St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-04-03

dry, La, subject t.
state taxation TO MO
the period of five
years, beginning with
the year 1915, for the -
purpose of.......... ........ -.
(al Giving additional aid to the
public schools in the Opelousas
School District.
(b1 To assist in the mainten-
ance, repair and equipment of said
schools.
taxable valuation. ........... S
Signature Of Voter
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
To vote in favor of this PROPOSE
ton submitted on this ballot place
a cross mark in the square after the
word Yes" and to vote against it
place a similar mark in she square
after the word NO.
And the Secretary of this Board
be and he is hereby instructed to
have prepared for use at said spe-
cial election all necessary ballot
boxes, tally sheets, lists Of voters,
assessed valuation Of property and
compiled statements of voters in
number and amount.
Section 8. That the polling|
place at said election shall be at
the Court House at Opelousas, La,
and J. H. Harmanson, H. D. LittellI
and Ludovic Fontenot are appoint
ed commissioners and F. J.. Hardy
clerk of election, and said election
shall be conducted under the laws
of the state applicable thereto.
Section 4. The President of
this Board is hereby instructed to-
give notice of the special election
herein ordered by his proclamation
to be published according to law,
and in said proclamation he shall
announce that at ten o'clock 4. NJ.
Saturday, April oath, 1915, this
Board will meet at Opelousas, La,
and in open session proceed to open
the ballot boxes, examine and pro-
coed to count the ballots in number
and amount, examine and canvass
the returns and declare the result
of said election. I,
On roll call the following men,
bers voted in the ALTERNATIVES:
Daily, Andrepont, Perkins, Horaist,
Hawkins. Fogleman, Ba-
ker, Lyman. I.
In the negative: Larcade. /
And the resolution was adopted. {
@. P. DAILY. President. !
Z. J.. THOMPSON, Secretary. !
CERTIFICATE.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry. :
Personally came and appeared
me. the undersigned author-1
ty, G. ]. Thompson, who first being
sworn, deposes and says that I
lie was on the 9th day of March,
9i5, and is now Secretary of the i
'arish Board of School Directors il
+ the Parish Of st. Landry, La, n
nd that the above and foregoing is
true and correct copy Of the ex- :
'act Of the minutes of the special
leeting of said Board held on the
III day of March, 1915. E
Sworn and subscribed before me
lis 10th day of March, 1915. II
c. j. THOMPSON,
H. d. LARGADE, DR.,
Notary Public.
PROCLAMATION. s
Pursuant to a resolution of thaA E,
irish Board of School Directors of a
e Parish of st. Landry, La, tt
lssed at a special meeting held en- o
e 9th day of March, 1915, I, @. p. \
lily, President of said Board, here S
give notice that in compliance
tn said resolution a special ii
hool tax election will be held in e.
e Opelousas School District of the
IRISH of st. Landry, La, on Tues 3.
y, April 10th, 1915, for the pur- 81 :,
Sc Of submitting to the property az
I-payers, qualified under the Con- Of
tuition and laws Of the State Of 81
uisiana to vote at said special :,
ction, the following proposition. II
wit: W
70 levy a special tax of three "
lis on the dollar, annually. on all =
property in said Opelousas, %
TOOL District Of the Parish of St. %
ldry, La, subject to state taxa MI
D, for the period of five years, on
with the year 1915, for nu
purpose Of q.
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