St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-09-14
INrtTEs OF SPECIAL MEETING.

INUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING
Opelousas, La, Aug. 5, 1912.
THE Parish Board Of School Director
ofthe Parish of st. Landry La, con
vened In special session.
Present: Hon. 9. F. DAILY. President
and Meesrs. J.F. Vfdrine, w. j.. Boud
yeau. DIR. Al. q. Durio, Ri. Hawkins, J
IN. Lyman and q quorum.
MIL. If. Vidrinne offered the fnl
lowing resolution and moved Its adop
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for the issuance and sale y
school Bonds of Opelousas Schoo
District No, /, 1st Police Jury Ward
oS the Parish of St. Lal.dry, La. x
she amount or Sixty-ffve thonsane
l$65,O00.N0l dollars, and 1evying 4
special tax of five COP mills per an
nun on all the property subject Y
state taxation Within the limits 81
said Opelousas School DistrictNo. !
1st Police Jury Ward III the tht
Parish of ST. Landry, Las for . pc
Rod Of ten (I0l years, beginning
with and includingt the year 1912, fol
the purpose Of paying the principal
and interest OF said bonds as sans
shall mature.
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and regularly held In Dpelousas School
District No. /, LIST Police Jury Ward %
the Parish of st. Landry, La on t b {
10Th day Of June, 1912, in conformity ta
resolution of this Board ordering said
election, there was submitted to t b e
Il OF the property tax payers en-
titled to vote in said Ope1ousas School
DIstriet No. /, LIST Police Jury Ward OF
the Parish of st. Landry, La.,a proposi-
ton to levy a five mill special tax on
ali at the, property subject to State tax
utiOn In said 0pelousas School District
No. i, LIST Police Jury Ward of the Par
fish of st. Landry, La, for the period of
ten years for the purpose of: la1 Civ
ing additional aid to public schools. (bl
Purchasing, or constructing, public
school buildings In said District and es-
pecially a large central public school
building in the city of Opelousas, La,
and eauipping the same, titles to which
shall vest in the public and,
Whereas. the levying of said special
tax for said purpose was duly author
lied by q vote of the majority in both.
number and amount of votes cast at
said election and
Whereas, at said special election
there was also submitted to the vote
of the property tax payers entitled to
vote in said Opelousas School District
1N0s1y 1st oLiCS Jury Vafa VI sne OF
ish of st. Landry, La. q proposition to
incur debt and issue BIO 8 TO
& h q amount of SfxtY-five Thousand
($05000.00) Dollars, to run not longer
than ten years from date, and to bear
interest not exceeding five per cent
per annum, payable annually for the
purpose Of purchasing Tor c~onstructingl
public school buildings in said District,
and especially a large central public
enh f1nl FhI1ffn1n n in thu GifU nf nna1nn&
sas, Las and equipping the same, titles
to which shall vest in the public; or,
constructing said public school build
fngs and purchasing sites therefor,
titles to which shall vest In the public ;
and,
Whereas, the mourning of said debt
and the issuance of said bonds for said
purpose was duly authorized by the
vote Of q majority in both number and
amount of votes cast at said election ;
and
Whereas, said debt has not been in
CURED or said bonds issued:
Second /. Be it resolved by the Par
ish Board ofSchool Directors of the Par
ish of St. Landry, La, That the Pres
ident and Treasurer of this Board be
and they are hereby authorized and di-
rected to have prepared and to execute
in the name. OF the Parish Board of
Directors Of the Parish st. of Landry,
Lao for and on b g h IF of 0pelousas
District No. /, 1st Police Jury
Ward of said Parish of st. Landry,
hundred and thirty (I30l
bonds, numbered from | to |
$50, both numbers inclusive, and i'll de-
nominations of Five Hundred ($5OO.O0l |
each, bearing date of Scptem-
Der 10Th, 1912, and maturing n d
being due and payable as follows:
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18th, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916. 1917,
1913, 1915, 1920, 1921, and 1922, res D e q
or one to ten Il to l01 years after
heir date, bearing interest at the
attt of five per cen per annum, payable
annually, on the 18th day ofSeptember of
zach and every year until the paymentof
he principal sum thereof, both prinei-
,al and interest of said bonds to be pay
BILE at the office of the Treasurer of
he Parish Board Of School Directors of
be Parish of st. Landry. La, In the
lily of. 0peIousas, La, and said boiias /
hall be known as "Opelousas School
No. /, lst Police Jury Ward
The interest on said bonds shall lie
videnced by proper coupon attached
} each bond, INT both principal ana
aterest of said bonds shall be due and
agabfe in gold coin of the United
tNlSs ~ tUFltFH present. SLatilafu of !
and fineness. said bonds shall !
signed by the President of Thu
GARD ana attested hy the Secretary of /
lis Board, but said interest coupons i
be executed by facsimile sigma 3
res of aid President and Secretary. t
Section 9. BE 1t further resolved, etc :
hat ali IT said bonds aud all Of said i
coupons attached thereto Shall /
substantially in The following forms,
speetively: i
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, r
STATE OF LOUISIANA, j
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. )
zo.I i. $500OO.
,ELoUSAS SCHOOL DISTRICT !
70. j, lsT POLICE JURY WARD j,
BONDS 81
or THE I,
IRISH BOARD OF SCHOOL DE- = \
2ECTORSa az TIIE PARISH OF hi
.sT. LANDRY, LOUISIANA. N