The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-07-20
Police Jury Proceedings.

Be it resolved by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Natchitoches, La.
That an election is hereby ordered to
be held in Dist. No. 2, Ward g., parts
of Wards A and 5, on Tuesday, August
22nd. 1916, for the purpose OF
| electing a Road Commissioner to fill
| the vacancy caued by the resignation
| of Mr.. Fredieu.
That the Secretary of the Rolice Jury
is hereby authorized to prepare ballots
| for said election.
Each candidate shall file his appli-
cation on or before the 18th. day of
August 1916. =,
That for the purpose of holding said
election the polling place shall be
Powhatan of Ward 8, and the following
are appointed Commissioners n clerk
of said election:
Commissioners, Oliver Fredieu. P. T.
| Chaplin, and F. L. Rombin; Clerk OF
said election J. S. Dixon.
The Police Jury shall promnlgate the
returns of said election on the Gath day
of August 1916, at the regular meet
ing place the Court House in the Cat
of Natchitoches. Carried.
AN ORDINANCE.
Calling a Special Election of all
persons entitled to vote at a special
| election to be held in Road District
No. 10.
Sec. |. 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. =, II
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 viz:
Precinct No. 2, M~arthaville
Precinct No. !, Beulah
Precinct No. 8, Ajax.
In Ward Three az the regular polling
place, precinct No. 2, Powhatan, Par
ish Of N~atchitoches.
In Ward Four. at the regular polling
| place, precinct No. 2, Clarence, Parish
| of Natchitoches.
That said special election shall be
held on the 22nd, day of Aug. 1916, at
which shall be submitted the PROPOSE
| ton towit:
To incur debt and issue bonds to the
| amount of Two Hundred and Fifty
| Thousand Dollars (25H, 900. 90. to run
| for twenty years towit; 1916, 1917,
| 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1928, 1924,
| 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1880, 1881,
1892, 1888, 1884, and 1885 To bear in
| terest at the rate of 5 per cent per an
! mum. All interest payable annually
| for the purpose of constructing and
/ maintaining a gravel road from the
the Parish line between the Parishes OF
Natchitoches and Sabine, running
| thence to the town of Marthaville in
Ward Five, thence to the town of
Robeline, thence to the City of Nat
c~hitoches, thence to Grand Ecore, and
thence through Ward A, in a southerly
direction via Clarence to the mouth of
Saline Bayou, which is the dividing
line between the Parish of Natchito-
ches and the Parish of Vim, and for
the construction and maintenance of q
gravel road from the City of Natchi-
Toches to the Village of Powhatan in
Ward Three, and thence to the Village
of Allen in Ward Five.
Sec. 2. That the secretary of the
Police Jury, be and she is hereby in
structed TO have prepared for use at
said special election, a sufficient num-
Der of ballots On which shall be printed
the proposition embraced in Section 1of
this Ordinance, substantially in the
followin form: