Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-06-26
Proceedings of the Police Jury
OF THE
Parish of St. John the Baptist.
MONDAY, JUNE 81, 1909.

The Police Jury met this day III spe-
cial session with the Hon. Alovon Gra-
nier in the chair and the following mem
bers present: Messrs. Barre, Bourgeois.
Lasseigne, LeBrun and Nage: absent,
none.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Resolved. that the application of the
Texas Dynamite Co.. to locate powder
and dynamite magazine on the property
of Dr. S. Montegut. in this parish. ad-
joining the right of way of the Louisi-
ana Railroad and Navigating Co, on the
right side going north. be and the same
is hereby granted. Adopted.
The following petition, signed by nu-
merous property tax payers of the parish
of st. John the Baptist, residing within
the limits of School District No. /, as
created, defined and located under au-
thority of the Board of School Directors
of st. John the Baptist parish, was pre-
sented to the Police Jury:
bers of the Police Jury of the pas..sh
of st. John the Baptist, State osce "a
I isana.
The petition of the undersigned pro-
perty tax payers of School District No
| of the parish of st. John the Baptist as
created, defined and located under and
by virtue of the authority of the Board
of School Directors of said parish. and
being and constituting one-third of the
property tax payers of said School Dis.
trict No. 1, respectfully ask that yonr
honorable body. acting within and under
the authority conferred upon you by
Article 232 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana; by Act No. 131 of
the General Assembly of the State Of
Louisiana, approved July 13. 1898; by
Act No. Ola of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana. approved July
10, 1902; by Act No. 145 of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, ap-
proved July 6, 1904; and by Act No.
167 of the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana, also approved on the 9th
day of July, 1904. do order that spe-
cial election be held. in the manner re-
quired by law, for the purpose of de-
termining whether or not special tax
in excess of the constitutional limitation
of taxation, provided by and declared in
Article 232 of the Constitution of 1898,
shall be levied on the property liable to
taxation within said School District
No. l.
Petitioners further pray that at said
election, SO to be held. your honorable
body do submit to vote of the property
tax PAYERS of said School District No. l.
entitled to vote at said election. under
the election laws of the State of Louisi-
ana, the following matter towlt
First, that the object of levying and
collecting a special tax, the levy of
which is hereby prayed for to be sub
mitted according to law is to build and
equip school houses and to give addi-
tional support to the public schools of
the parish.
Second, that the rate of. said special
tax so to be levied annually upon all
taxable property in said School District
No. shall be two millson the dollar.
Third, that the length of time for and
during which such special tax is to run
and be levied annually upon all such
property subject to taxation in said
School District No. shall be ten years,
beginning with the year 1909.
Wherefore petitioners pray that said
election be ordered for the foregoing
objects and purposes and in conformity
with the Constitution of the State and
the acts of the Legislature thereof on
the subject.
On motion. duly seconded, the follow
ing ordinance was adopted:
Whereas. petitioners pray that the
said election be ordered for the forrgo-
ing objects and purposes and IN con-
formity with the Constitution of this
State and the Acts of the Legislature
thereof on the subject; and
Whereas, said petition has been duly
canvassed by this body aud found to con-
tain the number of signatures required
by law; therefore