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

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). G. CARRTERE,
w. B. PRESCOTT,
Finance Committee.
ORDINANCE No. is
An Ordinance
Ordering a special election through
out the limits of 9th School Dis
trict of the 4th Police Jury Ward
OF the Parish of st. Landry, to
take the sense of the property
taxpayers Of the said school dis
trict of the said ward, entitled to
vote under the Contitution and
Laws of the State of Louisiana, as to
whether a special tax Of ten mills
on the dollar, or as much thereof
as may be necessary, shall be
levied annually, on all taxable
property in said school district,
for a period of Is years, begin
ming with the year ofi9i6; and
as to whether the governing
authority of said school district
shall be authorized to incur debt
and issue bonds of the said 9Th
School District of the 4th Police
Jury Ward of the Parish Of st,
Landry, to the amount of iva
Thousand Five Hundred (S2,5il1,
Dollars, to run for a period oil
Is years, bearing interest at the
rate of five per cent par annUIn
payable annually for tie con-
stucting, purchasing site, furnish
ing and nairf ltaiEg the Bayou
Jacques School III sali schs il lis
tii(;
Whereas, it is the voluntary vii
of this body to call the election
hereinafter provided for, and
Whereas, Article 28f OF the Con.
stitution of 1918, and Act No. 25I
of the Acts of the Legislature adopt
ed in the year 1910, as amended b,
Act 2i8of 1912, declared the Schoo
Board of the Parish of St Landr,
to be the governing authorit,
through which the 9th School Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jur,
Ward of said parish may levy
special tax on all taxable propert,
in said School District and incu
debt and issue negotiable bonds TO
the purpose of constructing, pur
chasing a site, furnishing, and
maintaining a school at Bayol
Jacques in said School Bistrict
| and
Whereas, the assessed valuation
in said School District amounts t
not less than Eighty Thousan
Dollars and the existing bonded in
debtedness incurred under Articl
28f of the Constitution 1898 an
and 1913, amounts to No Dollar
which added to the proposed in
debtness does not exceed the Con
stitutional limit which said Schoo
District is authorized to incur, an
Whereas, in orded to extinguis
the Indebtedness herein provide
for, and pay off in principal an
interest and bond authority to issu
which is herein proposed, and t
keep the public school house, i
said school district in good repai
and to maintain the school, afte
the payment of said bonds in prin
cipal and interest, it will be neces
sary to annually levy a special ia
of not more than ten mills on tn
dollar, on all taxable property i
said School District. which said ia
when added to the existing sepcis
taxes annually levied under Articl
28i of the Constitution of 1898 an
1918, will not exceed the Constitu
tional limit of ten mills per annur
on the dollar of the assessed valus
ton of the property Of the ct
School District of tael Fourt
Police Jury Ward of the Parish
st. Landry;
Now therefore,
Section i. Be il ordained By 4
School Board of the Parish I
st. Landry in lawful session CONVEX
ed: That an election shall be al
is hereby called to be held in II
6th School District Of the Fon'
Police Jury Ward Of the Parish
st. Landry on the 18th day of Sci
tember, A. D. 1916, at which Eclectic
the majority of the property ia,
PAYERS of the said 9th School Dl
frief of the Fourth Police Jul