The Era-leader., 1918-07-11

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 IT ORDAINED by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Washington,
State Of Louisiana,
Section /. That Special Elec-
ton is hereby called and ordered
to be held in said Parish on the
twenty-seventh (27th) day of Au-
gust, 1918, between the hours of 7
A. NJ. and 5 P. M.
Section 2. BE 1T FRTHER Or
DAINED, 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 (2) 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 the
public roads and bridges of said
parish; the proceeds of such tax not
| to be funded into bonds.
Section 3. BE 1T FURTHER OR
DAINED, etc., that at 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 be airing, coupon
bonds of said Parish and Road Dis
trict, in the sum Of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,0O0.OO) evi
| dencing such Indebtedness, the
amount of said bonds, together with
all other bonded Indebtedness, being
less than ten percent of the assessed
valuation of the property within sale
Parish and Road District, as shown by
the assessment roll of said Parish las
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 period Of
twenty-five (25) years from the dat
of the bonds, and the principal AM
interest to be payable at such place
as the governing authority may deter
mine, and both the principal and in
terest to be secured and paid by
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
| DAINED, ETC., that a notice of sait
special election be duly ADVERTISE
for thirty (30) days in accordance
with law, in the Franklinton ere
Lea ier," the official journal of sait
Parish, to embrace substantially al
things set forth herein, and to stat
that the Police Jury Of said Paris
will meet in open session at tn
court house in Franklinton, Louisi
ana at 10 o'clock A. M. on the 30tl
day Of August, 1918, and then an
there will proceed to open the ballo
boxes, examine and count the ballot
| in number and amount, examine an
canvass the returns, and declare tn
with law, in the Franklinton Ezra
process verbal of its proceedings.
Section 5. BE IT FURTHER OR
| DAINED, etc., tlat the proposition
to be submitted at the said specia
election shall be as follows, and tn
ballots to be used thereat shall b.
in the following form:
For the Levying of a Tax
| Proposition to levy a two
mill tax on all the property YES
subject to taxation in the
Parish of Washington, for
the period Of twenty-five
years for the purpose of No
maintaining and repairing
the public roads and bridges
of said Parish.
;. Taxable valuation S..