St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-09-09
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

oC I y hnOWA tnhk1WG the Undersigned
members of the Board of Sewerage
Commissioners of the First Sewerage
District of the City of 0peiousas, Louis
lana, being the full mem bership Of said
Board, did in pursuance to Section Is of
Act No. 256 of the Acts of the General
Assem- bly, of the State of Louisiana for
the year 1910, approved July 7, 1910, and
to the notice of said Board dated July
II, 1911. calling an election of the prop
erty Taxpayers of said Sewerage Dis
trict to be- held this day to take the
sense of the property taxpayers of said
Sewerage District on the hereinafter
mentioned propositions, conyend in
public session at the Office OF the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the CITY of
Opelousas, Louisiana, at the hour of s
o'clock p. m. OF Thursday, August oath,
1911, being at the time and place pre-
viously advertised according to law.
ano the ballot box used in said election
having en-deliveredto us duly sealed
BY the Commissioners of said election,
we did then and there proceed to break
the seal and open said ballot box con-
tanning the ballots deposited at said
eleetioneheld oL said day and the re-
turns OF said election commissioners.
and did examine and count the returns
of said election, and did then and do
now declare the result of said election
held as aforesaid to have been as fol-
| III We h&EUIA p4opOSAH4OAS BGIOW E0E
forth respectively, to-wit:
LIST. proposition to levy and assess
a special tax of two and one-half (2L)
mills on the dollar to be levied annn-
ally on the assessed valuation of all the
property subject to State taxation in
the Sewerage District of the City of
Opelousas, Louisiana, created by and
bounded and described as set forth in
Ordinance Number Seven of the Board
of Aldermen of the city of Opelousas,
for the year 1911, adopted March 7. 1911,
said proposition being submitted in
pursuance to an ordinance of the Board
of Sewerage Commissioners of said
sewerage district adopted on the 18th day
of July, 1911, and said proposed tax to be
levied and assessed on the basis of the
assessed valuation of said property es-
tablIshed on the municipal assessment
rolls of each year, for a period of Forty
(40l years commencing with and includ-
ing the tax levy of the year Nineteen
Hundred and Eleven (19l1), said tax to
be levied Tor the purpose of contracting
for, acquiring, laying and installing a
sewerage plant and ali necessary APP
purtenances thereto, to be located and
constructed within or partially within
and partially without the limits of said
Sewerage District as SAID Board of Sew
erage Commissioners may deem adyis-
sble, and maintaining and operating a
I SO " Il oSO E5Z SfSuCD4 q. W1uAlu a bE1S
limits Of said Sewerage District, the
title to all of which shall vest in said
Sewerage District Of the City of Opelou-
sas, Louisiana.
Number of votes cast in favor of
said proposition, one hundred
and eighteen lis
Number of votes cast against said
proposition, ~ffty-seven 81
Majority of votes in number cast in
favor Of said proposition, sixty
@ one At
Amount OF votes in valuation
of property cast in favor of
said proposition, three hum
dred and nine thousand,
six hundred and ifty.one
dollars S809,65l.0O
Amount of votes in valuation
of property cast against
said proposition, one hum
bred and eighty-five thou
sand, eight hundred and
forty-tWo dollars IS5,842.0O
Majority of amount of votes in
valuation of property cast
in favor Of said proposition,
one hundred and twenty
three thousand, eight hum
dred and nine dollars 12S, S09. 90
End. Proposition to act debt and issue
bonds of the Sewerage District OF the City Of
Opelousas, Louisiana, created by and
bounded and described as set forth In Ordi-
nance Number seven of the Board of Alder
men of the City of Opeiousas for the year
1911, adopted March Z, 1911, said proposition
being submitted in pursuance TO an ordi-
nance of the Board OF Sewerage Commits
sioners of said Sewerage District adopted
on The 18th day Of July. I'll. and sad, sala PRO- e,
Of forty thousand dollars Is4o0oo.oo1,
to run for a period not exceeding forty I4ol
years from the 1st day of october 1911, and
to bear interest at the rate of five per cent
Is per cent? per annum from said date until
paid, interest on all of said bonds to be paid
| annually, and said bonds or the funds OBJ.
tanned from the sale thereof to be used and
expended under the control and direction
LOT the Board of Sewerage Commits
f bisteict Of e the ehe city F'fs 81 o ssTslass
Louisiana, for h exclusive purpose of con
tracing for, acquiring. laying and INSTALL
Ing a sewerage plant and all necessary ap-
puTtenances thereto, to be located and con-
| strueted within or partially within and par
TALLY without the limits of said Sewerage
District as the Board of Sewerage Commits
Bile, maintaining and
Operating a sewerage system with
IN the limits of said Sewerage District, the
title to all of which shal1yest in said sewer
| age District of the City of O~pelousas, Louis
lana. said bonds to be secured in principal
and interest by, and payable out q, the Hrst
tax above mentioned in proposition num-
Der one.
Number of votes castfn said
proposition, one mar anu
twenty lzo
Number of votes cast against sa1d
proposition, hfty-sevea %
Majority of votes in number cast in
favor of said proposition, sixty
three %
Amount of votes IN valuation
of property cast IN favor OF
said proposition, three
hundred and ten thousand