St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-23


M, under the general election laws
OF the state CT Louisiana, as far as
applicable, at which said election
shall be submitted to the property
taxpayers of said Drainage District
entitled to vote at such election, the
following propositions, to-Wit:
First-Whetler or not the board of
commissioners of the Bayou Mallet
and Plaquemine DrciIage District OF
the parish OF st. Ian Try shall be
authorized to incur debt and issue
negotiable bonds therefor to the
amount of $1,000 90, said bonds TO be
of the denomination Of $4,000, to be
dated April !, 1917, to bear interest
at the rate of 5 per cent per anlum
from date, payable semi-annually on
tie first of October and April of each
year, and to mature as follows, to-wit:
One % bond to mature one year
after date; one % bond to mature
two years after date; n % bond
to mature three years after date; n
(1) bond to mature four years after
date; one "a bond to mature five
years after date; two CD bonds to
mature six years after date; n ~
bond to mature seven years after
date; two az bonds to mature eight
years after date; n ~ bond to ma
ture nine years after date; two (2)
! bonds to mature ten years after date;
two ca bonds to mature eleven years
after date; two ~ bonds to mature
twelve years after date; two (2)
bonds to mature thirteen years after
date; two t2) bonds to mature FOUR
teen years after date; two ~ bonds
to mature fifteen years after date;
two (2) bends to mature sixteen years
after date; three 60 bonds to ma
ture seventeen years after date;
three 60 bonds to mature eighteen
years after date; thee 90 bonds to
mature nineteen years after cate;
three (3) bonds to mature twenty
years after date; three (3) bonds to
mature twenty-one years after date;
four (4) bonds to mature twenty-five
years after date; three 81 bonds to
mature twenty-three years after cate.
four (4) bonds to mature t~wenty-four
years after DAFT; four (4) bonds to
mature twenty-five years after GATE;
four ca bonds TO mature twenty-six
years after date; -four (4) bonds to
mature tWenty-seven years after
date; four (4l bonds to mature
tw~enty-eight years after date; four
"a bonds to mature tWenty-nlne
years after dste; five (5) bonds to
mature thirty years after date; five
| (5) bonds to mature t~hirty-one years
after date; FIVE ~ bonds to mature
thrity-two ear after date; six t6)
bonds to mature th%irty-three years
after date; iex {6) bonds to mature
thirty-four years after date; six 10
bonds to mature t~hirty-1Ve years at
ter date; six (6) bonds to mature
thirty-six years after date: six (61
bonds to mature thirty-seyen years
after date; eight (S) bonds to mature
thirty-eight years after date, eight
(8) bonds to mau1e thirty-nine YEARS
after date; eight (8) bonds to mature
forty years after date; for the pur-
poses set forth in Section / Of this
ordinance.
Second-Whether or not there shall
be levied and assessed an annual
contribution or acreage tax OF twenty
cents per acre on all lands subject to
taxation and situated in said Drain
age District for a period Of forty
years, beginning with the year 1917
and ending with the lear 1866, both
inclusive, in order to meet the pay
ment Of said bonds in prin cipal and
interest, for the purposes set forth IN
| Section / of this ordinance.
Section 3-Be it further ordained,
ETC.. That the ballots to be voted at
said elei ton shall be in the follow
ing form:
FOR THE LEVYING OF A TAX
Proposition to levy a forced -
contribution or acreage tax of
twenty cents e acre on all
the property subject to state
taxation in the Bayou Mallet
and Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict of the parish OF st. Lam
dry for the period of forty YES
years for the purpose of retir-
ing the bonded indebtedness
of said Drainage District,
which amounts to eleven
bonds of the denomination -
of 100000 each, together
with such interest as may be
due threeon, and the special
assessment of ten cents per
acre for the period of twenty
years, levied and assessed by
the Board of Commissioners NO
of said District on February
9, 1907, by authority of a spe-
cial election, to secure said
bonds and to provide, create
and maintain a system of
gravity drainage in said
Drainage District. -
NOTICE TO VOTERS: To vote In
favor of the proposition submitted up
on this ballot, place a (x) mark in
the square after the word YES" 10
vote against it, place a similar mark
after the word mo"
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS
Proposition to incur debt -
and issue bonds of the Ba-
you Mallet and Plaquemine
Drainage District of the par
ish Of st. Landry to the
amount of $70,0 0 600, to run
forty years, bearing interest
al the rate of 5 per cent perl
annum, payable semi-annually
for the purpos e of retiring YES
the bonded indebtedness of
said Drainage Distri It,