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

posed of territory taken from the par
ishes of st. Landry and Ayoyel1es, said
tax to be for the purpose of acquiring
school grounds in said district, and also
for the purpose of constructing and
equipping thereon a central high school
building, the title to all of which shall
be vested 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;
said tax to be levied and collected in
pursuance to and in accordance with
law, beginning with the year 49,.
FOR issuing bonds or the funding
into bonds in accordance with Act No.
"a of the Acts of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana for the year
1906. Of the proceeds of the special taxes
voted and carried, or that may be voted
and carried in this election.
AGAINST issuing bonds OF the fund
ing into bonds in accordance with Act
No. 81 of the Acts of the General As
sembly of the state of Louisiana for the
wear 1906, of the proceeds of the special
taxes voted and carried, or that may be
voted and carried, in this election.
Said ballots to have printed on same
small square spaces of uniform size inl-
mediately following n opposite to
ing the words 1FORn and 1AGAINSTr
as above set forth to have at the head
printed instructions to the voters to
/ place their cross mark in the small
square opposite the ballots thcy wish to
vote, and to sign their names and write
| the amount 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 sub
mitted to each voter including ballots
both tsFor'' and against" each PROPOSE
ton submitted to be printed together
on each single ticket or ballot, which
ballots shall otherwise conformin these
and all other respects to the general
election laws as aforesaid.
Section 8. Be itfurther ordained, etc.,
That the Board of supervisors OF Elec-
ton of the parish of st, Landry be and
they are hereby requested and directed
to appoint three commissioners n a
clerk of election to serve and hold said
election at the place established by law
in said district as above setforth, to give
due notice of said appointment, and of
the time and place of holding said cleo
ton, and to make returnsof said cleo
ton to the President of the Police Jury,
who shall and promulgate
the result of said election according to
law.
Section 4. Be itfurther ordained, ETC.,
That the Board of supervisors of Elec-
tion of the parish of st. Landry shall
have 500 ballots printed in accordance
with the provisions of the general cleo
ton law and of section 2 of this ordi-
nance, to be delivered by the sheriff of
school district above designated within
the time fixed by the general election
law, together with the ballot box and
other election paraphernalia.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, ETC..
That the Commissioners of Election
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tax payers of said school district quail
fed under the Constitution and laws of
this state and entitled to vote in that
portion of said district which lies with
in the bounds of the parish of st. Landry
at such election, and when the polls are
/ closed shall count said ballots and make
returns of the votes cast at said election
both in number and amount of assessed
valuation of property of those who
voted for said tax, and of those who
voted against the same, and of those
who voted for funding said tax into
bonds, and of those who voted against
the same.
Section g.. Be it further ordained, etc,
That this ordinance and annexed petit
tions of the property tax payers Of said
school district entitled to vote in that
portion of said district which lies with
in the bounds of the parish of st.
Landry shall be published in the st.
Landry Clarion, the official Journal of
this parish, for the full period of thirty
clear days previous to the date of hold
ing said election, and thatthis ordinance
shall take effect from and after its
passage.
Adopted June 18th, 1909.
w. i. CLOPTON, President.
Attest: J.J. HEALEY, Clerk.
O~pelousas, La, May Bird, 1909.
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police Jury of st. Landry
Parish. State of Louisiana.
Your undersigned property
ers of st. Landry Parish respectfully
petition your Honorable Body to order
a special election in the Mamou
ted as School District Number One of
the Seventh Police jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry, and bounded and
described as follows, to-wit:
From a point on the Louisiana Meri-
dian between sections "a and Is, t 5s,rI
w and 19 and 80 t 5 $, / e and running
due west on section lines to the corner
between sections q, %, q and IS is s,
distance being three milesl thence due
north on section lines five and one half
sections five and one half miles, to the
o~ne-fourth section corner between sec
tions 20 nj 80, t 4 S, l w; thence on
half section line due east to the Meri-
A4Oh A11Cf az u POIub D6lAS one IOufG 4
section corner between section a. t 4 8, L
/ and section 33 t 4 s, + l g; thence |
south along Meridian line one-half
section to a point, being corner to sec
tions u and 40, t 4 s, r l W., and sections
33 and 81, { is, | e.; thence east along |
section lines to the northeast corner
section 35, t 4 ST. l e; thence south five
sections; thence west two sections to
the pointof beginning.
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 levying a
special tax of three (3) mills on the dol
lar for a period Of ten years on all the
taxable property in the said district, for
the following objects and purposes:
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 nec-
essary for the establishment Of a good
public school at Mamou, a village In
the parish of st. Landry, La. The title
OF said school property to be vested in
the public.
And your petitioners further pray
that your Honorable Body will embody
in the call for this election, the submits
sion to the taxpayers, voting at said
election, the question of issuing bonds,
or the funding into bonds the taxes
which may be voted in this School
District, by virtue OF this special cleo
ton, for the purposes afore enumerated.
And your petitioners further pray
thai this petition and the requisite or
dinance ordering said election be duly
passed and published, as provided py
law, and as in duty bound, your memo
~riaIists pray for one and favorable con-
sideration and action in the premises.