St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03

iEHPE OF st. Landry anu AgSAG14E53 sn1a
tax to be for the purpose of acquiring
school grounds in said district, and also
for the purpose of constructing ana
euuippfng thereon acentral high schoot
| building. the title to all of which shall
be vested in the public, and also for Enc
purpose of providing n dong such
other things as may be necessary IN
school development IN salo alsllaeS,
said tax to be levied q eol4ectedln
pursuance to and in accordance with
law, beginning with the year IT,.
FOR issuing bonds or the funding
into bonds in accordance with Act no.
~ Of the Acts of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana for the year
iQ0g. oil the proceeds of the special taxes
voted and carried, or that may be voted
and carried, in this election.
AGAINST issuing bonds or the fund
ing into bonds in accordance with ACT
No. 84 of the Acts of the General AS
igembIy of the state Of Louisiana for the
wear 1906. of the proceeds of the special
taxes voted and carried, or that may be
voted and carried, in this election.
Said ballots to have printed o. same
small square spaces of uniform size M
mediateIy following and opposite to
and At the right OF the printing follow
inc the words WFORn and AGAINST
| as above set forth to have at the head
printed instructions to the voters TO
| place their cross mark in the small
| SQUARE opposite the ballots they wish to
vote, and to sign their names and write
| the amount of the assessed valuation Of
the property owned by them IN sane als-
tricf on lines indicated, which lines
shall be provided at the bottom OF the.
ballots all of the questions to be sub
mitted to each voter including ballots
both "Foro and against each PROPOSE
ton submitted to be printed together
on each single ticket or ballot, which
ballots shall otherwise conform1n these
and all other respects to b general
election laws as aforesaid.
Section 8. Be itfurther ordained, etc.,
That the Board of supervisors OF Elec-
ton Of the parish of st. Landry be and
they are hereby requested and directed
to appoint three commissioners and q
clerk of election to serve ana hold sald
election at the place est~ablishedb by law
in said district as above setf0rth, ito give
due notice of said appointment, and OF
the time and place of holding said cleo
ton, and to make returns of said cleo
ton to the President of the Police jury,
who shall and promulgate4
the result Of said election according to-
law.
Section 4. Be itfurther ordained, etc.,
That the Board of supervisors of Elec-
ton of the parish of st. Landry shall
have 500 ballots printed in accordance
with the provisions of the general cleo
ton law and. of section 2 of this ordi-
nance, to be delivered by the sheriff of
this parish at the polling place in said
school district above designated within
the time fixed by the general election
law, together with the ballot box and
other election paraphernalia.
Section 5. Be itfurther~ ordained. ETC.,
That the Commissioners OF Election
shall receive the ballots of all property
1 - - v nf said cahnn18 district Jn1Ia Ii
fed under the Constitution and laws of
this state and entitled to vote in that
Eportion of said district which lies with
In the bounds of the parish of st. Landry
at sach election, and When the polls are
closed shall count said ballots and make
returns of the votes cast at said election
both in number and mount of assessed
valuation of property of those who
voted for said tax, and Of those who
voted against the same, and of those
who voted for funding said tax into
bonds, and Of those who voted against
the same.
Section IS. Be it further ordained, etc,
That this ordinance and annexed petit
tons of the property tax payers Of said
school district entitled to vote in that
portion of said district which lies with
In tine bounds of the parish of st,
Landry shall be published in the st.
Landry Clarion, the official journal OF
Il This pdTlEB, IQI BEiG 1QIl p6IIOu OlZEIflEIy
clear days previous to the date of hold
ing said election, and thatthis ordinance
shall take effect from and after It's
passage.
Adopted June 7th, 1909.
w. j. GLOPTON, President.
Attest: sHEALEY. Clerk.
opelousas, La, May Bird, 1909.
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police Jury Of st. Landry
Parish. State of Louisiana.
Your undersigned property tax-pay-
ers of st. Landry Parish respectfully
i petition your Honorable Body to order
q special election in the Mamou
School District, being further designa
ted as School District Number One o1
the Seventh Police Jury Ward Of the
, Parish of st. Landry, and bounded and
j described as follows, to-Wit:
From a point on the Louisiana Me i
dian between sections 24and Is, 5 ST.
! W and 10 and 30 5 SRI e and running
due west on section lines to the corner
between sections 81, p, 27 and 28t5s,r IW
J distance being three miles,; thence due
north on section lines five and one hall
. sections five and one half miles,, to the
o~ne-fourth section corner between sec,
tions 20 and 80, t 4 S, ri w; thence or
! half section line due east to the Meri
dian line, at a point being nj fourth
al SGGLAOA CDILGI nGbWEGu GEGbAOA Afs u 4 81
] w and section 80 4 S, r l e.; thence
south along Meridian line one-hali
) section to a point, being corner to sec
tions 27 and 40, t 4 S, r / w, and sections
! 33 and 81, t 4 S, RI e; thence east along
section lines to the northeast corner
section 35, 4s,r / e; thence south five
sections; thence west two sections tx
] the pointof beginning.
Said election to be called for the pur
: pose of submitting to the taxpayers Of
said district, entitled to vote at SAID
election, the proposition of levYing
/ special tax of three f3) mills on the dol
J lar for a period of ten years on all tht
taxable property in the said district, FOL
} the following objects and purposes;
Said tax levy to be forthe purpose 81
acquiring school grounds, of building
! and equipping a school house and o.
doing such other things as may be nee
: essary for the establishment of a goot
public school at Mamou, a village III
the parish of st. Landry, La. The titlt
of said school property to be vested III
/ the public.
! And your petitioners further pFay
that your Honorable Body will embody
) in the call for this election, the submis
i sion to the taxpayers, voting at sale
! election, the question OF issuing bonds
or the funding into bonds the taxes
I which may be voted in this Schoo
District, by virtue of this special cleo
: ton, for the purposes afore enumerated
: And your petitioners further pray
that this petition and the requisite on
dinance ordering said election be duly
T passed and published, as provided o.
/, law, and as IN duty bound, your memo
I ~riaIists pray for n and favorable con
! sideration and action in the premises.
Paul A. Fusilier, g. B.. Saneier, r.. B
Williams. Al. Bacon, s.. +. CresweII
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