St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-04-29

carry out the purposes Ior Waicn
said drainage QlStrlet was created,
to provide and create a system OF
drainage within the limits OF the
said district; providing for q spec
IaI election OF the property Lax
peyers within the said district who
are qualified to vote at said election
under the Constitution and laws of
the State OF louisiana. authorize
ing the Board Of Commissioners OF
the said district to incur debt and
To issue negotiable bonds therefor
for the sum Of Fifty Thousand Dol
lars lS5u,UO0.00l; and authorize the
Board Of Commissioners of said dis
trict to levy and assess an annual
contribution or acreage tax Of tWen-
tt cents per acre on all lands sit
uated within the limits OF said dis
trict, subject to taxation, for a per-
iod of t~Wenty-seevn years.
SECTION 4. Be it ordained by tbs
| Board of Commissioners of the Bay
ou Plaquemine 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
| PIauuemine Drainage District was
created, to provide and create a
system of drainage IN said district;
| to clean out, dredge, and remove all
| distractions from Bayou Plegue-
mine from a point at the northern
boundary Of the said district to a
| point about 1 and d-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
| such other canals and the opening
of such natural drains as may be
| necessary to effectively drain the
said district; and for the improve
ment and maintenance thereof, it
will be necessary that the Com
missioners of the BaYen olegue-
mine Drainage District nf tie Par
| ish Of st. Landrs ba alEhotihs.d IL
incur debt AMI ISSUE Negotiable
bonds theea,e I'll Illa amount of
Fifty Thousand collars J1.ee0.o0
IN the denominations and hearing
as hereinafter set forth
SECTION Q. And Wftf7eas. in or-
der to provide for aae payment Of
said bonds in principal and inter
est, It will be necessary 10 iey5 and
assess an annual contribution uf
a c e tax TT W en-
t y cents per acre on
all lands situated within the limits
of the said drainage district, sub
ieet to taxation, for q period of
Twnnty-seven years. be 1t ordain-
ed that a special election be. and the
same is hereby ordered to be held.
in the said Bayou Pladuemine Drain
age District of the Parish Of st.
Landry. on Tuesday, May d6. 1916.
with the polling place at Joe Boone,s
between the hours of z a. m. and 5
.. M. under the general election
laws Of the State. as far as applic-
able. at which said election shall
be submitted to The property tax
PAYERS of the said drainage district
entitled tG vote st such election un-
der the Constitution and laws of
the State Of Louisiana, the follow
ling proposition fo-wit:
First-Whether or not the Board
of Commissioners OF the Bayou
Plaquemine Drainage District of the
Parish of ST. Landry shall be author
lied to incur debt and to issue me-
gotiable bonds therefor to the a.
mount of Fifty Thousand Dollars
1850, 000.00l said bonds to be dated
June fsts 1916, bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent per annum
from June fst, 1916, said interest
being payable serai-annually b d
T une list, and December list,
of each year, the said bonds 10 be
of the denomination of Five Humid
red Dollars (S500.00) each and dates
Of maturity as follows, to-wit:
Two ~ bonds payable One year
after date:
Two ~ bonds payable Two years
after date;
Two III bonds payable Three years
after date,
Two ca bonds payable Four years
after date;
Two ~ bonds payable Five years
after date;
Two % bonds payable Six years
after date:
Two IA bonds payable Seven years
after date;
Two "a bonds payable Eight years
after date;
Three 13l bonds payable Nine years
after date;
Three [3l bonds payable Ten years
after date:
Three (3l bonds payable Eleven
years after date;
Three (3l bonds payable Twelve
years after date:
Three l3) bonds payable Thirteen
years after date.
Threef33 bonds payable in Fourteen
years after date:
Three (31 bonds payable Fifteen
years after date:
-Four az bonds payable Sixteen
years after date:
Four al bonds payable Seventeen
years after date.
Four f1 bonds payable Eighteen
years after date;
Four M bonds payable Nineteen
years after date;
Four I'll bonds payable Twenty
years after date:
Five 90 bonds payable TWenty-ont
wears after date:
Five 81 bonds payable twenty-five
wears after date: