St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-31

yea anu 1ldy VOeS Giid1
the same be adopted:
Yeas: Blacksher, Daniel, Dun
bar, Shaw.
Nays: None.
AN ORDINANCE
No. Z of 1913.
An ordinance promulgating the 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
OpeIousas, entitled to vote under
the laws of the State of Louisiana,
on a proposition to levy a special
tax of two and one half mills on
the dollar per annum, to be I'm
posed, levied and collected in aid of
q 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
1928, or until the sum of forty one
thousand dollars shall have been
collected and turned oyer to the
Louisiana Traction ana Power
Company, its successors or assigns.
Whereas, there was held in the City
Of Opelonsas, Parish of st. Landry,
on the twenty-second day of April, A.
d., 1918, an election to take the sense
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 annnnl, 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 and in
Guiding 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 Trac-
ton and Power Company, its success
ors or assigns; and
Whereas, this Board of Aldermen
has on this date examined and can
vassed the returns made by the COM
~AN VI &Ao
the proclamation of the Board of super
ylsors, and 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
mace the duty of the Mayor and Board
OF Aluermen when the majority Of the
Tax payers in number and
amount have voted in favor Of the
proposition submitted, and said cleo
lion mas Resulted in favor of the propo-
sition. by ordinance adopted for and on
email CT the City of OpeIousas to levy
SAID tax for the period provided for,
designate the years same shall be col
leeGted, and tolcollect Same annually;
Therefore,
Section /. BE it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
City of O~pelousas, Louisiana, in spe-
cial session convened, that the special
parish Of ST. Landry, State of Louis
lana, on the twenty-second day of
April, 1918, 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 it further ordained,
ETC., That in accordance with the result
half mills III the dollar per annum MP
on all of the assessable and taxable
property situated in the City of OpeIou-
sas, or so much of said two and one
haIf mills as may be necessary, is
hereby levied oil all of the assessable
property, situated in the City of Ope-
lousas, for a period of ten years, to-wit:
for the years 1914, 1915, 1915, 1917, 1918,
1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1928, the said
two and one half mills thus levied for
ten years to be collected annually, in
addition to all other taxes until the
sum of forty-one thousand dollars has
been realized, the said tax to be inn
posed, levied and collected in aid OF a
railway enterprise, and in favor OF. for
the benefit of and in aid of the Louis
lana Traction and Power Company, it's
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
Mar ;h, A. D, 1913, calling said election,
and the petiGionof the property tax pay
ers presented to said Board of Alder
men at its meeting held on the said
sixth day of Mach, 1918, praying that
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
city OF 0pelousas, parish OF st. Landry,
for q period OF 1907 days, Id order that
may be brought 70 all the tax
payers of the city of Opelousas of the
PRONUNCIATION of said election and the
OF said tax upon all of the as
sessabIe and taxable property, situated
In the city OF Opelousas, for i period Of
years bnginning with the year 1914
and extending to and including the
year 1922, as above set forth, and con-
Thus Done, Read, Adopted and Sign
ed and Seal Affixed in Open Session ait