The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-05-25
Witnesses:
(Signed) L. j. Sellers
J. A Wafer.

Witnesses:
(Signed) l.. j. Sellers
j. A. Wafer.
And the canvass Of the returns Of
said election having been made, the
result thereof was aScertalned and de-
J clared to he rs follows:
For said proposition 30 No Sl532O, 0O
! Against said proposition 3 No. 4t4O0I
Majority in favor of said
proposition 70 No. ll2o.NU
and the the result of said election was
declared to be in favor of said propo-
sition
Thereupon, on motion of Mr.. j.. w.
Ingram, seconded by Mr.. Ado Mile,
the following ordinance was adopted,
ORDINANCE OF PROMULGATION.
Whereas, GU the 9th day of May,
1916, an election was held In the Mar
thaville School District in the Parish
of Natchitoches, La. to determine the
Proposition to levy a ten mills special
tax on all the property subject to tax
alton in the Marthaviile School District,
Paris of NatchiCoches, Louisiana, an
nually, for the period of ten years, for
the purpose of giving additional aid to
to the public schools of the said district,
Whereas, said election was held and
the returns thereof were ~canvassed by
the Parish Board of School Directors
of the Parish of Natchitoches, accord
ing to law, and notice on the 3rd day
of April, 1916, and the result of said
election was declared to be
That a majority in number and
amount of the taxpayers of SAID
Marthaville School District in the Par
ish of Natchitoches, La. voted in favor
of said proposition; now, therefore,
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Parish Board of School Directors of
the Parish of Natchitoches, in Lawful
session convened, that the
Proposition to levy a ten mills speciaI
tax on all the property subject 10 tax
alton in the Marthaville School District,
Parish of Natchitoches, La. annually
for the period of ten years, for the
purpose of giving additional aid to the
| public schools of the said school district.
Carried, and the said special school
tax, as proposed, is authorized and re-
quired by law to be proceeded with and
finally extinguished by an annual levy,
assessment and collection of taxes on
all the property of said Marthaville
School District in the Parish of Nat
chitoches. Louisiana.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the result of said election
shall be promulgated by the President
and Secretary of the School Board by
publication in one issue of the Official
Journal of Natchitoches Parish, signed
by said President and Secretary.
PROMULGATION OF ELECTION.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of NatchitOches.
By the direction of the School Board
notice is hereby given that on Tuespay,
the 9th day of May, 1916, an electic
was held in the Marthavillc Schoc
District in the Parish of Natchitoches
Louisiana, to determine the
Proposition to levy a ten mills specia.
tax on all the property subject to tay
alton in the Marthaville School Di
trict, Parish of Natrhi oches, Louis
lana, annually, for the period of ten
years, for the purpose of giving ao
ditional aid to the public schools of til
said school district.
That the majority of the taxpayer
voting at said election in favor of sal
proposition was Twenty five in numbe.
and Eleven Thousand Two hundred an
Eighty Dollars in amount; and tina
therefore said proposition vas carried
This done and signed on this the lit
day of May. 1916, at N~atchitoches, La
in the Parish of Natchitoches.
EDGAR LEVY,
President of the Parish Board o. Schoo
Directors.
L. E. HUDSON,
Secty. and Treas of Parish Board o.
School Directors.
PROCESS VERBAL OF RETURNS OF TIL
BETHANY SPECIAL ELECTION.
Be it known and remembered, That
on this the 18th day Of May, 1916, a
ten o'clock a. m. in acco dance witt
resolution of the Parish Board of Schoo
Directors of the Parish Of Natchito-
, hes, enacted on the 3rd day of April.
1916, notice of which was issued anC
published according to law, the under
signed Members of the Parish Board OF
School Directors of Natchitoches Par
ish, being a quorum thereof, met ir
public session at the Office of said boarL
IN said parish, and according to Law
opened the ballot box used III, ano
which was received from the commits
sioners of, the election held on Tues
lay, the 9th day of May, 1916 in ac-
cordarce with said resolution, and there
proceeded to count the ballots both in
number and amount, for and against,
20 determine the proposition to levy a
zen mills special tax on all the property
subject to taxation in the Bethany
School District, Parish of Natchitoches,
Louisiana, annually, for the period of
I'VE years. for the purpose of giving
additional aid to the public schools of
The said school district.
The result of said count was Fourteen
ballots and Six Thousand Four Hundred
md Thirty Dollars in favor of sale
proposition, and Ten ballots and Six
Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty
Dollars against said proposition; and,
therefore, the majority i'll both number
ind amount cast by the property tax
layers of the Bethany School District
n the Parish of Natchitoches in said
election qeing in favor thereof, and,
At the same time and place we did
examine and anvas the returns as
videnced by the duplicate tally sheett
nd duplicate compiled statement, the
correctness of both being sworn to by
he Commissioners, according to law,
md finding also that the returns in.
licate a majority both in number anc
AMOUNT of property, in favor Of said