St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-06-05
Petitions and Ordinances for
School Tax.
Opelousas, May 3rd, 1903.

OPCAOlC3b5 80
/ To the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police Jury of st. Landry
Parish, Louisiana.
Your undersigned property tax-pay-
ers of st. Landry Parish. respectfully
petition your Honorable Body to order
a special election in the Opelousas
School District, being further designa-
| ted as School District No. One EI] of the
First Police Jury Ward, and bounded as
follows. to-Wit: That the Court House
in the City of Opelousas be taken as a
starting point, that lines be run Three
miles North, Three miles West, -Four
miles South, and Four miles East from
said Court House or starting point; that
parallel lines be run respectively
fhrongb the three and four mile points
North, West, South and East until the
North and South parallel lines inter-
sect the East and West parallel lines,
thereby creating a School District sew
en- miles square, and containing forty
nine square miles.
Said election to be called for the pur-
pose of submitting to the taxpayers of
said district, entitled to vote at said
election, the proposition of ievying a
special tax of three [3l mills on the dol
lar for the period Of twenty L20l years
on all taxable property in said district
| for the following objects and purposes,
Wig: Said tax levy to be for the purpose.
if necessary, of acquiring school grounds
in the City of Opelousas, LA for school
sites, play grounds, school gardens and
other things necessary in school deVel-
opment, and, especially, for the con-
~struction of q large and commodious
modern school building IN the City OF
| Opelousas; and to provide for adequate
furniture and equipment of same. The
title TO which shall be vested in the
public.
And your petitioners. further pray
that YOUR Honorable Body will embody
in the call for this election, the submis-
sion to the taxpayers voting at said
/ election, the question of issuing bonds
or the funding into bonds the taxes
which may be voted at said election in
this school district, by virtue of this
special election, for the purposes before
enumerated.
And your petitioners further pray
that this petition and the requisite or
dinance ordering said election be duly
passed and published as provided by
law, and as in duty bound, your memo
rialists pray for one and favorable con-
sideration in the premises.
Dietlein d Jacobs Gro. Go. Ltd, per
Adolphe Jacobs, Pres, Adolphe Jacobs,
f. Cliff Allen, Al. F. Collins, j. L. Co
ique per III. a. d., o. Dardeau, Al. Cas-
tile, Mason Mcbride, w. B. Robert, r.,
Lee Garland, BilelIe Hebrard, Gertrude
Sandoz, Mrs. Marie g. Dupre, Mrs. ". s.
Thompson, Mrs. +. Wartelle, r. NJ. Col.
trim, M. Vilaseca, a. Veltin, Lueieu
Marx, "a. II. Lacombe, =. @. Sittig, Il
Bienvenu, J. M. Sanders, H. d. Larcade
Aug. Ducharme, W. Burr, J. J. Naff
Simon his x mark Lalande, Charles s.
Hollier, F.E. g. Devillier, i. j. Doss
mann, J. B. Carson, q. S. Richard, Geo
Goodloe, AL. Hollier, HI. q. Williams
r. e. Sandoz, Mrs. Phil Il. Asher, Jos
r. st. Cyr, ID. F.Smith, E. e. Hartman
Joe Z. Stokes, Jacobs News Depot Co.
Aaron Jacobs, Misses Yetta and Han.
nah Jacobs, The Clarion Co. Ltd Chas
Thibodeaux, Chas. VentTe, Raymond
Breaux, Mrs. Raymond Breaux. bel
Raymond Breaux, e. Boutte, Edmond
DeVille, i. Y. Meginley, Isaac Rider
VIM. Kimball, Edmond Sylvestre, il
DfAYy, Arthur IA. .Comeau. Paul Robin
Antoine Close, ". f. Hinton, john Jen.
nings; Sosthene Arceneanx, Stanisas
Bordelon, .. @. Deyilliers, ID. Dejean
Ludoyic Duplechain, Noah Carriere
Rene Carriere, Louis Il. Daniel, Howard
Deyillier, AugusteAmy Napoleon Amy
j.. p. McRee, Alexandra Deville, Joseph
A.. Sicily, Il. o. Provost, d. Conk1in, R
j.. Ghachere, T.. DeYille, r. Deville, per
e. Deville, Saul Richard, MarsheI Vid.
