St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-04-15
An Ordinance of the Board of

Commissioners of The Bayou Plaa-
uemlne Drainage District of the
Parish OF st. Landry, Louisiana, to
carry out the purposes for which
SAID drainage alstrlct was created;
TO provide and create a system of
drainage Wlntin the limits of the
laid district; providing for a spec
iaI election Of the property tax
peyers within the said district who
III qualified to vote at said election
under the Constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana; autheriz-
ing tle Board of Commissioners of
the said district to incur debt and
! to issue negotiable bonds therefor
for the sum of Fifty Thousand Dol
lars ~tS50,h0a.001 and authorize the
Board of commissioners of said dis
triet TO levy and assess a n annual
contribution or acreage tax of TWEEN
ty cents per acre on all lands sit
uated within the limits Of said dis
trict, subject to taxation, for a per-
iod Of twenty-seeyn years.
SECTION /: Be it ordained BY the
Board of Commissioners of the Bay
GU PlaqIemine Drainage District of
the Parish of st. Landry, Louisiana,
IN regular session convened. that.
whereas in order to carry out the
purposes for which this Bayou
Plaquemine Drainage District was
created; to provide and create a
system Of drainage in said district
to clean out. dPedge, and remove all
distractions from Bayou Pledue-
mine from a point at the northern
boundary of the said district to a
point about and 1-2 miles from the
southern boundary of said district
in the Parish of Acadia; to cut and
dredge Seven lateral drains or can
ais connecting with Bayou Plaque
mine, as is made to appear on a
map Of the said district made by
w. b. Robert, Civil Engineer, and
which is of record in the archives
of the Board of Commissioners OF
the said district. and cutting out all
sl1c41 other canals and the opening
of such natural drains as may be
necessary 70 effectively drain the
said district: and for the improve
mont and maintenance thereof. It
will be necessary that the Com
missionars of the Baveil oIenua-
mine Drainage District of filn par
ish of st. Landr. ;,a authorized 10
incur debt and ISSUE npeatiabla
bonds fheoa:'Gn u III, amount Of
.Fiftv Thousand IoIlars s50.nG0nn
10 the denominations and hearing
as a~harainaffar set forth.
SECTION g.: And m~i,.reas. IN Or
der to provide for t.1n payment of
said bonds in principal aad inter.
est. it will be necessary 10 seys and
assess IN annual contribution ar
A C G a e tax f w en-.
ty cents per acre on
all lands situated within the limits
of the said drainage district. suD-
ieet to taxation, for a period of
Twantv-seven wears. be it ordain-
ed that a special election be. and the
same IS hereby ordered to be held
III the said Bayou Pladuemine Drain
age District of the Parish of st.
Landry, on Tuesday, May f6, 1916.
with the polling place OF Joe Boone's
between the hours of I a. m. and 5 |
O. M, under the general election
of the State. as far as applic-
able, at which said election shall
be submitted to the property tax
Davers of the said drainage district
entitled to vote at such election un-
der the Constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana, the follow
ing proposition to-wit:
First-Whether or not the Board
commissioners of the Bayou |
Drainage District of the
parIsh OF St. Landry shall hn author
Ized to incur debt and to issue ne
sotlable bonds therefor to the a.
Mount of Fifty Thousand Dollars
-s50.000-M4 said bonds to be dated
lune fst, 1916, bearing interest at
he rate of five per cent ner annum
rom June LIST. 1916. said interest
icing nayable annually on June tst.
y each year. the said bonds TO be
T the denomination Of Five Humid
ed Dollars $500 n0Y each and dates
It mafnrifv as follows. fo-wit.
~ bonds payable One wear
after date:
'wo ~ bonds payable Two wears
after date:
'wo f2l bonds payable Three years
after date:
~ bonds payable Four years
after date:
'wo ~ bonds payable Five years
after date:
'wo ~ bonds payable Six years
after date:
'wo ~ bonds payable Seven years
after date:
~ bonds payable Eight years /
after date: i
a1ree ~ bonds payable Nine years ]
after date: s
hrpe ~ bonds payable Ten years |
after date: {
.hree {3l bonds payable Eleven
wears after date; /
hree (3l bonds payable Twelve !
years after date:
hree 80 bonds payable Thirteen j
wears after date. t
hree(31 bonds payable in Fourteen !
wears after date:
hree f3N bonds payable Fifteen !
years after date: !
our 90 bonds payable Sixteen )
years after date. :
our az bonds payable Seventeen !
years after date: J
our re- bonds payable Eighteen :
years after date: !
our ~ bonds payable Nineteen J
Tnaa-E fEnr7 date J 4