St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-13
An Ordinance Of the Board of


| Commissioners of the Bayou Piaq-
| uemlne Drainage district OF the
Parish OF st. Landry, Louisiana, to
carry out the purposes Tor winch
| SAID drainage district was created;
to provide and create a system of
| drainage Wlnun the limits OF the
laid district; providing for a spec
lal election OF the property TAX
| peyers within the said district who
are qualified to vote at said election
| under 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 ISL, 0U0.001; and authorize the
Board Of Commissioners OF said dis
trict to levy and assess an annual
| contribution or acreage tax CT 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
GU 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 1 and 1-2 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
W. 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
ment and maintenance thereof, It
will be necessary that the Com
missioners of the BaYei1 pleque-
mine Drainage District Of Tie Par
ish of st. Landrt ba ar;thorx,d 10
incur debt ami issue negotiable
bonds there:9e Ia iiin a51otipt of
Fifty Thousand Lollars s5fi.ipD0.n0
in the denominations and hearing
as hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2: And wioreas, in or
der to provide for tae payment of
said bonds in principal a.ad inter
est, it will be necessary to levy and
assess an annual contribution ur
acreage tax oftW en-
cents per acre on
all lands situated within the limits
of the said drainage district, Subj
ieet to taxation, for a period of
Twenty-seyen years, be it ordain-
ed that a special election be, and the
same is hereby ordered to be held
in the said Bayou Plaquemine Drain
age District of the Parish of st.
Landry, on Tuesday, May is. 1916,
with the polling place at Joe Boone's
between the hours of Z a. m. and 5
o. m. under the general election
laws Of the State. as far as apple
able, at which said election shall
be submitted to the property tax
PAYERS of the said drainage district
entitled to vote aft such election un-
der the Constitution and laws of
the 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
lS50,000.00) said bonds to be dated
June fst, 1915, bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent per annum
from June fst, 1916, said interest
being payable semi-annually O n
J une dst, a d December list,
of each year, the said bonds to be
of the denomination of Five Humid
red Dollars (S500.00) 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 ~ bonds payable Four years
after date;
Tuyo 10Y haudo novahIo E;x,o roorc
after date:
Two ~ bonds payable Six years
after date;
Two ~ bonds payable Seven years
after date:
Two ~ bonds payable Eight years
after date:
~ bonds payable Nine years
after date:
~ bonds payable Ten years
after date:
Three (3) bonds payable Eleven
years after date;
f3) bonds payable Twelve
years after date;
Three ~ bonds payable Thirteen
years after date;
Three(3l bonds payable in Fourteen
years after date:
(3l bonds payable Fifteen
years after date;
Four az bonds payable Sixteen
years after date;
Four az bonds payable Seventeen
years after date;
Four az bonds payable Eighteen
years after date:
Four (4l bonds payable Nineteen
years after date;