St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-07-22
loFFTGIAL)
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS
AN

AN ORDINANCE.
Repeating an ordinance of the PO-
lice Jury Of the Parish of st.
Landry adopted September 7th,
1915, authorizing the mourning Of
debt and issuing Bonds to the
amount of Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars ($25, 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 Lee
gotiable bonds to- the amount OF
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars to
run for a period of ThirLy-Two
years bearing interest at the rate Of
5 per cent per annum, the funds
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hereby repealed.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.
+. OCTAVE PAYY,
President.
Attest: J. 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
3Oth day of June, 1915, in accord
ance with an ordinance of the Po-
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 Road
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 Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars, {s25,Ooo.O0), to run for a
period of 80 years, bearing interest
at the rate of five per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annually; the
funds thus derived to be used for
the purpose of constructing, main
tanning and repairing the public
roads and bridges in said First
Road District of the said Fourth
Police Jury Ward;
Second. Whereas, a special tax Of
not more than 10 mills on the dol
lar per annum in addition to the
Vehicle and Per Capita Tax levied
under existing ordinances, shall be
annually levied on all taxable prop
erty in the First Road District of
the Fourth Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry, to an amount
sufficient to extinguish such debts
as the governing body of said Road
District may incur and to pay such
bonds in principal and interest as
il may issue under the authority
herein proposed to be granted it.
The balance of said tax after the
payment of said bonds in principal
and interest, to be used by the gov
erning authority of said Road Dis
friet in construction, maintaining
and repairing the roads and bridges
OF said First Road District of the
said Fourth Police Jury Ward.
Which said propositions were
lawfully carried at said election, as
shown by the process verbal of the
Police Jury of the Parish of st.
Landry on the Fifth day of July,
a.. q, 1915, OF the canvass of re-
turns; and,
Whereas, the result Of said cleo
ton has been duly promulgated on
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the Sixth day Of July, A. d, 1915, as
required by law, and no contest
has been filed within sixty days
from said date; and,
Whereas, the Police Jury OF said
Parish is recognized and made by
law the governing body of said road
district, through whom such bond
issue shall be proceeded with and
said authorized tax levied; now,
Therefore,
Section 4. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury Of the Parish of st.
Landry, in lawful session convened:
that the President and Secretary of
this Police Jury shall be authorized
on behalf Of the First Road Dis
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