St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-05-11
ELECTION ASKED FOR 4
SPECIAL SCHOOL
TAX.
The People of OpeI0usas and
NeighbOrho0d Willingly Sign
ing Document.

| tODC1UuSdS lG0uS d puUIlC 5CIlOUl
building; neither is it that school
conditions generally MUST be
improved.
Nearly every school district in
the parish has voted a special
school tax. They do so in most
instances unanimously.
The people of the Opelousas
district can not afford to go down
on record as turning down that
which other sections of the par
| ish less able to do so, are doing.
The petition, and the sigma
lures obtained by Superinten-
dent Thompson in a few days
work, follows:
Opelousas, La, . 1912.
To the Honorable President and
Members of the Parish Board
of School Directors Of the Par
ish of ST. Landry, Louisiana.
The petition of the undersigned
property taxpayers of Opelousas
| School District Number One of
| the 1st Police Jury Ward, of the
Parish of st. Landry, Louisiana,
as created and defined by a reso-
luton of the Board of School Di-
rectors of said Parish, passed on
the 9Th day Of April, 1909, and
being and constituting one-fourth
of the property taxpayers eligible
to vote at said election, respect
fully pray that your Honorable
Body, acting within and under
| the authority of the Constitu-
ton and Laws of Louisiana, do
order that a special election be
held in the manner required by
law, for the purpose of determin-
| ing whether or not: a. a special
tax shall be levied and collected
| in said District, and (2) debt in
CURED and bonds issued therefor
as hereinafter set forth.
Petitioners pray that at said
election your Honorable Body do
submit to vote of the property
taxpayers Of said 0pelousas
School District No. One of the
1st Police Jury Ward of the Par
Iish of st. Landry, Louisiana, en-
titled to vote at said election, the
! following propositions, to-Wit:
/. To levy a special tax Of
five mills on the dollar on all
property in Opelousas School
District No. l of the 1st Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of st.
Landry, Louisiana, subject to
State taxation, annually, for the
period of ten years, for the pur-
pose of: (al giving additional
aid to public schools. (b) Pur-
chasing Cor constructing) public
school buildings in said District,
/ and especially a large central
public school building in the City
of Opelousas, La, and equipping
the same, titles to which shall
vest in the public, or construct
ing public school buildings and
purchasing sites therefor, titles
to which shall vest in the public.
2. To incur debt and issue
bonds to the amount of sixty-five
thousand dollars z65, 000.00) to
run not longer than ten years
from date and to bear interest
not exceeding five per cent per
annum, payable annually, for the
purpose Of purchasing Tor con-
structing) public school buildings.
| in said District, and especially a
large central school building IN
| the city of OpeIousas, La, and
equipping the same, titles to
which shall vest in the public; or.
constructing said public school
buildings and purchasing sites
therefor, titles to which shall
vest in the public.
The undersigned petitioners
respectfully submit the above:
W. G. Perrault, L. L. Per-
rault, Dudley L. Guilbeau, Isaac
Roos, II. E. Estorge, A. L. La
combe, Geo. C. Pulford, r. L.
Wiggins, B. H. Pavy. T. F. Nc
Kinney, w. D. Lewis, 3. Z.
Lewis, F. C. Jennings, A. D. St.
Cyr, e. S. Kerr, E. L. Loeb,
Aaron Jacobs, Jacobs News
Depot Co, Yetta Jacobs, Clarion
Co., Ltd, Henry Lastrapes, Jr.,
Leon S. Haas, Lionel Bienvenu,
j. A. Haas, r. M. Dufilho, G. B.
Chachere, Ludovic Fontenot, G.
E. Harrison, Chas. Thibodeau, J.
A. Shaw, D. D. S., Plais Horn,
Raymond Breaux, Mrs. Clara
Breaux per r. Breaux, A. @.
Skiles, J. Morgan Sandoz, G. I.
Griffith, I. Isaac, Fl. K. Whit
tington, w. B. Prescott, w. w.
Gelyin, w. P. Fisher, Carroll
Mornhinveg, Charley Fazzino,
Nc. his < mark Lippari, r. De-
BailIon, Morton II. Thompson,
St. Landry Cornmoner, Geo.
Bourdier, Chas. w. Dupre, I r.
Guidry, E. B. Dubuisson, VIM.
Alex. Robertson, Pierre Titard.
Eugene Ventre, Mrs. S. Domi-