St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-02-05
ORDINANCE NO. 8.
An Ordinance

ORDINANCE NO. 8.
An Ordinance
Ordering a special election to be
held in School District No. | of the
eth Police Jury Ward Of the Parish
If ST. Landry, La. for the purpose
Of submitting to the qualified cleo
tors of said school district the qaes-
ton of the levy of a special tax
Of three mills (s.0031 for the pur-
pose CT providing additional aid to
the public schools Of said school
district.
Section 4. Be it ordained by the
Parish Board Of School Directors
of the Parish of st. Landry. La
That a special election be. and is
hereby ordered to be held in School
District No. 4 of the 4th Police Jury
Ward Of the Parish Of ST. Landry,
La. on the Dist day Of February,
1916. for the purpose of submitting
to the glalifed electors of said
school district entitled to vote
thereat the question of a levy of
a special school tax of three mills
(.003i on the dollar of all nronerty
subject to State taxation. for a pc
riod Of fifteen years. beginning with
the year 1916, the proceeds Of the
said tax to be used in giving add1-
tional aid to the public schools OF
the said school district.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board Of School Dl-
rectors of the Parish Of St. Lam
dry. La, That the ballots to be used
at said election shall be prepared
bv the Secretary of the Parish
Board of School Directors and
shall be in the following form:
Proposition to levy a three
mill tax on all the property
subject to taxation in School YES
District No. / of the 18th POI
lice Jury Ward of the Parish
of st. Landry, La, annually
for a period of fifteen years,
beginning with the year 1885, NO
for the purpose of giving ada
ditional aid to the publicI
schools Of the said school
distriee.
Taxable Valuation S...............
Notice to the Voters: To vote in
favor of the proposition submitted
upon this ballot, place a cross (x)
mark IN the square after the word
Yes" to vote against it, place a
similar mark after the word No
Signature of Voter.
Section g.. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board Of School Di-l
rectors of the Parish of st. Landry.
La, That the Secretary of the Par
ish Board of School Directors be,
and he is hereby ordered to cause
to be prepared for use at said cleo
ton the tally sheets, lists of quail
fed electors, assessed valuation of
property. blank statements for the
compilation of the vote, in number
and amount and other election
blanks that may be required for
the purpose of holding the said
election. to cause the same to be
placed in the ballot box for use at
the precinct, and to make provis-
ion for the transmission of the box
to the precinct at which the cleo
ton is to be held.
Section 4. Be If further ordained
by the Parish Board of School Di-
rectors of the Parish of st. Landry.
La, That the polling place at said
election shall be at the store of II.
Lee Hawkins, Waxia, La, and
Charlie Duckworth, Wallace Dun
bar, and Carl Wood are appointed
commissioners and Frank Poster
rick, clerk of election.
Section 5. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board of School Di-
rectors of the Parish Of st. Landry.
La, That the Parish Board of
School Directors of the Parish of
st. Landry, shall meet at II o'clock
A. NJ. on the 23rd day of February,
1916, for the purpose, in open ses-
sion, of examining and counting the
ballots and c~anvassing the returns
and declaring the result of said
election.
Section 6. Be it further ordained
by the Parish Board of School Di-
rectors of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, La, That the President OF the
Parish Board of School Directors
be, and he is hereby instructed te
give public notice of said election
by proclamation to be duly pub
1ished, according to law, in the fol.
lowing form: Unanimously carried
PROCLAMATION.
Pursuant to a resolution passee
by the Parish Board of School Di-
reeters of the Parish of ST. Landry
La, at a special meeting held o.
the 18th day of January. 1916, [. 9
P. DAILY, President of said Board O
School Directors, hereby give motto,
that in compliance with said reso
luton, a special election will b
held in School District No. 1 of TIL
18th Police Jury Ward of the Par
ish of st. Landry. La, On the 2is
day of February. 1916, for the pur
pose of submitting to the Dropert
taxpayers qualified under the con
stitution and laws of the State 9
Louisiana to vote at said election
the following proposition. to-Wlt
To levy a special tax of three mill
fS.003@ on the dollar on all prop
erfv in School District No. 1 of tn
4th Police Jury Ward of the Bar
ish of st. Landry. La. subject t
State taxation, annually. for a De
Rod of fifteen years. for the puF
pose of giving additional aid to tn
public schools of said school dis