St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-30

On motion Of DR.. Williams, duiy
seconded, the following ordinance
was offered and adopted.
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering a special election through
ont the limits Of the 8th, school dis
trict of the 4th police jury ward OF
the parish Of st. Landry, to take the
sense of the property taxpayers OF
the said school district Of the said
u,ard. entitled to vote under the con-
%stitution and laws of the state OF
Louisiana, as to whether a special
tax of ten mills on the cllar, or as
much thereof as may be necessary
shall be levied annually, on all tax
able property in said school district,
for a period of fifteen years, begin
ming with the year 1917; and as to
whether the governing authority OF
said school district shall be authorized
to incur debt and issue bonds OF the
said 8th, school district Of the 4th
police jury ward Of the parish OF 81.
Landry, to the amout of 2 thousand
five hundred dollars (~$2500.00), to u
for a period of fifteen years, bearing
interest at the rate of five per cent
per annum, payable annually, for the
purposes of purchasing a school site,
constructing and furnishing a school
building and maintaining the Bayou
Current school and operating trans
fers in said school district.
Whereas, it is the voluntary Will
of this body to call the election here
In provided for, and
Whereas, Article 281 Of the consti-
tuition of 1918, and Act No. 256 OF
the Acts of the Legislature adopted
In the year 1910. as amended by Act
21s of 1912, declare the school board
of the parish of st. Landry TO b. the
governing authority through which
the 9Th school district of the 4th
police jury ward of said parish may
levy a special tax on all taxable prop
erty in said school district and incur
debt and issue negotiable bonds for
the purposes of purchasing a school
site, constructing and furnishing a
school building and maintaining the
Bayou Current school and oper ting
transfers in said school district, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation in
said school district amounts to not
less than seventy-ive thousand dollars
and the existing bonded Indebtedness
incurred under Article 281 of the
constitution of 1898 and 1918, amounts
to no dollars which added to the pro-
posed Indebtedness does not exceed
the constitutional limit which said
school district is authorized to incur,
and
Whereas, in order to e%xtinguish the
Indebtedness herein provided for, and
to nay off in principal and interest
and bond authority to issue which is
herein proposed, and to keep the
public school house, in said school
district in good repair and to main
tain the school after the payment OF
said bonds in principal and interest
It will be necessary to annually levy
a special tax of not more than ten
mills on the dollar, on all taxable
property in said school district,
which said tax when added to the ex
listing special taxes annually levied
under Article PSI of the constitution
OF 1898 and 1913, will not exceed the
constitutional limit of ten mills per
annum on the dollar of the assessed
valuation of the property OF the Sth
school district of the 4th police jury
ward of the parish of st. Landry;
Now, therefore,
Section /. Be it ordained by the
school board of the parish OF st. Ian
dry in lawful session convened; That
an election shall be and is hereby
called to ; held in the Sth, school
district of the 4th police jury arc
of he parish of st. Landry, on the
23rd day of January, A. D., 1917, a
which election the majority of the
property taxpayers of the said stf
school district of the 4th police jury
ward of the parish of st. Landry II
number and amount eligible to Q
and voting at said election, shall de
termine the propositions:
First: To authorize the 9Th scnoo
district of the 4th, police jury ware
of the parish of st. Landry, through
it's governing authority, to incur deb
and issue bonds to the amount G
TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUN
DRIED DOLLARS (S2,500.00) to ruI
for a period of fifteen yeas, bearInf
interest at the rate Of five per en-
per annum, payable annually; thu
funds thus derived to be used for tn
purpose of purchasing a school site
constructing and furnishing a schoo
building and maintaining the Bayo.
Current school and operating a
fers in said school district, No. 8, 0
the 4th police jury ward.
Second: Whether the governins
authority of the Sth school district 0
the 4the police jury ward of the pa-isl
of st. Landry. La, may annually lev.
and collect a special tax en- all tax
able property in school district Nc
5, of the 4th police jury ward, in eS
cess of all other taxes, sufficient L
pay the interest and principal of sucl
bonds as said governing body may b
authorized to issue under the author
ity granted it by this ordinance an
as may be necessary to operate an
maintain the public school at Bayo
Current in said schocl district; PR
vided that said special tax to ,
levied and collected for that puTpos
either alone or taken in c%onjunctio
with other special taxes levied unde
Article PSI of the constitution G
this state, shall not exceed in an
n year ten mills on the dollar c
the assessed valuation of the propert
of said school district.
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