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bank in the city and state Of
option of the holder.

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option of the holder.
This bond is one of a series of eigh-
| ty-five bonds of the denomination of
! 100000 each, and numbered from
one % to eighty-five 1857, issued
by the Police Jury of the Parish of St.
| Landry, La, for and on behalf of the
First Road District, Third Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of st. Landry, La,
as representing an indebtedness in
Cured for the exclusive purpose of
constructing roads and bridges in said
road district, and issued in accord
ance with the provisions of the con-
stitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, in pursuance to an cleo
ton held in said road district on Tues
day, May 27, 1919, the result Of
which was duly canvassed, declared,
promulgated and registered accord
ing to law, of which said election
there was no contest and none can
now be lawfully made.
And it is hereby certified and re-
cited that all acts, conditions and
things required to be done precedent
to and in the issuance of said bonds
have been properly done, have hap
pened and have been performed in
regular form and duly as required by
law, and that said indebtedness does
not exceed any statutory or consti-
tutional limitations.
In testimony whereof, and by the
authority of an ordinance of the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of st. Landry.
State of Louisiana, lawfully adopted
on the first day of December, 1919.
and now recorded in the mortgage Of
flee of the State of Louisiana, in and
for the Parish of st. Landry, /, F.
Octave Pavy, president of the said
Police Jury, have signed this bond
along with ]. J. Healey, clerk thereof,
likewise duly authorized by said or
dinance, and sealed the same with the
seal of said Police Jury in accordance
with law, on this
day Of A, ID. 1o-
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($135, 100000, as an estimate ex.
hibiting the various items of expendi.
ture that the parish of st. Landry
would require for the year 1920; and
Whereas, said budget has been pub.
lished in the Star-Progress, the off
cial newspaper of this parish, for the
full term of thirty 800 days. as the
law directs; and,
Whereas, an ad valorem tax of five
80 mills on the dollar of the taxable
properyt of this parish will be requir-
ed in addition to the revenues to be
derived under the license ordinance
adopted to meet said budget; now,
therefore,
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Landry, that tax
Of five co mills on the dollar be and
is hereby levied on all taxable proper
ty situated within this parish on
which the state levies tax, to meet
said budget of expenditures for the
year 1920.
Adopted December 1, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest
]. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
Yeas-Messrs. st. Cyr, Larcade,
Mills, Pavy, Rushing, Martin, Syl-
vestre, Dejean, Mccoy.
Nays-None
Ordinance adopted.
Mr.. F. P. Martin offered the fol-
lowing tax ordinance, duly seconded /:
AN ORDINANCE
Whereas, by an amendment Of the
constitution of the State of Louisiana,
adopted at the election held on No
vember 5, 1918, it is made the duty
Of this Police Jury to levy an annual
tax of one and one-half q 1-2) mill
on the dollar an all the taxable prop
erty situated within this parish for
the support and maintenance of the
public schools thereof; now, there
fore,
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Landry, that tax
of one and one-half Il 1-2) mills on
the dollar be, and is hereby, levied
on all taxable property situated with
in this parish on which the State lev
les a tax, for the support and main
tenance of the public schools of the
Parish of st. Landry, for the year
1920; said tax to be collected at the
same time and in the same manner as
all other taxes are collected.
Adopted December l, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President
Attest
J. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
Yeas-Messrs. st. Cyr, Larcade,
Mills, Pavy, Catlett, Rushing, Martin,
Dejean, Mccoy.
Nays-None.
Ordinance adopted.
Motion by Mr.. X. T. Catlett-
Whereas, bids for the construction
of the road known as the jefferson
in the Second Road Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury Ward
Of the Parish of st. Landry, Louis
lana, has been advertised on three
different occasions and that the con-
tract for construction has not been
let, and the Police Jury is composed
IF members living apart from this
particular road district, and incon- |
1enient of attendance at sessions of |
board of road supervisors, therefore, !
Be it resolved, that the following
,itizens living within the said district |
)e appointed as a board of road SUI
oervisors of the Second Road District
# the Fourth Ward of st. Landry
Parish, Louisiana, with full author
ty to act with the State Highway De-
'artment of Louisiana in the letting
f contracts and construction of said
Dad:
DR.. H. S. Joseph, L. P. Bridges, Gus
S. Isaacson, L. L. Ganson.
Motion carried unanimously.
Mr.. w. M. Rushing offered the fol
owing ordinance, duly seconded, to-
ut: i
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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE POLICE JURY


