St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
AN ORDINANCE
No Z of 1919.

An ordinance promulgating the re-
turns of the special election held
in the City of Opelousas, Louisiana,
on the Twenty-Second day of April,
A. D, Nineteen Hundred and Thir-
teen, to take the sense of the prop
erty tax payers of the said City of
Opelousas, entitled to vote under
the laws of the State of Louisiana,
on a proposition to levy q special
tax of two and one half mills on
the dollar per annum, TO be Inn
posed, levied and collected in aid of
q railway enterprise, and in favor
of, for the benefit OF andin aid of the
Louisiana Traction and Power Com
pany, its successors or assigns, said
tax to be imposed, levied and col
lected for a period of ten years, be-
ginning with the year 1914 and ex-
tending to and including the year
1923, or until the sum of forty one
thousand dollars shall have been
collected and turned over to the
Louisiana Traction ana Power
Company, its successors or assigns.
Whereas, there was held in the City
OF Opelonsas, Parish of st. Landry,
on the tWenty-second day of April, A.
D., 1913, an election to take the sense
of the property tax payers of the city
of Opelousas, on q proposition to levy
q special tax of two and one half mills
on the dollar per annum, to be imposed,
levied and collected in aid Of q rail-
way enterprise, and in favor Of, for
the benefit Of and in aid of the Louis
lana Traction and Power Company, its
successors q assigns, said tax to be
imposed, levied and collected for a
period of ten years, beginning with the
year 1914, and extending to and in
Guiding the year 1923, SO ne to realize
the sum OF forty one thousand dollars
be collected and turned over to the
said Company before the expiration of
the ten years, hat the SAID tax shall
cease rs soon this u is collected and
turned yer to the said Louisiana Frac-
ton and Power Company, its success
ors or assigns; and
Whereas, this Board OF Aldermen
has on this date examined n IAN
vassed the returns made by the COM
missioners and clerk of election and
the proclamation OF the Board Of super
visors, and formally declared the re.
suit OF the election to be in favor OF the
proposl.lon submitted, as is shown py
process verbal adopted by he said
Board OF Aldermen duly promulgating
the result OF the election and
whereas. under the Constitution
laws OF the State of Louisiana, IL ls
made the duty of the Mayor and Board
OF Aldermen when the majority OF the
properly tax payers in number q
amount have voted in favor OF the
proposition submitted, and said cleo
lion las Resulted In favor OF the propo-
sltlon. by ordinance adopted for anti on
behalf CT the City Of 0pelousas to levy
SAID tax for the period provided for,
designate the years same shall be o
lected, and ~tohcollect same annually;
Therefore.
Section l. BE it ordained by the
| Mayor and Board of Aldermen Of the
City of O~pelousas, Louisiana, in spe-
| ciaf session convened, that the special
election held in the City Of Opelousas,
parish Of st. Landry, State Of Louis
lana, on the twenty-second day OF
April, 1913, be and the same is hereby
declared to have resulted in favor OF
the proposition submitted, and the
said Board of Aldermen does hereby
formally promuigate the result of said
election in accordance Herewith.
Section 2. Be 1t further ordained
ETC.. That in accordance with the result
of sald election, q tax OF two and one
half mills on thedolIar per annum up.
property situated in the City of Opelou.
sas, or so much of said two and one
half mills rs ma be necessary, il
hereby levied on all Of the assessable
property, situated in the City of Ope
~lousas, Tor Il period Of ten years, to-Wit
for the years 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
1919, 1874, 1921, 1922, and 1928, the SAID
two and q half mills thus levied fol
ten years to be collected annually, In
addition to all other taxes until the
sum Of forty-one thousand dollars hal
been realized, the SAID tax to be i'm
posed, levied and collected in aid OF q
railway enterprise, and in favor of, fol
the benefit OF and in aid of the Louis
lana Traction and Power Company, It'd
successors or assigns under the condi
tions disclosed and recited in an ordi
men, adopted on the sixth day o.
Marsh, A.D, 1918, calling said election
and the petiJionof the property tax pay
ers presented to said Board Of Alder
men at It's meeting held on the sale
sixth day of March, 1918, praying tina
said election be held.
Section 8. Be itfnrther ordained
etc., That theminutes of this meetiul
and that this ordnance be inserted ane
published in the ofiial journal of tht
city OF Opelousas, parish of st. Landry
for a period of (30l days, in order tina
notice may be brought to all the ia,
payers of the city of O~pelonsas of tn,
prumulgation of said election and tn,
Ievying of said tax upon all of the as
sessable and taxable property, situated
in the city If Opelousas, for q period O
ten years bnginning with the year 1911
and extending to and including til,
year 1873, as above set forth, and con
firmably TO the result of said election
Thus Done, Read, Adopted and Sign
ed and Seal Affixed in Open Session a.
Opelousas, in the Parish of st. Landry
in the OF State of Louisiana, this 2Sti
of April, A. D.. 1918.
E.. l.. LOEB,
Mayor of Opelousas, La.
Attest: j.. B. A. STAGE, City CLERK.
(SEALl
PROCLAMATION OF THE REsUL,
OF ELECTION.
Proclamation of the result O.
the election held in the City o.
Opelousas, Parish of st. Ian
dry, Louisiana, on the twenty
second day of April, 1913, Il
levy. impose and collect a spe
cial tax in aid of a railway en-
terprise and all in favor of tn,
Louisiana Traction and PoweI
Company, it's successors o.
assigns.
State Of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.
Be it known that on this, thu