St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
Proclamation of Election.

PROCLAMATION OF Elect1Ol.
Process Verbal of the Board oil
Sewerage Commissioners oil
the First Sewerage District OF
the City of Opelousas, La.
showing canvass of the returns
of the Special Election held in
the GroIee Street Addition to
said Sewerage District on De
cember rs, 1912, and the Pro-
mitigation of the result of said
election by said Board.
State Of Louisiana,
Parish of ST. Landry.
Be it known that we, the un-
dersigned members Of the Board
of Sewerage Commissioners of
the First Sewerage District of
the City Of Opelousas, La, did,
in pursuance to Sec. Is of Act
26 of the Acts Of the General
Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1910, approved
July7, 1910, and to the notice OF
said Board dated November 90,
1912, calling an election of the
property tax payers of said Gro
lee Addition to said Sewer
age District to be held Dec. 26,
1912, to take the sense Of the
property taxpayers of said Ad-
dition to said district on the
hereinafter mentioned PROPOSE
lions, convene in public session
at the office of the President of
the undersigned Sewerage Board,
in said District, at the hour OF
5 o'clock p. M, on Friday, Jan.
"a, 1913, no meeting having been
held at the time and place pre-
yiously advertised according to
law, and the ballot box used in
said election having been deliv-
cred to us sealed by the commits
sioners of said election, we did
then and there proceed to break
the seal and open said ballot box
containing the ballots deposited
at said election held on said day
and the returns of said election
commissioners and did examine
and count the ballots in number
and amount, examine and canvass
the returns of said election, and
did then and do now declare the
result of said election held as
aforesaid to have been as follows
on the propositions below set
forth respectively, to-wit:
A proposition to levy and as
sess a special tax of two and one
half mills on the dollar for a
period of forty years commencing
with and including the year 1911,
and a special tax Of one mill on
the dollar for a period of twenty
six years commencing with and
including the year 1918, to be
levied annually on the assessed
valuation of all the property sub
ject to State taxation i'm the Gro
lee Street Addition to the First
District of the City of
Opelousas, La, as created,
and described in Ordi-
nance No. 10 of said City adopted
Nov. 8. 1912, for the purpose of
contracting for, acquiring, in
stalling, completing and main
tanning a sewerage plant and
appurtenances thereto for said
the title to which shall
vest in said District.
Number of votes cast in favor
of said propositions tive -
Number of votes cast against
said propositions (none) ..--0
Majority of votes in number
cast in favor of said proposi-
tons
Amount Of votes In valuation
Of property cast in favor Of said
propositions Thirty-three Hun
bred Dollar $500. 90
Amount Of votes in valuation
property cast against said
propositions, None Dollars 30
Majority Of votes in valuation
Of property cast in favor Of said
propositions, Thirty-three Hun
dred Dollar. $500. 0O
And having ascertained from
our examination and count OF the
ballots and canvass of the re.
turns Of said election contained
in said ballot. box that the re-
turns of the commissioners OF
election were correct, we do
hereby declare, proclaim and
promulgate that said propositions
were duly carried at said cleo.
ton.
And having replaced all Of the
ballots cast at said election and
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