St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-16

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hereby ordered to be held in the Ba-
you Mallet and P~laquemine Drainage
District of the parish Of st. Landry on
TUESDAY, JANUARY Is, 1917, be-
tween the hours of Z a. m. and 5 p.
M, under the general election laws
of the state Ct Louisiana, as far as
applicable, at which said election
shall be submitted TO the property
taxpayers of said Drainage District
entitled to vote at such election, the
following propositions, to-wit:
First-Whether or not the board of
commissioners of the Bayou Mallet
and Plaquemine Dreirage District of
the parish of ST. Ian Try shall be
authorized to incur debt and issue
negotiable bonds therefor to the
amount Of $70,000.00, said bonds TO be
Of the denomination Of $4,000, to be
dated April L, 1917, to bear interest
at the rate of 5 per cent per anElum
from date, payable semi-annually on
tie first of October and April Of each
year,, anu u HldIuIS DIS lOIIONS d LO-W1G.
One "a bond to mature one year
after date; one a. bond to mature
two years after date; one a. bond
to mature three years after date; one
(1) bond TO mature four years after
date; one (1) bond to mature five
years after date; two (2) bonds to
mature six years after date; one (1)
bond to mature eve years after
date; two (2) bonds to mature eight
years after date, ID bond to ma
ture nine years after date; two (2)
bonds to mature ten years after date;
two (2) bonds to mature eleven years
after date; two GU bonds to mature
twelve years after date; two (2)
bonds to mature thirteen years after
date; two (2J bonds to mature four
teen years after date; two (2) bonds
to mature fifteen years after date;
two (2l bonds to mature sixteen years
after date; three (3) bonds to ma
ture seventeen years after date;
three (3) bonds to mature eighteen
years after date; tElee (31 bonds to
mature nineteen years after cate;
three (3) bonds to mature twenty
years after date; three {S} bonds to
mature tw~entr-one wears after date;
four f41 bonds TO mature twenty-five
years after date three f3) bonds 70
mature twenty-three years after date
fonr IA bonds TO mature tw~eHt9foHr
years after dat; fopt "a bonds to
mature Twenty-Five years after aate;
four "a bonds 10 mature tWeat8six
years after date; our a bonds to
mature t~WenfY-seVel years alter
date; four 64) bonds to mature
twenty-oight years after date: four
(4) bonds to mature t~wenty-nine
years after dsta: five (5) bonds to
mature thirty years after date; five
el5) bonds to mature tairty-one years
after date; five 81 bonds to mature
.thrity-two years aftGr date; six TO-
bonds to mature thirty-three years
after date; isx (6) bonds TO mature
%thirty-four years after date; six co.
bonds to mature ~thirty-dve years af-
ter date; six (6) bonds to mature
thirty-six years after date; six (6)
bonds to mature thirty-seven years
after date; eight (8) bonds to mature
thirty-eight years after date; eight
49, bonds to mau1e thirty-nine years
after date; eight 81 bonds to mature
forty years after date; for the pur-
poses set forth in Section l OF this
ordinance.
Second-Whether or not there shall
be levied and assessed an annual
contribution or acreage tax of twenty
cents per c on all lands subject to
taxation and situated in said Drain
age District for a period of forty
years, beginning with the year 1917
and ending with the 5ear 1855, both
inclusive, in order to meet the pay
ment of said bonds in rfneipal and
interest, for the purposes set forth in
Section l of this ordinance.
Section BE it further ordained,
etc, That the ballots to be voted at
said ele, ton shall be in the follow
ing form:
FOR THE LEVYING OF A TAX
Proposition to levy a forced -
contribution or acreage tax of
twenty cents per acre O. all
the property subject to state
taxation in the Bayou Mallet
and Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict of the parish OF st. Lam
dry for the period of forty YES
years for the purpose of retir-
ing the bonded Indebtedness
Of said Drainage District,
which amounts to eleven
bonds of the denomination -
of 100000 each. together
with such interest as may be
due threeon, and the special
assessment of ten cents per