St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-07-08

thdn one thousand QOiIdIS, lUI I'LL
purpose of liquidating the indebt;
edness of said Road District. Mo.
ton carried.
Mr.. Darlington offered the follow
Catlett, to-wit::
AN ORDINANCE.
Repeating an ordinance of the Pc
lice Jury of the Parish of st
Landry adopted September 7h
1915, authorizing the mourning 81
debt. and issuing Bonds to the
amount Of Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars 1925, 100000 by the
First Road District of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward Of the Parish
of st. Landry.
Be it resolved, by the Police Jury
Of the Parish of st. Landry, that
the ordinance of the body adopted
September 7th, 1915, authorizing The
governing authority of the First
Road District of the Fourth Peliee
Jury Ward of the Parish Of st.
Landry to incur debt and issGe re-
gotiable bonds to the amount OF
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars to
run for a period of Thi1ty-TWo
years bearing interest at the rate 1f
5 per cent per annum, the funds
thus derived to be used in build
ing, repairing and maintaining the
bridges and public roads in the said
First Road District of the said Pc
lice Jury Ward, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
Adopted July 8, 1916.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest: j. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
Voting for: Messrs. st. Cyr, Lar
eade, Evans, Mills, Daley, Beaugh,
Pavy, Lanclos, Gatlett, Darlington.
Doucet, Martin, ~Sylvestre, Dejean,
Mccoy, Is yeas.
Against: None. Ordinance
adopted.
Motion by Mr.. Mills,
That the verbal report of COM
mittee appointed to ascertain the
probable cost of steam heating,
Court House and Jail, be received
and action thereon postponed in
definitely. Motion carried.
Mr.. Darlington offered the follow
ing ordinance, duly seconded, to-.
wit:
AN ORDINANCE.
Whereas, a special election was
held in the First Road District Of
the Fourth Police Jury Ward of
the Parish Of st. Landry, on the
30th day of June, 1915, in accord
ance with an ordinance of the Po-
lice Jury of said Parish of ST.
Landry, adopted on the 3rd day of
May, 1915, and notice of same pub
lished according to law; and,
Whereas, the question submitted
at the said election was to deter
mine the proposition:
First. To authorize the First Road
District of the Fourth Police jury
Ward Of the Parish of st. Landry,
through its governing authority to
incur debt and issue bonds to the.
amount of Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars, 1926, 100000, to run for a
period of 80 years, bearing interest
at the rate of five per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annualiy; the
funds thus derived to be used for
the purpose Of constructing, main
tanning and repairing the public
roads and bridges in said First
Road District of the said Fourth
Police Jury Ward;
Second. Whereas, a special tax OF
not more than 10 mills on the doll
lar per annum in addition to the
Vehicle and Per Capita Tax levied
under existing ordinances, shall be
annually levied on all taxable prop
erty in the First Road District of
the Fourth Police. Jury Ward of the
Parish of ST. Landry, to an amount
sufficient to extinguish such debts
as the governing body of said Road
District may incur and to pay such
bonds in. principal and interest as
it may issue under the authority
herein proposed to be granted it,
The balance Of said tax after the
payment of said bonds in principal
and interest, to be used by the gov
erning authority Of said Road Dis
trict in construction, maintaining
and repairing the, roads and bridges
of said First Road District of the
said Fourth Police Jury Ward.
Which said propositions were
lawfully carried at said election, as
shown by the process verbal of the
Police Jury of the Parish of st.
Landry OF the Fifth day Of July,
A. D, 1915. Of the canvass of re-
turns; and,
Whereas, the result of said cleo
ton has been duly promulgated on
the Sixth day of July, A. ID, 1916, as
required by law, and no contest
has been filed within sixty days
from said date; and,