St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-29
NOTICE.
State of Louisiana,
Parrish of ST T.apdrv

State of Louisiana.
Parish of st. Landry.
Pursuant to authority contained
in an ordinance of the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Landry. of date
of the 4th day ofMay, 1915. /, Frank
Dimmick, President of said body,
hereby give notice that an election
will be held in the First Road Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of st. Landry,
on Wednesday, June 30th. 1915, as
set forth in the following abstract
of said ordinance:
Section One. Be it ordained by
the Police Jury of the Parish of st.
Landry, in lawful session convened:
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.
A. D., 1915, at which election the
majority of the property tax payers
of the said First Road District Of
said Fourth Police Jury Ward. of
SILandry parish. in number and
amount eligible to 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. 1926, 100000.
to run for a period of 80 years,
bearing interest at the rate of five
per cent per annum, payable annu-
ally: the funds thus derived to be
used for the purpose of construct
ing, maintaining and repairing the
public roads and bridges in said
First Road District of the said
Fourth Police Jury Ward.
Second: Whether a special tax of
not mere than 10 mills on the dol
lar per annum. in addition to the
vehicle and per capita tax levied
under existing ordinances. shall be
levied on all taxable property in
the First Road District of the
Fourth Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry. to an amount
sufficient to extinguish such debts
as the governing body of said Road
District may incur and to pay such
bonds III principal and interest as
It may issue under the authority
herein proposed to be granted it.
The balance of said tax after the
payment of said bonds in principal
and interest. to be used by the gov
erning authority of said Road Dis
trict in constructing, maintaining
and repairing roads and bridges of
said First Road District of the said
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The said election shall be held
at the following polling places. and
the officials named. each being
a registered voter:
fst. At Melville: Election COM
A. Rosenberg, Ira West
brook and f. B. Cason. ST.. and
Lyman Lyons. Clerk.
End. At Krotz Springs: Election
commissioners: Alva Krotz. c. w.
and Ike LETTERS, and George
Matthias. Clerk.
Bird. At Port Barre: Election COM
missioners: Collins Cormier, John
Burleigh and Ferdinand Degean, and
n. Lahaye, Clerk.
Notice is hereby further given that
On Monday, the fifth day of July.
A. D., 1915, the fifth day following
such election, at 2 o'clock pm, the
Police Jury will meet at 0pelousas,
La. in its rooms and there in pub
lie session open the ballot boxes.
examine and canvass the returns |
and declare the result of said cleo
ton, and promulgate the same.
Given On this the 18th day Of
May, 1915. at Opelousas. in said par
.sh.
FRANK DIMMICK.
President of the Police Jury, Par
ish of st. Landry.
4 true copy.
J.. J. HEALEY. Clerk.
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