The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-10-13
NUMBER 10
MINUTES OF The
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Welsh, La, Oct. II, 1916.

A regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees was called to order by the
Hon. Mayor, w. B. Gabbert.
Members of the Board present, DR..
r. X. ArceneauX, j. W. Armstrong,
Z. II. Boiling, S. 0. Scoggins; absent,
A. I, Jones.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The ballot box containing the re-
suits Of the election held in the Town
of Welsh, La, Oct. 10, 1916, were
opened by the Mayor and Board of
Trustees, for the PRONUNCIATION, to-wit:
PRONUNCIATION OF ELECTION.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of jefferson Davis.
Be it known that the Mayor and
Board of Trustees of the Town of
Welsh, La, acting under and by vir-
tue of authority conferred upon it by
law, did meet at the hour of 1880
o'clock p. m. on the 18th day of Octo-
Der, 1916, at the Town Hall in said
Town of Welsh, Jefferson Davis par
ish, Louisiana, and in open session did
open and proceed in the presence of
J. Alfred Martin and P. E. Louviere,
lawful witnesses, and such others as
desired to be present, to open the
ballot boxes and examine and count
the ballots in number and amount and
examine and canvass the returns of
the special election held on October
! 10, 1916, called by this body by an
ordinance adopted on September 5th,
1916, for the purpose of submitting
the proposition hereinafter set forth,
to the property tax payers of said
Town of Welsh, Jefferson Davis par
sh, Louisiana.
And we, thesaid mayor and board of
trustees do find that the number of
votes for and against the proposition
arc ~ follows, to-wit
"fhe proposition TO incur debt and
issue negotiable bonds Of the Town
Of Welsh, Jefferson Davis parish, Lou
isiana, to the amount Of Fifteen Thou
sand (S15,0CO.00( Dollars to run for
period of not exceeding fifteen (15)
years, bearing interest at the rate of
five (5) per centum per annum, in
terest payable semi-annually, for the
purpose of buying a new engine for,
and charging and extending the cleo
trio light plant owned by the Town of
Welsh. La title to which shall vest
in the Town of Welsh"
Number of votes for said PROPOSE
ton, frty-two (52).
Number of votes against said prop
osition, three (3)
Majority in number Of votes in ia
vor of said proposition, forty-nine,
i(49).
Property valuation in favor Of said
proposition, forty-five thousand, six
hundred, seventy-fve ($35,675.0O)
dollars.
Property valuation against said
proposition, twenty-five hundred and
seventy ($2,270.0O) dollars.
Majority assessed property valua-
ton in favor Of proposition, thirty
three thousand, four hundred and five
| 1888, 4O5.0O) dollars.
| And it appearing that the said prop
osition was carried by majority both
in number of votes and in assessed
valuation vote at said election as
shown by examining and canvassing
the ballots and the sworn returns Of
said election, we do, accordingly,
hereby approve the said returns and
declare that the said proposition has
been carried both in number of votes
and in assessed valuation of property
as hereinaboye set forth. 81
And we do accordingly hereby ms
Ipublic proclamation the result.
Thus done and signS ~ mp
in open session by the me-
Board of Trustees at the Towr
of said Town of Welsh, La, OF
18th day Of October, 1916,
presence of said witnesses AM
others as desired to be presel -
VIM. B. GABBERT, 49, :
r. r. ARCENEAUX I. ~
j. w. ARMSTRONG, Il Is