St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-05
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NY, its successors or assigns.
AGAINST a special tax of three and
one half mills on the dollar per an
mum, on all of the assessable proper
ty situated in the Village Of Sunset,
to be imposed, levied and collected
in aid Of a railway enterprise, and in
favor Of, for the benefit, and in aid of
the LOUISIANA TRACTION AND
POWER COMPANY, it's success
ors or assigns, said tax TO
be imposed, levied and col
lected, beginning with the year
1918, and extending to and including
the year 1922, so as to realize the
sum Of TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($2, 10000, provided that
in Ease the sum Of TWENTY-EIGHT
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2,800.00) be
collected and turned over to said
company before the expiration of the
ten years, that the said tax shall
cease as soon as this sum is collected
and turned over to the LOUISIANA
TRACTION AND POWER COMPA-
NY, it's successors or assigns.
TAXABLE VALUATION $.......)
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Signature Of Voter.
SECTION III.
Be 1t further ordained, ETC., that the
Board of Supervisors of the Parish
of st. Landry be and are hereby re
quested 10 appoint commissioners ami
clerks of election to serve in The
premises, to give due notice of said
appointments and of the time and
place of holding said election, and
make their return of, said election to
the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen of
the Village of Sunset, as required by
law; and that the Mayor of the Viii
lage Of Sunset, be and he Is hereby
authorized to issue his proclamation
notifying the voters in said village
that said election will be held, giving
the date thereof, the place Of holding
said election, the names of the com-
missioners and clerks as selected by
the Board of Supervisors, and further
give notice that the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen of the Village of Sunset,
will meet in extra session to duly pro-
mulgate the returns.
SECTION w.
Be it further ordained, etc, That on
the first legal day following that on
which the Board of Supervisors of the
parish of st. Landry have made their
returns of said election to the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen, in the a
ner provided by section three of this
ordinance, that the Mayor and Board
Of Aldermen Of the Village of Sunset
shall meet at the hour of eleven t11)
A. NJ, and then and there, and ac-
cording to law, make a true compiled
statement as shown by the face of
the returns of the commissioners and
of the Board of Supervisors of cleo
tion and make public proclamation of
such result.
y SECTION v.
Be ii further ordained, etc., that the
Commissioners of Election as herein
above appointed shall receive the
ballots Of any and all property tax
payers of the Village of Sunset, who
are, under the Constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana, entitled to
vote in said special election upon
which ballot the voter or voters shall
have endorsed or caused to be en-
lVt SUI LIE AdLiS anu Tic OpS ID
be voted before ~depositing the same
in the ballot box.
SECTION vi.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That
this ordinance shall be published in
the official journal of the parish of
Landry during the period of thirty
clear days prior to the date CT said
election and there being no newspa-
per published in said village, by post
ing during said period at three or
more public places within the corpor-
limits, ana that this ordinance
shall take effect from and after it's
passage.
Thus done, read, adopted and sign
ed and seal affixed in open session at
Sunset, Louisiana, parish of st. Lam
dry, this Sth day of March, A. d.,
nineteen hundred and thirteen.
FRANK CLAY,
Mayor of the Village of Sunset.
G. HORAIST,
Secretary. L
AN ORDINANCE
To amend and re-anact section ona