St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-29

anu issue TO the amount or Sl4,
000.0 90 out OF the 500, 10000 of the SUI
plus tax remaining from the tax vote
at the special school tax election he'll
in said District OF the 10th day of June
1712, after providing for the paymen
OF the $65, 000.0 90 of bonds and interes
t n e r e o n, already ---
funded from said
tax; said bonds to
run not longer than r
ten years from date,
and to bear interest .
not exceeding five --
per cent per annum,
payable annually, for
the purpose of sup NO
plementing the fund
already on hand to
be used in the con i-
struction and equipment of the centra
school building now contracted for ane
soon to be erected in the city of Ope
lousas, title to which shall vest in the
public.
Taxable valuation -
Signature of voter --
Notice to Voter-To vote in favor oil
the proposition submitted on this ballot
place a cross OK mark in the square
after the work Eyes" and to vote
againat it place a similar mark in the
square after the word NO"
And the Secretary of this Board be
and is hereby instructed to have pre-.
pared for the use at said Special cleo,
ton all necessary ballot boxes, tally
sheets, lists of voters, assessed valua-
ton OF property, and complied state
ments OF voters in number and amount.
Section 3. That the polling place for
said election shall be at 0pelousas, La,
at the Courthouse, and Felix Chachere,
Percy Dunbar and w. B. Prescott are
appointed commissioners aud Lee Gil
clerk OF election to serve at Opelousas,
La, all of whom shall serve without
compensation. And said election shall
be conducted under the laws of the
State applicable thereto.
Section 4. The President of this
Board is hereby. instructed to give
notice of the special election herein
ordered by his proclamation to be pub
ished according to law; and in said
proclamation he shall announce that at
ten o'clock, a. M, April 18th, 1918, this
Board will meet at O~pelousas, La, and
in open session proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine and count the
ballots in number and amount, examine
and canvass the returns and declare
the result of the election.
On roll call the following members
voted in the affirmative:
DAILY, Perkins, Larcade, Guidry, Bou-
dreau, Hawkins, Carriere, Baker,
Fontenot, Lyman, Deiean, Fogleman.
In the negative: None.
And the resolution vas adopted.
0. P. DAILY, President.
C. j. THOMPSON, SECRETARY.
CERTIFICATE.
State of Louisiana.
Parish of st. Landry.
Personally came and appeared before
me, the undersigned authority, G. j.
Thompson, who being first by me duly
sworn, declared. and acknowledged,
that ne was on the 18th day of March,
1913, and is now Secretary of the Par
ish Board of School Directors of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, and that the
above and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy Tor extract from the min
utes of the Special Meeting of the Par
ish Board of School Directors of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, held at Ope-
~lousas, La, at ten o'clock a. m, on
March 18th, 1918, as provided by law.
C.. j. THOMPSON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
on this 10th day of March, 1913.
LUDOVIC FONTENOT,
Notary Public. -.
PROCLAMATION.
Pursuant to a resolution of the Par
ish Board of School Directors OF the
Parish of St. Landry, La, pessed at its
special meeting held on the 18th day of
March, 1913, |, o. P. DAILY, President of
said Board, hereby give notice that in
compliance with said resolution, a spe-
cial election will be held in O~pelousas,
School District No. / of the LIST Police
Jury Ward of said Parish of st. Landry,
La, on Wednesday, the 18th day of
April, 1918, for the purpose of submit
ting to the property taxpayers, quail
fled under the Constitution and Laws
of the State of Louisiana to vote at
said election, the following Proposition,
to-wit:
To incur additional debt and issue
bonds to the amount of Fourteen
Thousand Dollars out of Twenty Thou
sand Dollars of the surplus tax remain
ing from the tax voted at the special
tax election held in said District on the
10Th day of June, 1912, after providing
for the payment of the s65, COOS 90 Of
bonds and interest thereon, already
funded from said tax, said bonds to run
not longer than ten years from date
and to bear interest not exceeding five
per cent per annum, payable annually,
for the purpose of supplementing the
fund already on hand to be used for
the construction and equipment of the
central school building now contracted
for and soc to be erected in the city
of Opelousas, title to which shall vest
in the public.
For the purposes of said special cleo
ton the polling place ahall be at the
Courthouse at Opelonsas, La,
and Felix Percy Dunbar Chachere,
w. B. Prescott have been
appointed commissioners and Lee
Gil appointed clerk of election to serve
at the polling place at Opelousas, La,
all of whom will serve without COM
p%ensation. At said special election the
polls will open at seven o'clock a. m,
and will close at five o'clock p. M, and
the election will be conducted in ac-
cordance with the laws of Louisiana
applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at 10 o'clock
q. m, on Saturday, April 18th, 1918,
the said Parish Board of School Direc-
tors of the Parish OF ST. Landry, La,
viii meet at Opelousas and in open SEES
session proceed to open the ballot
boxes, examine and count the ballots
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