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

Section BE it further ordained,
ETC., That for the purpose of this cleo
ton the polling place will be 1T Ber-
trand Bros store, and the following
persons,a all registered Voters,are here
by appointed to conduct said election:
Commissioners-Damon Bertrand,
Jules P. Pitre and Amos Reed; clerk
N. Bertrand.
Section 5.-Be it further ordained.
ETC., That the President of the Board
of Commissioners of said Drainage
] District shall issue a proclamation
calling for said election in the man
ner herein set forth, which said pro-
clamation shall contain the PROPOSE
ton herein submitted to the voters
the time and place of holding said
election, the names of the commits
sioners and clerk appointed to serve
at said election, and a notice that on
Wednesday, January II, 1917, at IL
a. M, in the police jury 0 o. the
parish of st. Landry the Board of
| Commissioners of said Drainage Dis
trict shall meet and there in public
session shall open the ballot boxes,
examine and canvass ther returns and
declare the result of said election and
promulgate the same.
Section 6.-Be it further ordained,
ETC., That this ordinance shall have
effect from and after its passage.
Roll call on the above ordinance:
Yeas-Evans, Gosselin, Boagni, De-
jean and Ladoux.
Nays-None.
Adopted December Z, 1916.
A. LEON DUPRE, Secretary.
CHAS. F. BOAGNI, President.
PROCLAMATION
Pursuant to an ordinance passed
by the Board of Commissioners of
the Bayou MaIlet and Plaquemine
Drainage District of the parish OF St.
Landry, at its meeting held Decem-
Der Z, 1915, I, Chas. F. Boagni, presi-
dent of said Board, hereby give no
I'll e that a special election will be
held in the Bayou Mallet and Plaque
mine Drainage District of the parish.
of st. Landry on
TUESDAY, JANUARY is, 1917, /
for the purpose of submitting to the
property wners qualified to vote at
said election the following PROPOSE
ton. te-wit;
FIRST Whether or not The Board
OF Commissioners Of the Bayou Mall
Lei and PlaqUeInine DRAINAGE District
Of fhe PARISH Of ST. Landry shall be.
authorized to Id ur debt and issue
negotiable bonds therefor TO the
amount OF 81. 0d0.00. said bonds fo
bear interest at the rate of ) per
cent per anh1l1n. payable sefni.an-
nualIy. to be dated ABriI /, 1917, the
/ first Of said bonds to mature one year
after date and the last forty q
after date, for the psrnose of retiring
the outstanding bonded Indebtedness
of said Drainage District and the spe-
cial assessment of ten cents per acre
for the period Of twenty wears levied
and assessed by this board on Febru-
ary g.. 1907. and in order to provide,
create and maintain a system OF
gravity drainage in said Drainage
District.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or not there
shall be levied an annual contribution
or acreage tax Of twenty cents per
acre for the period of forty years, be
ginning in 1917 and ending in 1856,
both inclusive, on all the property
subject to taxation in said Drainage
District for the purpose of providing
for the payment of said bonds | n
principal and interest and for the
purpose specified in the proposition
herein.
For the purpose Of said election the
polling place will be Bertrand Broth
ers' store and Damon Bertrand, Jules
P. Pitre and Amos Reed have beer
appointed commissioners and G.. N.
Bertrand has been appointed clerk OF
serve at said election. The polls
will open at Z a. M, and close at 8
D. M. and said election will be con-
Quoted in accordance with the laws
of this state applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at IL
o'clock a. M, on Wednesday, January
II. 1917. the Board of Commissioners
of the BAYOU Mallet and Plaauemine
Drainage District will meet in the
police jury room of the parish of St.
Landry. at O~pelousas. La, and in
omen session will proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine and count the
ballots in number and amount, exa-
mine and canvass the returns de-
clare the result of said election.
This 7th day of December, 1915.
CHAS. F. BOAGNI
doc e-6t President.