St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-28
AN ORDINANCE

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Ordering a 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 ($30,000 for the
purpose Of providing and creating q
system of drainage for the said dis
trict by dredging Bayou ~Plaquemine
and Bayou Mallet and their tributa-
ries, completing the canals known as
numbers / and 2 and their accesso-
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 ar annual contri-
button or acreage tax of ten cents an
acre on all lands situated within the
limits of said drainage district, sub
ject to taxation, for the period of forty
year 1854, both inclusive, in order to
ending with the year 1855, both inclu-
siye.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Board of Commissioners of the Bayou
Mallet and Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict of the Parish of st. Landry in
regular session convened, that, where
as to carry out the purposes for which
1t 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, 1t will be necessary to dredge
Bayous Plaquemine and Mallet and
their tributaries, complete the canals
known as numbers ] 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; I
Ito perform all other work necessary
to make the said drainage system ef-
fective, and to maintain and improve
the same, 1t will be necessary that
the Board of Commissioners Of the
Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine Drain
age District Of the Parish of st. Lam
dry be authorized to incur debt and
to issue negotiable bonds therefor, to
the amount of thirty thousand dollars {
In the denominations and t
bearing interest as hereinafter set {,
forth. h
Section 2. And whereas, In order !
to provide for the payment of the said Y
bonds in principal and interest, 1t will t
be necessary to levy and assess an |
1nH1Iof contribution np oarna no TOW ~ tT
ten cents per acre on all lands stu S
ated within the limits of said drain I
district, subject to taxation, for a /
period Of forty years, be it ordained, '
ETC., that a special election be, and a
he same is hereby ordered to be held a
n the said Bayou Mallet and Plaque t
nine Drainage District of the Parish t
# st. Landry, on Wednesday, Septem- G
,er LIST, 1915, at v. v. Ledoux's, be- t
the hours Of Z q. m. and 5 p. c
~ under the general election laws X
Il the states, as far as applicable, at v
which said election shall be submit d
ed to the property taxpayers of said v
district entitled to vote at a
UGH election under the Constitution a
nd laws OF the State Of Louisiana, O.
he following propositions, to-wit: n
Frst-Whether or not the Board OF q
commissioners Of the Bayou Mallet q
nd Plaquemine Drainage District of u
be Parish of st. Landry shall be au- 3
to incur debt and issue =
egotiable bonds therefor to the ..
mount of thirty thousand dollars, Y
aid bonds to be dated October LIST, v
915, bearing five per cent per annum "
lterest from July /, 1915, said inter- "
st payable annually on July / of each o.
ear, and said bonds to mature as u
flows to.wit. So