St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-07-31
AN ORDINANCE

Ordering q special election at which
shall be submitted to the property
taxpayers, qualified under the Consti-
tuition and laws of the State of Louis
iaa, OF the Bayou Mallet and Plaque
mine Drainage District of the Parish
of st. Landry, the question Of incur
ring debt and Issuing negotiable
bonds therefor to the amount OF thirty
thousand dollars {s30,8o09 for the
purpose of providing and creating a
system of drainage for the said dis
trict by dredging Bayou Plaquemine
and Bayou Mallet and their ributa-
ries, completing the canals known as
numbers 1 and 2 and their aecesso-
|ries, and for the cutting of such other
canals and the opening Of such other
natural drains as may be necessary
to effectively drain said district, and
for the maintenance and Improvement
thereof; and also the question OF levy
ing and assessing an annual eontri-
button or acreage tax of ten cents an
acre on all lands situated within the
limits of said drainage district, sub
jeet to taxation, for the period of forty
years beginning with the year 1916 and
ending with the year 1866, both inclu-
sive.
Section 1. Be It ordained by the
Board of Commissioners of the Bayou
MalIet and Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict of the Parish of st. Landry I'm
regular session convened, that, where
as to carry out the purposes for which
it was created and in order to provide
and create a system Of drainage for
said district and to effectively drain
the lands situated within the limits
thereof it wiz be necessary to dredge
Bayous Plaquemine and Mallet and
their tributaries, complete the canals
known as numbers i and 2 and their
accessories, cut such other canals
said district as may be necessary to
said district as mey be necessary to
properly drain the lands situated
within the limits of the said district:
to perform all other work necessary
to make the said drainage system eff
fective, and to maintain and improve
the same, it will be necessary that
the Board of Commissioners of the
Bayou Mal1et and PIaauemine Drain
age District OF the Parish of ST. Ian
dry be authorized to incur debt and
to issue negotiable bonds therefor, to
the amount of thirty thousand dollars
ESQ, 000) In the denominations and
bearing interest as hereinafter set
forth.
Section 2 And whereas, IN order
to provide for the payment of the said
bonds in principal and interest, It viii
be necessary to levy and assess an
annual contribution or acreage TAX OF
ten cents per acre on all lands situ-
ated within the limits of said drain
age district, subject 10 taxation. for a
period Of forty years. be it ordained,
etc, that d special election be, and
the same is hereby ordered to be held
in the said Bayou MalIet and Plaque
mine Drainage District of the Parish
OF st. Landry, on Wednesday SepteEn-
Der Ist. 1915, at Y. ". Ledoux's. be-
tween the hours of Z a. M and 5 p.
M, under the general election laws
of the states, as far as applicable, at
which said election shall be Submit
ted to the property taxpayers OF said
drainage district entitled to vote at
such election under the Constitution
and laws OF the State OF Louisiana,
the following propositions, to-Wit:
Firsf-Whether or not the Board OF
Commissioners of the Bayou Mailet
and PIaquemine Drainage District of
the Parish of st. Landry shall be au-
thorized to incur debt and Issue
bonds therefor to the
amount OF thirty thousand dollars.
said bonds to be dated October LIST,
1915, bearing i've per cent per annum
interest from July /. 1916. said inter
est payable annually On July I Of each
year, and said bonds TO mature a