St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-10
self into a Board of Reviewers of As
sessments. Motion carried.
On -o4;oD ri Mr. Doucaf.

| SeSSTnentS. MOtlOu CdETIcu.
On motion of Mr.. Doucet,
The Board of Reviewers adj
iourned until tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock.
June s, 1916.
The Board of Reviewers met pur-
suant to adjournment.
Present: DR.. F. O. Pavy, Presl-
dent, presiding; Messrs. st. Cyr,
Larcade, Evans, Mills, Daley,
Beaugh, Lanclos, Catlett, Babbing :.
ton. Doucet, Martin, Sylyestre, De-
Jean, Mccoy, W. F. Brown.
Motion by Mr.. Daley,
That a committee of three be ap-
pointed to confer with Mr.. E. b.
Dubuisson, in the absence OF MT.
r. L. Garland, legal adviser, look
ing into the legality of the assess
ment rolls as presented by the As
SCISSOR for review. Motion carried.
Chair appointed Messrs. Daley,
Martin ana BfOWH.
On motion of Mr.. Catlett,
The Board of Reviewers resolved
itself into regular session of Police
Jury.
Motion by Mr.. Catlett,duly sec
onded,
Be it resolved that no member OF
this body shall be permitted to re-
ceipt for any warrant excepting for
his w unless he has a written au-
thority for same from the party OF
parties to whom the warrant is is
sued, and the Secretary is prohib-
tied from issuing any warrant to
! any member of this body except
under the above conditions. Mo-
ton carried.
Motion by Mr.. Larcade,
Be it resolved, that a committee
of three be appointed for the pur-
pose, of securing plans and speoi-
fications for a hot water or steam
heating plant for the Court House
and Jail, and to ascertain the prob
able cost Of installation of said
plant; the committee to report
back to this body at the next regu-
lar meeting. Motion carried.
Chair appointed Messrs. Larcade,
st. Cyr and Evans.
Mr.. w. f. Brown offered the fol-
lowing ordinance, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering a special election through
out the limits of the Second Road
District of the Fourth Police Jury
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
(S75,O 100000, to run for a period of
% years, bearing interest at the
rate of five per cent per annuW
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 28f of the Con-
sfitution of 1913, and Act No. 256 of
tire Acts of the Legislature adopted
in tbs year 1910, S amended by Act
PIG of 1912, Act 1873 of the Acts Of
tire 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 me-
sotiable bonds for the purpose of
constructing, maintaining and re-
pairing the public roads and bridges
i'm said Road District, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation
I'm said Road District amounts to
Eight hundred and twelve thousand
dollars, ($8f2,000.00), and existing
bonded Indebtedness incurred I'M
der Article 28i of the Constitution
Of 1908, and 1913, 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