Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-02-06
iE...rklinton, La, June Z, 1918.
ORDINANCE

\, Ordnance Sre@tI"
80, Within the Parish of Wash
.-,on. TO be Known as ssoad Dis
-, No. 1, and Consisting of the
Entire Parish.
i 4 ordained by the Police jury
washington Parish, in regular SEES
.jon assembled;
4 washington is hereby created
II formed into Road District No. :
en- .bo Parish of Washington.
= section 2. Be it further ordained,
Tbat all ordinances and parts
IT. y ordipances conflicting with the
/" .,5siops Of this ordinance are here
by repealed. 80
~ Police Jury in and for the
n.-;sb Of Washington, State OF
Ian;siapa. met in regular session At
~ Court House in the Town Of
r - on the above date, with
~ foIIoWing members present: r.
i snring. q. NJ. Tate, T. D. Foil, c.
i Wbalen, j. P. starnes, J. R. Leslie,
waiter Green, J. G. Green, S. s..
rnomas and 7. B. Roberts. Absent.
Louis Grain.
Motion made by Walter Green, sec.
onded ~ ). P. Starnes, the following
ard;nance was unanimously adopted;
ORDINANCE
ordinance proposing the levy of
special tax for the maintenance.
If The public roads and bridges
within the Parish of Washington,
and to incur debt and issue bonds
for the construction of the public
roads and bridges thereon of saiu
Parish, and ordering a special cleo
ton for the purpose of submitting
to the property taxpayers Of said
Parish the propositions for said
purpose
WHEREAS, in The opinion Of the
Police Jury of the Parish of VAST
ipgton, State of LOUISIANA, it is nee
essary and expedient to levy spe-
cial tax for the purpose Of main
tanning and repairing the pubic
roads and bridges of said Parish, and,
WHEREAS, the Police Jury of the
4 Parish of Washington has created
Road District No. 1, SAID road dis
trict comprising the entire Parish Of
Washington, and,
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the
Police Jury it is necessary and ex-
pedient to incur Indebtedness of satd
Parish and Road District for the pur-
pose Of constructing a highway sys-
TEN in said Road District, together
with the necessary bridges, culverts,
draiils, 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 1T ORDAINED by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Washington,
State Of Louisiana:
Section /. That a Special Elec-
ton is hereby called and ordered TO
be held in said Parish on the twenty
seventh (27th) day of august, 1918,
between the hours Of a. m. and )
PA
Section 2. Be it further ordained
etc, That at such special election
there shall be submitted to the tax
paying electors qualified to vote un-
der the Constitution and laws of the
State Of Louisiana, the proposition to
levy special tax of two ~ mills
on the dollar on all property in the
Parish of Washington subject to tax
alton, 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
q such tax not to be funded into
bonds.
Section 8. Be it further ordained
etc., That at said special election
there shall also be submitted to che
taxpaying electors Of SAID Parish 81
Washington, Road District No. l,
qualified to vote under the Constitu.
ton and laws of the State Of Louisi-
ana, the proposition to incur debt and
issue and sell negotiable, semi-an-
nual, interest-bearing coupon bonds
81 said Parish and Road District, in
the sum of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ts5OO,OOO.OO) evidencing
such indebtedness, the amount of said
bonds, together with all other bonded
Indebtedness, being less than ten per
cent Of the assessed valuation of the
property within said Parish and Road
District, as shown by the assessment
roll of said par;sb 1os4 so,,, y,la4,5