The Lafayette gazette., 1902-02-22

dersigned Andre NJ. Martin, Assessor of tho
parish of Lafayette, La. after a careful ex
animation of the assessment rolls of the
town of Lafayette, La, of the year 1901, dc
hereby certify that the property taxpayer.
of said town of Lafayette whose names are
signed to the foregoing petition constitute
more than one third of the property tax
payers of said town.
Witness my official signature this Feb.
}, 1907.
A. NJ. MARTIN,
Assessor.
Section II. BE it further ordained 10y
the City Council of Lafayette, La, that said
election shall be held under the general
election laws of the State of Louisiana al
the court house ir the town of Lafayette,
La, the polling place established in said
town, and the ballots to be used at said
election shall be prepared according TO the
laws of the State On that subject.
Section III. Be il further ordained, That
the Board of supervisors of election for the
parish of Lafayette are hereby authorized
to appoint commissioners to serve at said
polling place; to- give due notice of said ap-
point ments and the time and place of hold
ing said election as required by law in such
cases.
Section ". Be it further ordained. That
the assessor of the parish of Lafayette shall
furnish to the commissioners of election APP
pointeI to hold said election a complete list
of the taxpayers of said town with the
amount of their assessments respectively. duly
certified, and shall also furnish a list of the
property taxpayers who have registered as
required by law.
Section v. BE il further ordained, That
in the event that majority of the tax
payers Of said town votirg at said election
shall vote in favor of said taxes and for the
issuance of said bonds, or of any part
thereof then that said tax shall be assessed
levied and collected and said bonds issued
for the term of twenty-five (25) years begin
ming with the year 1902, and that said taxes
thus voted and the public faith and credit of
said town of Lafayette, La, shall be
pledged to the payment of said bonds thus
issued; and same to be issued in the said
denominations to be herein after deter
mined by this Council and to bear fve per
cent per annum interest from the issuance
thereof and shall be payable in twenty five
years with the right in this Council to call
in the same said taxes collected. That
said bonds shall not be sold tor less than
par.
Section vi. Be it further ordained, Thai
the net revenue derived from the SAID pub
lie market and from the operation of the
water and light plant of said town shall be
used and is hereby pledged to the paymen,
of the bonds in principal and interest issued
for said works respectively; and in the
event of the people voting in favor of said
said taxes and bonds, that in case of ne
cessIty of the City Council of said town OF
Lafayette, La, shall have power TO ex-
propriate ground for said improvements
upon the payment of just and reasonable
compensation to the owner.
Section VII. BE it fun ther ordained, Tha,
such propositions as set forth in said petit
ton in this ordinance shall be submitted to
the qualified voters at said election in such
| manner (and the ballots shall be SO prepared
that the voter may vote separately On each
proposition ssfor' or s'against' he may
desire.
Section VIII. Be i, further ordained.
That the commissioners of election shall re-
ceive the ballots of all property taxpayers
of the town of Lafayette entitled to vote al
said election under the laws of the State of
Louisiana, and before depositing the same
in the ballot box shall endorse thereon in
| the presence of the elector. unless the bal
lots shall have already been 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 oe the assessed value o1
the property voted ssfor'' and ''against'' the
levy of said special taxes separately and in
the manner contemplated by said petition
and this ordinance.
Section TX. Be it further ordained by the
said City Council of the town of Lafayette,
La, that this ordinance and the said peti
tion of property taxpayers as set forth
herein be published in the ''l-afayeite Ga
zet,e'' and the Lafayette Advertiser of
fic,al newspapers of said town of Lafayette
La, for thirty days prior to said election, in
the same manner provided by law fol
judicial advertisements, ana tnlS or
dnance shall take effect from and after thi:
| passage.
Section X. Be it further ordained, Tha
| in addition to the announcement of saio
election to be made by the Board of Super
visors of Election of said parish and the
| publication of this ordinance, the mayor o
said town of Lafayette, La, is hereby au
| thorzed to issue his proclamation calm.
| said special election and stating the rat
and the purpose of special taxation and the
| purpose for which it is intended according
| to the terms of this ordinance.
| A vote the foregoing follows
| Yeas--J. o. Mouton, A. +. Mouton, H. II
| Hohorst, F. Demanade, G. a. DeBlanc, F
| E. tiirard. Nays None.
| There being further business tn
! Council adjourned.
| CHAs. D. CAFFERY, Mayor.
| LOUIS LACoSTE, Secretary.
| l hereby certify the foregoing to be a tru
and correct extract from the minutes of tn
| City Council of Lafayette, La, of the meet
| ing of Feb. 5, 1902.
| LOUIS LACOSTE, Secretary.
Lafayette, La, Fe b. II, 1902,