St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-09
Notice.
State OF Louisiana,
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Parish of ST. Landry.
Pursuant to authority contained il
an ordinance of the Police Jury of thu
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 helt
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
rict 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, 1872, 0O0. 90, to.
run for a period of fifteen years, bear
ing interest at the rate of five per
eentum Is oIolper annum, payable IN
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 all 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 nav in
cur ard 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, tobe used by the govern
authority of said Road District in
constructing, maintaining and repair
the roads and bridges of said First
Road District of the said Fourth Police
Jury Ward"
The said election shall be held at the
following polling places, and by the
named, each being aregistered
1st: At Melville; Election Commits
'Ioners: A: Rosenberg, Ira Westbrook,
and F: B. Cason, ST.; and Lyman Ly-
ms, Clerk.
I'd: At Krotz Springs; Election Com
.nissioners: Alva Krotz, C. w. Krotz
md Ike Jeffers; and Geo. Matthias,
Clerk.
Sd: At Port Barre; Election Commits
'ioners: Collins Cormier, John Bur-
eigh and Ferdinand Deiean; and N.
-ahaye, Clerk.
Notice is hereby further given that
On Monday, the First day of March,
;915, the sixth day following such cleo
at 2 O'Clock p. m, the Police Jury
will meet at Opelousas, La, in its
ooms and there in public session open
he ballot boxes, examine and canvass
he returns and declare the result of {
aid election, and promulgate the
anne. {
Given on this, the 9Th day of Janu- /
ry, 1915, at Opelousas, in said parish. !
FRANK DIMMICK, ]
resident of the Police Jury of the ]
Parish of st. Landry. I
j. j. HEIALEY, Clerk. a-s-et,