St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-12
Notice of Election.
Opelousas, Louisiana,
March, 18th, 1918.

Pursuant
to the authority vested in me by
a resolution of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Opelousas, adopted on the fifth
day of March, A. D., 1918, notice
is hereby given that an election
of the property tax payers resid-
ing within the corporate limits of
the City of Opelousas, qualified to
vote under the constitution and
laws Of the State of Louisiana,
will be held on Tuesday, the
tWenty-second day of April, A. D.
1913, to vote for or against a
proposition to impose, levy and
collect a special tax of TWO AND
ONE HALF MILLS ON THE
dollar per annum, on all of the
assessable property situated in
said city of Opelousas, in aid of a
raj lway enterprise, and in favor
for the benefit and in aid of the
Louisiana Traction and Power,
Company, it's successors or as
signs, said tax to be levied and
collected beginning with the year
1914, an ding to
a d including the year 1928,
and to realize the aggregate
amount of forty one thousand
dollars, provided that in case the
sum of forty one thousand dollars
be collected and turned over to
said company before the expira-
ton of the ten years, that the said
tax shall cease and terminate as
soon as this sum is collected and
turned over to said company, all
of which will be more readily as
certained by reference to the
ordinance of the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen of the City
Of Opelousas, adopted on the 9Th
day of March, A. D., nineteen
hundred and thirteen.
Said election to be held in ac-
cordance with the provisions of
an ordinance of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Opelousas, adopted on the fifth
day Of March. A. D., 1913, and
in the manner provided by the
general election laws of the state
of Louisiana, the said tax to be
voted, levied, imposed and collect
ed in accordance with the terms
and conditions set forth in the
petition of more than one third
1-3rd) Of the property tax pay
ers qualified to vote under the
constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, filed with the May
or and Board of Aldermen on the
fifth day of March, A. D., 1913,
requesting that such election be
called, and the ordinance calling
said election, adopted on the fifth
day Of March, 1918.
Said election shall be held
throughout the city of Opelousas,
the polling place of said election
being the Court House SITUAT-
ED in the City of Opelousas,
parish of st. Landry. state of
Louisiana, the place at which the
last preceding general election
was held, and the hours of said
election shall be from six (6l A.
M. to seven q P. NJ.
The following is the form of
ballot to be used atsaid election
For a special tax Of two and
one half mills on the dollar per
annum, on all of the assessable
situated in the City OF
Opelousas, to be imposed, levied
and collected in aid of a railway
enterprise, and in favor of, for
the benefit and in aid of the
LOUISIANA TRACTION AND
COMPANY, its success
sors or assigns, said tax to be i'm
posed, levied and collected, be-
ginning with the year 1914 and
extending to and including the
year 1923, SO as to realize the sum
Of forty one thousand dollars,
provided that in case the sum of
forty one thousand dollars be col
lected and turned over to said
company before 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
w COMPANY, It's success
sors or assigns.
AGAINST a special tax of two
and one half mills on the dollar
per annum, on all of the assessable
property situated in the city Of
Opelousas, to be imposed, levied
and collected in aid of a railway
enterprise, and in favor of, for
the benefit and in aid of the
LOUISIANA TRACTION AND
POWER COMPANY, its success
sors or assigns, said tax to be
imposed, levied and collected, be-
ginning with the year 1914 and
extending to and including the
year 1923, SO as to realize the
sum of forty one thousand dollars
provided that in case the sum of
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