St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-08-05
POLITICALLY
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE.
Repeating an ordinance of the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of st.
Landry adopted September 9Th,
1915, authorizing the mourning Of
debt and issuing Bonds to the
amount of Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars (s25, 100000 by the
First Road District of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward of the Parish
of st. Landry.
Be it resolved, by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Landry, that
the ordinance of the body adopted
September 7th, 1915, authorizing The
governing authority of the First
Road District of the Fourth Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of ST.
Landry to incur debt and ISSUE I.e-
gotiable bonds to the amount Of
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars to
run for a period of ThiIty-Two
years bearing interest at the rate Of
5 per cent per annum, the finds
thus derived to be used in build
ing, repairing and maintaining the
bridges and public roads in the said
First Road District of the said Pc
lice Jury Ward, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
Adopted July 8, 1916.
f. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest: ]. J.. HEALEY, Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE.
Whereas, a special election was
held in the First Road District of
the Fourth Police Jury Ward OF
the Parish of st. Landry, on the
30th day of June, 1915, in accord
ance with an ordinance of the Pc
lice Jury of said Parish of St
Landry, adopted on the 3rd day OF
May, 1915, and notice of same pub
lished according to law; and,
Whereas, the question submitted
at the said election was to deter
mine the proposition:
First. To authorize the First Roae
District of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of st. Landry
through its governing authority tx
incur debt and issue bonds to The
amount of TWENTY-FIVE Thousand
Dollars, 1925, 100000, to run for {
period of 80 years, bearing interes
at the rate of five per cent per an.
mum, payable semi-annually; The
funds thus derived to be used fol
the purpose of constructing, main,
tanning and repairing the public
roads and bridges in said Firs
Road District of the said Fourtl
Police Jury Ward;
Second. Whereas, a special tax o
not more than 10 mills on the dol
lar per annum in addition to tn,
Vehicle and Per Capita Tax levie,
under existing ordinances, shall b
annually levied on all taxable prop
erty in the First Road District 8
the Fourth Police Jury Ward of tn
Parish Of st. Landry, to an amour
sufficient to extinguish such debt
as the governing body of said Roa
District may incur and to pay sue
bonds in principal and interest a
1T may issue under the authorit
herein proposed to be granted i
The balance of said tax after th
payment of said bonds in principa
and interest, to be used by the gov
erning authority of said Road Dis
trIct IN construction, maintafnin
and repairing the roads and bridge
OF said First Road District of th
said Fourth Police Jury Ward.
Which said propositions wer
lawfully carried at said election, a
shown by the process verbal of tn
Police Jury of the Parish of S
Landry on the Fifth day of Jul,
A. D. 1915, Of the canvass of re
turns; and,
Whereas, the result of said cleo
ton has been duly promulgated o
the Sixth day of July, A. D., 1915, a
required by law, and no eonte.
has been filed within sixty day
from said date; and,
Whereas, the Police Jury Of sal
Parish is recognized and made b
law the governing body of said roa
district, through whom such bon
issue shall be proceeded with an
said authorized tax levied; now,