The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-27
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION

AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION
l, Frank Dimmick, president of the
Bellevue and Coulee Croche Drain
age District of the Parish of St. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, by virtue of
the authority vested in me, by an or
dinance adopted by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of the said
Drainage District, on the 10Th day of
December, A. D. 1919, and the con-
stitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, do hereby proclaim and
give notice that a special election will
be held in the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drainage District of the Par
ish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana,
for the purpose of voting upon the
proposition to incur debt and issue
and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds of said Drainage District, said
bonds to run for period of from one
to not exceeding thirty years from
their date, and to bear interest at the
rate of five per cent per annum from
their date, payable semi-annually.
The proceeds from the sale of said
bonds to be used for the purpose Of
constructing a system of gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District, by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise, the bayous, laterals and
! gulleys as named and outlined IN red
on the map of said Drainage District
and as designated in the proposition
submitted to the electors under the
ordinance adopted by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of the said
Drainage District, this 10Th day of
of December, A. D. 1919.
The proposition to the electors at
said election is substantially as fol-
lows:
A proposition to incur debt and is
sue and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds of the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drainage District of the Par
ish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana,
to the amount Of seventy thousand
$50, 100000 dollars, to run for pc
Rod of from one ID to not exceed
ing thirty 500 years from their
date, bearing interest at the rate OF
five per cent per annum from their
date, payable semi-annually, for the
purpose of constructing system Of
gravity drainage in and for said
! Drainage District, by cleaning with
dredges or otherwise the bayous, lat
erals and gulleys as named in the
proposition to the voters at said
special election, also outlined in red
on the map Of said Drainage District
made by F. S. Robert, civil engineer
of Opelousas, La, under date of De-
cember 10, 1919, thereby improving
the gravity drainage in and for said
Drainage District and the inhabitants
thereof, the title of which shall vest
ii said Drainage District. Said
bonds to be of such denomination
and the interest and principal there
of to be payable at such time and
place as shall be determined by the
said Board Of Drainage Commission
ers and both principal and interest
of said bonds to be secured and paid
by a sufficient ad valorem tax levied
and collected in each year that any OF
said bonds are unpaid and outstand-
ing, to pay the amount of principal
and interest falling due in such year
in accordance with the provisions in
that respect contained in the constl-
tuition and laws of the State OF Lou
isiana, and any and all amendments
that may hereafter be made thereto
| The said special election will be
held on the 4th day of February, A,
ID. 1920, between the hours of z a. m
and 5 p. m. The polling place is
hereby designated as follows:
At w. G. Mills store in said Drain
age District.
The commissioners and clerk at the
said polling place are as follows:
Jos. Miller, Theo Bourque, Leon
Lavergne, commissioners; R. Lee
Mills, clerk.
The Board of Drainage Commits.
sioners of said Drainage District will
meet in open session to be held at II
o'clock a. M, on the 9Th day of Feb