The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-05-31
NOTICE OF ELECTION

A special meeting OF the Board OF
Commissioners of the First Drainage
District No. l of the Eighth Ward Of
the Parish of Lafayette, La, was held
this day at it's Office in the city
La lafayette, Louisi lana and
there we're present: Auguste Arnauld,
president; Desire BDoussard, Jack
Breaux and w. Fl. Steiner. Absent,
Pierre Breaux. The rinntes of April
p, 1912, were read and approved.
The president stated the object of
the meeting to be to consider a Pc
titiOn from the property taxpayers of
said district as per agreement signed
by members. which petition having
been read, the following was offered,
read in full and adopted:
Be it ordained by the Board of
Commissioners of the First Drainage
District No. l of the Eighth Ward of
the Parish of Lafa yette, La, icreated
by ordinance of Police Jury June 2,
1910, that an election of the property
taxpayers of said Drainage District be
called in accordance with, and in re-
spouse to, the following petition this
day presented to this Board, to-wit:
To the Honorable Board of Com
missioners of the First Drainage
District MOL of the Eighth Ward of
parish of Lafayette, Louisiana:
The undersigned property tax-pay-
ers of the First Drainage District of
the Eighth Ward of Lafayette Parish
Created by ordinance of Police Jury
June 2, 19lO), constituting more than
one fourth of the same, do hereby Pc
tition your Honorable body to call an
election in said Drainage District of
the property taxpayers therein quail
fed to vote under the Constitution
and laws of this State, to take the
sense of said property taxpayers on
the following propositions now Offer
ed by your petitioners, to-wit:
l. On the proposition to levy, as
sess and collect IN acreage tax of
twenty-five cents per r on every
acre of land in said drainage district,
per snnum, beginning with the year
1912, and extending o and including
the year 1917, being six years, for the
purpose Of digging needfu) canal and
bitches to drain said District.
2. And on the further proposition
to incur debts and issue negotiable
bonds for the sum of two thousand
and five hundred dollars, BASED upon
said tax-and to be paid by the same.
Said bonds to be in amounts Is
follows:
l. One bond for four hundred dol
lars due March 2, 1913.
2. One bond for four hundred dol.
lars due March l, 1914.
3. One bond for four hundred dol
lars due March 1, 1915.
4. One bond for four hundred dol
lars due March l, 1916.
S. One bond for four hundred dol
lars due March l, 1917.
6. One bond for five hundred dol.
lars due March l, 1918.
Said. bonds to bear I've per cent per
annum interest, and the interest on
entire amount 70 be paid annually, on
March l, beginning March l, 1913,
and said acreage tax OF twenty-five
cents per acre shall be pledged for
the payment of said bonds in princi-
pal and interest and it shall be un-
lawful to use the same for any other
purpose.
Said election to be held in all re-
spects according to Act No 266 Of the
Acts of the Legislature of the year
1910 and Art. 28l of the Constitution
of this State, and amendments thereto.
(Signed)
OCTAVE BERTRAND,
FIRMIN LAGNEAUX,
LEOPOLD PIERRET,
LEON LAGNEAUX,
CAMILLE ARNAULD,
DESIRE BROUSSARD,
JACK BREAUX,
PIERRE BREAUX,
AUG. ARNAULD.
Be IL further ordained that said
election be and the same is hereby
called to be held on Thursday, june
q, 1912, to take the sense of the pr p
erty taxpayers Of said Drainage Dis
trict on the propositions set out in
said petition, which is embodied in
this ordinance and made part OF the
same, and which propositions are:
l. To impose and collect an acr"-
age tax of twenty-five cents per acre
upon every acre of land in said
Drainage District annually for the
term of six years, beginning with the
wear 1912 and extending to and In
GLIDING the year 1917.
2. To incur debt and issue six ne
gotiable bonds based upon said tax
and to be paid by tho same, payable
espectively on March l, 1918, and
annually thereafter, being five bonds
for four hundred dollars, and the
last for FIVE hundred dollars; Same TO
bear five per cent per annum interest