The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12

location of the State industrial Institute
provided by act I63 of the General Assem-
bly,, approved July -, 1898, in the parish Of
| Lafayette La, in conformity with the petition
of more than one-third of the property tax
payers of said town, hereto annexed and
| made part hereof; said tax to be levied and
collected according to law On the terms Of
this ordinance, said election being ordered
upon the following petition, signed
by more than one-third of the property tax
payers of said town of Lafayette, to-wit:
To the Hon. Mayor and Members of the
! City Council of the corporation of Lafayette.
Lave, the undersigned property tax
payers of the corporation of lafayette, La,
being anu constituting one-third of the
total number of property taxpayers of said
town entitled to vote under the provisions of
the State constitution, desiring to secure the
location of the State industrial Institute,
provided for by act No. l62 Ut the General
Assembly, approved July IL, 1898, in the
parish OF Lafayette, the title thereof to be
IN the public and not having in the treasury
of said town any or sufficient means to
achieve said object, and realizing that the
funds necessary to secure the location Of
said Industrial Institute under said act, in
the parish of Lafayette, can only be OBJ
tanned by the levying and collection of
special tax for that purpose. We respect
fully petition your Hon. body to forthwith
order a special election in said town of La
fayette, La, under provisions of act No.
1871 of 1898, and article No. aga of the con-
s,i,ution OF 1898, for the purpose Of ascer-
the sense and desire of the property
payers of said town of Lafayette that a
special tax of two mills on every dollar of
the assessed valuation of property of said
town according to the official rolls for ten
years, beginning with the year nineteen
hundred, he assessed, levied and collected
for the purpose hereinabove set
forth at the rate of two mills aforesaid
per year for and during ten years, beginning
with the year 1900 and ending with the
year 1909, inclusive. Said special tax when
collected shall he used tor the benefit of
said industrial Institute to oe located IN the
parish Of Lafayette and shall be subject to
the order and paid to the proper authorities
| of the State OF Louisiana, may be pro-
vided by law: Respectfully submitted. Ed
q. vo"Ihies, Chas: -. Gallery. Mrs. w. u.
HUFF. Mrs. IL. r. Landry, r. Lombard, A.
}. Leblanc, II. Leblanc, Mrs. u. Joss=,
Mrs. w. b. Lindsay, w. Lewis, ii. Ii. Ho-
! horst, IL. Cankerdorf, a. Mouton, r. Point
boeut, L. Olivier, N. +. Moss, r. ii. Lam
Gardebled, u. A. Martin, Aug. v. Liable,
b. Falk, l.. Levy, Nj. Kosentield, Arthur
tiebert, Mrs. f. Nichols, Geo. A. DeBlanc,
}: Givens, A: Deihomme, }. a. Delh"mme,
Creighton, Alt Mouton, J. 5. Bowen, l..
=. Zines, l.. >. Broussard, r.. Begnaud,
Mrs. +. Neveu, Mrs. Philip Moutor, ). X.
Parkerson. r. Quo, Mrs. Louis Nollive, J.
Broussard, Peoples Cotton Oil Co., I,er G..
NJ. Parkerson, secretary and treasurer; l..
M. Patterson, +. Pefterkorn. l.. r. Rigues,
Mrs. l.. r. Hlgues. Leon Piunsky, Pionsky
Revillon, Mrs. J. J. Rev,llon, Dr. J. +.
MOuton, Mrs. y. &. Moulon, L. Sonnier, r.
r. VOORHEES,, Ulysse Duhon. F.. X. Tolson,
Locke Neveu. A. Peck, Pellerin Bros, J.
Nickerson, Mrs: E. Prioilaud: J. Poin.boeut,
Mrs. J. g. Patterson, Mrs. L. 5 Mouton,
Mrs. Maurice Mouton, Miss ida NIouton. o.
c. Mouton, Mrs. Estelle Mouton, Sidney
Mouton, l.. f. Lacour, Mrs. Eraste Mou,on,
a. J. Moss, w. J. Mou,on, A. f. Mouton
Mouton, f. Mouisset, +. a. McFaddin, B.
Miller, J. A. Boyer, III. Church. Mrs c.
Williams, B. J. Donlan, p. NJ. Girard, r.
Richard, Holt & Carter, !. B. Vandergriff,
kins, Manuel Portano, J. J. Marsh, X. {.
Greig, A. A. Bonnet, ii. {. SALES. Jean
Brun, Anne Eliza Mouton, Eloclie Guidry.
Mrs S. L: Owens, +. o. Broussard, J. 4.
Robichaud, &. Debaillon, w. Campbell.
Julien Mouton, Vim. Clegg, Crow Girard, !,
J. Davidson, N. Broussard, Mathilde Gard.
ner, Mrs. Paul Cas,el, Mrs. Ellen Rand
Geo. Doucet, Willie Levy, Mrs. NJ. F.
aud, Mrs. Adele Cornay, Mrs. Felix Duhon,
J. J. Mouton, Mrs J. NJ. Abbott, ]. W.
Clifford, J. I. Allingham, Mrs. l.. NJ. Do
% N a;ssr John I: Bell. John Blunt Mrs c.
Horace Broussard, Mrs. E. Constantrn, DIR.
]. l.. Duhart, Baxter Clegg, Paul Castel, F.
f. Moss, F. II. Gregory, Ulysse Po,ntboeuf
State of Louisiana, Parish of Lafayette
l, a. NJ. Martin, assessor of the parish of
Lafayette, State of Louisiana, after care
full examination of the assessment rolls of
the town of Lafayette, La, do hereby, GER
THY that the property taxpayers, whose
names are affixed and signed to the foregoing
petition, constitute over one-third of the
number of property tax payers of the corpor-
alton of Lafayette, La.
Witness my official signature this sd day
of July, A. d., 1899.
(Signed0 A. NJ MARTIN
Assessor Lafayette Parish.
Section 2. Be it further ordained by
said City Council of Lafayette, La. That
said election shall be held under the gener-
al election laws of the State of La, and at
the polling place established in said town,
and the ballots to be used at said election
shall be printed or written according to law.
Section g.. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the board of supervisors of election for
the parish of Lafayette, La, hereby au-
thorized to appoint mmissloners and clerks
to serve at said polling place, to give due
notice of said appointment and the time
to the City Council according to law.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, etc..
That the assessor of the parish of Lafayette,
La, shall furnish the commissioners of
election hereinbefore authorized, a COM
Plete list of the taxpayers with the amount
OF their assessment respectively, in the cor
porate limits of said town, duly certified,
and shall also furnish duly certified list of
the electors of said town to the commission
ers of election