Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-08-22
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and issue bonds for the con-
struction of the public roads and
bridges thereon of said Parish
and ordering !: special election
for the purpose of submitting to
the property tax payers of said
Parish the propositions for said
purpose.
WHEREAS, in the opinion Of the
Police Jury of the Parish Of Wash
ington, State of Louisiana, it is
necessary and expedient to levy a
special tax for the purpose of main
tanning and repairing the public roads
and bridges Of said Parish, and;
WHEREAS, the Police Jury OF
the Parish of Washington, has Gre
ated Road District No. 1, said road
district comprising the entire Parish
of Washington, and;
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the
Police Jury it is necessary and ex-
pedient to incur indebtedness of said
Parish and Road District for the pur-
pose of constructing a highway sys-
tenn in said Road District, together
with the necessary bridges, culverts.
drains, ETC., under the supervision
and with the assistance of the State
Board of Engineers, in accordance
with law, and in the amount herein
after set forth; therefore,
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Washington,
State Of Louisiana,
Section 1. That a Special Elec-
ton is hereby called and ordered
to be held in said Parish on the
twenty-seventh 9th day of Au-
gust, 1918, between the hours of z
A. M. and P. M.
Section 2. BE 1T FURTHER Or
DAINET, ETC., that at such special
election there shall be submitted to
the taxpaying electors qualified to
vote under the Constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana, the
proposition to levy a special tax of
two ~ mills on the dollar of all
property in the Parish of Washing
ton subject to taxation, for a period
of twenty-five years, the proceeds of
said tax to be used for the purpose
of maintaining and repairing TIE
public roads and bridges of said
parish; the proceeds of such tax not
to be funded into bonds.
Section 8. BE 1T FURTHER OR
DAINED, etc, that as said special
election there shall also be submitted
to the tax paying electors Of said
Parish Of Washington, Road District
No. /, qualified to vote under the
Constitution and laws Of the State
of Louisiana, the proposition to incur
debt and issue and sell negotiable
semi-annual, interest-bearing, coupon
bonds of said Parish and Road Dis
trict, in the sum of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars (s50O,O00.o0) evil
dencing such indebtedness, the
amount of said bonds, together with
al other bonded indebtedness, being
less than ten percent Of the assessed
of the property within said
Parish and Road District, as shown by
the assessment roll of said Parish last
completed, The said bonds to bear in
terest at the rate of five (5) per-
centum per annum, interest payable
semi-annually, to run for a period of
twenty-five (25) years from the date
of the bonds, and the principal and
interest to be payable at such places
q sthe governing authority may deter
mine, and both the principal and in
terest to be secured and paid by al
sufficient tax levied and collected,
each year in accordance with the pro-
visions Of Article 281 Of the Consti-
tuition and of the laws of Louisiana.
Section 4. BE IT FURTHER OR
DAMNED, ETC., that notice of said
special election be duly advertised
for thirty 500 days in accordance
with law, in the Franklinton Ezra
Leader" the official journal of said
Parish, to embrace substantially AM
things set forth herein, and to state
that the Police Jury of said Parish
viii meet in open session at the
court house in Franklinton, Louisi-
ana at 10 o'clock A N on the both
day Of August, 1913, and then and
there win proceed to open the ballot
boxes, examine and count the ballots
IN number and amount, examine and
canvass the returns, and declare the
results of said election in accordance
with law, and make a process verbal
Of its proceedings.
Section 5. BE IT FURTHER Or
DAMNED, etc, that the propositions
20 be submitted at the said special
election shall be as follows, and the
1allots to be used thereat shall he IN