Opelousas, La, Dec. 1, 1919.
The Police Jury met in regular ses-
sion this first day Of December, 1919,
with the following members present /:
DR.. F. o. Pavy, president, presid-
ing; Messrs. st. Cyr, Larcade, Mills,
Rushing, Martin, Sylvestre, Dejean,
Mccoy, Cattlett, Cummings.
Motion by Mr.. st. Cyr-
Resolved, first, that the president
Of this body be and he is hereby d.
rected and instructed to appoint from
among the members Of this body a
committee of three to advertise for
sealed bids from the banks located in
this parish to act as fiscal agent of
this parish for the two years begin
ming on the first day of February,
1920; and,
Second, that all bidders must make
their bids in conformity with the pro-
visions of Act No. 205 of 1912 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana, and be required
to state separately and distinctly,
first, what rate of interest they are
willing to allow to the parish for such
sums as it may have on deposit during
the existence of the contract; and,
secondly, what rate of interest they
propose to charge the parish for such
loans or advances as may be required
to meet its annual budget appropri-
ations in anticipation and in advance
of the collection of its annual reve-
nues; and,
Third, that all bids must be adj
dressed to the "Police Jury of the
Parish of st. Landry" and must have
legibly written or typewriter on the
outside of the envelope and on the
same side as the address, the words
Fiscal Agency Bid" and that all bids
must be delivered at Opelousas, La,
to the clerk of the Police Jury, or
some member of this committee on or
before twelve o'clock, noon, on Mon
day, January 5, 1920 at which time
they will be opened and the fiscal
agent designated and the amount of
its bond fixed by this body.
Adopted December / 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
J. ]. HEALEY, Clerk.
Chair appointed Messrs. St.Cyr,
Larcade and Mills.
Mr.. w. C. Dejean offered the fol-
lowing license ordinance, duly sec
onded:
LICENSE ORDINANCE
An ordinance for the levying and col
lecting of Parish Licenses for
the year 1920.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of St. Landry, in reg
Mar session convened:
Section THAT the license laws
of the State of Louisiana now in force
shall, in so far as applicable, be the
license laws of the Parish of st. Lam
dry for the year 1920, except as here
matter modified and changed.
Section 2-That the annual Ii |
cense for peddlers and hawkers in
one and two-horse vehicles shall be |
$500 and $4,000, respectively.
Section 3-That this ordinance
shall take effect on and after Janu-
AIRY 1, 1920.
Adopted December 1, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest
]. ]. HEALEY, Clerk.
Yeas-Messrs. st. Cyr, Larcade,
Mills, Pavy, Rushing, Martin, Syl-
vestre, Dejean, Mccoy.
Against
ordinance adopted.
mr. 4. 2. Martin offered the fol-
.D"iag tax ordinance, duly seconded:
xsNOAL TAX ORDINANCE
:, I. laereass by resolution adopted on
s SssoDer 9, 1919, this body framed q
S. q one hundred and thirtv-
~ @ana Tour hundred dollars !
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President of the Police Jury Parish of
St. Landry, Louisiana.

OIerk.
Each bond shall be signed by the
president of the Police Jury and the
clerk thereof and the said officers are
hereby required to have written, print
ed or engraved on the reverse of said
bonds the following certificate:
'sThis bond secured by tax. Reg
istered on the day of -
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1t is no proof of a mans under
standing to be able to confirm what.
ever he pleases; but to be able to dis
Germ that what is true is true, and
that what is false is false; this is The
mark and character OF intelligence.
Emerson.
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AN ORDINANCE


