The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-10-21

Y ORDINANCE to levy and collect a
special tax of two mills on the dollar of
the assessed value of property in the
corporation limits of the town of Lafa-
yette, La, annually for a period of ten
years, beginning with the year 1000
and ending with the year 1909, to Sc
cure the location in the parish of Lafa-
yette, La, of the State Industrial Insti
tute provided for by Aot No. I62 of the
Acts of the Legislature of this State of
the year 1893; the title of said Institute
to be in the public and said special tax
when collected, shall be used for the
benefit of said Industrial Institute to be
located in the parish of Lafayette, La.
All i'm accordance with the petition of
the property taxpayers of said town of
Lafayette, and the election thereon, un-
der the provisions of Act. aga of the
constitution and Act No. 1871 of the Acts
of the Legislature of 1898. Whereas,
upon a petition signed by more than
one third of the property taxpayers of
the town of Lafayette, La, and there
fore, presented to this body. an election
was ordered to take the sense of the
property x-payers of said town on the
proposition to assess, levy and collect a
special tax of two mills on the dollar of
the assessed value of property in said
town of Lafayette, La, annually, for a
period of ten years, beginning with the
year 1900 and ending with the year
ish of Lafayette, La, of the State In
dustrial Institute, provided for by Act
1872 of the Acts of the Legislature of
1898, and whereas an 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 tax payers of said town 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
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the City
ouncil of Lafayette, La, that special tax
two mills on the dollar of the assessed
,lue of all property in the said town of La
yette, La, annually for ten years, begin
ng with the year 1900 and ending with the
EAR 1909, be and is hereby assessed, levied
I'd shall be collected for the purpose of
curing the location in the parish of Lafa-
cite, La, of the Industrial Institute, pro-
ded by Act No. I62 of the Acts of the
legislature of the State for the year 1898.
SECTION 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.. :,
hat said special tax of two mills shall be
,tended annually for the period hereinabove
,Ovided, on the assessment roll of said town
the same time that the general tax is ex-
nded and shall be collected within the
me time and in the same manner as the
neral tax is or may be collected.
SECTION 3. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
hat in the event said State Industrial Insti-
tie. provided for by Act No. I62 of the
legislature of 1898, be located in the par
h of Lafayette, La, the said special tax of
70 mills shall De duly collected and shall
subject to the order of, and paid to, the
.oper authorities of the State of Louisiana
may be provided by law, and shall be
ed for the benefit of said Industrial Insti-
tie, SO located in the parish of Lafayette,
A., to be known as the Southwestern Louis
ma Industrial Institute.
SECTION d. Be it further ordained,
hat in the event said Industrial Institute is
1t located in the parish of Lafayette, La. :,
en- this ordinance shall be without effect.
SECTION 5. Be it further ordained, That
is ordinance shall take effect from and
ter its passage.
WIN. CAMPBELL, Mayor.
LOUIS LACOSTE, Secretary.