The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-01-29

cations of the improvements to be
made. to advertise for bids, and to
contract for such Improvements.
Yeas, Messrs Pierson, Williams,
Adams, CoCkerham, Knott Parker, !
Derbanne and Russell. Nays, none. |
Carried unanimously.
BY Mr.. Pierson:
Resolve. That the Police Jury re-
new tue appropriation for Agricul-
turaI Demonstration work in this
Parish for the year 1914. Carried.
Bv MIR. Pierson:
Resolved. That J. w. Cockerham,
j. o. Williams and r. J. w. Knott.
| be appointed a special committee and
invested with all power of this body
to confer with the Banks i'll this par
of Natchitoches with view of Sc
/ lecting fiscal agency for the year
! 1914, and to borrow such sum or sums
as may be required to secure the full
and final payment of any sum or
sums contracted for or borrowed for
the General Fund, The Good Road
Fund, and the Parish Bridge Fund
of the parish of Natchitoches by said
special committee, the Police Jury
does hereby pledge and obiigate itself
to set aside and dedicate to above
mentioned funds out of Ten Mills
! levy to be levied and cOllectable for
the year 1914, as follows:
Not less than mills for General
| Fund.
Not less than one half mill for
Good Road Fund.
Not less than three quarter mill for
| Parish Bridge Fund.
In event that amonnt derived from
taxes for the year 1914 DO not suffice
then and the same schedule Of dis
tribution of the taxes Of 1914 shall
be continued in force.
Yeas: Messrs. PiersOn, Adams.
Cockerham. Knott. Parker, Derbanne
and Russell. NAYS: None.
Carried.
BY Mr.. Derbanne:
Resolved that the same committee
acting 1913. be appointed to carry on
Good Road work in ward s, for the
year 1914.
By Mr.. Cockerham:
Resolved that the Parish License
for the year 1914 be collected the
same as the State. Carried.
BY Mr.. PiersOn;
citizens of ward one be accepted.
To the Hon. President and members
of the Police Ju'i parish of Natchito-
ches La.
We the undersigned tax payers of
ward one residing within the limits
of che following described proposed
Road District respectfully shows:
lSt. That in order to construct and
maintain the public roads within
the following limits of ward one. Of
this parish. do respectfully petition
your Honorable body to create a rOau
district, containing the following ter
ritory and yOrtion OF ward one. viz:
Commencing outside the ci1y limits
of The city OF NatchitOcheS on what
is known as the southern line OF sec
tion 43 in township 8. north range Z.
west then running in a northern
direction or on the western line of
said section until YOU strike southern
line of section ID, thence west on said
line to southeast corner eof said sec
ton Is, thence north GA western line
of said section, thence due west TO
the range line between ranges and
S. thence on said range to Bayou
Pierre. thence up Bayou Pierre to the
ward line between one and six. thence
south on said wards line to the
southeast corner of section Is. town.
ship 8, north range S,wesl, then east
along the southern line of sections
Is, II, Is, Is, Il and ID to where said
line strikes the southern prong of
Sibley's Lake, then along the north
ern meridian Of said prong of Sibleys
Lake to the city limits of the city
OF Natchitoches, said territory to be
designsted as Road District No. 5.
End We beg to vole special tax
when submitted to incur an indepted-
ness of $50, 100000 the same to bear
interest at the rate of 5 per cent per
annum. principal and interest to be
paid by special tax on all assesSable
: property in said Road District No. 5,
the amount OF said tax to be fixed bv
the Police jury of this parish and
, not to exceed 10 mills in any one year
and to run for twenty years.
; Bird. That said tax be devoted to
, the construction, improvement and
maintenance of the public roads fIom
the city of Natchitoches through said
Road District NO. 5, as above desig-
mated.
4th. IL being understood that when
!, a sufficient sum to paw said principle
and interest shall be collected there
shall Ee no more further assessment
and levy of said taxes, and said tax so
voted shall be funded into bonds to
run for twenty years, the amounts Of
said bonds to be fixed bv the Police
! Jury of this parish. the same to bear
per cent interest per annum, paya-
, BILE annually or semi-annually.
. And we further pray that your
Hon. body submit said matter to the
qualified voters of said Road District
: No. as soon as possible.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Jas. w. Jones, Jr.,
Jgs. NJ. Roy
L. e. BareV
L. Nealy,
w. j. Nealy
}. n. Harrell
Oscar Arledge.
T. w. Cox'
Mrs. a. NJ. Regners,
E. J. Stephens
Mrs. LizZy Patch
jeff Coleman,
Thomas Fireman.
| hereby certify that there is one
third of the qualified voters within
this Road District above described
have signed the above petition for the
election as asked for this It'll day OF
January 1914.
(Signed) S. G. DOwDEN,
Assessor.
Votes on the above stood as follows.
Yeas: Messrs. Pierson Adams,
Cockerham, Knott, Parker. Derbanne
and Russell Carried unanimously.
I BY Mr. Pierson, seconded by Mr..
Pierson:
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the parish of Natchitoches, that in
accordance with petition tof citizens
of ward 10 the following territory is