St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-10-16
Promulgation 81 Returns.
Police JurY Room, 8 Landry ParIsh, =

Police Jury Room, St Landry Parish, La
Septamber It'll. 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-
vided, T do hereby announce and pub
BIfcly proclaim that at q special election
held in the Mamou School Districs, fur
Their designated as School District Num-
her One ~ of the Seventh Police jury
Ward Of the. Parish of st. Landry,
bounded and described as fellows to-wit:
From 3 point on she Louisiana Meridian
between Sections q and Is, T2srIw
and 10 and 80 7 5 s I 9 and running due
west on section lines to the corner be-
tween Sections q, q, q, and o, T.5srI
" distance being three miles,; thence
due North On Section lines Five and
one-haf sections tive and ona-half
miles,, to the one-fouTth section corner
between sections q and 80, T4srIw
thence on hg1f section line due East to
the Meridian line, at . point being one
fourth section corner between sections
q tbs RI W and section 33 T4srIe
thence South along Meridian Line one
half section to q point, being corner TO
sections "a snd 40, TrsrIw8n and sections
So and "a 4 4 8 r / g thence East
along section lines to the Northeast
corner section IS II s T 1 9 thence South
five sections thence West two sections
to the point Of beginning said special
election having been held on July 18th.
1909, to take the sense of the tax PAYERS
OF said district entitled to vote under the
Constitution and laws OF this State, on
the question of 1evying on all of the tax
able property situated in said district
q special tax of Three (3l mills on the
dollar per annum for q period OF Ten
f10l years beginning with the year 1905,
for the purpose OF acquiring school
grounds, ..of building and equipping 8
school house, and of doing such other
things as may be necessary for the es-
adjustment Of 8 good public school at
Mamou, q 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 81 OF the
Acts Of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1906, the
vote stood as follows;
Number Of property tax payers voting
for the levy Of said tsx..........4 3
Assessed valuation of those voting for
the levy Of said tax :. SI7100 90
Number of property tax payers voting
against said tax .......... 80
Assessed valuation OF those voting a.
R81lSE S8lu YAK :. . = :. :. Sl3L3U HU
Majority in number of those voting for
the levy OF said tax Ii
Majority in value of those voting for the
levy OF said tax. SI7I00 90
Number of paopertY tax payers voting
to bond proceeds. ...,. 43
Assessed valuation Of those voting to
bond proceeds ......... $I7l09 90
Number of property tax payers voting
against bonding proceeds 80
Assessed valuation Of those voting
against bondidg..proceeds $l3390 90
Majority In number of those voting to
bond proceeds of tax .......13
Majority in value of those voting to bond
proceeds of tax. S3710 90
And do further announce, proclaim
and promulgate that inasmuch as Q
majority In number and value of the
property tax payers ofsaid 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-
eeeds thereof.
W. F. Clapton President,
Police Jury Of ST. Landry Parish, La.