St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-07-12
Notice Of Election.

minutes OF a meeting Oh the ASoy eilSs
School Board held at it's office at
J Marksyille, La. on June 3rd, 1918, and
being ordinance for the holding of a
special school tax election in Bayou
Boeuf School District No. 81 of the Par
ishes of St. Landry, Evangeline and
Avoyelles.
By Mr.. Williams:
Whereas under authority of Section
is of Act pa of 1902 the parish superin-
tendents of the parishes of ST. Landry
and Ayovelles laid off Bayou Boeuf
school district No. 81 composed of terri
tory taken from the parishes o. st. Lam
dry and Avoyelles, which school dis
trict as located and defined was adopted
and ratified by resolution of the school
boards OF said parishes, and
Whereas, subsequently by election
the qualified electors of said school dis
trict chose to locate the schoolhouse of
said district within the portion that lay
in the parish of Avoyelles, further stip-
uiating at said election that the juris-
diction over and supervision of said
school would be given entirely to the
school board of the parish of Ayoyelles,
and
Whereas, school bonds have been is
sued by the said board in authority.
the Avoyelles School Board, and these
bonds have been redeemed n inter
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the school treasurer of the parish of st.
Landry has been RENTING regularly
every year the special school tax col
lected within h part of the district
located in said parish of St. Landry.
and
Whereas, Section 2 of Act 256 of, 1916
specifically gives authority to a board
of school directors to call a special cleo
ton for the purpose of submitting to
the property taxpayers who are al
thorized to vote at such election, under
the constitution and laws of the State
Of Louisiana, a proposition to levy a
special tax not to exceed the limit that
is now or hereafter may be fixed by the
Constitution of Louisiana, for the pur-
pose of giving additional aid to public
schools, therefore;
Be it ordained by the board of school
directors of the parish of Avoyelles, in
regular session convened, that a special
election, 20 be participated in by the
property taxpayers of the Bayou Boeuf
school district No. 81 of the parishes of
Avoyelles, st. Landry and Evangeline,
as created, located, defined and record
ed under and by virtue of the authority
of the parish board of school directors
of said parish and more particularly
described as follows: I begin at the
| N. w. corner of the N. Il. Il of Section
2, TBS. R.. 2 e. in the parish of Ayoy
4 Giles. thence running due South AZ
miles to the S. w. ornef of the N. e. u
of Section IL, T. 5 S. r. 2 E., in the par
ish of st. Landry, thence Tue East 5I
miles to the S. T.. corner of the n. e. d
of Section 10, T.3 S. r. f., thence due
North AZ miles to the n. E. corner OF
Section 22, T. S. r.. e. in the parish
of Avoyelles, thence due West along
section line. to the point of starting
the territory embraced within this dis
trict being 24M square miles" be and
the same is hereby ordered to be held
under the provisions of Act 256 of the
General Assembly of 1910, and other
Jaws on the subject on the 10Th day OF
July, 1918. between the honrs of seven
a.. m. and five o'clock p. m. at the poll
ing place at Barbreck within said dis.
trict, for the purpose of taking the
sense of the property taxpayers within
said district, qualified as electors under
the Constitution and laws of the state
of Louisiana, upon the following prop.
%osition, to-wit:
Whether or net a special tax of three
mills on the dollar on ali the taxable
property in the Bayou Boeuf school dis
trict No.3l of the parishes of Ayoyelles,
st. Landry and Evangeline, La, sub
ject to state taxation should be levied
annually for a period of ten years fol
the purpose of:
Giving additional AID to public
schools.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that the
following persons be ard they are here,
by appointed to serve as commission
er., aud clerk of said election, to-wit;
r. A. Townsend, Lee Evans, and An
rev Nurdin, Commissioners: Clerk
j.. NJ. Milburn, all OF which are to serve
in said election as provided by law.
Belt further ordained that the presi-
lent of this school boarC be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to issue
public notice of said election for at least
thirty days, according to law, in the
4 Weekly News, the official journal Of
the Parish Board of School Directors OF
the Parish of A~yoyelles, and in the of
fetal papers of the Parish Boards oil
School Directors of the Parishes of st
Landry and Evangellne, giving l4ptice
OF the time and place whelI "a. school
board will proceed to open the ballot
box, examine and canvass the returns
and declare the result of said election
Belt further ordained hat this ordi
nance of election, as passed by thi:
body, be also published for the same
number of issues as the notice of cleo,
ton in the official papers OF the parish
boards of school directors of the par.
ishes of st. Landry and Evange1lne
this being done to give proper notice
W the ludtlH6u ELECTORS OF tHe SECTIONS
of the district not within the bounda-
ries of the parish whose board orders
the election.
Mr.. Williams having moved for the
adoption of the foregoing resolution
which motion was duly seconded by
Mr.. n. A. Couyillion, after full discus.
sion, the question being called for, the
said resolution was adopted by the fol
lowing vote:
Yeas, II.
Nays,O
III. COCO,
President Avoyalles school Board.
G. L. PORTERIE,
Secretary Avovelles School Board.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the provisions of an ordinance duly
passed by the Board OF School Direc.
tors of the parish of Avoyelles, at the
regular meeting thereof, held on the
Bird day of June, 1913, an election is here
by called n will be held in the Bayou
Boeuf school district No. 81 of the par
ishes of Ayoyelles, st. Landry and
Evangeline on the 10th day of July,
1913, between the hours of seven o'clock
a. m. and five o'clock p. IN. at the poll,
ing place at Barbreck within said dis
trict for the submission to the vote of
the property taxpayers within said
school district, qualified as electors un-
der the Constitution and laws of III
State, of the following proposition, to-
wit:
Whether or not a special tax of three
mills on the dollar on all taxable prop.
erty in the Bayou Boeuf school district
No.3l of the parishes of Avoyelies, St
| landry and Eyangeline. La, subject to