St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-08

Fourth: For a building for the
College of Agriculture, $4,000.
Fifth: For the purchase of land
for a college farm. s25.000
be it further resolved. That all
the members of the State Legisla-
ture De and they are herebv rrpad
TO this same effect.
be It further resolved. That
copies OF this resolution be given f.
the Press for publication. and for
Warded to the Representatives and
senators from this Parish and from
this Senatorial District. as also n
Inc Clerk of both, the House af
representatives and the Senate.
be 1t further resolved. That a
copy OF this resolution be sent to
the Governor of this State.
Unanimously adopted.
MT. w. r. Brown offered the fol-
lowing ordinance, and upon being
duly read, was adopted unanimous
ly, to-Wit:
AN ORDINANCE
ordering a special election
throughout the limits of the First
Aoad District of The Fourth po-
ice Jury Ward of the Parish of
st. Landry, to take the sense of
OF me property taxpayers of the
SAID Road District of the said
Ward, entitled to vote under the
Constitution and Laws of the State
OF Louisiana, as to whether a
spec1ai tax Of five mills on the
dollar, per annum, in addition to
the Vehicle and Per Capita tax
levied under existing ordinances.
snail De levied on all taxable
property in said Road District. for
a period of 90 years. beginning
with the year 1915; and as to
whether the governing authority
Of said Road District shall be u
thorized to incur debt, and issue
bonds Of the said First Road Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of st. Landry.
to the amount of Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ss25, OO0. to
run for a period of 32 years.
bearing interest at the rate of five
per cent per annum, payable an
nually, for the purpose of con-
strueting. maintaining and re-
pairing the public roads and
bridges in said Road District;
Whereas, it is the voluntary will
OF this body to call the election
hereinafter provided for, and
Whereas, Article 2Sf of the Con-
stitution of 1913, and Act No. $50 of
the Acts of the Legislature adopted
in the year 1910, as amended by Act
2fS Of 1912, Act 1888 of the Acts of
the Legislature adopted in 1914. de-
clare the Police Jury of the Parish
OF ST. Landry to be the governing
authority through which the said
First Road District of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward of said Parish
may levy a special tax on all tax
able property in said Road District.
and may incur debt and issue ne
gotiable bonds for the purpose of
constructing, maintaining and re-
pairing the public roads and
bridges in said Road District, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation
IN said Road District amounts to
Two Hundred and Fifty One Thou
sand, Three Hundred and Fifty Dol
lars, s25f $4,000, and existing
bonded Indebtedness incurred IN
der Article 28f Of the Constitution
of 1908, and 1913, amounts to No
Dollars which added to the propos-
ed Indebtedness does not exceed the
Constitutional limit which said
Road District is authorized to incur,
and.
Whereas, in order to extinguisIl
the indebtedness herein provided
for, and to pay off in principal and
interest and bonds, authority to issue
which is herein proposed, and to
keep the roads and bridges in said
Road District in good repair and to
maintain the same, after the pay
ment of said bonds in principal and
interest, it will be necessary to an
nually levy a special tax of not
more than 10 mills on the dollar, on
all property in said Road District,
which said tax when added to the
existing special taxes annually
levied under Article 28f of the Con-
stitution Of 1893, and 1919, will not
exceed the Constitutional limit of
TO mills per annum on the dollar
Of the assessed valuation Of the
property Of the said First Road
District of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward, of the Parish of St. Lam
dry; now, therefore,
Section 1. Be it ordained, by
the Police Jury of the Parish of
st. Landry, In lawful session con-
vened: That an election shall be
and is hereby called to be held in
the First Road District of the
Fourth Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry, ON the 30th
day of June, 4. D., 1916, at which
election the majority of the prop
erty taxpayers of the said First
Road District Of said Fourth po-
lice Jury Ward. of ST. Landry Par
ish, in number and amount eligible
30 vote and voting at said election,
shall determine the propositions:
First. To authorize the First
Road District of the Fourth Police
Jury Ward of the Parish Of St
Landry, through its governing au-
thority to incur debt and issue
bonds to the amount Of Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars, ss25, 10000
to run for a period of 80 years
bearing interest at the rate Of five
per cent per annum, payable an
EualIy; the funds thus derived te
be used for the purpose Of con-