St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-20

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a6l tax of three
on the dollar, YES
annually on all the
property in said
School District O
the Parish of st. Ian
/ dry, La, subject t.
state taxation TO MO Il.
the period of five
years, beginning with
the year 1915, for the 1@-l
purpose Of. 49,. !. -,
(a) Giving additional aid to Inc
public schools in the. Opelousas
School District.
(b) To assist in the mainten-
ance, repair and equipment of said
schools.
Taxable valuation. $
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 the 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. Fl. Harmanson, II. D. Littell
/, 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 A. M,
Saturday, April 24th, 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.
On roll call the following mem
bers voted in the affirmative:
DAILY, Andrepont, Perkins, .Horaist,
Boudreau, Hawkins. Fogleman, Ba-
ker, Lyman.
In the negative: Larcade.
And the resolution was adopted.
@. P. DAILY. President.
C. j. THOMPSON, Secretary.
CERTIFICATE.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.
Personally came and appeared
before me, the undersigned author
ity, C. J. Thompson, who first being
duly sworn, deposes and says that
he was on the 9th day of March,
1915, and is now Secretary Of the
parish Board of School Directors
of the Parish of st. Landry, La,
and that the above and foregoing is
a true and correct copy Of the ex-
tract of the minutes of the special
meeting Of said Board held on the,
9th day Of March, 1915.
Sworn and subscribed before me
this 10th day of March, 1915.
C. ]. THOMPSON,
H. d. LARCADE, Jr.,
Notary Public.
PROCLAMATION.
Pursuant to a resolution Of the
Board of School Directors of
the Parish of st. Landry, La,
at a special meeting held on
the 9th day OF March, 1915, /, o. P.
Daily, President of said Board, here
by give notice that in compliance
with said resolution a special
school tax election will be held in
he Opelousas School District of thel
Parish of st. Landry, La, on Tues
lay, April 10th, 1915, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the property
taxpayers, qualified under the Con-
stitution and laws OF the State of
to vote at said special
election, the following proposition,
,o-wit:
To levy a special tax of three
Mills on the dollar, annually, on all
he property in said Opelousas
School District Of the Parish of ST..
landry, La subject to state taxa
ion, for the period Of five years,