The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05

announcing and promulgatlng the re-
suits of the election held in Road Dis
trict No. 2 of the Parish of st. Charles,
on March 9th, 1917, and that the said
proclamation be duly published in ac-
cordance with law in the official jour
nal of the Parish of st. Charles.
The roll being called, the vote re-
suited as follows:
Yeas: Guidry, Lorio, Becknel, Lorio.
Nays: None.
Whereupon, the Board of Supervisors
of Road District No. of the Parish
of st. Charles, having completed its
duty as Board of Canvassers of the
aforesaid election in Road District No.
2, resumed the regular order OF busi-
ness.
On motion of Mr.. Guidry,. seconded
by Mr.. Becknel, the following resolu-
tion was adopted:
Whereas, under and by virtue of the
authority conferred at an election OF
the property taxpayers qualified to
vote under law, held in Road District
No. 2 of the Parish of st. Charles, on
the 9th day of March, 1917, the
property taxpayers of said Road Dis
trict authorized the Board of Super
visors of Road District No. 2 of the
Parish of st. Charles to incur an in
debtedness and to issue and sell nego-
table semi-annual interest bearing
coupon bonds, evidencing said indebt-
edness in Road District No. 2, under
the terms and conditions Of Article 2S1
of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana, and under the terms and
conditions of Act No. 256 of 1910 and
the acts amendatory thereof, and
Whereas, at said election, held on
27th day of March, 1917, in Road Dis
trict No. 2 of the Parish of st.
Charles, as shown by the proclamation
of this Board of Supervisors of Road
District No. 2, announcing the result
of the returns of said election, 60
votes, representing taxable valuation
of $S9, ,417.00 dollars, were cast in favor
of the proposition to incur an indebt-
edness of $4,000, and issue negotia-
BILE semi annual interesting bearing
coupon bonds to evidence said indebt-
edness, and that there were no votes
representing an assessed valuation of
no dollars, cast against the aforesaid
proposition; and,
Whereas, in accordance with law, the
Board of Supervisors of Road District
No. 2, of the Parish of st. Charles,
did on this 2Sth day Of March, 1917,
meet in open session, at the Court
house of the Parish of st. Charles, at
Hahnville, and did open the said bal
lot boxes and examine and canvass the
returns made by the said election held
on the 9th day of March, 1917, and
found that there were 60 votes repre-
senting a taxable valuation of $780,
417.OO dollars cast in favor of the prop
osition, and no votes, representing a
taxable valuation Of no dollars cast
against said proposition, and the re-
suit was found by them, as shown by
the process verbal of the canvas of said
votes, was duly promulgated by the
President and Secretary of the Board
of Supervisors of Road District No. 2
of the Parish of st. Charles, and the
proceedings published in the official
journal of the Parish of st. Charles,
and recorded in Mortgage Book %,
folio 543, and registered by the Secre-
tary of State, all in accordance with
law, and,
Whereas, the Board of Supervisors
of Road District No. of the Parish
of st. Charles being duly and fully and
completely authorized to incur an in.
debtedness of $4,000, in Road District
No. 2, and issue bonds for like
amount under such terms and eondi'
Etions as the said Police Jury may deem
most advisable, the said bonds to ma
.ture within forty years from their date
and bear five per cent interest per an
mum from their date, payable semi-an
nually, and,
Whereas, the Assessor of the Par
ish of st. Charles has certified that
the assessed valuation in Road District
No. 2 of the Parish of st. Charles, fol
the year 1916, amounts to $702,3SS
Dollars, and that, therefore, an indebt
edness Of $4,000 and bond issue rep
resenting such Indebtedness for a hk'
sum is less than ten per cent Of thu
assessed valuation of the property il
Road District No. 2.
Therefore, Be it ordained that th'
Board of Supervisors of Road Distric
No. of the Parish of st. Charles, duly
authorized by virtue of an election helt
in said Road District No. 2 ON the 27tl
day of March, 1917, the returns o.
which election were duly promulgated
on the 2Sth day of March, 1917, by tn,
proclamation of the President and Sec
retary of the Board of Supervisors o.