St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-04-26
NOTICE or ELECTION.
Sunset, Louisiana, March s. 70

Sunset, Louisiana, March s, 1918.
TO WHOM TT MAY CONCERN.
Pursuant. to the authority vested in
us by the General Election avs #
the State of Louisiana, and also at
q request OF the Mayor and Board
OF Aldermen OF the Village OF Sunset.
La. we, the members of the Board
OF Supervisors of the parish of ST.
Landry. State OF Louisiana. hereby
give notice that a special election Of
the property tax payers residing In
the corporate limits of the Village of
Sunset, qualified to vote under the
constitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana. will be held on the Thrift
eth day OF April, A. D., 1918, to vote
for or against a proposition to impose.
levy and collect a special tax OF three
and one-half mills ON the dollar, per
annum, on all of the assessable prop-
erty situated within said Village Of
Sunset, in aid OF a railway enterprise,
and in favor, for the benefit and IA
aid Of the LOUISIANA TRACTION
AND POWER COMPANY, its sue
cessors or assigns, said tax to be lev
led and collected beginning with the
year. 1918 and extending to and In
Guiding the year 1922, and to d
lie the aggregate amount of TWEEN
TY EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS.
provided that In case the sum of
twenty-eight hundred dollars be- col
lected and turned over to said COM
pany before the expiration OF ten
years, that the said tax shall cease
and terminate as soon as this sum
is collected and turne9 over to the
Louisiana Traction and Power Com.
pany, its successors or assigns; all
OF which will be more readily ascer-
tanned by reference to the ordinance
of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
adopted on the 9Th day of March, 4.
p, nineteen hundred and thirteen,
and amended by ordinance adopted
on the 18th day OF March, 1913.
Said election shall be held in ac-
cordance with the ordinance Of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Village of Sunset, adopted on the 9Th
day of March, A. D., nineteen hundred
and thirteen, and amended on the 18th
day OF March, 1913, and in the man
ne provided by the general election
laws of the State of Louisiana.
Said tax to be voted, levied, impos-
ed and collected in accordance with
the terms and conditions set forth
in the petition of more than one-third
of the property tax payers qualified
to vote under the constitution and
laws OF the State OF Louisiana, fled
with the Mayor and Board of Alder
men on the 9Th day Of March, A. D.,
1913, and the ordinance OF the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the vii
lage OF Sunset calling the said cleo
ton, adopted on the 9Th day or March,
1913, and amended on the 18th day of
March, 1918.
Said election shall be held through
out the Village OF Sunset, tine polling
place OF said election being Sibille
Hall, in said village, 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 (6) A.
NJ, to seven f7) p. M.
The following Is the form of Ballot
TO be used at said election:
FOR a special tax OF three and one
half mills on the dollar per annum,
on all OF the assessable property sit
uated in the Village OF Sunset, 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 POW
Err COMPANY, its successors or as
signs, said tax to be imposed, levied
and collected. beginning with the year
1918, and extending to and including
the year 1922, so as to realize the
sum OF tWenty-eight hundred dollars
$4,000. 00), provided that III case the
sum of twenfy-eight hundred dollars
($2, 800.g 0l be collected and turned over
to said Company before the expira
ton 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 Com
pany, its successors or assigns.
AGAINST . special tax of three ant
one half mills on the dollar per an
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