The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1916-06-22

Police Jury is hereby instructed t
issue his proclamation giving notice o
the special election herein ordered ant
to announce that at 10 O'Clock a. m. o.
the 7th day of August, 1916 this Polio,
Jury will meet at it's regular meeting
place in the city of Natchitoches, an(
shall then and there open the ballo
boxes, examine and count the ballot!
in number and amount and declare the
result of the election.
Yeas: Messrs. Pierson, Williams
Adams, Knott, Page, Parker, Taylor
Russell Absent: Mr. Cockerham anc
Mr. Cockfeld. Nays none. Carried
By Mr.. Knott, seconded by Mr. Page:
the citizens of Spanish Lake Schoo
District, an election is hereby ordered
to be held in said district at Spanish
Lake box number 4, on Saturday the
22nd day Of July, for the purpose of
electing three road and bridge commits
sioners of said district.
That the Secretary of the Police Jury
is hereby instructed to prepare ballots
for said election.
The Police Jury shall promugate the
returns of said election on the 7th day
of August, 1916 Carried
AN ORDINANCE.
Calling for a Special Election of all
persons entitled to vote at a special
election to be held in Road District
No. 19.
Sec. l. Be it ordained by the Police
jury of the Parish of Natchitoches.
Louisiana.
That a special election be and the
same is hereby ordered to be held in
Road District No. 10, at the following
polling place in said District to wit:
In Ward One at the Court House,
precinct No. l and precinct No. ?, in
the City of Natchitoohes.
In Ward Six at the regular polling
place IN the town Of Robeline, Parish
of Natchitoches.
In Ward Five at the following polling
places and precincts VIA
Precinct No. 2, Marthaville
Precinct No. !, Beulah
Precinct No. 3, Ajax.
In Ward Three at the regular polling
place, precinct No. 2, Powhatan, Par
ish of Natchitoches.
In Ward Four, at the regular polling
place, precinct No. 2, Clarence, Parish
of Natchitoches.
That said special election shall be
held on the 9th, day of July 1916, at
which shall be submitted the PROPOSE
tion towit:
To incur debt and issue bonds to the
amount of Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars (250, 900. 90. to run
for twenty years towit; 1916, 1917,
1913, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924,
1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1880, 1881,
1892, 1888, 1884, and 1885 To bear in
5erest at the rate Of per cent per an
1um. All interest payable annually
for the purpose of constructing and
a gravel road from the
The Parish line between the Parishes of |
and Sabine, running |
hence to the town of Marthaville in
lard Five, thence to the town of |
2obeline, thence to the City of Nat |
thence to Grand Ecore, and
hence through Ward 4, in a southerly |
saline Bayou, which is the dividing |
inc between the Parish of Natchito
hes and the Parish of Winn, and for |
he construction and maintenance of a
,raYel road from the City of Natchi-
oches to the Village Of Powhatan in
Ward Three, and thence to the Village
# Allen in Ward Five
Sec. 2. That the secretary of the
'olice Jury, be and she is hereby in
tructed 20 have prepared for use at
pecial election, a sufficient number of
'allots on which shall be printed the
embraced in Section / of
his Ordinance, substantially in the
form:
BALLOT.