St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
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Police Jury Room, st. Landry Parish,
Louisiana,

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February I'd, 1909.
Pursuant to authority in me vested
by an ordinance adopted by the Police
Jury of this parish IN December Sths
1908, and of the law in such cases made
and provided, / do hereby announce n
publicly proclaim that at the special
election held throughout the limits of
the sixth police jury ward Of this par.
ish constituting the sixth public road
district Of said parish, on the 18th day
of January, 1909, to take the Ems Of the
property Gax payers of said ward and
road district entitled to vote under the
constitution and laws of this state on
the question of levying on all the tax
able property in said ward and road dis
trict q special tax of three ~ mills on
the dollar per annum for a period OF
five (5) years beginning with the year
1903, for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining and repairing the public
roads and bridges in said ward and road
district in lieu of the vehicle tax now
levied for those purposes, but not OF the
per capita tax levied under existing or
dinances which is to remain in full force
and effect, in pursuance to law in such
cases made and provided, the vote stood
as follows:
Number of property tax voting
EGSSSS0S0 YNA4SuASA "a IAO6G ENG1AS y
said tax $25,9i7.50
Number of property tax payers vot-
ing against said tax. ....,.....-.....0
Assessed valuation of those voting
against said $2s83000
Majority in number of those voting
Tor said tax l06
Majority in value OF those voting for
SAID tax. $Z3yU8ls50
And / do further announce, proclaim
and promulgate that inasmuch as q ma
jority in number and value of the pro-
perty tax payers of said ward and road
district voted in favor thereof, the re-
suit of said election is favorable to the
levy of said tax.
President, Police Jury of st. Landry
Parish, Louisiana.
0pelousas, La, Feb. LIST, 1909.
To the Hon. President and Members of
the Police Jury of the Parish of st.
Landry, La.
Gentlemen: The undersigned Board
of Supervisors of Election of the Parish
of st. Landry, La, respectfully submit,
that an election held in the Sixth Police
Jury Ward of this parish on tho 18th
day of January, 1909, as per ordinance of
your honorable body, that out of the six
precincts in which election returns were
made to US, we find that there are only
two of said precincts to-wit: "Pine
Prairie and Bayou ChicotD that have
made complete returns as to the number
of votes cast for and against the propo-
sition submitted, as also the amount in
property valuation.
The remaining four precincts have
only made returns as to the number of
votes cast for and against the PROPOSE
ton. Being without authority to make
any returns except such as are returned
to us by the Commissioners of election,
We therefore submit our returns to you
as follows, to-Wit:
Precinct For Amt. Against Amt.
Pine Prairie 81 SI9,O6O.00 8 SI,OI0I
Bayou Chicot % 6,875.50 4 1920
Beaver 81 - o
Dossmann -- IL -
Lone Pine IL - 2-I
From the above returns we find the
total for the tax 126 and against the tax
90 votes.
Majority in favor Of the tax O6 votes,
Majority property.valuation in favor
of tax $~23,087.50.
In witness hereof we hereunto affx
our signatures this LIST day of Feb. 1904
in the presence of Ludovic Fontenotand
G. Z. Hayes, competent witnesses.
Ell. LOEB,
s. i. HEBRARD,
HENRY LASTRAPES, JR.
Board of Supervisors of Elections, Par
ish of st. Landry, La.
Witnesses: Ludoyic Fontenot, C. T..
Hayes.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me,
this 1st day of Feb. 1909.
CT. BAILEY,
Notary Public.