St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-23

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ON motion of DR.. Williams, duly
seconded, the following ordinance
was offered and adopted.
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering a special election through
out the limits Of the 9th, school dis
trfct of the 4th police jury ward or
the parish Of St. Landry, to take h
a Of the property taxpayers or
the said school district Of the said
ward, entitled to vote under the con-
sfitution and laws of the state of
Louisiana. az to whether a special
tax5.of ten mills on the ilollar, or as
rnachE thereof as may be necessary,
shall be levied annually, on all tax
able property in said. school district
for a period Of fifteen years, begin
ming with the year 1877; and as TO
whether the governing authority OF
said school district shall be authorized
to Incur debt and issue bonds of the
safd 9Th, school district OF. the 4th
notice Jury ward Of the parish of st.
Landry, to the amout Of 2 thousand
Eve hundred dollars ($2500. 00), to run
for q period of fifteen years, bearing
interest at the rate OF five per cent
DER annum, payable annually, for the
purposes Of purchasing a school site,
constructing and furnishing a school
building ana maintaining the Bayou
Current school and operating trans
fers in said school district.
Whereas, it is the voluntary VIII
of this body to call the election here
In provided for, and
whereas, Article 281 Of the corsti-
tuition of 1918, and Act No. 256 OF
tAe Acts of the Legislature adopted
In the year 1910. rs amended by Act
s18 of 1912, declare the school board
OF the parish Of st. Landry 10 be the
governing authority through which
the 9Th school district Of the 4th
police jury ward of said parish may
levy q special tax on all taxable prop
ertv In said school district and incur
debt and issue negotiable bonds for
the purposes of purchasing a school
site. constructing and furniHhins a
school building and maintaining the
BAYOU Current school and oper: ting
transfers Id said school district, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation In
said school district amounts to not
less than seventysive Thousand dollars
ana the existing bonded indebtedness
incurred under Article 2Sl OF the
constitution of 1898 and 1913, amounts
to no dollars which added to the pro.
poaed Indebtedness does not exceed
the constitutional limit which said
school district is authorized to incur,
and
whereas, lii order to extinguish the
Indebtedness herein provided for. and
to pay or Tn principal Gn6 Interest
and bond authority to Issue which lie
herein proposed. and TO keep the
public schooi house, in said school
district In good repair and to main.
ts.in the school after the payment ioi
said bonds In principal and interest,
re viii be necessary TO annually levy
q special tax of not more than ten
riills a the dollar, on all taxable
property in said school district,
which said tax wnen added to the ex-
listing special taxes annually levied
under Article 281 Of the constitution
ofgf8s8 and 1913 will not exceed the
constitutional limit OF ten mills per
annum on the dollar of the assessed
valuation of the property Of the 9Th
school district Of the Attn police jury
ward OF the parish OF st. Landry;
Now. therefore,
Section /. Be it ordained by the
school board Of the parish OF st. q
dry in lawful session convened; Tnat
an election shall be and Is hereby
called to b. held in the 9Th, school
district of the 4th police jury ; ard
of he parish OF st. Landry, on the
gard day Of January, A. D., 1917, at
which election the majority of the
property taxpayers of the said 9Th
school district of the 4th police jury
ward OF the parish of St. Landry IN
number and amount eligible to vote
and voting at said election, shall de-
terinfne the propositions:
First: To authorize the 9th school
district OF the 4th. police jury ward
OF the. parish Of st. Landry, through
its governing authority, to incur debt
and issue bonds to The amour OF
TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUN
DRIED DOLLARS ($2,50o.o0l to run
for a period of fifteen yeas {, bearing
interest at the rate Of five per ,ent
perI anrum, payable annually; the
finds thus derived to be used for the
purpose Of purchasing q school site,
constructing and furnishing q school
building and maintaining the Bayou
Current school and operating trans
fers In said school district. No. 3, 81
-the 4th police jury ward.
Second: Whether the governing
authority of the 9Th school district OF
the 4the police jury ward Of the perish
of st. Landry. La, may annually levy
aud collect a special tax en- all tax
able property in school district No.
s, of the 4th police jury ward, in ex-
cess Of all other taxes, sufficient to
pay the interest and principal of such
bonds as said governing body may be
authorized to issue under the author
ity granted it by this ordinance and
as may be necessary to operate and
maintain the public school at Bayou
Current i'm said .schoci district; pro-
yided that said special tax to be
levied and collected for that purpose
either alone or taken in conjunction
with other special taxes levied under