Be it ordained by the Police JURY
of the Parish Of st. Landry, in reg.
ular session convened:
Section THAT special election
be and is hereby ordered and called
to be held in the Fourth Road Dis
trict, Fourth Police Jury Ward OF
the Parish of st. Landry, La, on
Thursday, January %, 1920, between
the hours of o'clock a. m. and S
o'clock p. M, for the purpose of sub
hitting to the vote of the property
taxpayers of said road district quail
flied to vote at said election under
the constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, the following PROPOSE
ton, to-wit:
PROPOSITION
To incur debt and to issue serial ne
gotiable coupon bonds of said
Fourth Road District, Fourth Pc
lice Jury Ward of the Parish of
st. Landry, La, to the amount
of seventy-five thousand dollars
75,000.00), to run for periods
of from one % to thirty (30)
years, and to bear interest at the
rate of five per cent (5) per an
nun from said date until paid
interest on all bonds to be paid
semi-annually and said bonds or
funds derived from the sale
thereof to be used and expended
under the direction and control
of the Police Jury of the Parish
of st. Landry, La, as the govern
ing authority of said Fourth
Road District, Fourth Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of st.
Landry, La, for the exclusive
purpose of contracting for, ac-
curing, laying out and construc-
ting system of modern public
roads within the limits of said
road district, the title to which
shall vest in the parish and pub
lie. A sufficient tax shall be
levied each year to meet the pay
ment of the bonds and interest
as same natures.
Section 2-That on Monday, the
second day of February, 1920, at 2
o'clock p. M, the Police Jury Of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, shall meet
at the Police Jury room in the City of
Opelousas, La, and shall then and
there in public session proceed to
open the ballot boxes, examine and
count the ballots in number, and
examine and canvass the re-
turns of said election, declare the
result thereof and provide for the
PRONUNCIATION of same, in accordance
with law.
Section 3-That the ballot boxes,
The necessary blanks for tally sheets,
lists of voters, valuation of proper
" and compiled statement of the
voters in number and amount and
0ther necessary election parapher-
lalia shall be provided for by the
'lerk of the Police Jury, and he shall
,ause to be printed ballots for use
n said election, in the following form
o-wit:
PROPOSITION
To incur debt and to is -
ne serial negotiable coupon II
ponds of said Fourth Road
District, Fourth Police Jury II
Ward of the Parish of st.
landry, La, to the amount II
f seventy-five thousand dol
ars 5,000.00), to run |
or periods of from one III /
o thirty 800 years, and to
ear interest att the rate /
f five per cent (5) per an YES
UNI from said date until
aid; interest on all said
onds to be paid semi-an- /
ually and said bonds or
unds derived from the sale
hereof to be used and ex-
ended under the direction
nd control of the Police
ury Of the Parish of St.Lan-
~, La, as the governing i
Of said Fourth
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/
July 1, 1920, one bond, 100000.
July /, 1921, one bond, $1,000. 90.
July 1, 1922, one bond, 100000.
July 1, 1928, one bond, 100000.
July /, 1924, one bond, 100000
July /, 1925, one bond, 100000.
July l, 1926, one bond, 100000.
July /, 1927, one bond, $1,000. 90.
July 1, 1928, one bond, $1,000 90.
July 1, 1929, one bond, 81, 100000.
July 1, 1880, one bond, 100000.
July 1, 1881, one bond, 100000.
July /, 1882, one bond, 100000.
July l, 1888, two bonds, 100000.
July /, 1884, two bonds, $4,000. 90.
July /, 1885 two bonds, 100000.
July l, 1896, two bonds, 100000.
July l, 1887, two bonds, $4,000. 90.
July l, 1888, two bonds, 100000.
July 1, 1889, two bonds, 100000.
July l, 1910, two bonds, $2,000.0 90.
July 1, 1941, two bonds, 100000.
July l, 1912, three bonds, $4,000
July l, 1948, three bonds, $4,000
July l, 1914, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1945, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July 1, 1916, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July 1, 1947, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July 1, 194s, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July l, 1s4s, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July /, 1850, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July l, 1851, three bonds, $1,000
July l, 1852, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July /, 1853, three bonds. $4,000
90.
July /, 1854, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July /, 1866, three bonds, $4,000
July l, 1866, three bonds, $4,000
July /, 1857, three bonds, $1,000
July /, 1868, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July /, 1859, three bonds, $4,000
90.
And the form of said bonds shall
be substantially as follows, save as to
number and date of maturity:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
Estate EMBLEM
(NUMBER)
