St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
Notice.
State of Louisiana,
Doy.ieh nf c. 7 onI-y

State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.
Pursuant to authority contained in
an ordinance of the Police Jury of the
Parish of st. Landry, of date of the
fifth of January, 1915, /, Frank Dim.
mick, President OF said body, hereby
give notice that an election will be held
in the First Road District of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward of the Parish of st.
Landry, on Tuesday, February 23d,
1915, as set forth in the following alb.
stract of said ordinance:
Section One. Be it ordained, by
the Police Jury of the Parish of ST.
Landry, in lawful session convened:
That an election shall be and is hereby
called to be held in the First Road Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury Ward
of the Parish of st. Landry, on the 23d
day of February, A. D., 1915, at which
election the majority of the property
taxpayers of the said First Road Dis
trict Of said Fourth Police Jury Ward
Of st. Landry Parish, in number and
amount eligible to vote and voting at
said election, shall determine the prop
ositions:
"1st. To authorize the First Road
District Of the Fourth Police Jury Ward
of the Parish of st. Landry, through its
governing authority to incur debt and
issue bonds to the amount of Thirty
Two Thousand Dollars, $32, 600. 100, to
run for a period of fifteen years, bear
ing interest at the rate of five per
eentum (5 oIo)per annum, payable an
nually; the funds thus derived to be
used for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining and repairing the public
roads and bridges in said First Road
District of the said Fourth Police Jury
Ward.
I'D. Whether a special tax of three
mills on the dollar per annum, in ad-
dition to the vehicle and per capita tax
levied under existing ordinances, shall
be levied on ali taxable property in the
First Road District of the Fourth Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of st. Landry,
to extinguish such debt as the govern
ing body of said Road District may in
cur and to pay such bonds in principal
and interest as it may issue under the
authority herein proposed to be grant
ed it. The balance of said tax, after
the payment of said bonds in principal
and il %terest, to be used by the govern
ing authority of said Road District in
constructing, maintaining and repair
ing the roads and bridges of said First
Road District of the said Fourth Police
Jury Ward"
The said election shall be held at the
polling places, and by the
officials named, each being aregistered
voter:
LIST: AT Melville; Election Commits
A. Rosenberg, Ira Westbrook,
md F. B; Cason, ST.; and Lyman Ly-
ms, Clerk.
I'd: At Krotz Springs; Election Com
nissioners: Aiva Krotz, C. w. Krotz
md Ike LETTERS; and Geo. Matthias,
Clerk.
Sd: At Port Barre; Election Commis-
Collins Cormier, John Bur-
eigh and Ferdinand Dejean; and N.
4ahaye, Clerk.
Notice is hereby further given that
On Monday, the First day of March,
915, the sixth day following such cleo
ion, at 2 o'clock p. m, the Police Jury
will meet at Opelousas, La, in its
ooms and there in public session open
ne ballot boxes, examine and canvass |
ne returns and declare the result of
aid election, and promulgate the
/.
Given on this, the 9th day of Janu-
ry, 1915, at Opelousas, in said parish. s
FRANK DIMMICK, s
resident of the Police Jury of the {
Parish of st. Landry. I
A true copy. t
J.J. HEALEY, Clerk. l-9-6t)