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

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Bankruptcy.
ORDINANCE NO. Is.
An Ordinance
Ordering a special election to be
held in School District No. 3 of the
5th and list Police Jury Wards of
the Parish of st. Landry. La, for
the purpose of submitting to the
qualified electors Of said school
district the question of the levy of
a special tax of five mills (.005) for
the purpose of providing additional
aid to the public schools of said
school district.
Section 4. Be it ordained by the
Parish Board of School Directors of
the Parish of ST. Landry, La, That
a special election be, and is hereby
ordered to be held in School Dis
trict No. 3 of the 18th and tst Police
Jury Wards of the Parish of st.
Landry, La, on the 22nd day of Au-
gust, 1916, for the purpose of sub
hitting to the qualified electors of
the said school district entitled to
vote thereat the question of a levy
of a special school tax of five mills
(.005) on the dollar on all property
subject to State taxation, for a Pc
riod of 5 years, beginning with the
year 1916, the proceeds of said tax
to be used in giving additional aid
to the public schools of the said
school district.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board of School Di-
reetors of the Parish Of st. Landry,
La, That the ballots to be used at
said election shall be prepared by
the Secretary Of the Parish Board
of School Directors, and shat be
in the following form:
Proposition to levy a five
mills (.005) special tax on
all the property subject to
taxation in School District YES |
No. 8 of the 5th and fst
Police Jury wards of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, -
annually, for a period of
five years, beginning with
the year 1916, for the pur-
pose of giving additional aid NO
to the public schools of said
school district.
Taxable Valuation S................
Notice to Viters: To vote in
favor of Incorporation submitted
upon this ballot, place a cross *
mark in the square after the word
Yes" to vote against the PROPOSE
ton, place a similar mark after the
word NO"
Signature of the Voter ............
Section 8. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board of School Di-
rectors of the Parish of st. Landry
La, That the Secretary of the Par
ish Board of School Directors be,
and he is hereby ordered to cause to
be prepared for use at said cleo
lion the tally sheets, lists of quail
fled electors, assessed valuation Of
property, blank statements for the
compilation of the vote, in num-
Der and amount, and other cleo
ton blanks that may be required
for the purpose of holding the said
election, to cause the same to be
placed in the ballot box for the,
use at the polling precinct, and to
make provision for the transmits
sion of the box to the precinct at
which the election is to be held.
Section 4. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board of School Di-
recfors of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, La, That the polling place at
said election shall be at the High
School Building, n Grand Prairie,
and Juste LafIeur, Marshall Doucet,
Arthur Roberto are appointed COM
missioners and A. C. Vidrine clerk,
whose compensation for services
in holding said election shall be
Three $500 Dollars per day, and
for Deputy Sheriff, if he be ap-
pointed, Three $500 Dollors per
day, each commissioner being a
qualified elector. And said election
shall be conducted under the laws
of the State applicable thereto.
Section 5. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board of School Di-
rectors Of the Parish of ST. Landry,
La, That the Parish Board of
School Directors of the Parish of
st. Landry, Ia, shall meet at the
Office of the Parish Board in the
City of 0pelousas, at 1000 o'clock
A.. NJ. on the 25th day of August,