The Natchitoches enterprise., 1919-11-20

OHcerS thefeOl.
This ordinance having been submit
! ted to vote, the vote thereon was a
follows:
Yeas: Tauzin, Joyner, Hart, Raphiel
| Furlow, Page, Ford, Salter, and Char
leville. Nays None.
And the ordinance was declared
adopted.
Whereupon the President announce,
the appointment Of Messrs. F. a
| Charleville and j. Z. Furlow as tel:es'
and in open session the said teIlers, i:
the presence of all the members of tbs
police jury proceeded to open the bal
lot boxes and count the votes cast &.
the election held November Ia, 1919 il
Road District No. Twenty-six 26 of the
Parish of NatchitccheS and thereupor
proceeded to examine and count ths
ballots in number and amount, and ex.
amined and canvassed the returns made
by the officers of the special election,
and verified the same with the results,
which is declared as follows:
Precinct No. /, Ashland. Louisiana,
there we've found 19 votes representing
an assessed valuation of $13, $780,
cast in favor of the following PROPOSE.
tion.
Proposition No. |. To incur debt O.,
behalf of and in the name of Road Dis
trict Number Twenty-six rs OF the par
ish of Natchitoches in the amount of
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (S2O0,
0O6. 0c) and to issue and sell serial ne
gotiab!e semi-annual interest bearing
coupon bonds evldencing the said in
debtednt IS; said bonds to bear interest
at the rate of per cent per annum.
payable semi-annually, the principal
and interest of said bond to be payable
in such amounts and at such times and
places as the governing authority may
determine, said bonds to run twenty
years from the date thereof; and both
the principal and interest OF said bonds
to be secured by sufficient tax to be
levied and collected each year in ac-
cordance with Article 2Sl of the Con-
stitution and the Laws of the State
of Louisiana, the proceeds from the
sale of said bonds ut not less than par
to be used in constructing. improving
and maintaining the public roads and
highways within Road District Num-
Der Twenty-six 26 of the parish of Nat
Louisiana as described in
ordnance.
Aud there were found 81 votes, rep
resenting an assessed valuation Of S2y,-
,S!.C0 cast against the said proposition
No. as above set forth.
Precinct No. 2, at Chestnut, Louis
ana there were found % votes, repre-
'enting an assessed valuation of $685.
,43.00 cast IN favor of the aforesaid
No. and there were found
z votes, representing an assessed val
lation of $l2, 666.O0 cast against the
foresaid proposition No. l, as above
Precinct No. 3, at Goldonna. Louisi-
ma, there were found 30 votes, rep
esenting an assessed valuation of
~, 5OS.O0, cast in favor of the afore-
aid proportion No. !; and there were
ound votes, representing an assessed
aiuation of $l067 90, caat against the
foresaid proposition No. l, as above
utlined. |:
And it was therefore ascertained
nat there was q total of n votes, rep !
an assessed valuation Of I
73, 734. 90 cast in favor of the afore-
aid proposition No. /; and that there
as total of "a votes, representing
n assessed valuation of $34, OILS. 90 cast
gainst the aforesaid proposition No.
} above outlined, and 1t is therefore
Town there was majority Of votes
9TH IN number and aiscunt, cast in
lvor OF ths aforesaid proposition 10.