The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-10-11

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Malapart, PA Chiasson, Jr., CASTOR Chias-
son.
Lafayette, Sept. 20. Ioo2.-I, the UNDER
signed, Andre NJ. Martin, assessor of the
parish Of Lafayette, La, after a careful ex-
of FIRST
ward, parish of Lafayette, of the year 1909,
do hereby certify that the property tax-pay-
| ers of the said ward, whose signatures ere
| on the foregoing petition, constitute more
than ethrd of the property taxpayers of
| the said ward.
Witness my official signature this 2o'h day
of September, 1902.
A. NJ. MARTIN,
Assessor Lafayette, La.
Mr.. Lacy offered the following relative o
the foregoing petitions:
An ordinance, ordering special election
1898, and article 232 of the Constitution, at
which there shall be submitted to the
property tax payers of the first ward of the
parish of Lafayette. La, entitled to vote
under the general election laws of this State,
the question of levying a special tax of one
and one half mills on the dollar per annum
for period of three years, beginning with
the first day of January, 1908.
To be used exclusively for ;he support of
the public schools in said first ward of said
parish, and to be paid over by the tax col
lector to the school board treasurer for that
purpose.
Whereas, one-thrd of the property tax
payers of the first ward of the parish of La
fayette, according to the certificate of the
parish assessor, marked ''B'' and hereunto
annexed and made part hereof, have petit
toned this body to levy special tax of one
and oneh half mills On the dollar per annum
on the assessed valuation of the property !"
said ward, for a term of three years begin
ming with the first day of January, 1908,
for the support, exclusively, of the public
schools in said ward, and to be paid over by
the tax collector to the school board treas
urer for that purpose, as per petition,
marked "A'', hei eunto annexed and made
part hereof, as required by tn. provisions of
act 1871 of the acts of the Legislature of the
State of Louisiana of the year 1898.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of the parish of Lafayette, La, in regu-
lar session assembled, that a special election
is hereby ordered and shall he held in said
first ward of the parish of Lafayette, La,
there shall be submitted the property tax
payers of SAID ward entitled TO vote under
The general election laws of Louisiana, the
question of levyinga special tax, to-wi,:
To be used exclusively for the support OF
the public schools in said first ward and to
be paid over by the tax collector to the school
board treasurer for that purpose, special
tax of one and one-half mills the dollar
said ward.
Section =. Be it further ordained, That
said election shall be held under the GER
eral election laws of the State of Louisiana,
at the regular polling places in said first
ward a, which the last preceding general
election held. and the ballots to be
used at said election shall be prepared ac
cording t" the laws of the State
Section 3. Be it further ordained, That
the Board of Supervisors of election for the
parish of Lafayette, are hereby authorized
and requested to appoint commissioners to
serve at polling place places to give the
notice of said appointment and the time and
place of holding said election, required
10y law in such
Section 4. Re it further ordained, That
the assessor of the parish of Lafayette, shall |
furnish TO the commissioners of election APP
pointed to hold said election complete list |
of the tax payers of said first ward with the |
amount of their assessment respectively, !
duly certified, and shall also flu rnlsh a list of
the property tax payers who h ave registered |
required by law.
Section s. Be it further ord ned. That |
the commissioners of election sh all receive |
the ballots of all property tax payers of said |
ward entitled to vote at said election under |
the laws of the State of Louisiana, and be- |
fore deposting the same in the ballot box, |
shall endorse thereon in the presence of the |
eleCtor, unless the ballot shall have already |
been SO endorsed, the name of the voter
and the amount of his assessed property and |
the commissioners shall make returns of the |
number of votes and the amounts of the as
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