St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-22

toned.
Wherefore, petitioners pray
that a special election of the
property tax payers of The
Fourth Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of St. Landry entitled te
vote at such an election, be or
dered to be held in pursuance te
the constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana, for the OBJ
jects 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, ]. NJ.
Savant, Mrs. NJ. J. Wire, L. A.
Morrow, C. E. Girod, W. G.
Ellerbee, L. G. DuckWorth, c..
E. Duckworth, Henry Gurnett,
Edgar Dejean, Frank Pastoriecz,
Leon Leblanc, J. @. Leblanc, D.
A. Berwick, NJ. D., A. J. Cor
mier, J. A. Mahon. Walter F..
Brown, C. B. Fisher, S. Car
riere, c.. Y. Dejean, W. H. Nor
rogh, J. NJ. Cailouet, n. Lahaye,
R. Lee Hawkins, E. M. Mon
teith, R. L. Schuier, A. D.
Hanks, O.. @. Foster, Mrs. Oc-
tavia Daniel, S. c. Taylor. Z. A.
Robert, j. F. Phillips, NJ. L.
Bihm, r. A. Winfele, 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 H.
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. WaIling, J. A.
Wyble, A. Meyer, Mrs. II. lMey-
er, Frank Charles, Ben Wyble,
B. D. Duplechain, A. J. Toliver,
VIM. Toliver, ]. M. Jackson, w.
c.. Jackson, J. Y. Jackson, J. E.
Hicks, Abe Goudchaux, L.. L.
Gonson, Alma Jackson, W. T.
Sanders, O. c.. Foster, James W
Keller, C. E. Pickett, C.. T. Fos-
ter, J. E. Carter, Luther Bald
ridge, l.. Goudchaux, L. E.
Goudchaux, Sylvan G%oudchaux,
B. V. Vannoy, Jesse Vannoy, E.
Fisher, r. A. Pickett, A.
Fogleman, II. w. Lowrey, Chas.
Mixer, M. J. Richard, A. J.
Mrs. S. Hawkins, Mrs.
Mary Reynaud, Ira Pierce, Mrs.
Ira Pierce, Ira E. Hawkins, J. S.
Chas. o.. Dejean, O. A.
Reed, Ashton Dejean, 7. H.
Andrus, F. R. Andrus, John
Beard, Mrs. J. J. Beard, Ef1e
NJ. Hawkins, Chester P. Hawkins.
Mary Lewis, John P. Cohsman, &c.
E. Y. Hudspeth, K. 7. Catlett'
L. Catlett per K. Z. Catlett, Mrs. D. Z.
Hudspeth per E. V. H%udspeth, 7. c.
Foote, Mrs. Nellie Foote per T. G.
H. I. Landry, A. L.. MouiiIe, j..
A. Burleigh, p. Caruthers, Geo. Rey-
&c. Cormier, o. B. Thompson,
n. Mayer, Ross H.. Dunbar, Z. A. Dun
bar, Jr, w. G. Ellerbee, Us. Neat, I.
A. dunbar, j.. w. Hilliard. j. G. Hill
lard, B.. G.. Taylor, d. =. Rutledge, w.
~ r. I'D -~-4I Tap L nahaIj 81 A nTaa
Johnson, AIcide & his mark Ledoux,
j. NJ. Toliver. 7. S. Nezat, Eugene
Leger, Maget Metoyer, L. A. Hazard.
Mr.. McCaffery offered the following
ordinance, duly seconded, and upon
being duly read was adopted unanl
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 emitted to vote
at such an election under the Con-
stitution and laws of this State, on
q proposition to determine whether
or not a special tax of four az mills
on the dollar or as much thereof az
may be Necessary, should De levied
annually on the assessed valuation
of all the taxable property in said
ward, for & period Of Ten (l0) years
beginning with the year 1915 II
ending with the year 1924. both III
elusive, to raise the sum of Seventy
yeHundred Dollafst$7 500 for each
of said years, that is TO say the sum
of Seventy-tfYe Thousand Dollars
(S75,0001 for the whole of said period,
or as much OF said yearly and total
amount as said four mill tax viii
yield. In aid Of the Morgan,s Louis
lana and Texas Railroad and Steam
ship Company, or its assigns, TO be
paid as a bonus to said Railroad
Company TO aid in and to eEcour-
age and procure the construction
of an extension in said ward OF It's
Port Barre Branch railroad, i'll ac-
cordance with, and on the terms,
conditions anC limitations forth
III the petition of more than one
third. of the tax payers OF said ward
qualified to vote at such an electlon,
and fully Incorporated in this ordl-
nance.
Parish of St. Landry, State Of
in special session convened:
Section L. 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 atssuch al election IN
der the Constitution and laws of this
State, on the following proposition, to-
A proposition to determine whether
Or not a special tax of four "a mills on
the dollar or as much thereof as may
be necessary, should be levied annu-
ally on the assessed valuation of all the
taxable operty in the Fourth Police