St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-16

annum payable semi-annually,
for the purpose of construct
ing, maintaing and repairing
the public roads and bridges
in said road district;
Whereas, it is the voluntary
will of this body to call the elee-
ton hereinafter provided for,
and
Whereas, Article 281 Of the
constitution of 1913, and Act No.
256 Of the Acts Of the legislature
adopted in the year 1910, as
amended by Act 218 of 1912, Act
1873 Of the Acts of the legislature
adopted in 1914, declare the
board of supervisors Of the road
districts or sub-road districts in
the fourth police jury ward of
the parish of st. Landry to be
the governing authority through
which the said third road district
of the fourth police jury ward OF
said parish may levy a special
tax on all taxable property In
said road district, and may incur
debt and issue negotiable bonds
for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining and repairing the
public roads and bridges in said
road district, and
Whereas, the assessed valua-
ton in said road district amounts
to and existing bonded indebted
ness incurred under Article 28l
of the constitution of 1908, and
1913, amounts to no dollars which
added to the proposed indebted
ness does not exceed the constltu-
tional limit which said road dis
trict is authorized to incur; and
Whereas, in order to extin-
guish 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 payment OF
said bonds in principal and inter-
est, II 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 dis
trict, which said tax when added
to tie existing special taxes an
nually levied under Article 281 OF
the constitution of 1898, and
1918, will not exceed the consti-
tutional limit Of 10 mills per an
mum on the dollar Of the assessed
valuation of improperly of the
said second road district of the
fourth police jury ward OF the
parish Of st. Landry row, there
fore,
Section /. 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 third road district Of the
fourth police jury ward Of the
parish Of st. Landry, IN the 18th
day of December, A. D., 1916, at
which election the majority Of
the property taxpayers of the
said third road district of said
fourth police jury ward, of St.
Landry parish, in number and
amount eligible to vote and vot-
ling at said election, shall deter
mine the propositions:
First. To authorize the third
road district ef the fourth police
Jury ward of the parish of St.
Landry through its governing
authority to incur debt and issue
bonds to the amount of seventy
,fve thousand dollars, ($75,000.0O)
Ito run for a period of % years,
bearing interest at the rate OF
!. five per cent per annum, payable
, Semiannually; the funds thus
derived to be used for the pur.
pose of constructing, mainta1nlne
and repairing the public roads
| and bridges IN said third road
, district of the said fourth police
| jury ward;
3 Second. Whether a specla
> tax of not more than 10 mills OF
E the dollar per annum, IN addition
: to the vehicle and per caplta ta'
-leviea under evistine ordinances
] shall be annually levied on Al
/ taxable property in the thire
road district Of the fourth poile'