St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-10

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special tax of Three 90 mills or the
dollar for the period of Ten (l0)
years on all taxable property in said
District, said tax levy to be for the
purpose of acquiring school grounds
of building and equipplng a school
house and Of doing such other
things as may be necessary
for the establishment of a good pub
lie school at Mamou, q village in the
Parish OF st. Landry, the title of
said school property to be
vested in the public; and at
which said election shall also be sub
mitted to the said tax payers of said
district the question o fissulng bonds
or the funding into bonds the taxes
which may be voted in this school
district, by virtue of this special
fore enumerated; all in pursu-
ance to law in such cases made
and provided, and in conformity to
the petition of more than one-ifth
of the property tax payers of said
school district hereto annexed and
made part hereof.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of ST. Landry in
regular session convened, That q spe-
cial election be held in the Mamou
School District, further designated as
School District No. One "a of the Sew
enth Police Jury Ward of the Parish of
st. Landry, bounded and described as
follows, to-wit: From a point IN the
Louisiana Meridian between sections "a
and %, 5 S, r w, and 10 and 80, t 5 S, r l
e, and running due west On section lines
to the corner between sections 81, %, q
and %, t 5 S, r l W, distance being three
miles,; thence due north on section
lines five and one half sections five and
one half miles,, to the ~one-fourth sec
ton rne between sections 50 and 80,
t 4 s, r l W; thence on half section line
due east to the Meridian line, at a point
being o~ne-fourth section corner be-
tween section q, t AS / w, and section
80, 4 s. l e; thence south along Meri-
dian linesone-half section to a point, be-
ing corner to sections q and 40, t. S, ri
w, and sections 33 and 81, t 4 s, r l e:
thence east along section lines to the
northeast corner, section IS, 4 S, r Ie;
thence south five sections; thence west
two sections to the point of beginning;
said election to be held IN Monday the
10Th day of July, A. D., 1909, at the
regular polling place established by law
for the Fourth Precinct of the Seventh
Police Jury Ward of st. Landry parish
at Robert Tate's, said district, known as
the Point Grand Louis poll; at
which said election shall be submitted
to the property tax payers of said school
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%stitution and laws of this.State, the fol.
lowing questions to-Wit
LIST The proposition of levying a spe-
ciai tax of Three 3 mills on the dollar
per annum for a period of Ten f10l
years on all the taxable property in said
District, said tax levy to be 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 establishment of
a good public school at Mamou, village
in the parish of st. Landry, La the title
of said school property to be vested in
the public; and
I'd The question of issuing bouds or
the funding into bonds of the taxes
which may be collected in this school
district, by virtue of this special cleo
ton, for the purposes afore ennmer-
ated all in pursuance to law in such
cases made and provided.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
etc, That said special election shall be
held under the general election laws of
this State, and that the ballots to be
used shall be printed in the form pro-
vided under said general election laws,
and shall have printed thereon:
FOR a special tax Of Three T87 mills on
the dollar per annum for the period of
Ten T10l years on all taxable property
situated in the Mamou School Dis
trict, further designated as School Dis
trict Nc. One I'D of the Seventh Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of st. Landry,
Louisiana, said tax to be for the d
pose of acquiring school grounds, of
building and equipping a school house
and OF doing such other things as may
be necessary for the establishment Of
a good public school at Mamou, village
in said parish, the title of said school
property to be vested in the public; said
tax to be levied and collected in pursu-
ance to and in accordance with law, be-
ginning with the year 1909.
AGAINST a special tax Of Three t3f
mills on the dollar per annum for the
period of Ten HOT years on all taxable
property situated in the Mamou
School District, further designated as
School District No. One III Of the Sew
enth Police Jury Ward of the Parish of
st. Landry, Louisiana, said tax to be
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
establishment of a good public school
at Mamou, a village in said parish, the
title of said school property to be vested
in the public; said tax to be levied and
collected in pursuance to and in ac-
cordanee with law, beginning with the
wear 1909.
FOR issuing bonds or the
funding into bonds in accordance
with Act No. 81 of the Acts of the Gener-
alAssembly of the State of Louisiana for
voted and carried, or that may be voted
and carried, in this election.
AGAINST issuing bonds or the
funding into bonds in accordance
with Act No. 81 of the Acts of
the General Assembly OF the State of
Louisiana for the year 1904, of the pro-
ceeds of special taxes voted and carried,
or that may be voted and carried, in
this election;
Said ballots to have printed on
on same small square spaces of uni
form size Immediately following and
opposite to at the right of the printing
following the words "For'' and against
as above set forth, and to have at the
head printed instructions to the voters
to placestheir cross mark in the small
square opposite the ballot they wish to
vote, and to sign their names and write
the mount of the assessed valuation of
the property owned by them in said dis
trict on lines indicated, which lines shall
be provided at the bottom of the ballots !;
all of the questions to be submitted to
each voter including ballots both "For''
and Against" each proposition sub
mitted to be printed together on each
single ticket or ballot, which ballots
shall otherwise conform in these and all
other respects to the general election
laws as aforesaid.
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the Board Of Supervisors of
Elections of the Parish of st. Landry
be and they are hereby requested ana
directed to appoint three commissioners
and a clerk of election to serve and hold