St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-22
NOTICE.
State of Louisiana.

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 4th day ofMay, 1915. |, Frank
Dimmick, President of said body.
hereby give notice that an election
will be held in the First Road Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury
| Ward Of the Parish of st. Landry.
on Wednesday. June 3Oth. 1918. as
set forth in the following abstract
| 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 District of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward Of the Parish OF
| st. Landry, on the 30th day 0 fJune.
A. D., 1916, at which election the
majority of the property tax payers
of the said First Road District of
said Fourth Police Jury Ward, of
st. Landry parish. in number and
at said election, shall determine. the
propositions:
First: To authorize the First
Road District of the Fourth Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of st.
Landry. through its governing au-
thOrity to incur debt and issue
bonds to the amount Of Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars. 1925, 100000.
to run for a period of 80 years,
bearing interest at the rate Of five
per cent per aDnum, payable annu-
ally; the funds thus derived to be
used for the purpose of construct
ing, maintaining and repairing the
public roads and bridges in said
First Road District of the said
Fourth Police Jury Ward.
Second: Whether a special tax of
not more than 10 mills on the dol
lar per annum, in addition 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 an amount
sufficient to extinguish such debts
as the governing body Of said Road
District may incur and to pay such
bonds in principal and interest as
it may issue under the authority
herein proposed to be granted it.
The balance of said tax after the
payment of said bonds in principal
and interest, to be used by the gov
erning authority of said Road Dis
trict, in constructing. maintaining
and repairing roads and bridges OF
said First Road District of the said
Fourth Police Jury Ward"
The said election shah be held
at the following polling places, and
by the officials named, each being
a registered voter:
fst. At Melville: Election COM
missioners: A. Rosenberg. Ira West
brook and f. B. Cason. ST.. and
Lyman Lyons, Clerk.
End. At Krotz Springs: Election
commissioners: Alva KrotZ. C. w
Krotz and Ike LETTERS, and Georgt
Matthias, Clerk.
3rd. At Port Barre: Election com.
m~issioners: Collins Cormier. JohI
Burleigh and Ferdinand Degean. ant
N. Lahaye, Clerk.
Notice is hereby further given tina
On Monday, the fifth day of July
A. d, 1915, the fifth day following
!, such election, at 2 o'clock pm, tn
Police Jury will meet at Opelousas
La, in its rooms and there in pub
lie session open the ballot boxe:
examine and canvass the return
!, and declare the result of said cleo
ton, and premulgate the same.
Given on this the 18th day c
May, 1916, at 0pelousas. in said par
, ish.
FRANK DIMMICK,
President of the Police Jury. Pal
ish of st. Landry.
A true copy.
! j. j. HEALEY. Clerk.