Bond of the Parish Of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, for and on
behalf of the First (1st) Road
District, Third Police Jury Ward
of the Parish of st, Landry, LIZ.
Know all men by these presents,
that the Parish Of st. Landry, La, for
and on behalf of the First Road Dis
trict, Third Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, a political
of the State Of Louisiana,
for value received, hereby promises
to pay to bearer on the first day of
July, A. d. One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and ........., $........,
lawful money of the United States of !
America, with interest thereon at the |
rate of five 80 per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually on the first |
day of January and July of each and |
every year from the first day of July, |
1919, upon presentation and surren-
der of the coupons hereto attached, as |
same may mature. The said princi- |
pal and interest on this bond being |
payable at the office of the treasurer !
IF the Parish Of st. Landry, at Ope-
ousas, La, in said parish, or at the
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There's a great deal Of good thas
can be done in the world if we are not
too careful as to who gets the credit
-Talcott Williams.
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The divine commands are not Of
yesterday or today; they live without
end, and no one knows whence and
when they e.-Sophocles.
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Mr.. Mills offered the following or
dinance, duly seconded by Mr.. K. T.
Catlett:
AN ORDINANCE
To amend and re-enact Section / of
the original ordinance of the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of st.
Landry, State of Louisiana,
adopted on the 9th day of Sep
TENDER, A. D. 1919, creating the
Bellevue and Coulee Croche
Drainage District of the Parish
of st. Landry, State of Louisi-
ana, entitled:
IAN ORDINANCE
@Of the Police Jury of the Parish of
st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
creating the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drainage District Of St.
Landry Parish, State of Louis
lana, and fixing the boundaries
thereof; constituting said drain
age district body corporate in
law, and vesting it with power
and authority incident thereto /:
vesting the government and con-
troll of said drainage district in a
board of five (5) commission
ers, and fixing their domicile:
providing for the qualification
of said commissioners, the man
ner of their appointment and
fixing their term of office: pro-
viding for the first and subse-
quent meetings of the board and
the election of officers, and fix
ing their compensation; author
lzlng and empowering the board
TO make and adopt bylaws, rules
and regulations for its govern
ment and that of its officers; re-
quiring the board to keep the
proper books and accounts; and
providing the method af procur
ing funds for the district"
Section BE it ordained bv
the Police Jury of the said
Parish of st. Landry, State of
Louisiana, now in regular session
duly assembled, that all the land and
property situated within the following
described boundaries, to-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner
OF Section 4, Township 8, South,
Range 3, East, thence running due
east about three and seven-eighths
miles to where the south line of Sec
/, Township s, South, Range 8, East.
lntersects the west line of Section al
Township 8, South, Range 8. East.
which point also strikes fork in pub
nc road leading from Opelousas to
Bristol, via Chretien's Point: thence
running in northerly direction, fol-
lowing said public road for a distance
OF about eight miles, to the northeast
corner of the property formerly
known as the old Truman plantation.
now owned by e. w. j. Evans. said
point being also situated in Section
142, Township 6, South, Range 4
East, and at the intersection of pub-
lie road leading to West Bellevue
from main road hereinafter mention
ed; thence following the public
road leading to West Bellevue in a
westerly direction, about TWENTY-FIVE
chains, to where the same intersects
the east line of Section 144, Town |
snip 8, South, Range 4, East: thence
running IN northeasterly direction.
following the east line of the w. d.
horn property about twenty-eight
chains to where the same interesects
the north line of Section 143, Town
snip 8, South, Range A, East; thence
running west following the north line |
of Sections 143, IA and 145, Town
SHIP 8, South, Range A, East, about
Tlfty-three chains to the northeast |
corner of Section LAG, Township 6, |
South, Range 4, East; thence running
Tue north twenty-three chains; thence
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---, at the option of
the holder, being interest due that
date on its road bond dated July l.,
1919, No,
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President of the Police Jury of the
Police Jury of the Parish of st.
Landry, Louisiana.
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JIerk
INTEREST COUPON

