St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-22
School Board Proceedings.

o,elousas. May 18th. 1915.
The parish Board Of Scnool u
rectnrs of the Parish Of ST Landry
Tn,,;siana met in special session
n,1rs,1ant to call. Present: Ut: v
5 DAILY. President; ]. A. PERKINS
II. D. Larcade. Jr. Ut. ": a. I
ry, q. Horaist,, Regis b9uulgau
Dir. II. s. Joseph. p: L.; HAWKINS
Arthur Fogleman, w. b. BAKER
Frank Fontenot and a quorum.
on motion of DR.. Joseph the read
ing Of the minutes
of the last meeting was dispensed
with and the minutes as published
were adopted.
Dr.. II. S. Joseph offered the fol-
lowing ordinance and moved its
adoption, to-wit:
Ordering a special election
throughout the limits Of the
Seventh School District of the
Fourth Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry. to take the
sense Of the property taxpayers
of the said School District OF the
said Ward, entitled to vote I'M
der the Constitution and laws OF
the state of Louisiana. as to
whether q special tax Of ten
mills on the dollar. per annum,
. or as much thereof as may be
necessary, shall be levied annu-
ally, on all taxable property in
said School District. for a period
Of Fifteen (t5) years. beginning
with the year of 1915; and as to
whether the governing author
ity of said school district shall be
authorized to incur debt. and is
sue bonds of the said Seventh
School District of the Fourth Po-
lice Jury Ward Of the Parish of
st, Landry, to the amount Of
Twelve Thousand (S12.000) Dol
lars, to run for a period of FIJI
teen (t5) years, bearing interest
at the rate of five per cent per
annum, payable annually for the
purpose of constructing and
maintaining public Schools and
School Buildings in said School
District. :,
Whereas, il is the voluntary Will
of This body to call the election
hereinafter provided for. and
Whereas. Article 2Si of the Con-
stitution of 1913, and Act No. 256
Of the Acts Of the Legislature
adopted in the year 1910. as amend
ed by Act 2iS of 1912, declare the
School Board of the Parish OF st.
Landry to be the governing author-
ity through which the Seventh
School District of the Fourth Po-
lice Jury Ward of said Parish may
levy a special tax on all taxaple
property in said School District n
may incur debt and issue negotla-
able bonds for the purpose OF con-
~structing, maintaing and repairing
the public School Buildings IN sald
School District, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation
in said School District amounts 70
and existing bonded Indebtedness
incurred under Article 28t of the
Constitution of 1908, and 1918,
amounts to No Dollars which added
to the proposal indebtedness does
not exceed the Constitutional limit
which said School District is u
thorized to incur. and
Whereas, in order to ~extlngulsn
the indebtedness herein provided
for. and to pay off in principal and
interest and bond authority to
issue which is herein proposed, and
to keep the public school houses,
in said School District in good re-
pair and to maintain the Schools,
after the payment of said bonds
in principal and interest, it will be
TO annually levy a spe-
cial tax of not more thar ten mltls
on the dollar annually. on all tax
able property in said School DIS
trict, which said tax when added
To the existing special taxes annu-
ally levied under Article 2Si OF
the Constitution of 1898. and 1913.
will not exceed the Constitutional
limit of ten mills per annum on the
dollar of the assessed valuation OF
the property of the Seventh School,
District Of the Fourth Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Landry,
Now therefore.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Board of the Parish OF st.
in lawful session convened:
That an election shall be and is
hereby called to be held in the
seventh School Disarict If the
Fourth Police Jury Ward of the
,arish of st. Landry. on the 30th
lay of June, A. D. 1915. at which
lection the majority of the prop
rty taxpyers of the said Seventh
school District of the said Fourth
'oliee Jury Ward, Of st. Landry
'arish, in number and amount
to vote and voting at said