New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-09-11
PROCLAMATION,

I, c. Girard, President of the Police
Jury of the Jarish of iberia, do hereby
announce and proclaim the result of the
special election held in Road District Mum
Der Eight (8) of the Parish of Iberia on
August 31st, 1920, as ascertained by the
canvass of the votes cast at the said cleo
ton by the Police Jury of the Parish of
Iberia, acting as the governing authority
of Road District Number Eight (8) of
said Parish, assembled at New Iberia,
Louisiana, on Thursday, the End day of
September, 1920, at ten o'clock A. M,
and which canvass shows the result of
said. election to be as follows, to-wit:
At S. J. Bourgeois & Co.'s store in
Road District Number Eight 90 of the
Parish of Iberia, Louisiana, there were
found e votes, representing an assessed
valuation of $113, 068.00, cast in favor of
the following proposition:
Proposition Number One Q)-To au-
thorize the Police Jury of the Parish Of
Iberia to incur debt on behalf of and a.
the name of Road District Number Eight
(8) of the Parish of Iberia in the amount
of One Hundred Thousand ($100,00000)
Dollars, and to issue and sell serial ne
gotiable semi-annual interest bearing
coupon bonds evidencing the said in
debtedness; (the total Indebtedness of
said Road District, including the within
amount, being legs than ten per centum
10 p. c. of the assessed valuation of
all taxable property in said Road Dis
trict); said bonds to bear interest at the
rate of five per centum IS p. c. per an
mum, payable semi-annually, the principal
and interest of said bonds to be payable
in such amounts and at such times and
places as the governing authority may de-
termine, said bonds to run twenty-five
years from the date thereof; and both the
principal and interest of said bonds to be
secured by a sufficient tax to be levied
and cole cted each year in accordance
with Article 281 of the Constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana, the pro-
ceeds from the sale of said bonds at not
less than par to be used in constructing,
improving and maintaining the public
roads and highways within Road District
Number Eight 80 of the Parish of Ibe-
ria, Louisiana.
And there were found no votes, rep
resenting an assessed valuation of no
hblLd4St NdSl dgdlllSl tue SdIu pIOpOSltIO4
as above set forth. 1t was therefore as
certained, there being only one polling
place in which to hold said election, that
there was total Of % votes, represent
ing an assessed valuation of S113,06800
cast in favor of the aforesaid proposition
Number One( II as above set forth, and
that there was total of no votes, repre-
senting an assessed valuation of no dol
lars, cast against the aforesaid PROPOSE
ton Number One o. as above outlined
and it was therefore shown that there was
majority of votes, both in number and
amount, cast in favor of the aforesaid
proposition Number One ~, which said
Proposition Number One q as above
outlined is therefore declared to be car
ried.
Therefore, in accordance with the re-
suit of the canvass and the action of the
Police Jury Of the Parish of Iberia, act
ing as the governing authority of Road
District Number Eight 81 of said Par
ish, I hereby declare the said PROPOSE
ton Number One o. as hereinabove set
forth to have been duly carried, and is
sue this my proclamation announcing
the results of the votes thus cast.
Thus done and signed at New Iberia,
kouisisna, on this the End day Of Septem-