St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-09-09

dent and Secretary Of the School
Board and shall be published BY
the Secretary in the official jour
nal by four weekly iEs ions, the
date of the first insertion to be not
less than thirty days before the
date of the election. That notice
shall further recite that on Thurs
day, the 2ist. day of September, A.
D., 1916, at ten o'clock A. M.
the School Board will meet at its
office in the City of 0pelousas,
Louisiana, and there in public
session open the ballot box, ex-
anime and canvass the returns and
declare the result of said election.
and promulgate the same.
Section 5. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc, That this special election
herein and hereby providedfor shall
be held and conducted and the re-
turns thereof shall be made under
the provisions of Act 256 Of 1910
and amendments thereof, and such
other laws as may be applicable.
Section s. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc, that this ordinance take
effect from and after its passage.
Adopted unanimously July 26th,
1916
(signed) 0. P. DAILY, President.
Attest.
w. B. PRESCOTT, Secretary.
PROCLAMATION.
Pursuant to an election passed
by the School Board of the Parish
Of st. Landry, Louisiana, at its
! special meeting held on the 26th.
day of July, 1916, I, Oliver P. DAILY,
President of said Board, hereby
give notice that in compliance with
said ordinance a special tax cleo
ton will be held in School District
No. Six of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish Of st. Landry,
La, on Monday, September, 18th,
1916, for the purpose Of submitting
to the property taxpayers, qualified
under the Constitution and Laws
of this State of Louisiana to vote
at said election, the following
proposition, to-wit:
First: To authorize the Sixth
School District of 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 Two Thou
sand Five Hundred ($2,500.00l Dol
lars, to run for a period of Fifteen
(i5) years, bearing interest at the
rate of five per cent per annum,
payable annually, the funds thus
derived to be used for the purpose
of constructing, purchasing a site.
furnishing and maintaining and
operating a public school at Bayou
Jacques in said Sixth School Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish Of st. Landry.
Second. Whether the governing
authorities of the Sixth School
District of the Fourth Police jury
Ward of the Parish Of st. Landry
La, may, annually, levy and collect
a special tax on all taxable property
in said school district in excess O
all other taxes, sufficient to pa,
the interest and principal OF sucf
bonds as said governing body ma.
be authorized to issue under tn
authority granted it BY this ordi.
nance and as may be necessary I,
! operate and maintain the Bay6t
! Jacques School in said distrie
/, provided that said special tax to b
levied and collected for that pur.
! pose, either alone or taken in con,
!, junction with other special take
! levied under Article 28t Of tn
| Constitution of this State, shall no
| exceed in any n year ten mill
on the dollar of the assessed val
uation of the property OF the sal
!, school district.
For the purpose of said specia
election, the polling place will b
the Public School House at Bayol
Jacques in said school district, an
Fred. Walton, T. j. Clarke, and
O'Neal, have been appointed com
missioners and j. N. Moreland, IA
been appointed clerk of election t
serve at the polling place at Bayo1
| Jacques.
! At said election the polls will b
opened at seven o'clock A. M, an,
close at five o'clock P. NJ, and tn
! election will be conducted in &C
cordance with the laws of Louis
lana applicable thereto.
Notice is hereby given that a
ten o'clock A. M, on Thursday
September 2ist, 1916, the said Par
ish School Board of the Parish 0
St. Landry, La, will meet in tn
office of said Board in the City o
i Opelousas, La, and in open sessio,
proceed to open the ballot box, ex
t anime and count the ballots, i