The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-11-16
Exchange Bank
Natchitoches, La.
PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION

Be it known, that /, &. C. Sanders
President of the Board of Supervis, IS
of Road District, No. q, of the ? +
Is OF Natchltoches, acting under d
by virtue of the authority vested IN
me, by resolution of the Board #
Commissioners of Road District, n.
22, of the Parish of Natchitoches, pas
ed by the said board on the 10th day /
october 1916, directing me 10 that =
feet.
Notice, is hereby given to all parti
entitled to vote at special elecCo.
held TO vote special taxes, unuer the
laws OF Louisiana, and especially b,
virtue OF the authority Conferred
Act 1879 OF 1916, l83 OF 1914 ana ACT z.5
of 1916.
: That there will be held at the usual
polling places III the ROAD District, NG.
~, or the Parish OF NatcniLocnes, &C.
wit: Precinct No. z, Provlncal; RE
clnct No. /, Shady Grove; and Precinct
No. 3, Vowells Mill; on he 2o1h day OF
! November 1916, within the legal hours
for holding such elections uuder the
! general election laws of the state gov
] ernlng such elections. An election to
determine the question of making an
annual levy ana collection for period
OF ten years, two mills on the dollar-to
be SO levied and collected on taxable
property in Road District, No. 22, OF
Che Parish of Natchitoches, for a per
iod OF ten years. to run from 1917 to
and inclusive of 1926, the proceeds to
be used to maintain good roads in ROAD
District, No. % of the Parish of Natcn
itoches.
10 also determine the question of
lncurlng debt, and issuing nego- laole
bonds therefore, in sum Oh rorty
Thousand Dollars, (S40, G00) the uouQs
to run for q period of fifteen years
from 1917 to 1881 both inclusive, once
fifteenth of the principal and all annual
interest liked by law at five per cent,
the bonds to be sold according to law.
and the proceeds used TO construct
good roads in Road District, NO. Z2. of
the Parish of Natchltoches.
That if the said election is carried in
favor of the proposition to Incur uebC
and Issue negotiable bonds therefore. in
the sum above mentioned, there shall
be annually levied and collected. the
necessary number OF mills on the dollar
not to exceed ten required " meet the
annual payments of one-fiICeentil of the
principal and all annual interest ON the
entire issue to the end that at the end
OF fifteen years the entire issue in prln-
cipal and interest shall have been paid
and discharged,
The election shall be conducted under
the General Election Laws of Louisiana
such elections.
Notice is also given that the Board
OF Supervisors OF Road District. NO.
22, of the Parish of \ atchitoches. will
meet at the Office OF the board of Com
miSsioners OF Road District, NO. II, of
the Parish of Natchitoches, OH the 18th
day OF November 1916, then and there
In open session, then and there TO open
the ballot boxes. To examine and can
vass the returns of the special election
to be held on the ABOVE date, in the
Road District. No. %, of the Parish of
Natchitoche. To then and there declare
the result of the special election above
To then and there make
formal PRONUNCIATION of and announce
the result of said election, as ascer-
tanned by the returns thereof. This
done and signed at the office of the
Board of Commissioners OF Road Dis
trict, No. 22, of the Parish of Natchi-
toches, on this the 18th day of October
1916.
c. c. SANDERS,
President of Board Supervisors
of Road District, No ~, of the
Parish OF Natchitoches.
J State of Louisiana
Parish of Natchltoches
)fiice of the board of Supervisors of
Road District, No. %, of the Parish
of Natchltoches
Do hereby certify that the above and
oregolng Is true copy OF the Procla-
nation OF Special Election, TO be neId
n Road District, No. 22, OF the Parish
# Natchitoches, on the 18th day' of :
october 1916, issued by the President
# the Board OF Commissioners of the
aid Road District as the same appears, :
N the minutes of the proceedings had !
~ the Board of Commissioners Of Road
district, No. 22 OF the Paris h of -.
Given under nv hand .
m this the 10th day of October, 1916.
Il. w. HUFFMAN, d.
Sec'ty of the Board of Super
visors of Road District, Noa22,
of the Parish of NBchitoches.