St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-08-05

day.the 2tst. day of September, A.
D., 1916, at ten o'clock A. NJ.
the school Board will meet at It's
office in the City of Opelousas,
Louisiana, and there in pubic
session open the ballot box, eN-
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 proyidedfor shall
be held and conducted and the re-
turns thereof shall be made under
tae provisions of Act 256 of 1910
and amendments thereof, and such
other laws as may be applicable.
Section 6. Be it further ordain-
ed, ETC., that this ordinance take
effect from and after its passage.
Adopted unanimously July 10th,
1915
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, 3Oth.
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 {S2,500.00) Dol
lars, to run for a period of Fifteen
(f51 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 ant
operating a public school at Bayot
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 Scaoo
District of the Fourth Police Jur,
Ward of the Parish of st. Landry
La, may, annually, levy and collec
a special tax on all taxable propert,
in said school district in excess 0
all other taxes, sufficient to pa.
the interest and principal of sucl
bonds as said governing body ma.
be authorized to issue under tn,
authority granted it by this ordi.
nance and as may be necessary t
operate and maintain the Bayou
Jacques School in said distric
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 28i of tn
Constitution of this State, shall nc
exceed in any one year ten mill
on the dollar Of the assessed val
uation of the property of the sal
school district.
For the purpose of said specis
election, the polling place will b
the Public School House at Bayo
Jacques in said school district, an
Fred. Walton, Z. J. Clarke, and T
O'Neal, have been appointed com
missioners and ]. N. Moreland,. ha
been appointed clerk of election t
serve at the polling place at Bayo
Jacques.
At said election the polls will B
opened at seven o'clock A. NJ, an
close at five o'clock P. NJ, and th
election will be conducted in &C
cordanee with the laws of Louis
lana applicable thereto.
/ Notice is hereby given that
! ten o'clock A. NJ, on Thursda
/ September 2fst, 1915, the said Pa
/ ish School Board of the Parish
st. Landry, La, will meet in Il
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