St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-17
AN ORDINANCE

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Ward of the Parish of st. Landry,
to take the sense of the property
tax payers of the said Road Dis
trict of the said Ward, entitled to
vote under the Constitution and
Laws of the Slate of Louisiana,
as to whether a special tax of five
mills On the dollar per annum, in
addition to the Vehicle and Per
Capita tax levied under existing
ordinances, shall be levied on all
taxable property in said Road Dis
trict, for a period of % years, be-
ginning with the year 1916; and as
to whether the governing author
ity of said Road District shall be
authorized to incur debt, and is
sue bonds Of the said Second Road
District of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward Of the Parish of st. Ian
dry, to the amount of Seventy
five thousand and no-i00 dollars
{ss775, 0 .00), to run for a period of
% years, bearing interest at the
rate Of five per cent per annuR
payable semi-annually, for the
purpose of constructing, main
tanning and repairing the public
roads and bridges in said. Road.
District;
Whereas, it is the voluntary will
Of this body to call the election
hereinafter provided for, and
Whereas, Article 2S1 of the Con-
stitution of 1913. and Act No. 256 Of
the Acts of the Legislature adopted
in The year 1910, as amended by Act
2t8 Of 1912, Act 1873 of the Acts Of
the Legislature adopted in 1914, de-
clare the Police Jury Of the Parish
Of st. Landry to be the governing
authority through which the said
Second Road District Of the Fourth
Police jury Ward of said parish
may levy a special tax on all tax
able property IN said Road District,
and may incur debt and issue ne
gotiable bonds for the purpose Of
constructing, maintaining and re-
pairing the public roads and bridges
in said Road District, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation
in said Road District amounts to
Eight hundred and twelve thousand
dollars, 1852. 100000 and existing
bonded Indebtedness incurred I'M
der Article 28t Of the Constitution
of 1905, and 1918, amounts to no,
dollars which added to the proposed
Indebtedness does not exceed the
Constitutional Limit which said
Road District is authorized to incur
and
Whereas, in order to extinguish
the Indebtedness herein provided
for, and to pay off in principal and
interest and bonds, authority to IS
sue which is herein proposed, and
to keep the roads and bridges in
said Road District in good repair
and to maintain the same, after the
payment Of said bonds in principal
and interest, it will be necessary to
annually levy a special tax Of not
more than to mills on the dollar, on
all property in said Road District,
which said tax when added to the
existing special taxes annually
levied under Article 28f OF the Con-
stftution Of 1898, and 1913, will not
exceed the Constitutional limit of
10 mills per annum on the dollar of
the assessed valuation Of the prop
erty of the said Second Read Dis
triet of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of st. Landry;
now. therefore.
Section 4. Be it ordained, BY the
Police Jury of the Parish of ST.
Landry, in lawful session convened:
That an election shall be and is
hereby called to be held in the Sec
ond Road District Of the Fourth Po-
lice Jury Ward Of the Parish Of st.
Landry, on the 25th day of July, a.
D., 1916, at which election tae ma
jority of the property taxpayers of
the said Second Road District of
said Fourth Police Jury Ward, of
st. Landry Parish, in number and
amount eligible to vote and voting
at. said election, shall determine the
propositions:
First. To authorize the Second
Road District Of the Fourth Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of st. Lam
dry through its governing AUTHOR
ity to incur debt and issue bonds to
the amount of Seventy-five thou
sand dollars, {s75,000.00), to run for
a period Of % years, bearing inter-
est at the rate of five per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually; the
funds thus derived to be used for
the purpose of constructing, main
tanning and repairing the public
roads and bridges in said Second
Road District of the said Fourth
Police Jury Ward;
Second. Whether a special tax
of not more than 10 mills on the
dollar Der annum. ia addition to