The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-08-10
Police Jury Proceedings.

Be it resolved by the Police Jury Of
the Parish of Natchitoches, La.
That an election is hereby ordered tt
be held in Dist. No. 2, Ward 8, part!
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 Police 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 sale
election the polling place shall be
Powhatan of Ward 8, and the following
are appointed Commissioners ane clerk
of said election:
Commissioners, Oliver Fredieu. P. T.
Chaplin, and F. L. Rombin; Clerk Of
said election ]. S, Dixon.
The Police Jury shall promnlgate the
returns of said election on the oath day
of August 1916, at the regular meet.
ing place the Court House in the City
of Natchitoches, Carried.
AN OhDlNANCE.
| Calling a Special Election of al
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. / 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 viz:
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 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 Us, 900. 90. to run
for twenty years towit; 1916, 1917,
1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1928, 1924,
1925, 1926, 1927, 1923, 1929, 1880, 1881,
1882, 1893, 1894, and 1885 To bear in
terest at the rate of 5 per cent per an
nun. 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
chitoches, thence to Grand Ecore, and
thence through Ward 4, in a southerly
direction via Clarence to thessmouth 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 a
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 20 have prepared for use q
said special election, a sufficient nur
Der of ballots on which shall be print
the proposition embraced in Section l
this Ordinance, substantially in tt
following form: