The Lafayette gazette., 1902-02-15

water service 40 SO
Material .....- los IS
Borrow'd gen. fund 1917 81
BY warrants -. 7,191 a.
7,IoI A. 7,I9I a.
The collector has collected and paid into
the treasury in taxes. licenses. water, light,
material, etc, $40, $500. His commission
at ; per cent, S6o4. ~, for which amount the
Council should issue warrant in payment to
date. GEORGE A. DEBLANC,
II. Il. HOHORST,
A. E. MOUToN.
Moved by ]. O. Mouton, seconded by F..
Demanade, that Council pay two-thrds of
SS5c SO, amount due for boiler. Carried.
Moved by F. Demanade, seconded by F.
E. Girard, that $3.50 be appropriated for OBJ
to State Institute Board for purpose of meet
ing expenses of school to be held in this
town in June. Adopted.
\ petition signed by more than one-third
of the property taxpayers of this town, ask
ing that special election be ordered to take
the sense Of the property taxpayers of this
town upon proposition to levy special taxes
for public improvements therein named, was
presented TO the Council and read, and
thereupon the following ordinance was unan-
imously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE, Ordering a special
election in accordance with Act I31 of
the Acts of the Legislature of this Sta te
for the year 1898, and Article 2S2 of
IL
he submitted to the property tax payers
of the incorporated town of Lafayette,
La, entitled to vote under the general
election laws of said State, the question
of levying special taxes aggregatng
five mills on the dollar per annum on
the assessed valuation of property
therein for a period of twenty-five years
beginning with the first day of January
1902, and the issuance of bonds thereon
for the following purposes to-wit:
n r)rOc orr 0(1S Il
a first class, modern High School.
2. The extension of the water mains of
said town, and for the extension of the
electric light system therein
;. TO procure ground and building for
a hrst.class public market house.
4. To call in and redeem outstanding
bonds for the sum of thirty thousand dollars
bearing six per cent annual interest issued
under Act 90 of the Acts of the Legislature
of this State of 1896, to obtain presen,
water and light system of this town, said
| outstanding bonds to be replaced by five per
cent bonds with greater length of time for
| tail in the body of this ordinance, and said
election being ordered in conformity with
the petition of more than one-third of the
property taxpayers of said town, same be-
ing hereto annexed and made part hereof
and providing further for the mode of hold
ing said election, making returns thereof
etc.
Section I. Be it ordained by the City
Council of Lafayette, La, in regular session
convened that a special election is hereby
! ordered and shall be held in said town OF
Lafayette, La, on Thursday, April ;, 1902
| at which election there shall be submitted
| to the property tax payers of said town OF
Lafayette entitled to vote under the genera
| election laws of the State, the question o.
| levying the following special taxes to wit:
I. To procure grounds and buildings fo
, a first class. modern High School for white
children in said town, a special tax of on,
| hall tI.. |O1vo fha
| sessed valuation of property in said town
on which tax bonds shall be issued for th'
sum of S24, 900.
| 2. For the extension of the water main
| and electric light system of said town,
special tax of one mill the dollar upol
the assessed valuation of property in saie
| town, upon which bonds shall be issued fo
the sum of $4,000.
5. TO procure the ground and building
for a first class public market house specia
tax of one-half of one mill on the dolla
upon the valuation of property aforesaid
shall he levied and collected, and upol
which bonds shall be issued for the sum o
$4,000.
4. To retire and replace the outstandin,
bonds issued under Act 90 of 1896 for tn
present water and light system and specia
| tax of two mills on the dollar of the assesse
valuation of properly in said town aud upo
which bond shall be issued for the sum Q
100000: there being submitted at one and tn
same time to said taxpayers the question Q
| issuing bonds for the amoun:s hereinabov
set forth in order to render said specia
taxes available by obtaining the money fo
immediate use: said election being ordere
in conformity in all respects with the pet
ton of more than one-third of the propert
tax payers of said town hereto annexed an
made part Of this ordinance: said taxes ar
to be levied and collected according to la,
and the te, ms of this ordinance, and sal
petition of property taxpayers being i
words ard figures follows, to-wit:
To tie HouorabA Mayer, and members O
tie city Council cf Lafayette, La.
We, the undersigned property Taxpayer
Hf the 3b
number of property taxpayers of said town
entitled to vote under the provisions of tn
State constitution, respectfully show thu
the following described public improvement
are urgent public necessities in said towr
to-wit:
I. Grounds and buildings for frs
class modern High School (for whit