The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-04-16
Notice IN voters: To vote In favor

Notice To voters: To vote In favor
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IN The square below ne VOID Yes
and to vote against said proposition
| place similar cross mark In the
suuale below The word NO
And that the Secretary OF SAID
Police Jury be and she is hereby IN,
Structed to Lave prepared for use at
said election, all Inc necessary ballo'
boxes, tally sheets, list Of voters,
assessed valuation of property ana
complied statement OF voters IN num-
Der and amount.
Sc. 3. That the polling place OF
said election shall be polling place NO
one lof ward nine. of the Parish OF
Natchitoches and Sam Friedman,
Leon Friedman aud + c. Cloutler
are hereby appointed commissioners
of said election and G 5. Cloutier is
APPOINTED clerk Of said election ana
said election shall. be conducted under
the laws of the State OF Louisiana
applicable thereto.
Sec. 4. That the President OF the
Police Jury is hereby instructed 10
give notice of the special election
herein ordered by his proclamation
published according to law, and III
said proclamation he shall announce
that at 10 O'Clock a. m. the 9TH dav
OF July, 1914, the Police Jury Will
meet at it's regular meeting place IN
the city of Natchitoches, La. In open
session, proceed to open the ballot
boxes. examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare the result OF SAID
special election.
The roll being called the vote on
the above ordinance was as follows:
Yeas. Messrs. Pierson, Williams,
Adams. Cockerham, Knott, Page,
Parker, Derbanne, Cockteld and
Russell Nays, none. Carried unani-
mously.
Mo yed and seconded the Hon. Police
Jury adjourned until 2 o'clock p. m.
EVENING SESSION,
The Hon. Police Jury met pursuant
to adjournment with Pre- sident Pierson
presiding and all members present.
By Mr.. Adams.
That in accordance with petition of
citizens of ward 8, that a public road
be granted, commencing at Sims Bayou
bridge and intersect the river road at
A. r. Fouts the distance of one mile.
Carried.
By Mr.. Pierson.
Resolved, that Messrs. Adams, Will
| liams and Cockerham be appointed a
committee to investigate road referred
to in petition of Mr.. Boswell and re-
port to Police Jury al next meeting so
as to determine if the change is neces-
sary. Carried.
By Mr.. Adams.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Natchitoches Parish, La, in regular
session convened that the salary of w.
F. Scott be increased from seventy-five
to one hundred dollars per month, same
to take effect from the LIST day of
April, 1914.
Yeas. Messrs. Pierson, Williams,
Adams, Derbanne and Cockfield, Nays
Messrs. Cocherham, Knott, Page,
Parker and Russell. Motion lost.
By MIR. Williams:
Be it ordained by this body that R.
J. Pullin, E. T. Weaver, and J. c.
Rowe are hereby appointed to serve as
Road and Bridge Commissioners of
Ward Two until their successors are
selected.
Carried.
BY Mr.. Cockerham:
Be it ordained that the resolution
passed at the last January meeting
ievying a special tax of two dollars per
capita tax on all male citizens to road
duty in Ward Four east Of Red River
road district No. Z, be repealed.
Carried.
By Mr.. Cockerham:
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Natchitoches Parish Louisiana in regu
lar session convened, that acting by
virtue and under authority vested in it
under Article POI of the Constitution
of 1893 of the the State of Louisiana
and acts amendatory and relating there
to that in order to raise additional funds
for the purpose of constructing main
tanning and repairing public roads and
bridges in road District No. z, in Ward
Four east of Red River of the Parish
of Natchitoches Louisiana, this day re-
Gated by ordinance of the Polire Jury
of said parish there is hereby levied
and imposed per capita tax of One
dollar per annum for the year 1914. and
each subsequent years upon each able
bodied male inhabitant of said Road
District between the ages of Eighteen
and Fifty-five, except in incorporated
towns and villages, and municipalities
that maintain their own streets, who
shall not be subject to this tax afore-
said.
Be it further ordained that the fail
ure to pay said per capita tax on or
before the LIST day of November 1914,
and on the 1st days of each subsequent
years is hereby declared to be a mis-
demeanor, and any party failing, me-
capita tax within the time above pres
cribed npon conviction they shall be
fined in the sum of not less than One
Dollar, nor more than twenty-five dol
lars and in default of payment be i'm
prisoned in the parish Jail for a period
of not less than one day, nor more than
sixty days or both in the discretion Of
the Court.
Be it further ordained that it shall be
the duty of the Assessor of the Parish
of Natchitoches to assess and place said
per capita upon his rolls for the year
1914, and each subsequent year in and
for said Road District according to law.
Yeas: Messrs. Pierson, Williams,
Adams, Cockerham, Knott, Page, Par
ker, Derbanne and Cockfield. Carried.
By Mr.. " illiams:
Be it ordained by this body that a
resolution passed at our last January
meeting creating special per capita
tax of Two dollars on all male citizens
of Ward Two subject to road duty he
hereby repealed. Carried.
BY Mr.. Williams:
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Natchitoches Parish Louisiana in regu-
lar session convened that in addition to
Road District already created through
out the Parish of Natchitoches that
Two additional District be and they are