Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-01-07
for and against in number and amount


and Clerk of election in counting the
ballots cast at the said election, afc
a duplicate of the numbered list o.
property taxpayers voting at said
election, Mr.. Oscar Levy, Alderman,
proceeded to remove the ballots from
the box one by one and after ex-
amining same, handed them one at
time to Josiah P. Scott, Clerk,
who read in loud and audible voice
the contents of each. ballot, giving
the name of the voter, whether such
voter cast his ballot for or against
The proposition giving the amount
in property and Mr.. Josiah P. Scott,
Clerk, proceeded to check such bal
lot against the duplicate tally sheet
and lilt of voters and the ballots
were replaced in the said ballot box,
together with all the papers heretofore
enumerated as having been removed
from the said ballot pox, which ballot
box was thereupon locked and the
said ballot box and the key thereto
were delivered over to Mr.. Josiah p.
Scott, Clerk, with instructions to pre-
serve the said ballot box and its con-
tents intact and in a place secure
against fire for the period of six
months from this date.
Now, therefore, we, the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen, in open ses-
sion, hereby declare and promulgate
the returns of the said special cleo
ton to be as follows:
For the propositions of mourning
debt in the sum of $20,000.00 and
issuing Bonds therefor, for the pur-
pose of the construction of an elec-
trio lighting plant with all its ac-
cessories, the title Of which shall
vest in the Town of st. Joseph, fol
the Town of st. Joseph, thirty four
(34) votes in numbers and Two
Hundred and Thirty Four Thousand
Three Hundred and Seventy Five
Dollars ($234,375.00) in amount;
Against the proposition of mourning
debt in the sum Of $20,000.00 and
issuing Bonds therefor, for the pur-
pose of the construction of an cleo
trio lighting plant with all its &C
cessories, the title to which shall vest
in the Town of St. Joseph, for the
Town of st. Joseph, Five votes il
numbers and forty-six Thousand
Seven Hundred and Sixty Dollar
($46, 100000 in amount.
Now, therefore, after observing al
the formalities of law, we hereb!
promulgate and declare that the salt
ordinance relative to the electri
lighting proposition adopted by tn
Mayor and Board OF Aldermen o
the Town of St. Joseph on the 3r'
day of November, 1920, submitting
to the property taxpayers of the sail
Town of st. Joseph the proposition
of mourning debt and issuing Bond
therefor in the sum of $20,00O.00 TO
the purpose of the construction o
an electric lighting plant with all it
accessories, the title 10 which shal
vest in the Town Of st. Joseph, 70
the Town of st. Joseph, has bee
duly and legally adopted by the prop
erty taxpayers of the Town of s.
Joseph at a special election held O
the 14th day of December, 1920, an
We specially declare and promulgat
the returns of said election as bein
in favor of the adoption Of the sal
proposition and Ordinance, both i
numbers and amount, and we so de
clare.
The meeting of the Mayor an
Board of Aldermen at which thes
proceedings were had, aud of whic
this is true Process Verbal wa
an open one, and all bystanders wer
invited to inspect the ballots an
other proceedings.
This Process Verbal has been pre-
pared and signed by the Mayor an
, Board of Aldermen, duly sworn to j
triplicate, and one Of the said tripl
Gates has been delivered to the CIer
, of the District Court in and for tn
Parish of Tensas, with instruction t
record same in the mortgage record
of Tensas Parish, and one of the sal
duplicates has been forwarded to til
Secretary Of the State of Louisian
, at Baton Rouge with Instructions t
! make proper record Of the same an
, the other triplicate has been filed q
a part Of the archives of the Mayo
and Board of Aldermen of the Tow
! of ST. Joseph, copy of this Process
, Verbal has been delivered TO the Tel
sas Gazette, a newspaper publishe
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