On the day of
10, the Par
ish of st. Landry, Louisiana, for and
on behalf of the First Road District,
Third Police Jury Ward, Parish of
st. Landry, La, a lawful political sub
division of the State of Louisiana,
will pay to bearer
at the office of the treasurer Of said
parish, or at the
bank, in the city and state of -
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
ESTATE OF N. L. WHITE

No. 1902, Probate Docket, Sixteenth
judicial District Court, Parish Of
St. Landry, Louisiana
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Mr.. Mills offered the following or
dinance, duly seconded by Mr.. K. T.
Cstlptf.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
cUcCEssIoN SALE.

]. j. HEALEY, ClerI
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-29
Husbands are Scarce
One and A Half Million Women
VIII Never Have the Chance
of Marriage.

London, March 5-There are one
and a half million women in this
country who will never have the
chance Of getting married, is the.
statement Of Miss Norah March. edi-
tor Of National Health. In 1917 there
was surplus Of 1897, 900 marriage
able women over marriageable men,
and since then there have been the
war casualties Of 1918.
Miss March says that emigration
will remove a few of these. surplus
women while economic independence
will prevent women from marrying
men for the sake of home.
Many men and women in this age
of modern advancement" says Miss
March. are getting different views
from those held in the past, and re-
gard women's right to motherhood
as supreme individual prerogative.
Having such a wide choice of wives,
the question remains as to whether
the men will choose the best and
strongest women, as upon the women
will depend largely the future human
race, since the rest Of manhood has
been cut off. The choice really rests
with the woman for with her is the
right of refusing an offer Of marri-
age"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-29
London Press Passes Sharp
Criticism on Paris Proceed
ings
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
PROJECT is BLAMED
Too Much Idealisn, Say Some
The Food Problem Causes I'm
rest and Resentment Among;;
Lower Glasses. ss

London, March 25.-Morning. neWs
papers unanimously, charge the Far5s@
Peace Conference with responslbhity
for Hungary's embracing BolsheVasnas
and the general dissatisfaction over
the delay Of peace but the aannefs
in which it has incurred y respensaTss
bility is variously explalneas ~
While treating the Hungar1angepa-s.
sode more lightly than otners, be-
cause it does not believe the whole
country will, initiating Budapest, be-
come Bolshevik, the Post accuses the
conference Of delaying peace ME-;
us :dealists are 'follow1ag the Will
o-the-wisp called the League oI Ma;
tons" It also expresses SITS ebetess
that certain international financial
interests are working against the M;
dependence Of Poland.
The newspapers panacea is to treat
the diplomatic situation as was
treated militarily when everytnanss
was entrusted to Marshal Foch and tts
suggests that supreme direction pc
given Premier Clernenceau so that
probable failure arising from dividrs
cd councils may be avoided. .ssss
The Telegraph ascribes the gravity
of the situation to q dangerous ms
calculation which assumed a Inucn
| longer war and left the Allies ucpre-
pared as to policy Of peace.
| The Chronicle thinks Hungary mas
given a healthy shock to public opin-
| ion and that if the council OF ten re-
spends, it may prove a blessing "a das-s
guise.
eff the council of ten,' it says .eaada
not for many motnhs shown marked
.ncapac;ty for action, no one sneeG
doubt the result. *ss The Allies held
an almost irresistible weapon. narss
ly food, but by sheer bungling and BY
disagreements and procrastiuaIions
have blunted its edge y $
The newspaper maintains the REM
edy now is prompt and scombn
military action against the Magy4
government.
Conferences, delays and refusaid
to face the Russian problem are d.
rectly responsible for the present dis
ouieting situation. says the Mail
''Wh:le the conference talks the:
BcIsheviks act The fruits OF irl-g
| .nense sacrifices on the battlefield are
being imperi,ed because the confer
ence cannot attend to the business
for the dispatch Of which it exists ~
The Daily News deduces that the
League OF Nations has been an obs
stacle to the conclusion Of peace. It
says:
The tragic situation is due to the,
failure of the Allies to provide the
Central Empires with food and raw
materials while the conference has
been attempting to reconcile the poll,
icy OF territorial spoilation with the
spirit of the League Of Nations.
The newspaper also condemns the
refusal Of the Peace Conference to
recognize and make terms with the
Russian Bolshevik government.