The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-08-03
Witnesses;
(Signed) E. E. Dees
L. J. Sellers
|. 7. Rutledge

ana the canvass OF Ile returns G
] said election having been made, tn
= result thereof was ascertained and de
clared to be as TO llow5:
2 For said proposition 10 No. $25l0.0
Against said " No. --
Majority in favor of
said proposition 10 No. 25l0 0
and the result of said election was de
clared to be in favor of said PROPOSE
ton.
: Thereupon, on motion of G. j Pal
: lin, seconded by J. w. Ingram, the
following ordinance was adopted
ORDINANCE OF 2RJMULGATIQN
Whereas, on the 24th day of J1ly
1916, an election was held in the Chest
nut School District in the Parish
of NatchitocheS, La. to determine the
Proposition to levy specia
tax of five mills on the dollar
on all the property subject to tax.
alton in the Chestnut School Dis
trict, Parish of Natchitoches Louisiana
annually, for the period of tenyears, fol
the purpose of giving additional aid tc
the Chestnut school 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 Natchitochas, accord
ing to law, and notice on the Goth day
of June, 1916, and the result of said
election was declared to be
That a majority in number and
amount of the taxpayers of said
Chestnut 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 special
tax of FIVE mills on the dollar
on all the property subject to tax
alton in the Chestnut School Dist
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 Chestnut
School District in the Parish of Nat
cnlCOcneS, 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.
PRONUNCIATION OF ELECTION.
State of Louisiana,
Parish Of Natchitoches.
By the direction of the School Board
notice is hereby given that on Monday,
the 24th day of July, 1916, an election.
Eas hsld slle Chestnut School
District in the Parish of Natchitoches,
Louisiana, to determine the
Proposition to levy a special tax of five
mills on the dollar on all the property
subject to taxation in the Chestnut
School District, Parish Of Natchitoches
Louisiana. annually, for the period of
ten nyears. for the purpose of giving
additional aid to the Chestnut schools of
the said school district.
That the majority of the taxpayers
voting at said election in favor of said
proposition Gwas Ten III number and
Two thousand five hundred and
ten dollars in amount; and that there
fore said proposition was carried.
This done and signed on this the 26th
day of July, 1916, at NaIchitoches,
Louisiana, in the Parish of Natchito-
ches.
EDGAR LEVY,
President of Parish Board of School
Directors.
L. E. HUDSON,
Secty. and Treas. of Parish Board of
School Directors.
Yeas: Barron, Huckabay, Huffman,
Ingram, Martin, Miller, Pullin, Sellers
and Truly.
Absent: Levy.
PROCESS VERBAL OF CANVASS OF RE-
TURNS OF WARD SIX SPECIAL ELECTION
Be it Known and Remembered, That
on this the 18th day of July, 1916, at
ten o'clock a. M, in accordance with
resolution of the Parish Board of
School Directors of Natchitoches Par
ish, enacted on the 205h day of June,
1916, notice of which was issued and
published according to law, the under
signed Members of the Parish Boad of
School Directors of Natchitoches Par
is, n being quorum thereof, met in
public session a the office of said board
in said parish, and according to law
opened the ballot box used IN, and
which was received from the commits
sloners of, the election held on Monday,
the oath day of July, 1916, in accor-
dance with said resolution, and there
proceeded 90 count the ballots both in
number and amount, for and against,
to determine the proposition to levy a
special tax of four mills on the dollar
on all the property in the Ward Six
School District, Parish of Natchitoches,
Louisiana, subject to State taxation,
annually, for the period of five years,
for the purpose of providing a Do
mestic Science department and giving
additional aid to the Robeline High
School of said school district.
The result of said count was 27
ballots and Twenty Two Thousand
Four Hundred and Thirty five Dollars
in favor of said proposition, and bal
lots and Four Thousand Four hundred
and Thirty Dollars against said propo-
sition; and, therefore, the majority in
both number and amount cast by tie
property taxpayers of the said Ward
Six School District in the Parish Of
Natchitoches in said election being in
favor thereof; and,
At the same time and place we did
examine and canvass the returns as
evidence by the duplicate tally sheets
and duplicate complied statement, the
correctness of both being sworn to by
the Commissioners, according TO Law,
and finding also that the returns indl-
cate majority in number and amount
of properly in favor of said proposition.
Therefore, we decla1e that the re-
suit of the said election is in favor Of
the
Proposition to levy special tax Of
four mills on the dollar on all the
property in the Ward Six Scfool D.s-