St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-10-12

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sessed valuation of all property
situated within the corporate
limits of this city, exert such
as is exempt from taxation I'M
der the Constitution and laws of
this State, be and the same is
hereby levied for the lyear nine
teen hundred and twelve 1912,
eight 81 mills of said (10) mills
tax to be used for ordinary mu-
! nicipal purposes, and the other
two 81 mills for extraordinary
municipal purposes to meet the
payment in principal and inter-
est of the certificates of indebt-
edness issued in pursuance to the
ordinance adopted on the 9th day
of September, 1912, and entitled
An ordinance to incur debt and
to issue certificates of indebted
ness therefor to provide funds
for making additions and i'm
proyements to the electric light
and water plant of this city"
Section 2. That said tax shall
be due and colIectible in accord
ance with the Constitution and
laws of this State and particular
ly Act 1876 of 1898 and the laws
amendatory thereof.
Section 3. That for good and
sufficient reasons this ordinance
shall take effect from and after
its passage.
Section 3. That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in con-
fict with this ordinance or in
consistent herewith be and the
sameis hereby repealed.
E. L. LOEB, Mayor.
Attest: ]. B. A. STAGE, City
Clerk.
Adopted Oct. 2, 1912.
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Or motion duly seconded and
carried the above Ordinance af-
ter having been read section by
section and adoptee in like man
ner, was unanimously adopted
as a whole.
Motion by Mr.. Daniel
That the Mayor appoint a COM
mittee of two together with him
self as chairman, to look into the
complaint of the Southern As
phalt CO., for alleged overcharge
on labor and material furnished
by the Power Plant, for repair
ing the damages done to the
water and light system of the
city, by the said Southern As
phalt Co., who are putting in a
sewerage system in this city I'M
der the supervision of the Sew
erage Commission. Motion duly
seconded and carried.
The Mayor appoints on the
above committee Messrs. Daniel
and BoWden.
Motion by Mr.. DANIEL
That the purchasing commit
tee be authorized to purchase
from the Opelousas Mercantile
Co., a second hand Burroughs
adding machine, provided salts
factory arrangement can be
made for the payment of same.
Motion duly seconded and car
ried.
Motion by Mr.. Daniel
That the council as a whole
compose a committee to frame
the budget for the year 1913.
Motion duly seconded and car
ried.
Opelousas, La, Oct. 2, 1912.
To the Honorable the Mayor and
Members of the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Ope-
lousas.
We, the undersigned citizens,
respectfully petetion your Hon
orable Body to increase the sal
airy of the Street Commissioners
$751; 90 per month.
We make this request by rea-
son Of the fact that the work
done thus far by the Street Com
missioner, in our opinion, justi-
fies an increase in his salary.
We feel that the services he
has rendered are worth more
than the compensation presently
allowed.
Mrs. E. S. Andrus, Ernest
Fusilier, F. J. Dietlein, R. Lee
Garland, l.. Austin F~ontenot,
R. B. Christman, E. T. Lewis,
A. Leon Dupre, ]. ]. Healey,
Rev. j. Engberink, J. R. Pavy,
G.. B. Andrus, Gilbert L. Dupre,
L. Virgins, 6. L. Lassalle,
w. Blacksher. II. Crawford, J.
Lassalle, Nahon Fadaol, Jos.
Paul Boagni, Plais Horn, f. L.
Doucet, Kossuth Doucet, Chas.
T. Boagni, Mrs. Julia Z. Gar
land. Chas. Ventre. j. A. Budd,
H. Cretin, f. De La Rue, ST.,
J. Landau, 6. w. Morlarty, &.
A. Bodemuller, II. Bodemuller,
Fontenot, j. HI. Hartman
son, E. B. Dubuisson, Ike Roos,