The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1901-09-14
Notice Of Election

Public notice is hereby given to all
whom it may concern, that hy virtue
of an ordinance adopted by the Police
JuIy Of the Parish of Lafourche. at a
regular session held on the ilth day of
September, 1901. a special election
WAS ordered To be held in Drainage
District No. Three of the Parish of
Lafourche, on the 18th day of October
1891. between the hours of Six O'Clock
\. NJ. and Seven O'Clock Z. NJ. at the
polling places hereinafter named and
under the management of the Com
missioners and Clerks hereinafter de-
signated for the following purpose
to-wit:-
~ To take the sense and wishes of
the qualified property tax payers,
electors of said District No. Three of
the Parish of Lafourche OH the propo-
sition 10 assess. levy and collect. as
p'oyiddi by law. Il special DRAMA re
Tax of five ~ mills on the dollar on
all iaxabie property in said district for
a period of forty 40) years. beginning
January the First. Nineteen hundred
and two-for the purpose-uf effectively
AMI throuThly draining The lands
comprised in said Drainage District
No. Three, ana to that end to incur
debt to the amount of fifty thousand
SO o0O.0Di dollars. hearing interest
at the rate of five ~ per cent per
annnm, and in representation of the
said debt To issue negotiable bonds in
an amount not To exceed Fifty Thous-
aid ti5), ,0Oj.00l dollars. bearing inter
est at the rate of five 81 per cent per
aunnm. and To run forty (40l years
from date of issue, unless sooner call
ed in for redemption as provided for
by law. which bonds do not exceed in
the aggregate the amount of one
tenth (l-lOl of the assessed valuation
OF the taxable property within such
district as shown by the last assess
ment made prior TO the 4subp:ission of
the proposition to the property tax
payers of said District.
t2) To impose tax of five mills (5)
on the dollar on all the taxable proper
ty in the said district for period of
Forty (40) years from the First of Jan
uary. 1902; and to incur debt as afO. e.
said to the amount of Fifty Thousand
$3.50, ,OO0.00) dollars and in representa-
ton Of said debt to issue negotiable
bonds to the amount of Fifty ThOus-
and $50, $4,000 dollars. bearing five
~ per cent per annum interest, said
interest to be paid annually at the
time and place 10 he fixed by the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of Lafourche.
(3) Said election will be held as
provided for by law at the following
designated polling places in said
Drainage District No. Three for the
conduct of said election, the same be-
ing the usual polling places. with the
following named persons, duly quail
fled as Commissioners and Clerks of
election, viz
Ward No. 5-Precinct Lat or near
Felix Delatte's Store.
Commissioners-Luc Trosclair. l..
J. TrOsclair, Felix Delat.e. Clerk,
Sabastien Haydel.
Ward No. 5Precinct Eat or near
the store formerly owned by II. n.
COulon, now known as tho Abby
Store.
Commissioners-Ch I.eche, Doug
las Thibodaux, Taylor Lejeune, Clerk
John Leche.
Ward >, Precinct No. 3.-At or near
Leo j. Boudreaux's Store.
ommisSioners-Leo J. BoudreauX
cyprien Cancienne, Alexandra Toups,
Clerk ID. l.. Lapeyrousse.
Ward u, Precinct No. l.-At or near
Onezippe Chiasson on the Chacbay
Ridge Settlement.
Commissioners Sylvestre Martinez, J.
T. Caillouei. Onezippe Chiasson, Clerk
eros.
Ward d, Precinct No. AT or near
Victor Legendre's residence.
Commi-sioners-Lo Rodrigue,
Jean Rodrigue, Albert Rodrigue, Clerk
Toups.
AZ The polls will open at Six
o'clock A. NJ. and close at Seven
o'clock Il. NJ.
(5) The Police Jury of the Parish of
Lafourche. will on the 18th day of
October 1901 in open session proceed
10 open the ballot boxes. examine and
count the ballots, in number and
for and against the PROPOSE
ion. and declare the results of SAID
election. and do and perform such 9TH
n things and acts as the law requires.
j. l.. Aucoin,
Pres. Police Jury Parish of Lafourche.
III. y. Coulon. Clerk.