St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-06-26

state OF IOuEs1auds
Your undersigned property ta1-pay--
erg of the Parishes of st. Landry n
AyoYeIIes respectfully petition your
Honorable Bodies to order a special
election in the Bayou Beuf School Dis
trict No. 81, composed of territory taken
from the Parishes of st. Landry
Ayoyelles, and further described as FOL
lows, to-wit:
Begin at NV corner OFT eL of section
21.t2s.r e, in the parish of Avoyelles;
thence running due south ~ miles 70
the sW corner of neM of section lbs,
RI q, In the parish of st. Landry; thence
due east SD miles to Sc corner OF neN
Of section 10, { 3 s., 8 g, in said parish OF
ST. Landry thence due north AZ miles
to- the ne corner of section 2, 81 s, 3 e.,
Id the parish of AvoYelles; thence due
west along section line to the point OF
beginning, the territory embraced with
insthis district being MN square miles.
Said election to be called for the pur-
pose Of submitting to the tax payers of
said district, entitled TO vote at said
election, the proposition of leyying q
special tax OF five l5l mills on the dollar
per annum for the period of ten years
on all the taxable property In the said
district, for the following objects n
purposes:
Said tax levy to be for the purpose of
acquiring school grounds in said school
district, and also for the purpose of con-
structing and equipping thereon a CEN
trail school building, the title &c which
shall be in The public, and also for the
purpose of providing and doing such
other things as may be necessary in
school development in said district.
And your petitioners further pray that
your Honorable bodies will embody IN
The call for this election, the submission
to the taxpayers, voting atsata election,
the question of issuing bonds or the
funding into bonds, the which
nav be collected in this school district,
BY virtue of this special election, for b
purposes afore enumerated.
And your petitioners further pray
that this petition and the requisite or
dinanee ordering said election be duly
passed and published, as provided by
law, and as In duty bound, your memo
rialists pray for n and favorable con-
sideration and action in the premises.
Petitioners of st. Landry:
w. H. Lewis, y. III. Mcdowell, A. @.
Evans, w. A. 0'Quin, J.W. Deare, w.
"a Biles, J u. OaQnIn, tt. Harrel.
Petitioners OF Avoyelles:
E. M. Richards, Mrs. NJ. l.. Wharton
per 81. II. Wharton, F. r.. White, DIR. j.
"A AAYoung, John Tuhre, w. b. Tubre, j.
M elley,0 X Piskels, J.V. Lawther,
Isidoro Candida, CT. w. Kelley, w. Il.
Coates, Walter Scales, Mrs. ". Nugent,
OK White,J j.. ALI. WarteIle, u. b. San
defur, a. e. Sandefur, II. Sandefur, s. A,
Townsend, j. o.. Morrison. Jry Nj. Mill
burn, r.. M. Nugent, Philippe Candida.
Mr.. Doueet offered the following or
dinonce and after being duly read was
adopted unanimously, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE.
Ordering a special election at which
shall be submitted to such of the
property tax payers qualified under
the Constitution and laws of this
State, of the Bayou Boeuf School
District Number Thirty-one 1911
composed ofterritory taken from the
Parishes of st. Landry and Avoyei-
les, hereinafter more fully described,
who reside III that portion of said
district which lies within the bounds
of the Parish of st. Landry and are
qualified to vote therein at such
election, the proposition of levying
d special tax Of five [51 mills on the
dollar per annum for the period of
ten years on all the taxable property
In the said district lying within the
bounds of the Parish of st. Landry,
said tax levy TO be for the purpose
of acquiring school grounds in said
school district, and also for the pur-
pose of constructing and equipping
thereon a central high school build
ing, the title to which shall be in the
public and also for the of
providing and doing such other
things as may be necessary in school
development in said district; and at
which said election shall also be
submitted to the said tax payers of
said district residing within the
bounds of the Parish Of st. Landry,
the question of issuing bonds or the
funding Into bonds, the taxes which
may be collected in this school dis
trict, by virtue of this special cleo
tom Tor the purposes afore enumer-
ated; all in pursuance tolaW in such
~ nnAA al
forn1tY to the petitions OF more
than one-fifth of the property tax
payers Of said school district Tesid-
ing within the bounds Of this parish
Of st. Landry hereto annexed and
made part hereof:
Section 1. Be 1t ordained BY the
Police jury of the Parish of st. Landry
in regular session convened, That a spe-
c1al election be held In that portion
which lies within the bounds of the
Parish OF st. Landry of the Bayou Boeuf
School District Number Thirty-one f3ll.
composed OF territory taken from the
Parishes of st. Landry and Ayoyelles.
q further described as follows, to-wit:
Begins at NV corner of neL of section 81,
t2si r2e,fn the Parish of Avoyelles;
thence running due south AZ miles to
the sW corner of neA of section id, { 8 q,
r 2 e, in the Parish of st. Landry thence
due east 5M miles to Sc corner Of nell of
section 40, t3s, r 3 Q, in said Parish of st.
eaarFs thence due north AZ miles to
the @GeEcer OF section q, It's, 3 g, in |
che Parish of Ayoyelles. thence due
west along section line to the pointofI
beginning, the territory embraced with
in this district being 24M square miles.
Said election to be held on Monday. theJ
18th day of July, A. d., 1909, at the reru4
lar polling place established by law for |
the 5tlr precinct ofthe Fifth Police jury
ward of the Parish of st. Landry at Mil |
burns store at Barbreck in said school
district; at which said election shall be
submitted to the property tax PAYERS of
Eaid school district entitled to vote
under the Constitution and laws OF this
State, who reside within that portion of
said district which lies within the |
bounds Of the Parish of st. Landry and
are qualified ovote therein at such cleo
ton, the following questions, t0-wit:
lst. The proposition Of ievying a spe-
cial tax of five T5l mills on the dollar
per annum for the period Of ten TlO1
years on all the taxable property in the
said district lying within the bounds of
the Parish Of st. Landry, said tax to be
for the purpose of acquiring school
grounds In said school district, and also
for the purpose of constructing and
equipping thereon a central high school
building, and also for the purpose of
providing and doing such other things
ment in said district; the title to all of
which shall be vested in the public, and
"a. The question of issuing bonds or
the funding into bonds, the taxes which
may be collected in this school district
by virtue of this special election, for the
purposes afore enumerated: all In pnr-
sHance to law in such cases made and