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

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tax to be for the purpose Of acquiring
school grounds in said district, and also
for the purpose Of constructing and
equipping thereon d 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 ouch
other things as may be necessary IN
said tax to be levied and collected IN
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.
81 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 h q may De voted
and carried, in this election.
AGAINST issuing bonds or the fund.
ing into bonds in accordance with Act
No. ST of the Acts OF the Generai AS
sembly 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.
Said ballots TO have printed on ana
small square spaces Of uniform size ina
mediately following and opposite to
and at the right of the printing follow
ing the words "F0Rn and AGAINST
as above set forth; to have st the head
printed instructions to the voters 20
Dlaee their cross mark in the small
SQUARE opposite the ballots they 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 atFor'' and "Againstn each PROPOSE
Esr~s I-4 I,oa SkFAG no ha TnriF "a fnA& fnw0fhof
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 Elec-
ton of the parish of st. Landry be and
they are hereby requested and directed
to appoint three commissioners and 2
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 returns of said cleo
ton to the President OF the Police Jury,
who shall announce and promuigate
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.
Section 5. Be itfurther ordained. etc.,
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 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 anne
Section 6. 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.
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Landry Clarion, the official journal Of
this parish, for the full period Of thirty
clear days previous to the date of holds
ing said el~eetion;and that this ordinance
shall take effect from and after its
passage.
Adopted June 7th, 1909.
w. #. GLOPTON, President.
Attest: ]. J.HEAIEY, Clerk.
0pelousas, La, May 3rd, 1909.
To the 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 desfgna
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 IN the Louisiana Me4i-
dian between sections "a and 25, t5s,rI
w and 10 and 30 t 5 $, T / Q and running
due west on section lines to the corner
between sections q, %, n and Is t5 |, rIw
distance being three miIesl; thence due
north on section lines five and one half
sections five and n half miles, to the
one-fourth section orner between sec
lions % and 80, t s, + / w; thence on
half section line due east to the Meri-
line, at a point being one fourth
section corner between section q, t 4 ST.
/ w and section SO { 4 s, + | q; thence
south along Meridian line one-half
section to a point, being corner to Sec
tons n and 40, 4 S, + / w, and sections
and 81, lis, RI e; thence east along
section lines to the northeast corner
section 35, 4s,r1 lie; thence south FIVE
sections; thence west two sections to
the pointo of beginning.
Said election to be called for the par-
pose of submitting to the taxpayers OF
said district, entitled to vote at said
election, the proposition Of leYying a
special tax of three 80 mills on the dol
lar Tor 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 nee
for the establishment Of q good
public school at MRmou, a village in
the parish Of st. Landry, La. The title
SAID school property to be vested in
the public.
And your petitioners further pray
that your Honorable Body will embody
the call for this election, the submits
TO the Taxpayers, voting at said
election, the question of issuing bonds,
or the funding into bonds the taxes
may be voted in this School
District, by virtue of this special cleo
ton, for the purposes afore enumerated.
And your petitioners further pray
that this petition and the requisite or
dinance ordering said election be duly
passed and published, as provided ny
and as in duty bound, Your memo
pray for one and favorable con-
and action in the premises.
Paul A. Fusilier, g. b. Saucier, n. b.
Williams, "A. j. Bacon, S. f. CresWell.i