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

and bounded as follows, to-Wit:
Beginning at the center OF the
south line of Section %, Z. 3 s r 5
E., running due north three. miles
to the center of the north line of
section is, I. 3 S R 5 E., thence
running due west along section
line one-half mile to the northwest
corner of section t6, thence run
ming along section line between
sections 8 and 9, due north three
and one-quarter miles to the Par
ish line between the parishes OF
st. Landry and Avoyelles; thence
running due east along the parish
line five miles to the section line
between sections % and 80, Z. 2
S r 6 E.: thence due south along
the section for six and one-quarter
miles to the southeast corner OF
section 80, T. 3 S R 6 E.; thence
due west for four and one-half
miles along the northern boundary
of the Palmetto School District to
the point of beginning, and contain
ing about twenty-nine and three
fourths square miles.
Unanimously carried, July goth,
1916.
Mr.. Fogleman moved the adop-
ton of the following ordinance:
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 Gontitution 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 ofi9f6; 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 Two
i Thousand Five Hundred (S2,5HA5
Dollars, to run for a period Of
IS years, bearing interest at the
rate Of five per cent par anrlUJl.
payable annually for tie con-
stueting, purchasing site, furnish
ing and malpt lta,t.g ihe Bayou
jacques School ii saai Seilall lis
Tit,
Whereas, it is the voluntary will
of this body to call the election
hereinafter provided for, and
Whereas, Article 28i of the Con-
stitution of 1918, and Act No. 256
of the Acts of tae Legislature adopt
ed in the year 1910, as amended by
Act 2i8of 1912, declared the School
Board Of the Parish of St Landry
to be the governing authority
through which the 9th School Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward of said parish may levy 9
special tax on all taxable property
in said School District and incur
debt and issue negotiable bonds fol
the purpose of constructing, pur-
chasing a site, furnishing, and
maintaining a school at Bayou
Jacques in said School District
and
Whereas, the assessed valuation
in said School District amounts Il
not less than Eighty Thousane
Dollars and the existing bonded in.
debtedness incurred under Article
28i of the Constitution 1898 ant
and 1913, amounts to No Dollars
which added to the proposed in
debtness does not exceed tak Con.
st%itutional limit which said Schoo
District is authorized to inc4r, AM
Whereas, in ordad to extinguisl
the Indebtedness herein provided
for, and pay off in principal an,
interest and bond authority to issu
which is herein proposed, and Il
keep the public school house, il
/, 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
3 said School District. which said Ia
when added to the existing sepcis
: taxes annually levied under Articl
E 28t Of the Constitution of 1898 an
1918, will not exceed the Gonstitu
: tional limit of ten mills per annu1
on the dollar of the assessed valua
ton Of the property Of the ct
School District of tAe{ Fourt
3 Police Jury Ward of the Parish {
e st. Landry;
3 Now therefore,