St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-08-12

Domestic Science Depart
ments of High Schools. $500
Agricultural High School 10000
State Appropriation of
High Schools ....... 10000
Board appropriation for
Agricultural School -. 25O.00
Contingent Fund. J. 226.25
Total .. $500. ~. .S66l56.25
Respectfully submitted,
=. A. PERKINS,
j. 6. sCARRIERE,
w. B. PRESCOTT,
Finance Committee.
ORDINANCE No. is
An Ordinance
Ordering a special election through
out the limits of 9th School Dis
trict of the 18th 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 Contitution 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 off916; 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 9Th Police
Jury Ward of. the Parish of st.
Landry, to the amount of Two
Thousand Five Hundred $3.50;
Dollars, to run for a period of
is years, bearing interest at the
rate Of five per cent par anrlUln.
payable annually for lie con-
stueting, purchasing sia, furnish
ing and ndistt l',a.rg tie Bayou
Jacques School ii sari scllnil as,
tiiat
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 1913, and Act No. 25e
ilof the Acts Of the Legislature adopt
ed in the year 1910, as amended BY
Act 2i8of 1912, declared the sehoo.
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 /
special tax on all taxable property
Lin 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 Thousand
Dollars and the existing bonded in
debtedness incurred under Article
28f of the Constitution 1898 ane
and 1913, amounts to No Dollars
which added to the proposed in
debtness does not exceed the Con
stitutional limit which said sehoo.
District is authorized to incur, and
Whereas, in orded to extinguish
the Indebtedness herein provided
for, and pay off in principal and
interest and bond authority to issue
which is herein proposed, and te
keep the public school house, In
said school district in good repair
and to maintain the school, after
the payment of said bonds in prin-
.cipal and interest it will be neees-
sary to annually levy a special tai
of not more than ten mills on the
dollar, on all taxable property ir
said School District. which said Tar
when added to the existing sepcia
49,
taxes annually levied under Article
28i of the Constitution OF 1893 ane
1918, will not exceed the Constitu-
tional limit of ten mills per anrlun
on the dollar of the assessed valua.
ton Of the property Of the 6tf
School District Of tae{ Fourth
Police Jury Ward of the Parish O
st. Landry;
Now therefore,
Section 1. Be it ordained by thu
School Board OF the Parish d
st. Landry IN lawful, session conyen-
ed: That an election shall be ami
is hereby called to be he'll in TIN
9th School District of the Fa"
Police Jury Ward Of the Parish 0.
ST Landry on the 10th day of Sep
tember, A. 2. 1916, at which election
the majority Of the property tax
payers of the said 9th School Dis
trict Of the Fourth Police jury