The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1916-11-02

ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION IN
ROAD. QEsTESrs sN6MBER TWENTY
TWO DF9sTHEs PARISH OF NATCHITo-
F. CHEs. -
Be it ordained by the Board of Su-
pervisOrs of Road District No. % OF
the Parish of Natchitoches. The sale
Road District having been created by
the Police Jury of the Parish of Match.
itOches, in accordance with Sec / OF
Act 1873 of 1914, by ordinance of the
Police Jury of date October 4th 1915
and the Board of Road Supervisors com
pleted, by ordinance of the same date.
by the appointment of w. NJ. Dowden
duly qualified elector and tax payer
residing in the said road district no. q
of the Parish of Natchitoches
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained by
the Board of Supervisors of Road Dis
trict No. 22 of the Parish of Natchito-
ches, in regular session convened, act
ing nnder and by authority of Sec 5 of
Act No. 1879 of 1916. That there shall
be an election held by the duly quail
trict No, % of the Parish of Natchi-
toches, at the regular polling places in
the said road district No. % of the
Parish of Natchitoches, namely Proven
cal Shady Grove and Vowells Mill in
the said road district, the said election
to be held for the purpose of determin-
ing, whether there shall be a mill tax
annually assessed and collected, the
proceeds to be used in the maintenance
of roads in road district No. q of the
Parish of Natchitoches,
End. To determine whether, there
shall be debt of Forty Thousand Dol
lars contracted, and negotiable bonds
issued therefor, to be sold for cash, the
said bonds to run for period of Fiji
teen years from 1917 to 1881 inclusive,
to be issued in serial numbers and made
payable, so that in paying the annual
interest on the entire issue, and one
fifteenth of the principal the same
amount shall be paid annually and the
entire issue in principal and interest
5XtinguiShed in fifteen years 1917 and
1881 inclusive and to that end to an
nually assess and collect the necessary
mills on the dollar to pay the principal
and interest, the same not to exceed
ten mills on the dollar in any year for
both construction and maintenance.
Sec, 8. That the said election be
held on the 25 day of November 1916,
at the polling places named above.
following officers of the election are
hereby appointed.
Commissioners of Election
w. NJ. Jones, W. F. Key, Louis
Richie; C. w. Roberts, Clerk; Milton
Sanders, Deputy Sheriff.
Shady Grove, Precinct One--Commis-
sioners James Montgomery, j. A.
Gibbs, Dudley Jones; Clerk Walter
Moss; Deputy Sheriff, George Lee.
Vowells Mill, Precinct Three---Com-
missioners A. G. Etheride, j. M. Par
ker, T. J. Byrd; Clerk George Cobb;
Deputy Sheriff, Asa Singletary.
Sec. 4. That the officers of the cleo
ton shall be paid the following com
pensation. Clerks and Commissioners
$500 per day. The Deputy Sheriff, the
sum of $500 per day.
Sec. 5. Be it ordained that in case
the election for the incuring of debt
and issuing negotiable bonds, the same
shall be sold according to law, and the
bonds to bear interest of five per cent,
payable annually, the bonds to be sold
Luz HOt less Lldn par.
Sec. 5. Be it ordained that if the
proposition to issue bonds shall carry,
at the said election, the proceeds of the
bond issue shall be used for the con-
struction of roads, and not otherwise.
The two mill tax to be used for the
district No. % of the Parish of Natchi-
toches.
Sec. 6. Be it enacted, that by virtue
of Sec s of Act 1879 of 1916, That in
case the proposition to be voted on
shall be decided in favor of assessing
and collecting annually two mills on
the dollar to be used to maintain the
roads in the said road district, and the
bond issue approved, no other road
taxes shall be paid or collected in the
said road district No. % of the Parish
Of Natchitoches, these heretofore voted |
being by operation of law abrogated.
Sec. Z. Be it ordained that the Pres
dent of the Board of Commissioners of
road district No, % of the Parish of |
be and he is hereby in
Jtructed to issue his proclamation of
The said election, according to law. |
The same to be published for thirty
lays prier to the day of election as re-
Iuired by law.
Sec. 8. The voters are hereby in
itructed that in order to vote for the
to annually levy and collect
.wo mills on the dollar to be used to
public roads in road district
70. % of the Parish of Natchitoches,
,lace cross mark in the column under
he word YES.
That to vote against the proposition
0 annually levy and collect two mills
AK to be used in the maintenance of
Dads in road district No. % of the
'arlsh of Natchitoches, place a cross
mark in the column under the word
70.
That to vote for the proposition to
1cur debt and issue negotiable bonds
or Forty Thousand Dollars to run Cor
fteen years from 19l7@to 1891 inclu-
i've, to bear 5 per cent interest, one
fteenth of the principal and all inter-
st to be annually paid and to annually
ssess and collect the necessary mills