St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-22

said tax shall cease and terminate as
soon as this sum is collected and
turned over to the Louisiana Traction
and Power Company, its successors
or assigns; all of which will be more
readily ascertained by reference to
the ordinance of the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen adopted on the fifth day
of March, A. D., nineteen hundred and
thirteen.
Said election shall be held in ac-
cordance with the ordinance of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Opelousas, adopted on the fifth
day Of March, A. D., nineteen hundred
and thirteen, and in the manner pro-
vided by the general election laws of
the State of Louisiana.
Said tax to be voted, levied, impos-
ed and collected in accordance with
the terms and conditions set forth in
the petition of more than one-third
1-3rd) of the property tax payers
qualified to vote under the Constitu-
ton and laws of the State of Louis
lana, filed with the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen on the fifth day of
March, A. D., 1928, and the ordinances
of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Opelousas calling the
said election, adopted On the fifth day
of March, A. D., 1918.
Said election shall be held through
out the City of Opelousas, the polling
place Of said election being at the
Court House, in the City of Opelou-
sas, parish of st. Landry, State of
Louisiana, the place at which the last
preceding general election was held,
and the hours Of said election shall be
from six 60 A. M. to seven Cd P. M.
THE FOLLOWING is THE FORM
OF BALLOT TO BE USED AT SAID
ELECTION:
FOR a special tax of two and
one-half mills on the dollar per an
mum, on all of the asseSsable proper
ty situated in the City of Opelousas,
to be imposed, levied and collected in
aid of a railway enterprise, and in ia
yor of, for the benefit and in aid of
the Louisiana Traction and Power
Company, it's successors, or assigns,
said tax to be imposed, levied and col
lected, beginning with the year 1913,
and extending to and including the
year 1922, SO as to realize the sum of
forty-one thousand dollars, provided
| that in case the sum of forty-one
thousand dollars be collected and
! turned over to said company before
the expiration of the ten years, that
the said tax shall as Don as
this sum is collected and turned over
to the Louisiana Traction and Power
| Company, it's successors or assigns.
AGAINST a special tax of two and
one-half mills on the dollar per an
mum, on all of the a~ssessable proper
ty situated in the City of Opelousas,
to be imposed, levied and collected in
aid of a railway enterprise, and in IA
vor of, for the benefit and in aid of
the Louisiana Traction and Power
Company, it's successors, or assigns,
said tax to be imposed, levied and col
lected, beginning with the year 1913,
and extending to and including the
year 1922, SO as to realize the sum of
forty-one thousand dollars, provided
that in case the sum of forty-one
thousand dollars 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 owe
to the Louisiana Traction and Power
Company, its successors or assigns.
Taxable Valuation $............)
DOLLARS.
+. j. ...........
Signature of Voter.
The following registered voters be
and they are hereby appointed com
missioners of said election: e. Lee
Gil, H. D. Littell and John Hartman,
son and w. R. LaCombe, Is Clerk OF
said election.
Notice is further given that the
Board of Supervisors of the Parish OF
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, will
meet in open session at the court
house of the parish of st. Landry in
the city of Opelousas, within the de.
lays provided by law, and then and
there, and according to law, max a
true compiled statement as shown by
the face of the sworn return OF the
commissioners and make public proc
Iamation of such result.
HENRY LASTRAPES, JR.,
L. A. GOSSELIN,
C. P. DUNBAR,
Board of Supervisors of Election OF
st. Landry Parish.