The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-10-14


Alonzo Lacey, Jno. Wilmington and Jno r
Primeaux. Absent: NJ. Billeaud, Jr.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
The Board of Supervisors of Election sub
mitted a report of the special election held
Sept. 90, to decide the question of levying a
special tax of two mills on the dollar for ten
years in favor Of the Industrial School as
provided Ivy Act I6e of 1898, as follows:
Number of votes for said tax, 40: valua-
ton If property for said tax, s53I,6I7; votes
cast against said tax, 70; valuation of prop
erty against said tax, $50, e65; total votes
cast, 544; total valuation, sSS7.SSe.
The said official report was duly approved
and ordered filed.
Considering the foregoing report of the
said Board of Supervisors OF Election, the
following ordinance moved and duly
adoptcd:
AN ORDINANCE to levy and collect Il
special tax of two mills on the dollar of
the assessed value of property IN the
corporate limits of the parish of I.afa-
vctie, La. annually for 4 period of ten
years, beginning with The year 1900
and ending with the year 1900 to Sc
cure the location in the parish of Lafa-
vette IT, of the State industrial Insti-
tute provided FOR by Act No. Ioe of the
Acts of the Legislature of this State of
the year 1905; the title of said Institute
to be in the public and said special tax
when collected, shall he used for The
located in the parish of Lafayette. La.
All in accordance with the petition of
the property taxpayers of said parish of
Lafayette, and the election thereon, I'M
der the provisions OF Act. 232 of the
constitution and Act No. 1871 of the Acts
of the Legislature of 1898. Whereas,
upon petition signed by more than
one-thrd of the properly taxpayers of
the parish of Lafayette, La, and there
fore, presented to this body, an election
a. 49,
property taxpayers of said parish on she
proposition TO assess, levy and collect n
special tax of two mills on the dollar of
the assessed value of property in said
parish of Lafayette. La, annually. for a
period of ten years, beginning with the
year 1900 and ending with the year
1909, to secure the location in the par
sh of Lafayette, La, of the State In
dustrial Institute, provided for by Act
I6e of the Acts of the Legislature of
1893, and whereas ordinance was
adopted ordering said election, in ac-
cordance with the terms of said petition
and the same then published for thirty
days. and said election duly held ac-
cording to law. and majority of the
property taxpayers of said parish of La
fayette, La, entitled to vote under the
general election laws of the State, in
numbers and in value, having voted in
favor of said tax of two mills for ten
years. Therefore
SECTtON 1. Be it ordained by the Police |
my of Lafayette, parish that special tax
f two mills on the dollar of the assessed
alue of all property in the said parish of
lafayette, La, annually for ten years, be- |
inning with the year 1900 and ending with |
lie year 1900. be and is hereby assessed, |
WED and shall be collected for the purpose D.,
securing the location in the parish of La
.yette, La, of the Industrial Institute, pro-
cled by Act No. 10, of the Acts of the
legislature Of the State for The year sos.
P. :, E.,