St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-06-14
PRONUNCIATION OF Returns OfEIectiOn.

H4@I QAill W plDNlSioliC vi oCNbloi LOAl
of the ordinance adopted by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen Of the Village
of Sunset, calling a special election
herein after specially referred to, the
Mayor and Board OF Aldermen met thi.
day in special session with Mr.. Franz
Clay, Mayor, presiding, and Messrs
Frank Miller, l.. +. Landry and G. Ho
raist, present; and none absent.
The Mayor explained the object OIL
the meeting to be for the purpose Of
receiving the official returns OF the
special election held in the Village oil
Sunset on the thirtieth day of April,
1913, wherein was submitted to the
qualified voters a proposition to levy a
special tax of three and one half mills
on the dollar per annum 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 Louisiana
Traction and Power Company, its sue
cessors or assigns, said tax to be i'm
posed, levied and collected for a period
Of ten years, beginning with the year
1918 and extending to and including
the year 1922, SO as to realize the sum
of Twenty Eight Hundred Dollars, pro-
vided that in case the sum of Twenty
Eight Hundred Dollars be collected and
turned over to the said company be-
fore the expiration of the ten years,
that the said tax shall cease as soon as
this sum is collected and turned over
to the Louisiana Traction and Power
Company, its successors or assigns.
That the sworn returns of the commits
sioners and clerk of said election have
haan ftIad xuffh tho Maryay. ard poorJ
of Aldermen and that the Board of
Sd day Of May, 1913, and had drawn up
a compiled statement and proclaimed
the election to have resulted in favor
Of the proposition submitted, and had
filed a copy OF the returns and procla-
nation showing such complied state
ment with the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen.
That in accordance with the ordi-
nance Of the eighth day Of March, 1913,
as amended by ordinance adopted on
the fifteenth day Of March, 1913, it was
necessary for the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen to examine the returns and
promulgate the result Of the election.
Whereupon the following resolution
was introduced by Mr.. L. E. Landry,
seconded by MIR. Frank Miller, and
unanimously adopted upon a poll of the
council.
Be it resolved by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the Village of
Sunset, Louisiana, it being the author
ordering the election held on the
thirtieth day of April, 1913, for the pur-
pose of voting for or against the prop
to- levy and collect a three and
one half mill tax for a period of ten
years, to raise the sum of Twenty
Eight Hundred Dollars, in aid of the
Traction and Power Com
pany, its successors or assigns, that
they do now proceed to inspect the
sheets, compiled statements and
list of voters as returned by the COM
nisSioners and clerk presiding at said
election held on the thirtieth day of
April, A. D., 1918, for the purpose as
above set forth, as well as the procla-
nation of the Board of Supervisors
showingsthe compiled statement made
1y them, and that what the Mayor and
Board OF Aldermen shall do in this
natter shall be evidenced by a process
verbal of the same. A copy of which
verbal shall be published, along
with the minutes of this meeting for
thirty days in the official journal Of the
of st. Landry during the period
If thirty clear days, and there being
10 newspaper published in said Viz
age, by posting during said period at
hree or mor public places within the
Corporate limits, and shall be consider
d the official PRONUNCIATION by the
fayor and Board of Aldermen Of the
esult OF the said election.
Thereupon the Secretary under the
Instructions from the Mayor and Board /.
I Aldermen in open session, opened I;
be sealed envelope containing the
ally sheets, list OF voters and COM T;
lied statement of the returns of elee-
by the commissioners and clerk of +,
lection; and also the sealed envelope ;
obtaining the process verbal of the :
GARD OF Supervisors declaring the re- ,
ilt of said election, !
Thereupon the Mayor and council t
i'd proceed to comply with said reso- t
Ition and embody their acts in the fol- /
wing process verbal: I
Be it known and remembered that I
the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen e
the Village OF Sunset, acting under a
Id by virtue OF an ordinance of the
ayor and Board of Aldermen of the o
illage of Sunset, this day met in spe- Il
session for the purpose of examin- a
z the sworn returns of the special Ii
held on the thirtieth 1907 day X
April, 1913, as filed with us by the tt
lnmissioners and clerk Of election