St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-04-22

All Ordinance Of the Board OF
Commissioners of the Bayou Plaq-
uemlne Drainage District of the
Parish of ST. Landry, Louisiana, 70
carry out the. purposes Tor sWnAcn
said drainage district was created.
TO provide and create q system OF
drainage wlttin the limits OF the
said district; providing for 9 spec
iaI election OF the property lax
peyers within the said district VINO
are qualified TO vote at said election
nndeP the Constitution and laws OF
the State of Louisiana; authoriz-
ing the Board of Commissioners OF
the said district to incur debt and
to issue negotiable bonds therefor
| for the sum of Fifty Thousand Dol
lars $50, 10000 and authorize the
| Board of Commissioners of said dis
trict to levy and assess an annual
| contribution or acreage tax OF tWen-
| ty cents per acre on all lands sit
uated within the limits of said dis
trict, subject to taxation, for a per-
| iod of tWenty-seevn years.
SECTION 4: Be it ordained by the
Board of Commissioners OF the Bay
OH Plaquemine Drainage District Of
the Parish of st. Landry, Louisiana,
in regular session convened, that,
whereas in order To carry out the
purposes for which this Bayou
Plaquemine Drainage District was
created; to provide and create a
system of drainage in said district;
to clean out, dredge, and remove all
distractions from Bayou Pleque-
mine from a point at the northern
boundary of the said district to a
point about | and t-2 miles from the
southern boundary of said district
in the Parish of Acadia; to cut and
dredge Seven lateral drains or can
ais connecting with Bayou Plaque
mine, as is made to appear on a
map of the said district made by
Nv. B. Robert, Civil Engineer, and
which is of record in the archives
of the Board of Commissioners OF
the said district; and cutting out all
such other canals and the opening
of such natural drains as may be
necessary to effectively drain the
said district; and for the improve
mant and maintenance thereof. it
will be necessary that the Com
missioners of the Bayou oleaue-
mine Drainage District OF tie Par
ish of st. Landrv lie authorized TO
incur debt and issue Negotiable
bonds thernsf,n III The amount of
Fifty Thousand L6llars SS:55A. 0ff0.n0
in the denominations and hearing
as hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 9: And wsTreas. in or
der to provide for the payment of
said bonds in principal aad inter.
est, it will be necessary TO levy and
assess an annual contribution ur
a g reage tax 1T W N
t cents per acre on
all lands situated within the limits
of the said drainage district, Subj
iect to taxation, for a period of
Twenty-seven years, be it ordain-
ed that a special election be. and the
same is hereby ordered to be held
II in the said Bayou P1aGuemine Drain
! age District Of the Parish OF st.
Landry. on Tuesday, Nav tR. 1916
with the polling place at Joe BOOne's
between the hours Of z a. m. and )
o. M. under the general election
laws of the State. as far as applie-
able, at which said election shall
be submitted to the property tax
PAYERS Of the said drainage district
! entitled to vote at such election I'M
!. der the Constitution and laws OF
I fhe State of Louisiana, the follow
ing proposition to-wit.
First-Whether or not the Board
of Commissioners OF the Bayou
Plaquemine Drainage District of the
Parish of st. Landry shall be author
lied to incur debt and to issue ne
gotiable bonds therefor to the a.
mount of Fifty Thousand Dollars
ESS50,000.00) said bonds to be dated
June Isl, 1916, bearing interest at
the rate Of five per cent per annum
from June LIST, 1916, said interest
being payable semi-annually o /
J tune fst, a n d December ist
OF each year, the said bonds to be
of the denomination of Five Humid
red Dollars ($500.00) each and dates
of maturity as follows. to-wit:
Two ~ bonds payable One year
after date;
Two ~ bonds payable Two years
after date;
Two ~ bonds payable Three years
after date:
Two (2A bonds payable Four years
after date;
Two ~ bonds payable Five years
after date;
Two ~ bonds payable Six years
after date;
Two ~ bonds payable Seven years
after date;
Two J2J bonds payable EEisffftt years
after date;
Three 81 bonds payable Nine years
after date:
Three (31 bonds payable Ten years
after date:
Three {3l bonds payable Eleven
years after date:
Three 10 bonds payable Twelve
years after date:
Three ~ bonds payable Thirteen
years after date:
Threef3) bonds payable in Fourteen
wears after date:
Three (3A bonds payable Fifteer
years after date:
Four fA bonds payable Sixteer
wears after date:
Four H1 bonds payable Seventeen
years after date.
Four al bonds payable Eighteen
years after date:
Four az bonds payable Ninetee1
wears after date;