St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-15

Proceedings Of the Police Jury.
AsSpeciai Session.
Opelousas, La, March IL, 1918
Pursuant to a petition signed
by citizens and free-holders 81
the 4th Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, anc
the call of the President thereon,
the Police Jury assembled in
special session this twelfth day
of March, 1913, for the purpose
of taking action on said petition
which calls for an election to
take the sense of the property
taxpayers entitled to vote at
such an election, as to whether
or not a tax of four mills on the
dollar should be voted in said
ward in aid of the Morgan's La.
& Tex. R. r. & S. S. Co., to
build an extension of the Port
Barre Branch of said road
through said ward from Port
Barre to the Avoyelles line.
Members present: j. T. st.
Cyr, president pro tenn. presid-
ing; Messrs. Durio, Dimmick.
Guillory, Daley, Iseringhausen,
Pavy, Fisette, McCaffery and
Foster.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.
L, Henry Lastrapes, Jr., Clerk
of Court and Ex-officio Registrar
of Voters of the Parish of st.
Landry, do hereby certify that
the annexed petition praying for
an election to be held in the
Fourth Police Jury Ward of this
parish to vote a special tax in
aid of the Morgan's La. & Tex.
R. r. & S. S. Co., to obtain an
extension of the Port Barre
Branch Of said railroad as more
fully stated therein, is signed by
more than one-third of the prop
erty taxpayers of said ward
qualified to vote at such an cleo
ton under the constitution and
laws of this State.
In witness whereof | have
signed hereto at Opelousas, La,
on this 18th day of March, A.
1913.
HENRY LASTRAPES, JR.,
Clerk of Court and Ex-officio
Registrar of voters for St.
Landry Parish, La.
To the Honorable the President
and Members of the Police
Jury of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana.
The petition of the under
signed tax payers, land as such
duly qualified voters Of the
Fourth Police Jury Ward of said
parish, with respect represents
That petitioners are now as
sessed tax payers of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward of the Parish
If St. Landry, and were such
the year 1912; that they
constitute more than one-third
IF the tax payers of said Fourth
Jury Ward duly qualified
20 vote at an election to levy al
tax; that in view of the
benefits that would accrue to the
citizens of said Police Jury Ward
~ the extension of the Port
Branch of the Morgan's Louis
ana and Texas Railroad and
steamship Company from Port
in a northerly direction 50
IS to pass within one-half of a
nile of the Texas & Pacific depot
n the town of Palmetto in said
ward and to intersect the line Of
division between the parishes Of
st. Landry and Avoyelles in said
ward, a special election should
oe ordered to take the sense of
he property tax payers Of said
Police Jury Ward Of the
Parish of St. Landry, Louisiana,
to vote at such an cleo
ion, to determine whether or
rot a special tax of four (4)
Mills on the dollar or as much
hereof as may be necessary. be
evied on all of the taxable prop
srty situated in said Fourth Po-
ice Jury Ward of the Parish Of
st. Landry, Louisiana, for a
period Of n (10) years begin
hing with the year 1915 and end
ng with the year 1924, both in
elusive, to raise the sum of Sew
IN Thousand Five Hundred Dol
ars (S7, 500) for each OF said
years, that is to say the sum of
se~venty-fve Thousand Dollars
(S75, 0OO) for the whole Of said
period, or as much Of said yearly
or total amount as said four mill
tax will yield, in aid of the said
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas
Railroad and Steamship Com
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