St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-04-27
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PRoocEEbIGs or THE
BOARD or ALDERMEN
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0SFAaS
OpeIousas, La, April Is, 1918.
70 the Members of the Board of AL
dermen, Opelousas, La.
Gentlemen-You are hereby mott
fled that there will be a special
meeting of the Board held this eve
ming at eight o'clock, for the purpose
OF promulgating the returns of the
general municipal election held on
April is, 1918.
L. A. GossELN,
Mayor Pro Tenn.
Attest: ]. ]. PERRoDIN,
City Clerk.
/ received the above notice on this
18th April 1918, and notified each
member of the Board in person, ex-
cept Messrs. Simon Sicily and David
Hollier, who were absent from home
and | left notice with Mrs. Simon
Sicily and Mrs. David HoIIier.
l0SuJ " Il. TIA HS,
City Marshal.
Opelousas, La, April Is, 1918.
The Board of Aldermen met this
day in special session pursuant to
the above call.
Present: L. A, GosseIin, M. A.
Fields, L. =. Daniel, Simon Sicily
and David Hollier.
Absent: E. L. Loeb, Mayor.
The Mayor being absent, Mr.. L. A.
Gosselin, Mayor pro TEN, presided.
A quorum being present, the meet
ing was called to order.
Moved by Mr.. Hollier, seconded by
Mr.. Daniel, and carried, that the mem
bers OF the Board of Aldermen pro
coed to eompils the returns of the
General Municipal Election held on
April 16 1918, and to ~promulgate the
result which, after due examination,
was declared by them as follows:
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry,
City of Opelousas.
Be it remembered, That we, the
undersigned Board of Aldermen of
the City of Opeousas, La, did this
day repair to the City Hall of said
city, for the purpose of compiling
the returns sent in by the commits
sioners of election at the several
polling places in said city of an cleo
ton held therein on the sixteenth
day of April, 1918, for Mayor, City
Marshal, one Alderman from First
ward, one Alderman from the Second
ward, one Alderman from the Third
ward, and one Alderman, from the
Fourth ward of said city and n Al
derman at-large for said city, agree
ably to the laws Of this State, and In
pursuance of the proclamation OF the
Mayor of said city of date the third
day Of April 1918, and then and there
having arrived we proceeded in the
presence of A. L. Hollier. Leop. De-
jtan and Joseph AnseIm, witnesses
known and hereunto required, and
qualified electors Of this city, and as
mtny Others no nave chosen to at
tend, to compile said returns, and
have ascertained from said compil-
alton that the votes cast in the sew
eral polling places in this city at
said election for Mayor, one Alder
man from First ward, one Alderman
from Second ward. one Alderman
from Third ward, one Alderman from
Fourth ward, one Alderman at-large,
and a City Marshal, are as follows,
to-Wit:
FOR MAYOR
NJ. Halphen, one hundred and four
teen (114) votes.
FOR CITY MARSHALL
CT. Hayes, one hundret and ten
(110) votes.
FOR ALDERMAN, FIRST WARD:
NJ. A. Fields. thirty-three $3.50
votes.
FOR ALDERMAN SECOND WARD:
1. l.. Daniel, twenty-four (24l votes.
FOR ALDERMAN THIRD WARD:
Simon Sicily, twenty-five (25)
votes.
FOR ALDERMAN, FOURTH WARD:
C. P. Dunbar, thirty 800 votes.
FOR ALDERMAN AT-LARGE:
L. A. Gosselin, one hundred and
twelve (112) votes.
And having made public proclama-
tion of the above results, we have
closed this present process verbal of
compilation Of votes, which is made
in tripIicate, as required by law.
City of opelousas. this 18th day of
April. 1918.
(sgd L. A, GossELIN,
Mayor Pro Tenn,
M. A. FIELDS,
TnTTTc TIA A4UST