St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09

assess S8lQ LEX ana iIlGuF u6DL anu
issue said bonds, a special election is
hereby ordered to be held in the Ba-
you Mallet and Plaquegnine Drainage
District Of the parish OF st. Landry on
TUESDAY, JANUARY. 16, 1917, be-
tween the hours of Z a. m. and 5 p.
M, under the general election laws
of the state Of 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-Whethcr or not the board of
commissioners of the Bayou Mallet
and Plaquemine Drailage 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 1, 1917, to bear interest
at the rate of 5 per cent per annum
from date, payable semi-annually on
the first of October and April of each
year, and to mature as follows, to-Wit:
One ID bond to mature n year
after date; one % bond to mature
two years after date; one "a bond
to mature tire years after date; one
(1) bond TO mature four years after
| date; one a. boEd to mature five
years after date; two (2) bonds te
mature six years after date; one ID
bond to mature seven years after
date; two ~ bonds to mature eight
years after date; 4 III 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 ~ bonds to mature
twelve years after date; two (21
bonds to mature thirteen years aftel
date; two (2) bonds to mature four
teen years after date; two CD bonds
to mature fifteen years after date
two (2) bonds to mature sixteen year.
after date; three (3) bonds to ma
ture seventeen years after late
three (3) bonds to mature eighteei
years after date; tE1ee (3) bonds u
mature nineteen years after cate
three (3) bonds to mature tWent,
years after date; three (3) bonds T
mature twenty-one years after date
four (4) bonds to mature twenty-five
wears after date; three CD n Z
mature twenty-three years after cate
four az bonds to mature tWenty-fou
wears after date; four (4) bonds t
mature twenty-five years after GATE
four "a bonds TO mature twenty-si
wears after date; four (4 bonds {
mature twenty-seven years ate
date: four "a bonds to matur
twenty-eight years after date; fou
ca bonds to mature tWenty-nln
years after dete; five go bonds
mature thirty years after date; ny
f5) bonds to mature t~hirty-one year
after date; five 90 bonds to matur
thrity-two years after date; SIX 70
bonds to mature thirty-three year
after date; iex (6) bonds to matur
thirty-four years after date; SIX 70
bonds to mature thirty-dve years a
Iter date: six CO. bonds to matuI
thirty-six years after date; six e
bonds to mature thirty-seven year
after date; eight (8) bonds to matuI
thirty-eight years after date; elgf
(8) bonds to mau1e thirty-nine Veal
after date; eight (8) bonds to matul
forty years after date; for the pu
noses set forth in Section l Of tn
ordinance.
Second-Whether or not there sha
be levied and assessed an annu'
= contribution or acreage tax OF tWen1
cents per acre on all lands subject
taxation and situated in said Drai
age District for a period of fort
years, beginning with the year 10
: and ending with the scar 1866, DO,
/ Inclusive, in order to meet the pa
ment of said bonds in principal al
interest, for the purposes set forth
Section / of this ordinance.
}, Section Be it further orda1ne
i ETC., That the ballots to be voted
said ele, ton shall be in the folio
i ing form:
FOR THE LEvYING OF A TAX
Proposition to levy a forced -
E contribution or acreage tax OF
i Twenty cents per acre on all
i the property subject to state
8 taxation in the Bayou Mallet
s land Plaquemine Drainage Dis
4 trict of the parish OF st. Lam
dry for the period OF forty YES
n years for the purpose of retir-
ling the bonded Indebtedness
J. of said Drainage District,
which amounts to eleven
K bonds of the denomination "
yIof $4,000 0 each. together
with such interest as may be