The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-08-16
ORDINANCE NO. 1873.

ISrSOu OdNlS elAloiAs SVneO VI AN0-
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, PROPOSE
ton to incur debt and issue nego-
table bonds of the Pelican Road
District Number One 1 Jeffer-
son Davis parish, Louisiana to the
amount of One Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($150,O0O.00) 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 % 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 |. Be it resolved by the
Police Jury of the Parish Of Jeffer-
son Davis, State of Louisiana, that
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 CD of Jeffer-
son Davis Parish, Louisiana, the
following proposition:
(1) A proposition to incur debt
and issue negotiable bonds of the
said Pelican Road District Number
One (1) of Jefferson Davis parish,
Louisiana, 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
annually, for the purpose of con-
structing 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
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 it's
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 Po-
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 (1) 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 ses-
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
F.! ~ of Jefferson Davis Parish, Lou
isiana, for said election are fixed as
follows: Precinct 1, Arsene LeBleu,
Ward 5; Precinct 2, Edna, Ward 5;
Precinct /, Woodlawn, Ward 8; Pre-
cinct 3, A. v Peloquin, Ward 9;
Section 5. Be it further resolved
ETC., That in order to hold the said
election, the following officers are
appointed, each of whom is quail
fed voter and a man of good repute,
to-wit: c. f. Monger and Ausem Mar
cantel are appointed commissioners
and Ira Peloquin, clerk, for the poll
ing place fixed at Arsene LeBleu,
Precinct 1, Ward 5; T. C. Miller and
! Doctor Huffman are appointed COM
missioners and C. K. Miles, clerk, for
the polling place fixed at Edna, Pre-
cinct 2 Ward s; T. Breaux and Oze-
men Hebert are appointed commits
sioners and Dock Witherwax, clerk,
for the polling place fixed at Wood
lawn Precinct l, Ward 8; Alex Mil
Ter and A. V. Peloquin are appoint
ed commissioners and Dave Marcan-
tel, clerk, for the polling place fixed
at A. V. Peloquin Precinct Ward g..
Sec. 6 Be it further resolved, etc,
That the President of Police Jury of
the Parish of Jefferson Davis, State
of louisiana, be and he is hereby au-
thorlzed and instructed to procure for
use in said election hereinabove call
ed, the necessary registration list, in
GLIDING list of those who have paid
poll taxes, together with a list of the
property tax payers qualified to vote
in said election, and to provide the
necessary polling booths, pencils,
pads and the like, and all other
things and material necessary for
said election and the President of
! the Police Jury shall also provide and
have printed ballots in such form as
to comply with the form outlined in
the succeeding section, and in order
to pay for the cost of holding said
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