The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-04-20

BY MI. Page:
That in accordance with petition of
Citizens of ward six, that a public road
be established intersecting the public
road running from Robeline to Proven
cal and the public road running from
ColdWater to Provencal said road TO
pass through the village of Victoria
and that W. T. Durr, Fred McGhee,
DR.. w. F. Sibley, and Mack Jensen be
appointed tracers for said road.
Carried.
PROCESS VERBAL OF CANVASS OF
ELECTION RETURNS.
BE IT KNOWN; That on this 10th day
of April, 1916, at 10 o'clock a. M, in
accordance with an ordinance of the
Police Jury adopted on the Bird day of
January, 1916, notice of which was
issued and published according to law,
the undersigned members of the Police
Jury of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
being a quorum thereof, in public ses-
sion at the Court House in said Parish
and according to law, opened the ballot
box used and which was received from
the Commissioners of the election held
on Wednesday, February 23rd, 1916, in
accordance with said ordinance, and
then proceeded to count the said ballots
both in number and amount, for and
against, to determine the,
PROPOSITION, to incur debt and
issue bonds to the amount OF twenty
thousand dollars, to run for twenty
years from date and to bear interest at
the rate of S per cent per annum, pay
able annually, for the purpose of con-
structing and maintaining a gravel road
from the Maricelli School House on
Bayou Bordeaux to the village of
Campti and for construction and main
tenance of other roads in said District.
All in conformity to an ordinance in
reference thereto adopted by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Natchitoches on
January 3rd, 1916.
The result of said count was IA bal
lots and eight thousand six hundred and
ninety dollars in favor of said PROPOSE
ton and 2 ballots and eight hundred
and thirty dollars against said PROPOSE
ton, and therefore a majority in both
number and amount cast by the pro-
perty tax payers of said Road District
No. Is, in the Parish of Natchitoches
at said election being IN favor thereof,
and at the same and place we did *
anime and canvass the returns of said
election as evidenced by the duplicate
tally sheet and duplicate complied
statement; the correctness of both
being sworn to by the Commissioners
according to law and finding also that
the returns indicated a majority in
both number and amount of property
in favor of said proposition.
THEREFORE we declare that the
result of the said election is in favor
of the
PROPOSITION, to incur debt and
issue bonds of Roads District No. Is of
the Parish of Natchitoches to the
amount of twenty thousand dollars to
run for twenty years, bearing interest
at the rate of 5 per cent per annum
payable annually, for the purpose of
constructing and maintaining a gravel
road from the Maricelli School House
on Bayou Bordeaux to the village of
Campti, and for the construction and
maintenance of other roads in said
District. The title to which shall vest
in the public.
And now, in accordance with law,
the PRONUNCIATION of the aforesaid re-
suit as herein prepared, and the Secre-
tary of the Police Jury is ordered to
have a copy of the same signed by the
President and published in one issue of
the Official Journal of the Parish Of
Natchitoches.
And likewise we do hereby order that
one copy of this process verbal be sent
to the Secretary of the State of Louisi-
ana TO be recorded in the Archives of
the State. That one copy be fixed for
Recorder of Mortgages for the Parish
of Natchitoches, to be properly re-
corded in the proper book, and that one
copy hereof be entered on the minutes
and kept on the records of the Police
Jury.
Thus done and signed in the presence
competent witnesses
and electors on the 10th day of April,
1916, at the Court House at Natchito-
in the Parish of Natchitoches, by
the undersigned members of the Police
Jury of said Parish present and parti-
in the canvass of said election.
(Signed) G. H. Pierson,
J. o. Williams,
B. F. Adams,
R. j. W. Knott,
w. w. Page,
G. C. Parker,
B. E. Taylor,
w. H. Russell.