St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-05-23
Council Proceedings.

E@EZ SRCidaodSy Id IAdJ Aoj
To the members of the Board Of Alder
men of the city of Opelousas, La.
Gentlemen: You are hereby notified
that there will by a special meeting Of
your Hon. board, this Friday even
ing, May 18th, 1914, at s o'clock p. M,
for the purpose Of adopting Special
Assessment Ordinance No. 5, levying
assessment on property abutting
NJ arket sire ct from Lam
dry street to- Bellevue street
for the purpose of d~efraying cost of
Wood Block Pavement; for the further
purpose Of making an appropriation to
defray the expenses OF City Election
held April q, 1914; for the further pur-
pose of making appropriation to defray-
the expenses of small pox cases; for
the further purpose of hearing a COM
mittee from the Fire Department
on matters relative to Fire Alarm Sys-
tenn; and for the further purpose OF au-
thorizing the issuance of Certificates
of Indebtedness against the License
Funds of 1916, to H. T. Clark for the
City's share of paving Market street.
Signed E. L. LOEB. Mayor.
(Signed)
Attest: j.. B. A. stage, City Clerk.
Received the above notice on the 18th
day of May, 1914, and On the same day
and date / notified all the members of
the Board of Aldermen in person, ex-
cept Mr.. Simon Sicily; he and his wife.
both being absent from home, | left the
notice with Mr.. Louis Sicily athIs place
OF business.
(Signed1
G. L. HAYES, City Marshal.
OpeIousas, La. May Is, 1914.
The Board of Aldermen met pursuant
to the above call, present, E. L. Loeb,
Mayor, presiding; Aldermen, Cos
selin, Fields, Hays, Sicily, Eastman.
All the members of the B o a
ofAldermen being present
the meeting was called to order.
ORDINANCE
No. 6 of 1914
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE
NUMBER FIVE.
To levy a special assessment on the
property abutting Market street from
from Landry street to Bellevue street,
of the City of Opelousas, La, for the
purpose of ~defraying the cost of on
struction Of Creosoted Wood Block
Pavement on said street, under con-
tract by the Mayor of the City of Ope-
lousas, Louisiana, with II. T. Clark,
Contractor, of date May IL, 1914, and to
prorate the cost of construction of ssid
Creosoted Wood Block Pavement be-
tween the abutting property owners in
the proportion owned by them, and to
provide the manner OF enforcing pay
ment of said special assessment, and
authorizing the Mayor of the said City
of O~pelousas, Louisiana, to issue GER
tificates of Indebtedness covering the
deferred payments due by the respee-
tive property owners on account of the
construction of said payements.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Opelousas, Louisiana, in spe-
, cial session convened, that a special as
sessment be and the same is hereby
levied upon the following described
property in a manner set forth after
the description of each separate piece
of property, for the purpose of defray-
ing the cost of construction of Creo-
soted Wood Block Pavements AUDITING
said property under Contract entered
into by the Mayor of the City of Ope.
~iousas. Louisiana, with H. r. Clark,
Contractor, on the 18th day of May.
1914, to-Wit:
PARISH OF ST. LANDRy-342.s
feet front on the east side of Market
street and bounded as follows: North
by Bellevue street, south by Landry
street, east by Court street, west BY
Market street, the sum Of one thousand
and forty-tWo and ten fundredtI
(s1042.1 01 dollars.
AARON JACOBS-fn.1 feet front on
the west side of Market street and
bounded as follows: North by Bellevue
street, south by Estilette, east by Mar
ket street. west by Bayou lesson, the
sum of five hundred and tWenty-one
and five hundredths (s521 .G5) dollars.
E. D. ESTILETTE-52.6 feet front or
the west side Of Market street ane
bounded as follows: North by Jacobs,
south by Risemen, east by Make
street, west by Bayou lesson, the sun
Of one hundred and sixty and eighteen
~hundredths fsf60.18J dollars.
BEN RISEMAN-118.5 feet front or
the west side of Market street ane
bounded as follows: North by Estilette
south by Landry street, east by Marke'
street, west by Landau, the sum o
three hundred and sixty and eighty
seven hundredths fs360.871 dollars.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
etc, That twenty go percent percen
of the amount herein above assessed
against each property owner as above
set forth shall be paid in cash within
ten (101 days from this date, and thu
balance shall he nayable in five f51