St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-03-11
AN ORDINANCE.
M n of 1911

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Creating q Sewerage District within
the corporate limits of the City OF
Opelousas, La. in pursuance 60 tne
provisions of Act No. 2S5 OF the
General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana for the year 1908; caillng
an election for the purpose q select.
ing five members of a Board oI
Sewerage Commissioners for said
District; fixing the date of said cleo.
ton, and providing the manner of
~canvassing the returns of said cleo
ton, ETC.:
Sec 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City Of
Opelousas, La. in regular session con-
yened, that In pursuance to the prov1-
efons Of Act No. 2S5 of the General As
sembly of the State Of Louisiana for the
wear 1908, approved July 9, 1908, the fol-
lowing Sewerage District within the
corporate limits of said city Is hereby
created, viz:
All that portion Of the said City OF
Opelousas that is bounded on the north
by the Colorado Southern, New Orleans
and Pacific Railroad Company,s right
81 way, or the north line of Cheney
Street and within n hundred and
flfty feet north of said line; south by
the south line of Jefferson street, and
within one hundred and fifty feet south
OF said line; west by the western bound
ary OF the r~ight.of-Way of the Morgan's,
LouisianR IL Texas Railroad and Steam
ship Company, and within one hundred
and fifty feet west of said line and east
by the eastern boundary of Lombardy
street and q line due south from the
southern end of said street to the inter
section of Jefferson street, and within
one hundred and fifty feet east OF SAID
line.
Sec. 2. Be ii further ordained, etc.,
That an election be, u the same ls
hereby ordered to be held In the City OF
Opelonsas, La. on the 26th day OF the
month Of March, A. D., 1911, for the pur-
pose OF eIecting q Board of Sewerage
Eommissioners for said Sewerage Dis
trict, consisting OF five members, to be
selected by the property taxpayers
resident within the limits of said Sewer
ale District and authorized to vote
under the Constitution and Laws OF the
state OF Louisiana at elections in such
districts for the issuance of negotiable
bonds, the term OF Office of said Commits
.sionsrs to continue until the first Con-
oressional Election after they assume
Sha discharge of the functions a
duties entrusted TO them under said Act,
and until their successors shall have
been elected and qualified.
sec. 3. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That said election shall be held from s
,fsfx) O'Clock in the forenoon until Z
9seyen) o'clock In the afternoon OF he
shove date fixed for said election, and
frat the polling place shall be located
MI la Mayors Office in the parish court
house, in the city Of Opelonsas, La, at
the corner Of Court and Landry streets.
q 4. Be it further ordained, etc,
THAT the following persons be and they
are hereby appointed to serve as Com
missioners and Clerk of Election: G.
M~ornhinyeg, Jno. H. Harmansnn and
n r. Dunbar, Commissioners, and l.. A.
Sando2, Clerk.
sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc.,
mat the returns of the election shall
he made to the Mayer and Board of Al
dermen OF the City of O~pelousas, on the
nirhf Of the election, and the said Mayor
and Board of Aldermen shall meet at
she WY aid election 1t The : hour If Of 5
eight O'Clock, IN open session. aud
then proceed to canvas the returns and