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

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this ordinance and as may be -
necessary to operate and
maintain the Bayou Current
school in said school district;
provided that said special tax
to be levied and collected
for that purpose, either alone
or taken in conjunction with NO
other special taxes levied
under Article PSI of the con
stitution Of this state, shall
not exceed in any one year
ten mills on the dollar of the
assessed valuation of the
property Of said school dis
trict.
| Signature of voter !. .............
NOTICE TO VOTERS-To vote in
Ifavof of the two propositions sub
United upon this ballot place a cross
(x) mark in the square after the
word"Yes." To vote against it place
a similar mark after word mo A
voter may vote for one proposition
and against the other, or against one
and for the other.
Section g.. Be it further ordained
| by the school board Of the parish of
st. Landry, That the compensation of
the election commissioners of said
election shall be three $4,000 dol
lars per day, and said election shall
held at the following place, and by
the officials here named, each being
"a qualified elector.
The polling place at said election
shall be at VS.. Gordon's store in said
school district and w. E. Harmon,
George Walton. and w. NJ. Rushing
are appointed commissioners and
Morgan Gordon clerk Of election.
Section 4. Be it further ordained
! by the school board of the parish OF
st. Landry, that notice of this cleo
ton containing the proposition hree-
lin submitted to the voters, shall be
prepared and signed by the president
and secretary of the school board and
shall be published by the secretary
in the official journal ~ four weekly
insertions, the date of the first in.
sertion to be not less than thirty days
before the date of the election. That
notice shall further recite that en-
Friday the 26th day of January, A
H., 1917, at ten o'clock a. m, the
school board will meet at its Office in
the city of O~pelousSs, La, and here
in public session open the ballot box.
examine and canvass the returns and
declare the r suit of said election
and promulgate the same.
Section 5. Be it further ordained
by the school board c. the parish OF
st. Landry, That this special election
therein and hereby provided for shall
be held and conducted and the re
turns thereof shall be made under the
provisions of Act 256 of 1910 and
amendments thereof and such Other
laws as may be applicable.
Section 6. Be it further ordained
by the school board CT the parish OF
St. Landry, that this ordinance take
effect from and after it's passage.
Unanimously adopted December
1st, 1916.
Signed:
o. P. DAILY,
President OF School Board.
Attest:
w. B. PRESCOTT,
Secretary of School Board.
PROCLAMATION
Pursuant to an ordinance passed
by the school board of the parish @
st. Landry, Louisiana, at its specia
meeting held on the 1st day of Dec
ember, 1916, I, Oliver P. DAILY, p1esi
dent of said board, hereby give notice
that in compliance with said ordi
nance a special tax election will b.
held in school district No. 8, OF thu
4th police jury ward of the parish Q
st. Landry, La, on Tuesday
January %, 1917, for the purpos'
of submitting to the property tax
PAYERS, qualified under the ~constitu
ton and laws of the state of Louis
llama to vote at said election, he fol
flowing propositions, to-wit:
} First-To authorize the Sth schoo
! district of the 4th police jury. war,
2 of the parish of st. Landry. through
its governing authority, to incur deb
! and issue bonds to the mount 0
TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDREI
DOLLARS ($2500. 00), to run for
period of fifteen years, bearing inter
= est at the rate of five per cent pc
annum, payable annually, the fund
] thus derived to be used for the pun
: pose of purchasing q school site, cor
I structing and furnishing a schoo
! building and maintaining the Bayo'
I Current school in said Sth school dis
J trtct of the 4th police jury ward Q
the parish of st. Landry.
d Sdcond-Whether the governin
authority of the 9Th school district c
the 4th police jury ward Of the paris
Y of st. Landry, La, my. annual,
d levy and collect a special tex On a
taxable property in said school dis
] trict in excess of all other specis
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