St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-26
NOTICE AND PROCLAMATION OF
ELECTION.

ELECTION.
TAKE NOTICE, That we, the under
designed Board of Supervisors of Elec
tons for the Parish of st. Landry, State
of Louisiana, duly appointed and quail
fled, acting by virtue OF the authorit,
in us vested by law and pursuant to al
ordinance of the Police Jury of sale
Parish duly adopted on the 18th day Of
March, A. D., 1913, do hereby give pub.
lie notice that on
Saturday, April 26th, 1913,
a special election will be, and is hereby
called to be held throughout the Fourth
Police Jury Ward of the Parish of st.
Landry, State OF Louisiana, to take the
sense of the property taxpayers of said
| Ward entitled to vote at such an cleo
ton under the Constitution and laws of
this State, on the following proposition,
to-Wit:
A proposition to determine whether
or not a special tax of four al mills on
the dollar or as much thereof as may be
necessary, should be levied annually
on the assessed valuation of all the tax
able property in the Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of ST. Landry, State
of Louisiana, for a period of ten (10l
years beginning with the year 1915 and
ending with the year 1924, both inclu-
sive, to raise the sum of Seventy-five
Hundred Dollars ($7, 500 for each of
said years, that is to say the sum of
Seventy-five Thousand Dollars (S75, OO0)
for the whole of said period, or as much
OF said yearly and to & GO mount as said
four mill tax will yield, in aid of the
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad
and Steamship Company, a corporation
chartered by the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana and domiciled in
the City of New Orleans, said State, or
its assigns, to be paid as a bonus to said
Railroad Company to aid in and to en-
courage and procure the construction
of an extension in said Ward of its Port
Barre Branch railroad from Port Barre
in a northerly direction SO as to pass
within one-half mile of the depot of the
texas and Pacific Railway Company in
the Town OF Palmetto, and to intersect
the line OF division between the. par
lshes OF St. Landry and Avoyelles, in
SAID Ward, pursuant to and in accor-
n with the petition attached to
sald ordinance, signed and pre-
scented to this body by more than one
fhlrd OF t~hesproperty taxpayers of said
ward qGaHfled to vote at such an cleo
ton, and on the terms, conditions and
limitations set forth in said petition and
hereinafter fully Incorporated, to-wit:
lst. Ina said extension be COM
pleted from the present terminus of
said branch of said railroad at Port
Barre, Louisiana, to the line of division
between the parishes Of st. Landry and
Avoyelles, on or before January LIST,
.915, provided that in the event Of
,verflows, guarantees, epidemics,
strikes, lock-outs, panieS and litigation
u any and all character, and more es-
litigation for the necessary
light of way, which may retard the
ompletion and construction of said
proposed extension beyond the control
I said Morgan's Louisiana and Texas
tallroada nd Steamship Company, then /
in that event there will be added to /
ne period for the completion of said ex- !
enslon above set forth, a further delay c
quail to the time during which the
obstruction of said extension was !
nus unavoidably delayed. :
End. That no part of said tax shall
e collected, nor shall the proceeds 3
hereof be paid over to said
abroad Company or its assigns, until
said extension of said railroad shall Q
e completed between the points above Z
lentioned. '
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, That said : :
lection shall be held at tie polling
laces IN said Ward at which were cast G
le votes at the last proceeding general
Congressional election, and the fol-
wing Commissioners and Clerks of
lection are hereby appointed to serve
lereat respectively, fo-wit: l
1st Precinct of 4th Ward, Bayou Cur .,
ent, at N. M. Richards old store.
Commissioners: w. M. Rushing, r. 3
/. Gordon, r. j. Folse. Clerk: j. F. e.
nderson.
End Precinct of 4th Ward, Melville, 5.
Mayors Office. =
Commissioners: F. B. Cason, Lud
arnelll, Ira L. Westbrook. Clerk: DIR. :
has. A. G~oudchaux.
Bird Precinct of 4th Ward, Waxia, at
,hoolhouse. 9.
Commissioners: Lee G. Duekworth, Il
has. Kimball, Ben Wyble. Clerk: S.
Taylor. II
4IH TIec1nct OF 4tn Ward, Palmetto, i.
Clark's old store:
Commissioners: Eugene Leger, B. Il
!. Duplechain, S. ~Isaacson. Clerk: !.
has. Meyer.
9TH Precinct of 4th Ward, Big Cane, II
~Goudchaux's store. u
Commissioners: Abe Goudchaux, l.. =
/. Hazard, James w. Keller. Clerk: Il
+. vannoy. Is
9Th Prencinct of 4th Ward, Morrow, :
Clopton's store. Is
Commissioners: c.. E. Pickett, Ar
lur Fogleman, B. S. Haw. Clerk: C..
Foster. /.
9TH Precinct of 4th Ward, Port Barre, Z.
Mayors office.
Commissioners: j. A. Mahon, Chas j.
obertson, Nicholas Lahaye. Clerk: 6.
!. F. Brown.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, That said s.
ecion shall be held in accordance 70
18th the general election laws Of this I
ate in SO far as they may be applic-
lie, and with the aforesaid ordinance
the Police Jury; that the Commits ST
oners are hereby instructed to open a,
e polls at six o'clock in the forenoon.
q to keep them open until seven .
in the afternoon, Of the said &
Y appointed for the election. L
THUS DONE AND SIGNED officially