The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-02-21

siana, within said District, on Tues
day, March Goth, 1920, the polls to be
opened at seven o'clock a. m, and
closed at five o'clock p. M, at which
election there shall be submitted to
the qualified electors the above prop
osition upon ballots containing the fol-
lowing words, to-wit
For Levying an AdvaIorem Tax,
Proposition to levy an adj - -
valOrem tax of such amount
as may be necessary from
year to year, not to exceed
| ten mills on the dollar per
annum on all property sub Il
| ject to State taxation inYES
| Welsh Drainage District No
One, for a period of twenty
years, commencing with the
year 1920, and ending wioh
the year 1899, both inclusive
for the purpose of draining
the property within said
District, conducting the af- - -
fairs of said district, and
paying the bonds amounting
to the sum of Sixty thous, e.,
and dollars with interest
thereon, all OF. which willNO
more fully appear by refer F
ence to ordinance No Two
| (2) of said District enacted (
on February Goth, 1920. - -
Taxable Valuation ............,...
Signature of Voter Observation-Disclosures.
! NOTICE.: To vote in favor of the
proposition submitted upon this bal
lot place a cross 'X' mark in the
isQuare after the word YES; to vote
against it place similar mark after
the word mo"
Fer the Issuance of Bonds Based Upon
an AdVaorem Tax.
Proposition to incur debt - -.
and issue bonds of Welsh
Drainage District No. One to-
the amount of Sixty thous-
and dollars, to run for twenty
years, payable at such times YES
as may be authorized by the
Board Of Commissioners of
ksaid Drainage District, ac-
cOrding to the Constitution
and laws of the State of -
Louisiana, bearing five per
cent per annum interest,
payable semi-annually, for
the purpose of raising funds
with which to drain said
District, maintaining the
drainage system, and con-
Iducting the affairs of said
district; all Of which willIN0
more fully appear by refer
lence to ordinance No. two(2)
of said Drainage District. en-
acted February Doth 1920 - -
Taxable Valuation S ...........
Signature of Vooer
NOTICE.: To vote in favor of the
proposition submitted upon this bal
lot place a cross "X' mark in the
square after the word YES; to vote
against it place similar mark afoer
the word mo"
Section g. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That the Board of Commissioners
of Welsh Drainage District No. One
signature of Voter .................
does hereby appoint P. D. Watkins,
ChaS. F. Jeter and ]. P. Campbell as
Commissioners of said election, and i.
A. R. Arceneaux as Clerk of said cleo
ton, which parties are hereby vested
with power and authority to hold said
election and vested with such powers
as are conferred by law upon such
Commissioners and Clerk Of election,
and to tabulate the returns thereof,
and to make returns to the Board of
Commissioners of Welsh Drainage
District No. One, which Board will
meet in open session at ten o'clock a.
M, on Wednesday, March 31st, 1920,
and proceed to open the ballot boxes
and examine and canvas the ballots
in number and amount, examine and
canvas the returns and declare the re-
suit of the said election and promul.
gate the same, all in one election, I'd
be held in accordance with this
Ordinance and Ordinance No. One
~ this day enacted, relating tC
to the levy of an acreage tax, and
issuance of bonds based thereon.
Approved at the domicile of the
Welsh Drainage District No. One, this
20th day of February, 1920
S., NJ. WATKINS,
President
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