St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-11-23

Whereas, the property taxpayers OF
said original Sewerage District on All
gust 24th, 1911, voted in favor of tbs
lavying of 8 special tax OF two and one
half mills per annurn for Q period OF
forty years commencing with the year
1911, and on October 30th, 1912, voted in
favor of levying a special tax OF one
mill per annum for . period of twenty
six years commencing with the year
1918; therefore
Be it ordained by the Board of Sew
erage Commissioners of the First Sew
/ erage Dfstrfctsof the City OF Opelousas,
in called meeting convened:
Section l. That q special election
| shall be held and Is hereby called in
the GroIee Street Addition to the First
Sewerage District of he City of Ope-
tlousas, Louisiana, as pY
and bounded and described in 0rdI-
for III year 1917, adopted November
Sth, 1912, to submit to tbs property tax
payers ofsaid Addition qualified tovote
thereon under the Constitution and
laws of this State. the following propo-
sit1on, to-wit:
A proposition to levy and assess .
special TAX Of two and one-half mills
on the dollar for q period of Forty
years commencing with and including
they 1911, and 3 special tax OF lie
mill on the dollar for . period Of TWEEN
ty-6ix years commencing with q IN
eluding the year 1913, to be levied an
nually on the assessed valuation of all
the property subject to State taxation
III me GroIee SEreet Addition Co The
First Sewerage District OF The City OF
Opelousas, La, a. created, bounded and
described in Ordinance No. 10 OF said
City, adopted November 8th, 1872, for
the purpose Of contracting for, acqulr-
ing, INSTALLING, completing and main-
tanning u sewerage plant and apparGe-
nances thereto for said District, the
title TO which shall vestin said District.
Section 3. That said election shall
lie conaa..ted under the supervision OF
lhls Beale. and shall be held on Thurs
day, December 18th, 1872. The polling
place at Whl4h the votes In said elec-
ton shall be EAST is hereby fixed and
established ST the residence or Lorenzo
AIornhinveg lii said Addition and said
lection poll shat open on a day at
Tie nouEo OF seVen o'clock AM. q re-
main open until five O'clock r. NJ
section 8. That the following regis
tered qualified voters of said Addl-
ton be anu they are hereby appointed
W serve AS 610EblGU OilICtCK5 1oE ~Sk1A
election at said poll, and shall be paid
1t the rate of $3.D0 per day, to-wIt: Conn
lor g M~ornhtaveg,
Eraste Dnrio and r. IL. SanIoz; Clerk
.has. B. Chacleae.
Section 4. That the necessary bal-
lot box, ballots, stationery and Blanks
for duplicate tally sheets, lists Of
valuation Of properly, and dn-
complied statements o. the
votes in number aid amount shall he
furnished and delivered to said election
al said polling place on the day
and at the hour hxea tor holding said
ana opening said polls BY the
Secretary OF this Boara.
Section 5. That tbs Clerk II Court
Ind ex-officio Hsegistr1r Of Voters of
the Parish OF st. Landry shall in ac-
eordance with Sec of ACT z66 Of 1916,
and deliver to said commits
sionsrs Of ele eEion at or before the time
appointed for the opening OF this poll,
i fist CT the Taxpayers entitled to vote
u person or By proxy as said election
sogether with the valuation OF each tax
properly Is shown by the as
sessment roll last msde and filed prior
10 the date fixed tor said election.
Section s. Thatthe ballots to be- used
d said election shall be in the follow
ng form, and shall have printed there
i the following matter. to-Wtt: