St. Mary Parish

In the event the School Sales Tax District Number 1 of the Parish of St. Mary, Louisiana sales tax proposition appearing on this ballot passes, shall Fifth Ward Special School District Number 1 of the Parish of St. Mary, Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue up to Seventeen Million Dollars ($17,000,000) of bonds, said bonds to run twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cent (8%) per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities, and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto?

Shall the Home Rule charter for the City of Franklin prepared and submitted by the duly appointed Charter Commission, prepared according to Article VI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable law, be adopted?

Shall the School Sales Tax District Number 1 of the Parish of St. Mary, State of Louisiana (the "District"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to levy and collect and to adopt a resolution providing for the levy and collection of an additional tax of one*-half of one percent (1/2%) (the "Tax"), for a period of twenty-three (23) years from the date of the first levy of the Tax or until the retirement of all general obligation bonds authorized by elections held today in Fifth Ward Special School District Number One and School District Number Eight, upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the District, as defined by law, with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be used for the purpose of paying the District's obligation to any other political subdivision in connection with cooperative endeavors providing for the payment of debt service on general obligation bonds issued by school districts located within the District for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities, and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, title to which shall be in the public?

In the event the School Sales Tax District Number 1 of the Parish of St. Mary, Louisiana sales tax proposition appearing on this ballot passes, shall School District Number Eight of the Parish of St. Mary, Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue up to Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,800,000) of bonds, said bonds to run twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cent (8%) per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities, and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto?

Shall Sewerage District No. 7 of the Parish of St. Mary, State of Louisiana (the "District") levy a five (5) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in the District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2004 and ending with the year 2013, for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining and operating sewers and sewerage disposal works for the District?