The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-09-06
ORDINANCE NO. 1913.

election within the Pellcan 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 % Jefferson
Davis Parish, Louisiana, a PROPOSE
ton to incur debt and issue nego-
table bonds Of the Pelican Road
District Number One % Jeffer-
son Davis parish, Louisiana to the
amount of One Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) to
run for period of Twenty years,
bearing interest at the rate Of
Five per cent 90 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 o. of Jefferson DaV-
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 said 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 canvassed.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Jeffer-
son Davis, State of Louisiana, that a
special election be held in the Peli-
can Road District Number One % 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 (1) of Jeffer-
son Davis Parish, Louisiana, the
following proposition:
% A proposition to incur debt
and issue negotiable bonds Of the
said Pelican Road District Number
One (D Of Jefferson Davis parish,
to the amount of One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars.
l$150,000.00) to run for 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-
permanent roads and
bridges in the said Pelican Road
District Number Once % of Jeffer-
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
.ember A. D. 1918 at the hour of
llne o'clock a. m. the Police Jury of
he Parish of Jefferson Davis Louis
ana, 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,
n open session proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine and canvass
he returns and declare the result of
laid election hereinabove called.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That the President of the Pc
ice Jury of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis, State of Louisiana, is hereby
ordered and instructed to issue his
proclamation calling said election.
md giving notice that the same is to
)e held on the date hereinabove
FAMED, for the purpose of submit
ing to the vote of the qualified prop
,rty taxpayers of the said Pelican
Road District Number One % of
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, the
proposition herein ordered submit
I'd to them and that the proclama-
ion and notice of said election shall
state that at the hour of nine o'clock
/. m. on the 18th day of September,
n the year 1918, the Police Jury of
he Parish of Jefferson Davis, State
If Louisiana, shall meet in open SEES
ion in its office in the Court house
If Jefferson Davis, in Jennings, Lou
siana and will then and there pro-
ICED to open the ballot boxes, exam
ne and count the ballots in number
md amount examine and canvass the
etuTns, and declare the result of the
aid election and said proclamation
md notice of election shall give no.
ice that the polling places in said
Pelican Road District Number One
- of Jefferson Davis Parish, Lou
siana, for said election are fixed as
ollows: Precinct /, Arsene LeBleu,
Ward 5; Precinct 2, Edna, Ward S;
Precinct l, Woodlawn, Ward 8; Pre-
met 3, A. V. Peloquin, Ward 9;
Section S. Be it further resolved
tc., That in order to hold the said
lection, the following officers are
each Of whom is quail
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