St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-12
THE ST. CLARION: APRIE z. 1913.

signs, until the extension Of said
railroad shall be completed be-
tween the points above men,
toned.
Wherefore, petitioners pray
that a special election of the
property tax payers fof the
Fourth Police Jury Ward OF. the
Parish of St. Landry entitled to
vote at such an election, be or
dered to be held in pursuance to
the constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana, for the OBJ
iects and purposes hereinabove
stated; and as in duty bound your
petitioners will ever pray:
Ira J. Pierce, H. B. Taylor, b.
&c. Taylor, S. C. Taylor, j. NJ.
Savant, Mrs. M. j. Wire, L. A.
Morrow, C. E. Girod, w. G.
Ellerbee, L. G.. DuckWorth. G..
E. Duckworth, Henry Gurnett,
Edgar Dejean, Frank Pastoriecz.
Leon Leblanc, ]. 0. Leblanc, D..
A. Berwick, M. D., A. J. Cor
mier, j. A. Mahon. Walter F.
Brown, C. B. Fisher, S. Car
riere, G. V. Dejean. W. H. Nor
rogh, j. NJ. Cailouet, N. Lahaye,
r. Lee Hawkins, E. NJ. Mon
teith, R. L. Schiller, A. D.
Hanks, O. @. Foster, Mrs. Oc-
tavia Daniel, S. G. Taylor. E. A.
Robert, J. F. Phillips, M. L.
Bihm, r. A. Winfiele, Mrs. E.
Y. Winfele, A. D. Hawkins,
Mrs. A. D. Hawkins, DR.. r. G.
Hawkins, A. A. Richard, A. E.
Richard, T. H. Seyas, Wesley
Budden, Jake Meyer, Chas.
Meyer, A. Sliman. Elice Soil
eaux, F. E. Charles, S. Isaacson,
George Mcdaniel, j. B. Lindsey,
Chas. A. Goudchaux, Lyman II.
Lyons, S. J. DeLoach, Thomas
Capps, Jno. Mangiaracina, Jr.,
C. c. Johnson, Ira L. West
brook, F. M. Able, Lud Darnall,
Paul Artall, r. E. Walling, j. A.
Wyble, A. Meyer, Mrs. II. lMey-
err, Frank Charles. Ben Wyble,
B. D. Duplechain, A. J. Toliver,
VIM. Toliver, ]. M. jackson, W.
C. jackson, J. v. Jackson. J. E.
Hicks, Abe Goudchaux, L. L.
Gonson, Alma Jackson, w. Z.
Sanders, O. C.. Foster, James w.
Keller, C. E. Pickett, C. F. Fos-
ter, ]. E. Carter, Luther Bald
ridge, L. Goudchaux, L. E..
Goudchaux, Sylvan Goudchaux,
B. V. Vannoy, Jesse Vannoy, E.
D. Fisher, r. A. Pickett, A.
Fogleman, H. W. Lowrey, Chas.
Mixer, NJ. J. Richard, A. j.
Richard, Mrs. S. Hawkins, Mrs.
Mary Reynaud, Ira Pierce, Mrs.
Ira Pierce, Ira E. Hawkins, ]. S.
Leblanc, Chas. O. Dejean, O. A.
Reed. Ashton Dejean, T. II.
Andrus, F. R. Andrus, John
Beard, Mrs. J. J. Beard, Fife
NJ. Hawkins, Chester P. Hawkins,
Mary Lewis, John P. Cohsmans &c.
Hawkins, E.V. Hudspeth, KIT. Catlett,
J. L. Catlett per K. T. Catlett, Mrs. d.
Hudspeth per E.. ". Hudspeth, II. @.
Foote, Mrs. Nellie Foote Per I. ..
Foote, H. I. Landry, a. L.. Mouiile, j..
A. Burleigh, T. C%aruthers, Geo. Rey-
- - ~ ID ~ TnAy s1 -A Il
N. Mayer, Ross FL. Dunbar, Il. Alum.
bar, Jr., w. G. E~llerbee, Us Nezat, T.
A. dunbar, J.. w. HIlliard. J. G.. Hill
lard, B. G. Taylor, D.. b. Rutledge, w.
G. Hudspeth, Dan Kimbell, Axiom
johnson, Alcide tx his mark L.edonx,
r.. M. Toliver. Y. s. Nezat, Eugene
Leger, Maget Metoyer, LA. Hazard.
MIR. McCaffery offered the following
ordinance, duly seconded, and upon
being duly read was adopted unani
mously, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE.
Ordering a special election TO be held
throughout the limits of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward of the Parish of
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, to
take the sense of the property tax
payers of said ward entitled to vote
at such an election under h Con
stitution and laws of this State, on
~ d pIopSG1I1O2 W. oOPSA AAaS
or not a special tax of four ~ mills
on the dollar or as much thereof as
may be necessary, should he levied
annually on the assessed valuation
of all the taxable property in said
ward, for a period of Ten (lO years
beginning with the year 1915 and
ending with the year 1924, both in
elusive, TO raise the sum of Seventy
fiyeHundred Do1lars($7,5G0 for each
of said years, that is to say the sum
of Seventy-ive Thousand Dollars
(S75.OOO) for the whole of said period,
or as much of said yearly and total
amount as said four mill tax will
yield, in aid of the Morgan,s Lon1s-
lana and Texas Railroad and Steam
ship Company, or it's assigns, to De
paid as a bonus to said railroad
Company to aid in and to encour-
age and procure the construction
OF an extension in said ward of its
Port Barre Branch railroad, in ac-
cordance with, and on the terms,
conditions anG Limitations set forth
IN the petition of more than one
third of the tax payers of said ward
qualified TO vote at such an election,
and fully Incorporated in this ordi-
nance.
the Parish of ST. Landry, State of
Louisiana, in special session convened:
Section /. That q special election be
throughout the Fourth Police Jury
| Ward of the Parish of st. Landry,
| State of Louisiana, to take the sense OF
| the property tax payers of said ward
entitled to vote at such an election I'M
| der the Constitution and laws of this
State, on the following proposition, to-
wit: