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

BY virtue of the powers in us vested b,
law, and by virtue of the adoption of an or.
Lafayette for that purpose according to Law
and the proclamation of the mayor of said
town, notice is hereby given that an election
will be held in the town of Lafayette, par
ish OF lafayette, La, on Saturday, August
z6, A. ID. 1899, submitting to the property
taxpayers of said town, entitled 10 vote
under the general election laws of thi.
State, the proposition to levy special tax OF
two mills on every dollar of the assessed
value of the property situated in said town
and subject to taxation therein, in excess of
the limit allowed by law, for period and
'erm of ten years, beginning January 1,
A. ID. 1900, for the purpose of securing the
location of the State Industrial Institute
provided for by Act No. I62 of the General
Assembly, approved July IL, A. d. 1898,
in the parish of Lafayette, La, the title
thereof to be III the public, in conformity to
article No. aga of the Constitution of 1893,
and act No. 1871 of the General Assembly
of 1898.
The election shall be held at the court
house of this parish located in said town,
being the poll Or precinct, therein tablished
according to law before The last election;
the polls shall be opened from six O'Clock
a. M, to seven o'clnck p. M, that the bal
lots to be used said election shall be
printed follows:
FOR the special tax of two mills for ten
years to be devoted for the purpose of Sc
curing the location Of the State Industrial
Institute provided for by Act No 1862 of
he General Assembly approved July ID,
1898, in the parish of Lafayette, La, the
title thereof to be in the public under the
terms and conditions set forth in the prop
erty taxpayers petition.
AGAINST the special tax of two mills for
ten years to be devoted for the purpose Of
securing the location of the State Industrial
Institute provided for by Act No. 1862 of the
General Assembly approved July IL. 1898,
in the parish of Lafayette, La, the title
thereof to be in the public under the terms
and conditions set forth in the property tax
payers petition.
That the commissioners of election shall
receive the ballots of all property tax
payers of the town of Lafayette entitled to
vote at said election under the laws of the
State of Louisiana, and before depositing
their votes in the ballot box, the commits
sioners of election shall endorse on the Of
hcial ballot to be cast by each voter, the
amount of such assessment. but not the
name of the voter, will be shown by the
official rolls for the year 1890; and said com
missioners shall make returns of the number
of votes and the amounts of the assessed
value of the property voted, for and against,
the levy of said special tax, and otherwise,
according to law.
The following persons are hereby APP
pointed commissioners to hold said elections:
X. c. Greig, Joseph Ducote, II. A. Eas,in,
clerk of election, ID. v. Gardebled.
In testimony whereof we have fixed our
official signatures at Lafayette, La, on this
18th day of July, A. ID. 1899.
=. a. DELHOMME.
A. NJ. MARTIN
Board of Supervisors of Election of La
fayette parish, Louisiana.