Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-08-18
ELECTION Pr yI,AMhTION.

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/ -. B. WILLIAMS. ~'crctary.
ELECTION Pr yI,AMhTION.
( !. Eli lagas. Irp 'cat Of tie Board
or C,mmissi .ncrs %. the South Bayou
Tigra drainage ni- irt OF the Parish
ii Nrrmili.n. la, . virtue Of the
.rwrt vested in m. and H. ohcJicnc,
/ 20 and r.u.urmah.v with an ,@j.puu.r
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of the Parish Of Nur...... r. l,..:"I
on the LIST day of Au.as', 'r'-. Z.
| hereby proclaim and give public n,,ie,
that an election viii be held in the said
| Drainage District ON Tuesday, the 18th
Iav of September, 1917, between the
/ hours of o'clock n. m. and ) clock
! H. M, at which election shall be sub
/ mitIud 60 the property taxpayers Of
aid Drainage District, entitled to vote
at such election under the constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana, tire
| following proposition, to-wit:
| FIRST-Whcthcr or not the Board
Of Commissioners Of said Drainage Dis
! trict shall be authorized to iucur debt
/ and ~ issue negotiable bonds therefor
| to the amount of Fifteen Thousand
J So, 10000 Dollars m denominations
| of Five Hundred SJ0O.O0D Dollars each,
said bonds to be dated the 18th day of
! October, 1917, hearing five Der cent per
auIUna IntIlcSt tom 'ictv, sad interest
! payable semi annually ON the 18th day
| If April and October, vi each year, and
/ said bonds % mature as follows, to-wit:
! One of said bonds to mature IN
/ 'wo years after date;
One Of said bonds to mature in
| three years after date;
One of said bonds to mature in
/ four wears after date;
One of sad hands Ia nature in
| FIVE years after date,
One of said bonds to mature in
| six years after date;
One Of said bonds 70 mature in
seven Years after datvy
One Of said bonds TO mature in
eight years after date;
One Of said bonds to mature in
nine years after date;
Two Of said bonds to mature in
ten years after date;
One of said bonds TO mature in
eleven wars after date,
One of said bonds 10 mature In
twelve years after date;
Two Of said bonds to mature in
thirteen years after date;
One of said bonds 70 mature in
fourteen years after date;
Two Of said bonds to mature in
fftcen years after date;
One of said bonds TO mature in
sixteen years aftel date,
Two Of said bonds to mature in
seventeen years after date;
Two Of said bonds TO mature in
eighteen years after date;
Two of said bonds to mature in
nineteen years after date;
Two Of said bonds to mature in
twenty Years after date;
Two Of said bonds TO mature in
twenty-one years after date;
Two Of said bonds to mature IN
twenty-five years after date
twenty-three years after date.
For the purpose of providing and
| creating d SYSTEM CT drainage for Seid
Drainage District and for the mainte-
nance and improvement thereof.
SECOND. Whether or not the Board
Of Commissioners Of said Drainage Dis
assess an annual contribution or acreage
tax of Fifteen 90 cents an acre on all
lands situated within the limits Of said
| Drainage District, subject to taxation.
for period of Twentv.three (23) years,
beginning with the year 1917 and end,
ing with the year 1910. both inclusive.
IN order to meet the payment of the
principal and interest of said bonds
y such thereof as may be issued, and
! for the maintenance and Improvement
! f said drainage system.
And, ! do further proclaim and give
public notice that said special election
shall take place at the residence of
Nicholas Landry in said Drainage Dis
trict, and that Messrs. Henry Thibo-
leaux, Aliface j. Broussard and Am.
brose Dubois are hereby appointed
commissioners for said election and
| Mr.. Erastc Thibodcaux az Clerk.
And, | do further proclaim and give
0ublic notice that the Beard of Com.
missionors Of the South BAYOU Tigre
Drainage District Of the Parish cf Yer
million, La shall meet AT the residence
# Nicholas Landry In said Drainage
District at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m
IN Wednesday. the 10Th day of Sen
tcmber, 1917. and shall, in public ses.
sion, proceed TO open the ballot boxes
examine and count the ballots in mum
Der and amount. examine and canvass
'h2 returns. and declare the result of
said election.
This done and siguel officially this
st day of August, 1917
-, ELI DUGAS,
| President of the Board Of Commission
ers Of the South BAYOU Tigre Drain
age District of the Parish of Vermil-
| ion Ia