St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24

Danel, and read, and 1t was
moved by Daniel seconded by
Blacksher, and carried by the
following yea and nay vote that
the same be adopted:
Yeas: Blacksher, Daniel, Dun
bar, Shaw.
Nays: None.
AN ORDINANCE
No. 7 of 1913.
An ordinance promulgating h re-
turns of the special election held
in the City of O~pelousas, Louisiana,
on the Twenty-Second day of April,
A. D., Nineteen Hundred and Thir-
teen, to take the sense OF the prop
erty tax payers of the said City of
O~peIousas, entitled to vote under
the laws of the State of Louisiana,
on a proposition to levy a special
tax of two and n half mills on
the dollar per annum, to be i'm
posed, levied and collected in aid of
a railway enterprise, and in favor
of, for the benefit of and in aid of the
Louisiana Traction and Power Com
pany, its successors or assigns, said
tax to be imposed, levied and col
lected for a period of ten years, be-
ginning with the year 1914 and ex-
tending to and including the year
1923, or until the sum of forty one
thousand dollars shall have been
collected and turned over to the
Louisiana Traction ana Power
Company, its successors or assigns,
Whereas, there was held in the City
of Opelousas, Parish of ST. Landry,
on the tWenty-second day of April, A.
d., 1913, an election to take the
of the property tax payers of the city
of Opelousas, on a proposition to levy
a special tax Of two and one half mills
on the dollar per annum, to be imposed,
levied and collected in aid of a rail-
way enterprise, and in favor of, for
the benefit Of and in aid of the Louis
lana Traction and Power Company, its
successors and assigns, said tax to be
imposed, levied and collected for a
period of ten years, beginning with the
year 1914, and extending to n in
GLIDING the year 1923, so as to realize
the sum OF forty one thousand dollars
be collected and turned over to the
said Company before the expiration Of
the ten years, that the SAID tax shall
cease as soon this sum is collected and
turned over to the said Louisiana Trae-
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ors or assigns; and
Whereas, this Board of Aldermen
has on shis date examined and can
vassed the returns made by the com
missloners and clerk of election and
the proclamation OF the Board of super
ylsors, u formally declared the re-
suit OF the election to be in favor of the
proposition submitted, as is shown by
the process verbal adopted by the said
Board of Aldermen duly promulgating
the result OF the election; and
Whereas. under the Constitution and
laws OF the State Of Louisiana, it is
made the duty of the Mayor and Board
OF Aldermen when the majority of the
property tax payers in number and
amount have voted in favor of the
proposition submitted, and said elec
tlon q Resulted in favor of the propo-
sitlon, by ordinance adopted for and on
behalf CT the City of Opelousas to levy
SAID tax for the period provided for,
designate b years same shall be 0
lected, and tokcollect same annually;
Therefore.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
CITY Of Opelorsas, Louisiana, in spe-
cial session convened, that the special
election held in the City of Opelousas,
| parish o f st. Landry, State of Louis
lana, on the tWenty-second day OF
April, 1913, be and the same is hereby
declared to have resulted in favor OF
the proposition submitted, and the
said Board of Aldermen does hereby
formally promulgate the result of said
| election in accordance Herewith.
Section 2. Be 1T further ordained
etc, That in accordance with the result,
| of said election, a tax of two and one
| half mills on the dollar per annum up.
on all of the assessable and taxable
property situated in the City of Opelou,
sas, or so much of said two and one
half mills as may be necessary, il
hereby levied or all of the assessable
property, situated in the City of Ope.
| for the years 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, aud 1923, the said
| two and one half mills thus levied fol
ten years to be collected annually, liz
addition to all other taxes until the
sum of forty-one thousand dollars has
been realized, the said tax to be i'm.
| posed, levied and collected in aid OF Q
railway enterprise, and in favor of, fol
the benefit of and in aid OF the Louis
lana Traction and Power Company, its
successors or assigns under the condi.
tions disclosed and recited in an ordi
nance of the Mayor and Board of Alder.
men, adopted on the sixth day OF
March, A. D., 1918, calling said election
and the petiJionof the property AK pay.
ers presented to said Board of Alder
men at its meeting held on the said
sixth day of March, 1913, praying thai
SAID election be held.
Section 8. Be itfurther ordained
etc., That theminutes of this meeting
and that this ordnance be inserted and
published in the offiial journal of the
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