St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-09

Mr.. w. F. Brown offered the follow
ing ordinance, and upon being dull,
read, was adopted unanimously, to-Wit
AN ORDINANCE.
Ordering d special election Throughout
the limits of the First Road Distric
of the Fourth Police Jury Ward O
the parish of st. Landry, to take the
sense Of the property taxpayers o
said Road District in said ward, en-
titled to vote under the Constitution
and laws Of the state Of Louisiana, a.
to whether a special tax of three mills
on the dollar, per annum, in addition
to the vehicle and per capita ta1
levied under existing ordinances,
shall be levied on all taxable proper.
ty in said Road District, for a period
of fifteen years, beginning with the
year 1915; and as to whether the gov.
erning authority of said Road District
shall be authorized to incur debt and
issue bonds of the said First Road
District of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the parish of st. Landry, to
the amount of thirty-two thousand
dollars, to run for a period of fifteen
years, bearing interest at the rate of
5 per cent per annum, payable an
nually, for the purpose of construct
ing, maintaining and repairing the
public roads and bridges in said Road
District;
Whereas. it is the voluntary will of
this body to call the election hereinafter
provided for, and
Whereas, Article 281 of the Constitu-
ton of 1918, and ActNo. 256 of the Acts
of the Legislature adopted in the year
1910, as amended by Act 218 of 1912,
and Act 1913 Of the Acts of the Legisla-
ture adopted in 1914, declare the Police
Jury of the parish of ST. Landry to be
the governing authority through which
the said First road district of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward of said parish may
levy a special tax on all taxable proper
ty in said Road District, and may incnr
debt and issue negotiable bonds for the
purpose of constructing, maintaining
and repairing the public roads, and
bridges in said Road District, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation Of
the said Road District amounts to one
million one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars Isl, ia, 000) and exist
ing bonded indebtedness incurred un-
der Article PSI of the Constitution of
1908 and 1918, amounts to no dollars,
which added to the proposed indebted
ness, does not exceedth the Constitutional
limit which said road District is autho-
to incur, and
Whereas in order to extinguish
the indebtedness herein provided for,
and to pay off in principal and interest,
the bonds, authority to issue which is
herein proposed, and to keep the roads
and bridges in said Road District in
good repair and to maintain the same,
after the payment of said bonds III
principal and Interest, it will be neces-
sary to annually levy q special tax of
three mills on the dollar, on all taxable
property in said Road District, which
said tax when added to the existing
taxes annually levied under Ar
ticle PSI of the Constitution of 1898 and
1913, will not exceed the Constitutional
limit OF ten mills per annum on the dol
lar of the assessed valuation of the
property of said First Road District of
the Fourth Police Jury Ward of the
OF ST. Landry; now therefore,
Section L. Be it ordained, by the
Police Jury of the parish of St. Landry,
N lawful session convened: that an
election shall be and is hereby called to
be held in the First Road District of the
Fourth Police Jury Ward of the parish
Of st. Landry, on the 23rd day Of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1915, at which election the
majority Of the property taxpayers OF
The said First Road District of said
Fourth Police Jury Ward of ST. Landry
in number and amount eligible
o vote and voting at said election, shall
determine the propositions.
1st. To authorize the First Road Dis
-rict of the Fourth Police Jury Ward OF
parish of st. Landry, through its
governing authority to incur debt and
ssue bonds to the amount of thirty-two
thousand dollars 1882, 000l to run for a
of fifteen years, bearing interest
1t the rate of five per centum Is oTol
per annum, payable annually; the
funds thus derived to be used for the
purpose of constructing, maintaining
md repairing the public roads and
bridges in said First Road District of
he said Fourth Police Jury Ward;
End. Whether a special tax OF three
NILS on the dollar per annum, in addi-
64an to the vehicle and per capita tax
ievied under existing ordinances, shall
liz levied on all taxable property igche
First Road District of the Fourth Police
Try Ward of the parish OF st. Landry,
extinguish such debt as the govern
III body of said Road District may in
ia and to pay such bonds in principal
I'D i~nterestas it may issue under the
hority herein proposed to be grant
exIt. The balance of said lax, after
payment of said bonds in principal
interest, to be used by the govern
authority of said Road District in
tructing, maintaining and repairing
roads and bridges Of said First Road
rict Of the said Fourth Police Jury
Ia.
ction 2. Be it further ordain ed,
That the ballot boxes, Necessary