St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-15
Council proceedings.

Council proceedings.
Minutes of Board of Aldermen
of Date October 29th., 1913.
Call For Special Meeting.
Opelousas, La. October %, 1913;
To the Members of the Board
of Aldermen of the City OF Opel
ousas, La.
Gentlemen:
You are hereby notified that
there will be a special meeting
of your Honorable Body this,
Wednesday afternoon, October
% 1913, at 500 o'clock, P. M,
for the following objects and
purposes, to-wit:
/. To incur debt in the sum OF
Thirty-On e Thousand Five
Hundred Dollar (S31, 500. 00), and
to issue serial negotiable coupon
gold bonds therefor, for the pur-
pose of paving and improving
the streets and alleys of the City
of Opelousas, under paragraph 4
of Article 281 of the Constitution
Of this State, as amended by
Joint Resolution of the General
Assembly approved July 9, 1912,
as No. 1872 Of the Acts of said
State for said year, and duly
ratified by a vote of the people.
and TO dedicate three mills of the
regular ten mill ad valorem tax
for the years 1914 to 1922, in,
elusive, to the payment of same,
and to adopt all necessary ordi-
nances in the premises.
2. To ratify aud confirm the
sale of the bonds to be authoriz-
ed at said meeting.
E. L. LOEB,
Mayor.
Attest;
j. B. A. STAGE,
City Clerk.
Marshal's Return Showing Ser
vice Of Call.
Received the above notice on
the 10Th. day of October, A. D.,
1918, and on the same day and
date / served a copy thereof on
each member of the Board of
Aldermen of the City Of Opel
ousas, La, in person in said City,
as fellows, to- wit:
On d. P. Blacksher at 11:45
O'Clock a. m.
On Louis L. Daniel at HOO
o'clock a. m.
On C. P. Dunbar at 11:25
o'clock a. m.
On DIR. j. A. Shaw at 11:35
o'clock a. m.
Simon Sicily at lips o'clock a.
m.
Said parties comprising the en-
tire membership of said Board.
G. i. HAYES,
City Marshal.
Special Meeting.
Opelousas, La. October %, 1913.
The Board of Aldermen met
pursuant to the above call.
Present, Hon. E. L. Loeb, May
or. presiding, and the following
D. P. Blacksher,
L. Daniel, C. P. Dunbar,
j. A. Shaw, and Simon
Absent: None.
All members being present,
the Mayor called the meeting to
The following ordinance was
offered by Alderman l.. L. Daniel
and it's offering duly seconded
by Alderman j. A. Shaw, and
been previously reduced
to writing, was read and consid-
cred section by section, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE.
No. 20 of 1913.
To incur debt and to issue negotiable
gold bonds therefor, |
Tor the p ur p S Of paving
and m p TO " the streets
md alleys Of the City of 0pelousas, in
with paragraph 4 of Article
Isl of the Constitution of the State of
louisiana, as amended by Joint Resolu-
ion of the General Assembly of said
State, being No. 1872 OF the Acts of the I
,ear 1912, approved July 9, 1912, and
luIy ratified by a vote of the people on
tuesday, November 5, 1912.
Whereas, the pavement and improve
aent of certain streets of the City of
)pelousas and the building of good and
bridges thereon are matters
I the greatest public concern; and
Whereas, the statutory, necessary
nd usual charges of the said City for I
he current year, 1913, do not exceed ]
even mills on the dollar per annum on
ne assessed value of the taxable I
roperty of the City, and will not ex-
ED that millage during the nine
ensuing, commencing with the
ear 1914 and ending with the year S
)22, both inclusive; and