St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-05
school Board Proceedihas'
o.o,o,,sas Nav 18th. 1915.
OQeIOuSoS. M0a III

me f 20 tha parish Of st Landry,
Louisiana met in special In a.
pursuant to call. Presehs parL;ns'
p. DAILY, President: J. a. re G1iae
II. 3, Larcade, Jr- Dr. =. a.
~. b. Horaist, Regis 69uuIGa'
Isl. H. s. Joseph, +; H.; Y
Arthur Fogleman. w. I. baAei'
frank Fontenot and a quorum.
On motion of DR.. Joseph the Feaa.
ing of the minules
~ The last meeting was dispenser
with and the minutes as pupllshed
IN. ii. S. Joseph offered the fol-
lowing ordinance and moved It's
adoption. to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
ardarinp 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
\ Of the property taxpayers
az the said School District OF the
said Ward, entitled to vote IN.
der the Constitution and laws OF
the state of Louisiana. as 10
whether e special tax OF ten
mills on the dollar. per annum,
OF as much thereof as may De
necessary. shall be LEVIED annu-
ally. on all taxable property IL
said School District. fol, q pefioa
of Fifteen (15) years. Deglnnilis
with the year OF 1915: and as 70
whether the governing autnor-
ity of said school district snail pc
authorized To incur debt. and 1s-
s,le bonds of the said Seventh
School District of the Fourth Po..
lice Jury Ward of the Parish. OF
ST. Landry, to the amount 81
Twelve Thousand (Si2.000) Dol
lars. to run for a period OF Fiji,
teen (f5) years. bearing interest
at the rate of FIVE per cent per
annum, payable annually for the
purpose OF. constructing ana
maintaining public Schools ana
School Buildings in said School
District. y,
Whereas, it is the voluntary Will
of this body to call the election
hereinafter provided for. and
Whereas. Article 28i 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 2i8 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 taxable
property in said School District and
may incur debt and issue negotla-
able bonds for the purpose OF con-
s~tructing. m%aintaing and repairing
the public School Buildings in said
School District, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation
in said School District amounts to
and existing bonded indebtedness
incurred under Article 28t OF the
Constitution of 1908. and 1913.
amounts to No Dollars which added
to the proposal Indebtedness does
not exceed the Constitutional limit
which said School District is au-
thorized to incur. and
Whereas, in order to eyfingu1sfl
the Indebtedness herein provided
for, and to pay off in principal and
interest and bond authority to
issue which is herein pronVsed, and
to keep the public school houses.
in said School District in good re-
pair and to maintain the Schools,
after the payment of sale bonds
in principal and interest. it will be
necessary to annually levy a spe-
cial tax of not more than ten mills
on the dollar annually. or all tax
able property in said School Dis
trict, which said tax when added
to the existing special taxes annu-
ally levied under Article 28t Of
the Constitution Of 1898. and 1919.
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
Ward, of the Parish of ST. Landry:
Now therefore.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
School Board Of the Parish OF st.
Landry in lawful session convened:
That an election shall be and is
hereby called to be held in the
seventh School Disarict of the
Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry. on the 30th
lay Df June, A. D. 1915, at which
the majority of the prop
,rty taxpyers of the said Seventh
school District OF the said Fourth
'OliCe Jury Ward. of st. Landry
'arisb. in number and amount
to vote and voting at said
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