St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-06-28
Notice Of Election.

Resolution No. 4 forming part of the
minutes of a meeting OF the Avoyelles
School Board held at its office a.
(, Marksville, La, on June 3rd, 1913, and
being ordinance for the holding of a
Boeuf School District No. 81 of the Par
ishes of st. Landry, EvanGeline and
Avoyelles.
By Mr.. Williams:
Whereas under authority of Section
16 of Act 2l4 of 1902 the parish superin-
tendents of the parishes of st. Landry
and Avoyelles laid off Bayou Boeuf
school district No. 81 composed of terri
tory taken from the parishes OF st. Ian
dry and Avoyelles, which school dis.
trict as located and defined was adopted
boards of said parishes, and
Whereas, subsequently, by election
the qualified electors of said school dis
trict chose to locate the schoolhouse of
said district within the portion that lay
in the parish of Avoyelles, further stip-
ulating at said election that the juris-
diction over and supervision of said
school wonld be given entirely to the
school board of the parish of Avoyelles,
and
Whereas, school bonds have been is
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the Avoyelles School Board, and these
bonds have been redeemed and inter-
est paid on them since, and further that
the school treasurer of the parish of ST.
Landry has been renting regularly
every year the special school tax col
lected within the part of the district
located in said parish of st. Landry,
and
Whereas, Section 2 of Act 256 of 1910
specifically gives authority to a board
of school directors to call a special cleo
ton for the purpose of submitting to
the property taxpayers who are au-
thoriZed to vote at such election, under
the constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, a proposition to levy a
special tax no to exceed the limit that
is now or hereafter may be fixed by the
Constitution of Louisiana, for the pur-
pose of giving additional aid to public
schools, therefore;
Be it ordained by the board of school
directors of the parish of Avoyelles, in
regular session convened, that a special
election, 20 be participated in by the
property taxpayers of the Bayou Boeuf
school district No, 81 of the parishes of
Avoyelles, st. Landry and Eyangeline,
as created, located, defined and record
ed under and by virtue of the authority
of the parish board of school directors
of said parish and more particularly
described as follows: "To begin at the
n. W. corner of the n. e. Il Of Section
2, TBS. r.. E. in the parish of Ayoy.
Giles. thence running due South Az
miles to the S. w. corner of the n. e. Il
of Section Ii, ia S. r. 2 E., in the par
ish Of st. Landry, thence due East So
miles to the S. E. corner of the N. E. il
of Section 10, TBS. r. E., thence due
North AZ miles to the N. e. corner of
Section q, T.. 2 S. r. E. in the parish
of Avoyelles, thence due West along
section line to the point of starting;
the territory embraced within this dis
trict being 24M square miles," be and
the same is hereby ordered to be held
under the provisions of Act 256 of the
General Assembly of 1910, and other
laws on the subject on the 18th day of
July, 1913, between the honrs of seven
q. m. and five O'clock p. m. at the poll
ing place at Barbreck within said dis
trIct, for the purpose of taking the
of the property taxpayers within
said district, qualified as electors under
the Constitution and laws of the state
of Louisiana. upon the following prop
o%sition, to-wit:
Whether Oh not a special tax of three
mills on the dollar on all the taxable
property in the Bayou Boeuf schooldi
trict No. 81 of the parishes of .Avoyelles,
iect to state taxation shouId he levied
annually for a period of ten for
the purpose of:
Giving additional aid to nnblic |
schools.
n - f,rther oraainaa 80 49, a.
- iuiehei ofoaiheu' etc., mat the
by appointed TO serve as commission-
ers and clerk of said election. to-wit:
F. A. Townsend. Lee Evans. and An
drew Nurdin. commissioners CLERK:
), M. Milburn. ali of which are to serve
in said election as provided by law.
Be it further ordained that the nresi-
Of this school boarc he and he ia
hereby authorized and directed to issue
public notice of said election for at least
thirty days, according to law, in the
Weekly News, the official journal of
the Parish Board of School Directors of
fetal papers of the Parish Boards Of
School directors OF the Parishes OF st.
Landry and Evangellne, giving notice
Oh the inns n place when tnis school
poafo VIII proceed to open the ballot
oo1' examine and canvas the returns
ano deciare the result OF SAID election.
belt Inrther ordained that this ordl-
nance OF eiectlon, as passed by this
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