The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-08-30
ORDINANCE NO. 12s.

AN ORDINANCE calling special
election within the Pelican Road
District Number One ~ Of JEFF
ferson Davis Parish, State of Lou
isiana, under the terms and pro-.
visions of the Constitution and
Laws of Louisiana, for the purpose
of submitting to the qualified tax
payers of the Pelican Road Dis
trict Number One (1f Jefferson
Davis Parish, Louisiana. a PROPOSE
ton to incur debt and issue nego-
table bonds of the Pelican Road
District Number One o. Jeffer
son Davis parish, Louisiana to the
amount of One Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars (Sl50,0O000) to
run for a period of Twenty years,
bearing interest at the rate Of
Five per cent (5) per annum, in
terest payable semi-annually, for
the purpose of constructing per
menent public roads and bridges in
the said Pelican Road District
Number One CD of jefferson Day
is Parish Louisiana, title to which
shall vest in the public; providing
for the expense Of the holding OF
the said election; naming officers
Of saiu election; providing for bal
lots and all necessary things for
said election; and fixing the time
and place at which the results Of
the said election will be canyassed.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
Police Jury of the Parish Of Jetfer-
son Davis, State Of Louisiana, that a
special election be held in the Peli.
can. Road District Number One O. Of
the Parish of Jefferson Davis, State
of Louisiana, and the same is hereby
fixed and called for September 10
1918, for the purpose of submitting
to the vote Of the qualified property
tax payers of the said Pelican Road
District Number One % of Jetfer-
son Davis Parish, Louisiana, the
following proposition:
(D A proposition to incur debt
and issue negotiable bonds Of the
said Pelican Road District Number
One o. of Jefferson Davis parish,
to the amount Of One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars,
($150,000.00) to run for a period of
Twenty (20) years, bearing inter
est at the rate of Five per cent (5)
per annum, interest payable semi
for the purpose of con
structing permanent roads and
bridges in the said Pelican Road
District Number Once 81 of Jetfer-
son Davis parish, Louisiana, title to
which shall vest in the public.
Section 2. Be it further resolved
ETC., That on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER A. D. 1918 at the hour Of
nine o'clock a. m. the Police Jury of
the Parish of Jefferson Davis Louis
lana, shall meet in open session in its
office at the Court House of the
Parish of Jefferson Davis, Jennings,
Louisiana, and shall then and there,
in open session proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine and canvass
the returns and declare the result Of
said election hereinaboVe called.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
etc, That the President of the Pc
lice Jury of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis, State Of Louisiana, is hereby
ordered and instructed to issue his
proclamation calling said election,
and giving notice that the same is to
be held on the date hereinabove
named, for the purpose of submit
ting to the vote of the qualified prop
erty taxpayers of the said Pelican
Road District Number One ~ of
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, the
proposition herein ordered SUBMIT
ed to them and that the proclama-
ton and notice of said election shall
state that at the hour of nine o'clock
a. m. on the 18th day of September,
in the year 1918, the Police Jury of
the Parish of Jefferson Davis, State
of Louisiana, shall meet in open SEES
sion in its office in the Court house
of Jefferson Davis, in Jennings, Lou
isiana and will then and there pro-
coed to open the ballot boxes, exam
inc and count the ballots in number
and amount examine and canvass the
returns, and declare the result of the
said election and said proclamation
and notice of election shall give no.
tice that the polling places in said
Pelican Road District Number One
% of Jefferson Davis Parish, LOU
isiana, for said election are fixed as
follows: Precinct l, Arsene LeBleu,
Ward 5; Precinct 2, Edna, Ward 5;
Precinct 1, Woodlawn, Ward 8; Pre-
cinct 3, A. V. Peloquin, Ward 8;
Section 5. Be it further resolved
etc, That in order to hold the said
election, the following officers are
each of whom is a quail