St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-12-21

contracting for, acquiring, Installing
completing and maintaining a sewer,
age plant and ap~purtenanees thereto
for snid Sewerage District, the title 10
which shall vest in said district.
That sateelection shall be conducted
under q = su~petvislop of tits Ht,arsi
aud shah be held on Thursday. Decein-
Der 18th, t912. The polling place at
which the votes in said election shall be
cast is hereby fixed and established ut
the residence of Lorenzo Mornhfnyeg
in said Addition, and said election poll
shall open on said day at the hour Of
seven o'clock Il. M, aud remain open
until five o'clock P. M.
That the following registered and
qualified voters of said Addition
be q they are hereby appointed
to serve as election officers for said cleo
ton at said designated poll, and shall
be paid at the rate of three dollars per
day. to-Wit: Commissioners: Lorenzo
Mornhinveg, Eraste Durio, and p. r.
Sandoz; Clerk, Chas. B. Chachere.
That all property taxpayers OF said
A Addition qua1ifi g d as electors
under the Constitution and laws of this
State shall be entitled to vote st 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-
therized in writing, which written au-
t~horiZations shall be attached to such
agents ballots respectively.
That said election shall be conducted
and the returns thereof made in the
and manne provided for
in Act No. PSI of 1910, and in all
+ aspects not 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 10 same
may be applicable thereto.
Thaton the evening Of said election,
to7Wft, on Thursday, the 18th day Of
December, 1912, at the hour of six
o'clock p. M. the said Board of Sewer
age Commissioners shall repair TIC the
polling place hereina boye es-
a b ] is b ed and shall there
in public session proceed to open the
ballot box as 500 rs the same is turned
over by the election officers, and exam
inc and count the ballots in number
and amount, examine and canvass the
returns, ana declare the result of said
election, which resultthsy shall there
after promulgate by publication IN one
of the official journal OF said City.
This Board shall keep in ~triplicate a pro-
ces verbal of the msnner in which the
ballot box has been opened, the returns
c~anyassed and the result of the election
ascertained and shall file and record
samein the manner provided by law.
E. B. DUBUlssoN,
President Board of Sewerage Commits
sioners OF the First Sewerage Dis
trict of the City of O~pelousas, La.
AN ORDINANCE.
OF the Board of Sewerage Commission
ers of the First Sewerage District Of
the City of OpeIonsas, Louisiana,
calling a special election TO be held
in the Grolee Street Addition to
said District, ut which to submit to
the property holders of said Addi-
tion a proposition to levy spe-
clal taxes equal to those heretofore
voted In the original First Sew
District, for the purpose Of contracts
ing Ior, acquiring, installing, COM
p1eting, and maintaining a sewer
age plant and a-ppurtenances 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 9Th, 1912, did create an addi-
ton to the FIRST Sewerage District of
said City, to be temporarily known as
the Grolee Street Addition thereto and
fully described and bounded in IFS ordl-I
nance adopted said day, being 0rdi-
nance Numt er Ten of the City Of 0pe-
Tor the year 1872; and
Whereas, under the terms Of said CITY
the permanent merger Of
said Addition with said First Sewerage
DISTRICTS made conditional upon the
property ~tax-payers of said Addition
special taxes in the same
amount and for the same purpose Is
those heretofore voted in the original
District created March 7th,
1911 and
Whereas, the property taxpayers of
said original Sewerage District on Au-|
gust oath, 1911, voted in favor of the
leVying Of a special tax of two and one
half mills per anauin for a period of
forty years commencing with the year
1911, and on October 30th, 1912, voted In
of leVyfng a special tax of one
mill per annum for a period of twenty
Six years commencing with the year
1913; now therefore
Be it ordained by the Board of Sew
Commissioners Of the First Sew
District of the City of 0~peIousas,
n called meeting convened:
Section /. That a special election
be held and is hereby called In
he Grolee Street Addition L o the First
Sewerage District of the City OF 0pe-
Housas, Louisiana, Is created by
ind bounded and described in Ordf-
rance No. 10 of the City Of OpeIousas
or the year 1912, adopted November
'th, 1912, to submit to the property tax
of said addition qualified to vote
under the Constitution and
avs of this State, the following propo-
sition, to-Wit:
A proposition to levy and assess 4
tax of two and one-half mills
the dollar for q period of Forty
years commencing with and including
he year BILL, and q special tax of one
on the dollar for a period Of Tween
sy-six years commencing with and IN
the year 1913, to be levied an
lually on the assessed valuation of all
property subject to State taxation
IA the Gfolee Street Addition to the
FIRST Sewerage District of the City Of
La. as created, bounded and
described in Ordinance No. To- of said
City, adopted November 9th, 1912, for
purpose of contracting for, acqu1r-
ing, installing, completing and main
q sewerage plant and appurte-
nances thereto for said District, the
title to which shall Vestin said District.
Section q. That said election shall
be ~conaucted under the supervision OF
this Board, and shall be held'on Thurs
day, December 26th, 1912. The polling
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