The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-10-26

Secretary of the Police Jury and b
him held until negotiated.
Sec. vi. That when said bonds hav
been so signed, issued, registered an
returned to the Secretary of the Pr
lice Jury they shall be ready for negc
tiation and the President of the Polio
Jury is hereby authorized fully for tina
purpose.
Sec. VII. Be it further ordained etc.
That the Police Jury of the Parish o
Natchitoches shall annually, at tn
same time of other tax levies, in &C
cordance with law, in addition to al
other taxes now authorized by the Con
stitution and laws, including any spe
cial tax, levy tax above all said take
sufficient to pay the principal and in
terest of the bonds herein directed tt
be issued as they may mature; whicl
tax may be levied, if not already levieC
and extended on the assessment rolls
at any time prior to the final collector
of taxes for that particular year; ant
when collected shall be used for NJ
other purpose than retiring maturing
bonds.
! Sec. VIII. Be it further ordained
etc, That for the year 1916, there Ii
hereby levied on all taxable property
within the territorial limits of RoaC
District No. 10 of the Parish of Match
itoches, a special tax of Eight mills OF
the dollar thereof, for the purpose OF
meeting and paying the principal OF
the bond herein directed to be issued,
which is due and payable on March l,
II. and all interest coupons maturing
aid date, and the Assessor of the
sarish of Natchitoches is hereby in
tructed and directed to extend said
Eight mills special tax on the assess
ment rolls for the year 1916, on all pro-
perty embraced in Road District No.
19 liable to taxation.
Sec. TX. Be it further ordained etc.,
That the Secretary of the Police Jury
of the Parish of Natchitoches is hereby
instructed to cause the original of this
ordinance to be recorded in the Mort
gage Records of the Parish of Natchi-
toches, and also published in the official
journal of the Parish of Natohltoches
according to law and Act 256 of the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1910 and amend
ments thereto
The roll being called resulted as fol.
lows:
Yeas. Messrs. Cook, Harper, Hart,
Hammett, Hood, Sanders, Marshall,
Salter and Charleville. Nays: None.
Absent: MI. Page.
Carried.
By Mr.. CharIeville seconded by Mr..
Hammett'
That the following petition of citizens
of ward ten be accepted.
To the Honorable Police Jury of the
Parish Of Natchitoches. La:
We the undersigned owners and tax
payers Of ward ten, of the Parish of
Natchitoches, La, in order to construct
and maintain dirt or gravel roads with
the limits of the territory hereafter
described and set forth, respectfully
petition your honorable body to create
q road district embracing the following
territory in Ward Ten, Natchitoches
Parish, Louisiana, and described as
follows:
All that portion of Ward Ten of
Parish, La. not included
in Road District No. 8, and Road DIS
trict No. IA.
We further petition that same be
designated as Road District No. 20 in
Ward Ten, Parish of Natehitoches, La.
And we agree to vote a special tax
of five mills on the dollar on all assess
able property situated m said Road
District No. 20. above described, at a
special election to be called and ordered
by your honorable body and to be sub
mitted to vote, to vote said five mills
special tax to be used exclusively to
build, construct and maintain dirt or
gravel public roads within said district,
said road not to be over thirty feet
wide. Said tax to be collected for said
purposes tor a period of FIVE years
commencing with the year 1917.
The said FIVE mills special tax when
80 levied and collected to be used ex-
clusively for said five years for the
purpose of constructing and maintain
ing dirt or gravel public roads within
the said Road District No, 20. now in
or which may be hereafter
and established running
through said Road District, above
named and designated, we further pray
that your Honorable Body call and
order special election for the purpose
of voting on and having submitted to
the voters and tax payers of said Road
District, at date to be fixed by your
Honorable Body, on the proposition of
voting on said matter, voting SAID FIVE
mill tax for said five years on all
property within limits of
said koad District No. 20, above desig-
mated.
Further that said election be called
and ordered as early as possible and at
Cloutierville, Marco and Chopin as pol
ling places.
Respectfully submitted.
(Signed.l
Chas. Bertrand, c. z. Soncrat,
E. Caspari, W. F Robertson,
Setine Gallon, c. J. StRrks,
J G DeLouch, F. 3, Dean,
Adrian Kachal, ]. w. Huthnance,
Ed. Poche, G. A. West,
Z. d. Hickman, Jr., A. A. Feazell,
P. N. LeInoine, F. NJ, Bostick,
F. A Gharleville, r. j. MCGEE,
RachaL A. C. Racial,
Jules Breville, Joseph Define;
II. Hernandez, Prosper RACIAL,
L. Z. Bostick, Victor Vercher,
Albert RACIAL, Ed. Duthilde.
W. T. Mccaadlish, Alfred Huthnance
O. A. Hargis, Ed Lacerda,
4 errall Brossett, Tho. Poche,