The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-07-19

OWOfn 10 ana Subscribed before
me in the City of Jennings, La.
on this the 3rd day of July, A. d.
1919.
|. r. PRICE,
Clerk of Court and Ex-of1icio
Notary Public.
PRONUNCIATION of Election.
Ward 3.
State OF Louisiana,
! Parish of jefferson Davis.
BE 1T KNOWN, that The Police
Jury of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis, State Of Louisiana, acting
under and by virtue of the au-
thority conferred upon it by law,
did meet al the hour Of nine o.
clock a. m. this the 3rd day of
July, A. D. 1919, in the office of
the Police Jury of the Parish of
Jefferson Davis, in the Court
House of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis, in Jennings, Louisiana,and
in open session did proceed in the
presence of B. H. Singletary and
John T. Hood and l.. j. Daisre,
lawful witnesses, and such other
persons as desired to be present,
to open The ballot boxes, examine
and count the ballots in number
and amount, and examine and
canvass the returns of the Special
Election held on the LIST day OF
July, A. d. 1919, called by resolu-
ton of the Police Jury of the Par
ish of Jefferson Davis, State of
Louisiana, passed and adopted on
the lst day of May, a. d. 1919, for
the purpose of submitting the
proposition hereinafter SET forth
to the property taxpayers quail.
fled TO vote of Ward Number
Three CO, Jefferson Davis Parish
Louisiana, and we,the Police Jury
of the Parish of Jefferson Davis
State of Louisiana, do find thai
the total number of votes cast fol
and against the said proposition
submitted and the total assessed
valuation voted for and against
said proposition were as follows
to-wit:
Cd A proposition to levy anc
impose a special tax of three 6,
mills on the dollar for a perioC
of five (5) years beginning with
the year 1919 for the purpose O
constructing and maintaining dir
roads and bridges in Ward Mum
Der Three CD of Jefferson Davi'
Parish, Louisiana.
Total number of votes cast il
The said Ward Number Three g.
of jefferson Davis Parish, Louisi
ana, for said proposition, Thir
teen (13.)
| Total number of votes cast il
the said Ward Number Three (3
of Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisi
lana, against said proposition
Nineteen 40.
Total property valuation cast il
the said Ward Number Three g
of Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisi
ana, for the said proposition
Eighty-two thousand four hund
red sixty dollars (S2,46O.O0).
Total property valuation cast il
said Ward number Three CD 0
4 jefferson Davis Parish, Louisian
against said proposition, Twenty
three thousand nine hundred an
twenty dollars (S23,92O.00.)
Majority in number of the tota
votes cast in the said Ward Mum
Der Three (3) of Jefferson Dayi
Parish, Louisiana, against sal
proposition, Six co..
Majority of total assessed valu
Iation vote cast in the said War
.a e
Number Three of Jefferson Davi
Parish, Louisiana, for said propo
sition, Fifty-eight thousand fiv
hundred forty dollars (58,540.O0,
II now appearing that the sal
proposition was lost as shown b
examining and canvassing tn
sworn returns of the said electio
we do accordingly ratify sal
sworn returns of the said electio
and approve same and we do no'
publicly declare that the sal
proposition has been lost and W
do hereby make public proclans
tion of The result of the said eiet
tion.
Thus done and signed in tripl
cate in open session of the Polio
Jury Of the Parish of Jeiferso
Davis, Louisiana, in the City {
jennings, Louisiana, on the 81
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