rine, Adrien B. Fontenot, ON. st. Cyr
Simon Sicily, f. p. Butler, A. e. Vid
rine, Sidney Amy, Du Blanc Ledoux
John Fontenot, Thurston McKin neJ
d. Dufio, @. i. Gregory, Edw. Mornhin
veg, Homer Yentre, /. T.. Holland. Mrs
Ambrose Landry, Mrs. Napoleon Amy
T.. d. Veillon, O. Fux, WI. Hargroder
10. N. BertheauG. SIS. Bertheaud, r. e
Wilson, Armas Richard, =. o. Dabaillon
hos. H. Lewis, T. L. Mitchell, A. B
ghachere, 8. Lambert, g. Y. Richard
z. Fusilier, Onezime Carriere, Afcide
St. Cyr, Nahon Fadoal, Calls Abraham
Sem Campisi, Joseph Lafond, Joe Corti
F.C.Jennings, R. III. Nixon, Yves D'avy
Whitney DAyy, A. G. Jones, j. B. A
Stagg, i. Isaac, T.. s. Isacks. James HI
Houston, r. j, Dietlein, johnson Car.
riere, VIM. Lima, HI ornhinveg, ALT
J. Dupre, BENZ. A. Littell, Nc. d., Il. T.
LitbeIl, w. b. Prescott, L. T. Castillo, A
Leon Dupre, g. B. Dubuisson, Leonce
sandozs J. j. Perrodin, J. j. Healey, j
n. Curley, Leon Landau, jos. p. Saizan
g. W. Kelley, Morton Thompson, Jno
w. Clark, J. S. Evans, O. L. Williams
G. i. Lassalle, Chas. Russell, y. g. Law
Ter. g. H. Cretin, Geo. O. Pulford, If. A
Mayer, M. i. Swords, J. S. Bailey. u. NJ
Fontenot, Ludovic Fontenot, q. T. Lew.
is, Gus. E. Darpe, q. h. Loeb, j. Landau
Goodloe, j. Sgander, B. Bennett, c.
Bienvenu, A. w. Brand, G. G. Domin.
1que, M. Winsberg A. CIary, A.A. And.
ing, Leopold Simon, g. Il. Hayes, R. b
Christman, Frank Del Buono, Isaac
Roos, H. x. Wilmington, r. Mornhin.
veg, D. Roos, L. w. Chiids, Gilbert L
Dupre, ]. "A. Perkins, p. Hosslin, r. NJ
Littell, f. ". Richard, Il. *. Wailior, "A
A. ETouchet, John N. Ogden, a.. B. Pick,
EFT, Mrs. L. Desmarais, III. Il. Estorge
Mrs. Gs Estorge, per III. e.. Fstorge
Arthur Simon, f. Il. Sandoz, wv. ID. Lew,
is p Del Buono, Ben Riseman, III. w
Perry, Allen 4. Sandoz, Robt. Sandoz
Louis Gosselfn, Louis Halphen, H. Bode
muller, r.. A. BodeTnuIler, Yves Andre,
pOnt, Henry Lastrapes, Jrs w. w. Gel
win, i. r. Guidrr, Geo. Going, j. Al
Drumnnond, r.. L. Fennels Jacques Du
pre-, L. j. Dejean, M. Halphen, d. Con,
B. n. Payy, Il. Rogers, George Bourdier
j.. Z. Allen, F.F. Hollier, Jas. b. Megin-
III Mrs. w. n. Meginly, per Jas. B M.
Remy Wallior, THIS --, e. s. Kerr
g. B. Chachere, Chas. Thfbodeaux, ia
Haas, ID. Dnrio, A. M. Haas, b. Dnrio
8. L. Hebrard, A. H. Garland, Leon s
Haas, y. a. Budd. u, Al. Cooke, j. r.
Butler, AID. st. Cyr, L.Lupo, RIP. Dun
bar, Caas. Carlo, Miss Hester Fitch
Tony Marsiglia, L. G, Shute, Nj. D., E,
I. Bercier, q. g. Quirk, Jr. g. wv. Mills
paugh, Adelin Durio, @. &. SYnnott, y
w. Bonnet, sam A. Corti. T. G.. Chachere,
]. NJ. Callaume, A. w. Turner, John H,
Harnanson, @. Brand, III. M. Stephens
Chas. Tubre, John ID. Marais, Thomas
WINFIELD ". Chachere, a. L. Stage, A,
p Theodore, G. A. Tatman, Arthur Da-
yid, Z. r.. Lastrapes, Leopold Dejean,
r. DeBaillon.
Mr.. J. i. st. Gyr offered the following or.
dinance, and upon being duly read was id
opted unanimously to wit:
AN ORDINANCE.