The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17

Lovingly ]. Adams, Sam Bulge an
Melvin P Palmer, three competen
witnesses possessing the qualifica
tions required by law, and in TIL
presence of as many others as chos'
to be present, open the ballot BIO,
sheet, numbered list of voters. tn
registrars list of voters, and compil
ed statement of the votes in number!
and amounts cast for and agains
each of the propositions separately
submitted to the property taxpayer:
of said City of Morgan City, at the
said special election so held on the
18th day of May A. D. 1919. and each
Of which said propositions so sepa.
rately submitted, and separately
voted upon at said election were as
follows, to-wit:
PROPOSITION NO. r.
For the Issuance of Bonds
y Shall debt be incurred and
negotiable bonds issued to rep
resent the same by the Mayor and
Councilmen of Morgan City, in
the amount of Sixty-two Thou
sand Dollars ($62,0O000) to run
for period Of Thirty (3O) years,
to bear interest at the rate of
five per cent 6 per cent? per an
mum payable semi-annually; the
net proceeds to be derived from
the sale OF said bonds to be turn
ed over to the Police Jury of the
Parish Of St. Mary, i'll its capaci-
ty as the Board of Administra-
tors of Road District No. of
the Parish Of St. Mary and to
be used by the said Police Jury
in its capacity as the Board of
Administrators of Road District
No of the Parish of St. Mary.
for the sole and only purpose of
building improving and maintain
ing the public highways in said
Road District No 1; said debt
to be incurred and said bonds to
be issued only upon condition
that tine property taxpayers of
Road District No. of the Par
ish of St. Mary, eligible to vote
and voting at an election called
by the Board of Commissioners
for Road District No. Of the '
Parish of St. Mary for the 10th
day of May, 1919 shall incur a
debt of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,OO000) and shall is
sue and sell negotiable bonds to
represent the same, the proceeds
of which shall be used for the
purpose of building. improving.
and maintaining public highways
in said Road District No. l."
PROPOSITION NO. 2"
For the Issuance of Bonds"
Shall debt be incurred and
negotiable bonds issued to rep
resent same by the Mayor and
Councilmen of Morgan City, in
the amount of Sixty-three Thou
sand Dollars (63,OOO.OO) to run
for a period Of thirty 800 years,
to bear interest at the rate of
Five per cent IS per cent? per
the funds thus derived from the
mourning of said debt and the
sale of said bonds to be used for
the purpose of constructing and
reconstructing, building and re-
building, improving and repair
ing, surfacing and Restricting |.
the streets of the City of Nor
gan City. and for the opening of
new streets where necessary, the
title to all of which work shall
be in the public"
We then proceed to examine and |
cunt the ballots in numbers and
examine and canvass the |
esults of said election. upon each of |
ne aforesaid propositions separately,
nd after separately counting. ex-
and canvassing the ballots
asst for each of said propositions,
nd counting, examining and canvass
lg all of the ballots cast at said cleo
on, we found the number of ballots
asst for and against each of said
ropositions, SO separately submitted |
nd voted upon at said election, in
umbers and amounts to be as fol- |