St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11

Rushing, Martin, %SyIVestre, Dejean
Nays-None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Martin
Resolved, that the subject matter
relative to the First Road District
of the Fourth Police Jury Ward be
tabled until tomorrow morning, and
that the bid of Mr.. A. M. Wilks be
rejected, and that the clerk of this
body be authorized to return the GER
titled check accompanying said bid
to the said Mr.. Wilks.
Motion carried.
DR.. Pavy assumed the chair.
Motion by Mr.. Dejean-
That a committee of two be ap-
pointed to attend a convention to be
held in the city of Baton Rouge on
. Tuesday, May q, 1918, to discuss
such proposed amendments and laws
that would provide proper compensa-
ton to police jurors for their serV-
ices, as the present law provides no
pay which would justify business men
giving proper attention to road work
and other parish affairs, as suggested
in a resolution adopted by the Police
Jury of Allen parish and copies Of
which ordered transmitted to the Po-
lice Juries throughout the state.
Motion carried.
Chair appointed Messrs. w. F.
Brown and H. D. Larcade.
Mr.. K. T. Catlett offered the fol-
lowing ordinance duly seconded,
and on being duly read, was adopted
unanimously, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Levying a special tax of four mills
on the dollar on all taxable prop
erty situated in the Third Road
District of the Fourth Police Ju-
ry Ward of the Parish Of st.
Landry, for the year 1917.
Be it Ordained, by the Police Ju-
ry of the Parish of st. Landry, in
regular session convened, That,
Whereas, a special election was
duly held in the Third Road District
of the Fourth Police Jury Ward of
the Parish of st. Landry on the Goth
day of March, 1917, at which election
was submitted the proposition as to
whether said Third Road District,
through its proper governing body,
should be authorized to incur debt
and issue negotiable bonds to the
amount Of Seventy-five Thousand
Dollars, to run for a period of TWEEN
ty-three years; and as to whether the
governing authority of said Road
District should be authorized to levy
annually for a period of twenty
three years, "a special tax of not more
than ten mills on the dollar, on all
property subject to taxation in said
Road District; and,
Whereas, said proposition was
duly carried and the result Of said
election duly canyassed and promul-
gated by the Board of Supervisors
of said Road District on the 24th day
of March, 1917; and,
Whereas, the Police Jury of the
Parish of St. Landry, the governing
body of said Road District, has au-
thorized the President and Secretary
CT it's body to issue said bonds in
accordance with the authority vested
in it by virtue of said special cleo
tion; and,
Whereas, four of said bonds will
on the first day of January,
1921, as also the interest on all of
said series, semi-annually, and that a
tax of four mills on the dollar on all
property subject to taxatiope In sand
Road District, will be required to re-
ire said maturing bonds and the in
eeFEeesstee99ppnFQRes maturing July /, 1917,
and January 1, 1913.
Section /. Therefore, Be it Or
lained, That a special tax of four
mills on the dollar be and the same
S hereby levied for the year 1917,
in all property subject to taxation
n the Third Road District of the
Fourth Police Jury Ward Of the Par
sh of St. Landry, for the purpose
if paying the bonds issued by said
2oad District, maturing January /,
.921, and the interest on the balance
if said issue, maturing July. /, 1917, |
md January l, 1918, said tax to be
collected at the same time and in the
anne as all other taxes to
le collected.
Seetion2. Be it further ordained,
tc., That the Assessor Of the Parish
# St. Landry be notified of this levy,
o the end that he may carry said
on his assessment roll for the
ear 1917.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
tc., That this ordinance take effect
rom and after its PRONUNCIATION.
Adopted May s, 1918.
F. OCTAVE PAVY, President.
.ttest. j. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
The foregoing ordinance was duly
cad and considered and a major
" of the members being present
pom roll call voted as follows to
1T:
Yeas-Messrs. St. Cyr, Larcade,
Mills, Daley, Beaugh, Pavy,
w. F. Brown, Rushing,
Dejean.
Nays-None.
Ordinance adopted
F. OCTAVE PAVY. President.
ttest: J.. J. HEALEY, Clerk. /.
Mr., r. l.. Mills offered the follow
lg ordinance duly seconded by
II. %... 1850. ......
AN ORDINANCE.
0 prohibit vagrancy within the
limits Of the Parish of st. Ian
dry under the authority granted
by Act 2O5 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana for the year 1908, I
defining what shall constitute
vagrancy and declaring certain
persons Migrants and fixing the
penalties for the violation of