St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-23

trand Bros store, and the following
persons,ali registered yoters.a are here
by appointed to conduct said election.
Commissioners-Damon Bertrana
Jules p. Pitre n Amos Reed: clerk
&c. N. Bertrand.
Section 5.-Be 1t further ordained
ETC., That the President of the Board
of Commissioner of said DRAINAGE
District shall issue a proclamation
calling fer said election in the man
ner herein set forth, which said pro.
clamation shall contain tho PROPOSE
! ton herein submitted to the voters
the time and place of holding said
election, the of the commits.
sioners and clerk appointed to serve
at said election, and a notice that on
Wednesday, January IL, 1917, at II
a. M, in the police jury room of the
parish of st. Landry the Board of
Commissioners of said Drainage Dis
trict shall meet and there in public
session shall open the ballot boxes,
examine and canvass the returns and
i u6GtdIO LuC lCoult VI OdAo C1CSLIOR dUH
promulgate the same.
Section 6.-Be it further ordained,
etc, That this ordinance shall nave
effect from and after its passage.
Roll call on the above ordinance:
Yeas-Evans, Gosselin, Boagni, De-
jean and Ledoux.
Nays-None.
Adontad December 7. 1915.
A. LEON DUPRE, Secretary.
CHAS. F. BOAGNI, President.
PROCLAMATION
Pursuant to an ordinance passed
by the Board Of Commissioners of
the Bayou Mallet and P~laquemine
Drainage District Of the parish OF st.
Landry, at its meeting held Deem
Der Z, 1916, /, Chas. F. Boagni, presi-
dent of said Board, hereby give mo-
] I'll e that a special election will be
held in the Bayou MAllet and Plaque
mine Drainage District of the parish
OF st. Landry on
TUESDAY, JANUARY is, 1917.
for the purpose of submitting to the
property owners qualified to vote at
said election the following PROPOSE
ton, to-Wit:
FIRST--Whether or not the Board
of Commissioners Of the Bayou NAL
let and Plaquemine Drainage District
of the parish of st. Landry shall be
authorized to in ur debt and issue
/ negotiable bonds therefor to the
amount of 100000 said bonds to
bear interest at the rate of 5 per
cent per anr.um. payable semi-an-
nually, to be dated April /, 1917, the
first of said bonds to mature one year
after date and the last forty years
/ after date, for the purpose of retiring
the outstanding bonded indebtedness
Of said Drainage District and the spe-
ciaI assessment of ten cents per acre
for the period of twenty years levied
and assessed by this board on Febru-
ary 8, 1907, and in order to provide,
create and maintain a system OF
gravity drainage in said Drainage
District.
SECOND-Whether or not there
shall be levied an annual contribution
or acreage tax Of twenty cents per
eacre for the period of forty years, be-
ginning in 1917 and ending in 1856,
both inclusive, on all the property
subject to taxation in said Drainage
District for the purpose OF providing
for the payment of said bonds In
principal and interest and for the
purpose specified in the proposition
herein.
For the purpose of said election the
polling place will be Bertrand Broth
ers' store and Damon Bertrand, jules
P. Pitre and Amos Reed have been
appointed commissioners and G. N.
Bertrand has been appointed clerk Of
serve at said election. The polls
will open at 7 a. M, and close at 9
10. m, and said election will be con-
Quoted in accordance with the laws
of this state applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at II
o'clock a. M, on Wednesday, January
II, 1917, the Board of Commissioners
of the Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine
Drainage District will meet in the
police jury room of the parish OF St.
Landry, at Opelousas, La. and In
open session will proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine and count the
ballots in number and amount, exa-
mine and canvass the returns and de-
clare the result of said election,
This 7th dav of December. 1916.
CHAS. F. BOAGNI
dee e-et President.
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