The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-07-17

organization under the provisions OF
Act l59 of 1902, Article 29l OF the Con-
stitution of the year 1898, and Act IL
of the zeal 1896 of the General Assem-
| bly, OF Louisiana, and whereas the
said Cypress acknowledgements Dram
age District through its Board OF
Commissioners deem it necessary ana
in their judgment find that the prop
o~sitions hereinafter set forth to the
tax payers of the said Cypress island
LAFAYETTE Drainage District and quail
ited electors thereof under the law are
absolutely necessary, and whereas the
said Board OF Commissioners OF SAID
Drainage District, availing Itself OF
the powers and authority conferred
upon it by virtue OF Act IL OF tue
wear 1908, Act lJ9 OF 1892. Article Isl
| of the Constitution and Act 20 OF the
year 1906 providing the manner IN
which said election shall be called,
therefore,
Be it resolved that an election be
and the same is hereby ordered to be
held on Monday, the 9th day OF Aug
ust.. 1907. after due publication IN the
official journal of the parish OF st.
Martin for a period of thirty days as
required by law, to take the sense OF
/ the property taxpayers and qualified
electors residing within the limits OF
: the said Cypress Island = Lafayette
Drainage District, upon the following
, propositions which are hereby SUD
: mitted to said tax payers and quail
fed electors, namely: .
lst. To authorize the Board or
commissioners of the said cypress Is
land Lafayette Drainage District 70
lew and collect a fifteen cent annual
contribution or acreage tax on all the
lands situated in and lying within the
> limits of said Cypress lsland-Lata-
YETI. Drainage District. said tax to
run for a period Of ten years.
2nd. To authorize the Board OF
Commi ssioners of the said Cypress
Island-Lafayette Drainage District to
= incur indebtedness of Twenty-slX
u Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars,
(s26. 300. and to issue 269 1.-TWO
= Hundred and sixty-nine) negotiable
= bonds of said Drainage District each
Il for the sum of One Hundred Dollars
$500. OO) to represent the said indebt-
edness of twenty-siX thousand nine
hundred dollars 1926. 900. 00); said
= bonds to bear five per cent per annum
interest from their dates, interest pay
able annually. commencing from date
of issue of said bonds and to be pay
Z able at the following period OF time,
u to-wit: Twenty-Five (22) bonds on De-
tober l. 1908; twenty-fOur ga bonds
! on October l, 1909; twenty-five %
= bonds on October l., 1910. twenty-siS
- (26) bonds on October l, 1911; twenty
seven CD bonds on October l, 1912;
,S twenty-eight (2S) bonds on Oct. l. 1913
twenty-eight (2S) bonds on Oct. l.. 1914
IS twenty-nine (29) bonds on October l,
- 1915: Twenty-Five (29) bonds on Octo'
=, Der l, 1916 and thirty-one (3l) bonds
!, on October l, 1917.
- Bird. The tax so levied and collect.
ed and realized from said annual con
tribution or acreage tax OF tifteer
70 cents per acre for a period of ten years
!, on all the land situated in and lying
~ within the limits of said Cypress Is
= land-Lefayette Drainage District to be-
used for the purpose of constructing
h providing and maintaining a drainage
system for the said Drainage District
- Be it further resolved that the quail
ificatiOn of voters at said election
"a shall be that they shall have paid theil
~ poll taxes for the years 1905 ard 100;
during the years in which they wer;
due and that they are duly registered
. voters according to law and residen
II property tax payers of said district
provided that property tax
~ PAYERS shall be allowed 30 vote a
=, said election in person or through
~ their agent in writing without any
other qualifications. ave that sale
women shall be resident property ia,
IS payers of said district.
That the polls shall be opened from
the hour of 6 a. N. to the hour uf
40 p. n.
~ That the balloting places at which
~ said election shall be held shall be a:
follows: AT the school house at Cy'
press Island. ST. Martin parish. ant
~ in Lafayette parish at the residence .
Simon G. Landry, and the commits
sioners of election at Cypress Islant
Of and the following persons are hereb.
appointed as such, -TranAely: Niche
Fournet, p. H. Daspit and Loui
~ Greig and Richard Long, clerk of sail
Oh election: and the commissioners O
va election at Simon G.. Landry's resi-
dence shall and the following person
are hereby appointed as such. namely
Geo. Malagarie, Eraste Landry am
Ophee GirOuard, and Eugene Labb
as shall be and is hereby appointed cler
of said election, all registered an
at qualified voters residing within tn
limits of said drainage district.
Be it further resolved that the Soar
to of Supervisors of election OF the par
ishes of ST. Martin and Lafayett
fly be requested to appoint commissioner
and clerks of election from their re
IS spective parishes to preside over til
Ist poll in their respective parish. an
10 give due notice thereof by publicatio
r. in the Official journal Of each of sal
e. parishes.
id Notice is further given that the Cy
ad press Island-Lafayette Drainage Dis
es trict, through its Board OF Con