St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-06-19

posed of territory taken from the par
fshes of st. Landry and Avoyellesi SAID
tax to be for the purpose OF acquiring
school grounds in said district, and also
for the purpose OF constructing and
eouipping thereon acentrsl high school
building, the title to all of which shatl
be vested In the public, and also Tor the
purpose of providing and doing sueh
other things as may be necessary AZ
school development IN SAID d1sCFlcC;
said tax to be levied and Collected n
pursuance to and in accordance with
law, beginning with the year l9-.
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 or the fund
ing into bonds in accordance with Act
No. 81 of the Acts of the General AS
sembIy 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 I'M
mediateIy following and opposite to
and at the right of the printing follow
ing the words "FORn and AGAINST
as above set forth; to have at the head
EDrinted instructions to the voters to
place their cross mark in the small
square opposite the ballots they wish to
vote, and to sign their names M 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 .For,' and against each PROPOSE
ton submitted 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 itfurther ordained, etc,
That the Board of supervisors Of Elee-
ton of the parish of st. Landry be and
thew are hereby requested and directed
to appoint three commissioners ana q
clerk of election to serve and hold said
election at the place established by law
in said district a S above setforth, to give
due notice of said appointments, a OF
the time and place of holding said cleo
ton, and to make returns of said cleo
ton to the President of the Police Jury,
who shall announce and promulgate
the result of said election according to
law.
Section 4. Be itfurther ordained, etc.
That the Board of supervisors of Elec-
| ton 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
this parish at the polling place in said
school district above designated within
the time fixed by the general election
law, together with the ballot box and
other election paraphernalia.
Ea0ktOn < IN ~ $TTrkhAN nvS "a iF7o d ofa
That the Commissioners of Election
shall receive the ballots of all property
tax payers of said school district quail
fed under the Constitution and laws OF
this state and entitled to vote in thai
portion of said district which lies with
In the bounds of~Jhe 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 whC
voted against the same, and Of those
who voted for funding said tax into
bonds, and of those who voted against
the anne
Section6. Be it further ordained, etc.
That this ordinance and annexed peti
tons of the property tax payers of sale
school district entitled to vote in thai
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 d
this parish, for the full period of thirty
clear days previous to the date of hold
ing said election, and that this ordinance
shall take effect from and after 1t:
passage.
Adopted June 18th, 1903.
w. F. CLOPTON, President.
Attest: j.. J.HEALEY, Clerk.
o~pelousas, La, May Bird, 1909.
To he.Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police Jury of st. Landry
Parish. State of Louisiana.
Your undersigned property tax-pay.
ers of st. Landry Parish respectfully
petition your Honorable Body to order
q special election in the Mamou
School District, being further designa
ted as School District Number One oil
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 Meli
dian between sections "a and 25, rs s, r
w and l9 and 80 t5s,r1 e and running
due west IN section lines to the corner
between sections 2l, %, n and 8 is s, r lM
Fdistance being three miles1 thence due
north on section lines five and one hall
sections five and one half miles,, to the
~one-fourth section corner between sec
tions 20 and 80, t 4 s, I W; thence on
half section line due east to the Meri.
dian line, at q point being one fourth
section corner between section q, t 4 s,
l w and section IS t 4 S, T I O.; thence
south along Meridian line one-haIf
section to 8 point, being corne to sec.
lions q and 40, As, + ] ", and sections
So and "a, t 8, ri 9; thence east along
section lines to the northeast corner
section IS, t4s,r1e; thence south five
sections; thence west two sections "a
the pointof beginning.
Said election to be called for the pur.
pose Of submitting to the taxpayers OF
said district, entitled to vote ct said
election, the proposition of levying q
special tax of three 81 mills on the dol
lar for q period of ten years on ali 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 q school house and 81
doing such other things as may he NEG
essary for the establishment of a good
public school at Mamou, g 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 YOU petitioners further pray
that this petition and the requisite or
dfnance ordering said election be duly
passed and published, as provided ay
law, and as In duty bound, your memo
~riaIists pray for one and favorable con-
sideration and action in the premises,