St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-06-14
Notice Of Election.

minute of a meeting of the Avoyelle.
School Board held at its office a
Marksville, La, on June 3rd, 1913, and
being ordinance for the holding OF q
special school tax election in Bayou
Boeuf School District No. 81 of the Par.
ishes of st. Landry, E~yan5eline and
Avoyelles.
BY Mr.. williams:
Whereas under authority of Section
is of Act 2l4 of 1902 the parish superin.
tendents of the parishes of st. Landry
and Avoyelles laid off Bayou Boeuf
school district No. 81 composed of terri
tory taken from the parishes OF st. Ian.
. dry and Avoyelles, which school dis.
trict as located and defined was adopted
and ratified by resolution of the school
boards of said parishes, and
Whereas, subsequently, by election
the qualified electors of said school dis
trict chose to locate the schoolhouse OF
said district within the portion that lay
in the parish of Ayoyelles, further stip-
ulating at said election that the iuris-
diction over and supervision of said
school would be given entirely to the
school board of the parish of Avoyelles,
and
Whereas, school bonds have been is
sued by the said board in authority
the Ayoyelles School Board, and these
bonds have been redeemed n inter
est paid on them since, and further that
the school treasurer of the parish of st,
Landry has been RENTING regularly
every wear the special school tax col
lected within the part of the district
located in said parish of st. Landry,
and
Whereas, Section 2 of Act 256 of 1916
specifically gives authority to a board
Of school directors to call q special cleo
ton for the purpose of submitting to
the property taxpayers who are au-
thoriZed to vote at such election, under
the constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, a proposition to levy a
special tax not to exceed the limit that
is now or hereafter may be fixed by the
Constitution of Louisiana, for the pur-
pose of giving additional aid to public
schools, therefore;
Be it ordained by the board of school
directors of the parish of AyoYelles, in
regular session convened, that a special
election, 20 be participated in by the
property taxpayers of the Bayou Boeuf
school district No. 81 of the parishes of
Avoyelles, st. Landry and Evangeline,
as created, located, defined and record
ed under and by virtue of the authority
of the parish board of school directors
Of said parish and more particularly
described as follows: ITO begin at the
N. w. corner of the n. e. Il Of Section
2, To- S. r.. E. in the parish of Avoy
Giles. thence running due South AZ
miles to the S. w. corner of the N. i. II
of Section IL, II. S. Re- E., in the par
ish of st. Landry, thence due East 81
miles to the S. b. corner of the N. i. II
of Section 10, T. 3 S. R. 3 e, thence due
| North Az miles to the N. e. corner of
Section ~, TBS R.3 e, in the parish
of Ayoyelles, thence due West along
section line to the point of starting;
the territory embraced within this dis
trict being 24A square miles," be and
the same is hereby ordered to be held
under the provisions of Act 256 of the
General Assembly of 1910, and other
laws on the subject on the 10Th day Of
July, 1913, between the honrs of seven
a.. m. and five o'clock p. m. at the poll
ing place at Barbreck within said dis
trict, for the purpose of taking the
sense of the property taxpayers within
the Constitution and laws of the state
of Louisiana, upon the following prop
osition, to-Wit:
Whether or not a special tax of three
mills on the dollar on all the taxable
property in the Bayou Boeuf school dis
trict No.3l of the parishes of Ayoyelles,
st. Landry and Eyangeline, La, sub
ject to state taxation should be levied
annually for a period of ten years for
the purpose Of:
Giving additional aid to public
schools.
Be it further ordained, etc, that the
following persons be and they are here
by appointed to serve as commission
er5 and clerk of said election, to-wit:
f. A. Townsend, Lee Evans, and An
drew Nurdin, Commissioners: Clerk:
j. M. Milburn, all of which are to serve
in said election as provided by law.
Be it further ordained that the presi-
dent of this school boarc be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to issue
public notice of said election for at least
thirty days, according to law, in the
Weekly News, the official journal of
the Parish Board Of School Directors of
the Parish of Avoyelles, and in the Of
fetal papers of the Parish Boards of
School Directors of the Parishes of st.
Landry and Evangeline, gisias notice
of the time and place when t.sis school
board will proceed to open the ballot
box, examine and canvass the returns
and declare the result of said election.
Be 1t further ordained that this ordi-
nance of election, as passed by this
body, be also published for the same
number of issues as the notice of cleo
ton in the official papers of the parish
boards of school directors of the par
ishes of st. Landry u ~Evangeline,
bnlS UeluS UOu0 10 give PROPER HObiC0
to the qualified electors of the sections
of the district not within the bounda-
ries of the parish whose board orders
the election.
Mr.. Williams having moved for the
adoption of the foregoing resoluti on,
which motion was duly seconded by
Mr.. Ma. Couvillion, after full discus
| sion, the question being called for, the
said resolution was adopted by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas, II.
Nays;O.
President Ayoyslles School Board.
G. T.. PORTERIE,
Secretary Avoyelles School Board.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the provisions of all ordinance duly
passed by the Board oil School Direc-
tors of the parish of Avoyelles, at the
regular meeting thereof, held on the
Bird day of June, 1913, an election is here
by called and will be held in the bayou
Boeuf school district Nc. 81 of the par
ishes of AyoYelles, st. Landry and
Evangeline on the 18th day of July,
1913, between the hours of seven o'clock
a. m. and five o'clock p. m. at the poll.
ing place at Barbreck within aid dis
trict for the submission to the vote of
the property taxpayers within said
school district, qualified as electors un-
der the Constitution and laws of this
State, of the following proposition, to,
wit:
Whether or not a special tax of three
mills on the dollar ON all taxable prop
erty in the Bayou Boeuf school district