St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-12-07
Thursday, Dec. 2s, 1912,

a special election shall be held and i
hereby called in the Grolee Street Ad
dition to the First Sewerage District o
the City of Opelousas, Louisiana, a
created by and bounded and described
in Ordinance No. 10 of the City of Ope
lousas for the year 1912, adopted Novem
Der Sth, 1870 submit to the property
taxpayers of said Addition quali
fed to vote thereon under the Consti
tuition and laws of this State, the fol
lowing proposition, to-wit:
A proposition to levy and assess
special tax of two and one-half mills or
the dollar for a period Of forty years
commencing with aud including the
year 1911, and a special tax of one mil
on the dollar for a period of Twenty-si2
years commencing with and including
the year 1913, to be levied annually on
the assessed valuation of all the prop.
erty subject to State taxation in this
Grolee Street Addition to the First Sew
erage District of the City of Opelousas,
La, as created, bounded and described
in Ordinance No. 10 of said City, adopted
November 8th, 1912, for the purpose OF
contracting for, acquiring, installing
completing and maintaining a sewer
age plant and appurtenances thereto
for said Sewerage District, the title to
which shall vest in said District.
That said election shall be conducted
under the supervision Of this Board,
and shall be held or Thursday, Deeem-
Der 18th, 1912. The polling place at
which the votes in said election shall be
cast is hereby fixed and established at
the residence of Lorenzo Mornhinveg
in said Addition, and said election poll
shall open On said day at the hour of
seven o'clock A. M, aud remain open
until five O'Clock p. NJ.
That the following registered and
voters of said Addition
be and they are hereby appointed
to serve rs election officers for said cleo
ton at said designated poll, and shall
be paid at the rate of three dollars per
day, to-wlt: Commissioners: Lorenzo
MornhinVeg, Eraste Durio, and p. r..
Sandoz; Clerk, Chas. B. Chachere.
That all property taxpayers of said
Addition qualii g ID as electors
under the Constitution and laws of this
State shall be entitled to vote at said
election; provided that resident women
taxpayers shall have the right to
vote at said election, without registra-
ton, in person or by their agents au-
IN writing, which written au-
shall be attached to such
agents ballots respectively.
That said election shall be conducted
and the returns thereof made in the
form and manner provided for
IN Act No. 256 of 1910, and in all
r g aspects moi provided for in
said Act or this ordinance, said
election shall be conducted in conform
Ity to the General Election Laws of this
State now in force in SO far as same
may be applicable thereto.
That on the evening Of said election,
on Thursday the 18th day of
December, 1912, al the hour of SIX
2. NJ, the said Board of Sewer
age Commissioners shall repair TO the
place hereinab 0Ya es-
a b is h ed and shall TIL ere
n public session proceed TO open the
ballot box rs soon as the same is turned
by the election officers, and exam
ne and count the ballots in number
ind amount, examine and canvass the
ana declare the result of said
election, which result they shall there
after promulgate by publication in h
ssue of the official journal of said City.
This Board shall keep in triplfcate q pro-
les verbal of the manner In which the
ballot box has been opened, the returns.
sanvassed and the result of the election
lscertained and shall file and record
the manner provided by law.
E. b. DUBU1SSON,
resident Board of Sewerage Commis1
sioners OF the First Sewerage Dis
triet of the City of Opelousas, La.
AN ORDINANCE.
If the Board of Sewerage Commission
ers of the First Sewerage District o
the City Of OpeIousas, Louisiana
calling a special election to be held
in the Grolee Street Addition I'd
said District. at which to submit tc
the property holders of said Addi
ton a proposition to levy spe
cial taxes equal to those heretofore
voted in the original First Sew
District, for the purpose of contracts
ing for, acquiring, installing, COM
plotting, and maintaining a sewer
age plant and appurtenances there
to for said District, the title to
which shall vest In said Sewerage
District.
Whereas, the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of the City of Opelousas, on
November Sth, 1912, did create an addi-
to the First Sewerage District OF
aid City, to be temporarily known as
1lly described and bounded in it's ordI-
ance adopted said day, being Ordi-
.ance Numk Ter Ten of the City Of Ope-
'usas for the year 1912; and
Whereas, under the terms OF said City
rdinance the permanent merger of
aid Addition with said First Sewerage |
is made conditional upon the
Taxpayers of said Additi IN |
citing special taxes in the same |
mount and for the same purpose MS
hose heretofore voted in the original |
erage District created March 9TH,
III and
WLo.ao, az o
lid original Sewerage District on Au-
ust Gath, 1911, voted in favor of the
of a special tax of two and one
alf mills per n for a period of
,rty years commencing with the year
Ill, and on October 30th, 1912, voted in
svor OF levying q special tax of one
ill per annum for Q period of twenty
x years commencing with the year
liz; now therefore
Be 1t ordained by the Board of Sew
Commissioners of the First Sew
age District of the City of 0pelousas,
called meeting convened:
Section /. That q special election
be held and is herekW called In
lie GroIee Street Addition to the First
average District of the City OF 0pe-
tusas, Louisiana, as created by
nd bounded and described in Ordi-
snce No. 10 of the City Of Opelousas
T the year 1912, adopted November
b, 1912, to submit to the property tax
ayers of said Addition qualified to vote
under the Constitution and
VS. of this State, the following propo-
ton, to-Wft:
A proposition TO levy and assess q
,ecial tax of two and one-half mills
i the dollar for q period of Forty
ears commencing with and including
Ie year 1911, and o special tax Of one
i'll on the dollar for q period of TWen-
six years commencing with and in
uding the year 1913, to be levied an
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