St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-09-11
PRONUNCIATION Of Returns.

Police Jury Room, st. Landry Parish, La.
September 9TH. 1909.
Pursuant to authority in me vested
by an ordinance adopted by the Police
Jury Of this parish on June 8th, 1909, and
of the law in such cases made and pro-
yided, / do hereby announce n pub
licIy proclaim that at d special election
held In the Mamou School District, fur
ther designated as school District Num-
Der One a. of the Seventh Police Jury
Ward OF the" Parish of st. Landry,
bounded and described as follows to-wtt:
From a point on the Louisiana Meridian
between Sections "A and %, T2srlW
and 10 and 80 e 5 s r i Q n running Que
west on section lines to the corner be-
tween Sections q, p, II, and rs, T.5sr1
W distance being three m1lesl; thence
due North on Section lines Five and
one-half sections five and one-half
mfles1, to the o~ne-fonrth section corner
between sections 20 and 80, T4sT1W
thence on half section line due East to
| the Meridian line, at a point being one
fourth section corner between sections
81 p4s r w and section So T4sr1eI
thence South along Meridian Line one
half section to a point, being corner to
sections 81 and 40, Trsr1 W and sections
SO and "a T. 4 S 1 Q thence East
| along section lines to the Northeast
corner section IS T 4 8 r l g thence South
five sections thence West two sections
to sthe point of beginning; said special
election having been held on July 18th,
1903, to take the ems of the tax payers
Of said district entitled to vote under the
Constitution and laws of this State, on
the question of levying on all of b tax
able property situated in said district
! a special tax of Three 81 mills on the
dollar per annum for a period Of Ten
[10] years beginning with the year l9u9,
for the purpose of acquiring school
grounds, of building and equipping a
school house, and Of doing such other
| things as may be necessary for the es-
Enlistment of a good public school at
Mamou, a village in the Parish of st.
Landry, La, the title of said school
property to be vested in the public IN
pursuance to law in such cases made
and provided and on the question of the
funding into bonds the proceeds of said
tax in accordance with Act No "a of the
Acts of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1905, the
vote stood as follows;
Number of property tax payers voting
for the levy of said tax.........4 3
Assessed valuation of those voting for
the levy of said $l7l0G 90
i Number of property tax payers voting
against said tax ............ 81
Assessed valuation of those voting a.
gainst said tax ..... $l3390 90
Majority in number of those voting for
the levy OF SHlQ YAK ....+t.stss.+.1O
Majority in value of those voting for the
levy of said $17100 90
Number Of paoperty tax payers voting
to bond proceeds. 43
Assessed valuation of those voting to
bond proceeds $l7l00 90
Number of property tax payers voting
against bonding proceeds 30
Assessed valuation of those voting
against bondidg,proeeeds .sl339O 90.
Majority In number of those voting to.
bond proceeds of tax. .........l
Majority in value of those voting to bond
proceeds of tax i. .s.,.... $3710 90
And I do further announce, proclaim
and promulgate that inasmuch as a
majority in number and value of the
property tax payers of said district voted
in favor of both questions submitted,
the result of said election is favorable
to the levy Of said tax and is favorable
to the funding into bonds of the pro-
ceeds thereof.
w. F. Clapton President,
Police Jury of st. Landry Parish, La.