St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-31

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containing the process verbal OF
the Board of Supervisors declar-
ing the result of said election.
Thereupon the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen did proceed
to comply with said resolution
and embody their acts in the
following process verbal:
Be it known and remembered
that we, the Mayor and Board OF
Aldermen Of the City of Opelou-
sas, acting under and by virture
of an ordinance of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City OF
Opelousas, this day met in special
session for the purpose of exam
ming the sworn returns OF the
special election held on the TWEEN
ty second day of April. 1918, a.
filed with US by the Commissions
ers and Clerk of election and the
compiled statement of the Board
of Supervisors of the parish of
st. Landry, and to formerly de-
clare the result of said elections
did proceed to perform the dutie-
imposed upon us in said ordi-
nance. as follows to-Wit:
We did proceed to inspect the
compiled statement furnished by
the Board of Supervisors of the
Parish of St. Landry, and their
proclamation, declaring the result
of the election, as we'll as to in
spect the tally sheets, compiled
statement and list of voters as re-
turned by the commissioners and
clerk presiding at the special
election held on the twenty
second day of April, 1918, in the
City of Opelousas, to take the
sense of the property tax pay
ers upon the following PROPOSE
ton, namely:
TO levy a special tax of two
and one half mills on the dollar
per annum, to be imposed, levied
and collected in aid of a railway
enterprise, and in favor of, for
the benefit of and in aid of the
Louisiana Traction and Power
Company, its successors or as
signs, said tax to be imposed,
levied and collected for a period
of ten years beginning 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 thousand
dollars be collected and turned
over to the 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 Power Company,
its successors of assigns.
After making such inspection,
we found the number Of votes
cast for the proposition submitted
as aforesaid, to be two hundred
and thirty (230) number of votes
cast against the proposition sub
mitted, as aforesaid, to be six
teen (16); the amount of assessed
valuation of property voted for
the proposition submitted, as
aforesaid to be six hundred
thousand one hundred and eighty
five and 91-100 dollars $780,
l85. and the amount of
assessed valuation of property
voted against the proposition
submitted, as aforesaid to be
forty six thousand one hundred
sixty five and 28-10O dollars
($46. 165. 28l.
The examination and compila-
ton shows the net result to be a
majority in number of votes voted
at said election in favor of the
proposition submitted of sixteen;
majority in amount of assessed
valuation of property voted at
said election in favor of the pro-
position submitted three hundred
and fifteen thousand one hundred
and eighty and 91-100 dollars.
We further examine the LIST of
registered voters of the City of
Opelousas, State of Louisiana, as
well as the assessment roll for
said city, and the list furnished
by the sheriff of the parish Of
st. Landry, showing the pay
ment of poll taxes for the years
1911 and 1912, in said city and
the result of this examination
shows that, including women tax
payers entitled to vote at said
election, there were four hundred
and twenty six qualified voters
who might have participated in
said election, and that the total
assessment of all the qualified
voters who might have partici-
pated in said election aggregate
the sum of seven hundred and
seventy thousand and ten
and no-100 dollars, and that the
result of the canvass by this
body of the tally sheets, compil-
ed statements and list Of voters
returned by the Commissioners
and Clerk Of said election. shows