana, aud that the assessed property. s
amounting to Four Hundred and Thirty !,
five Thousand, six Hundred and Thirty .
Ieyen and .02.lo0 Dollars voted in favor
u said proposition at such election was a
majority in value of the property entitled Q
o be voted at said election. i
And We now formally declare the result t
Il said election TO be in favor OF the
proposition submitted, and that the !;
Southwestern Traction and Power Com
ANY, its successors or assigns. are ems
itted to collect the said special tax voted
D its favor. |
In testimony whereof, We, the President il
md each Of the Police Jurors Of the Parish 4
4 st. Mary, have set our hands to this J,
'roces verbal, on this 2nd day OF April =
l. d. 1914. l