St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-10-11

to be defined and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point On the line be
tween the parishes Of st. Landry and
st. Martin where the Bayou Bourbeau
meets the Bayou Fuselier in Section
Five T. 5 S r Sc, thence running
along the parish line in an ~easternIy
direction for about eighteen miles to
the Atchafalaya River, thence in a
Northernly direction along the Atcha-
falaya RIVER for about four miles to
the middle section line of section IA
T z S r 7 d, thence due west along
middle section line of Section Ia ex-
tended for about seventeen miles to
the intersection of this line with the
Township line between T Z S r 4 E..
and T Z s r 5 E, thence south for
about enc and one-half niles along
township line to Bayou Bourbeau
thence along Bayou Bourbeau In a
southeasternly direction 10 the par
ish line, the point Of beginning in Sec
ticn 5 T s S r 5 E and containing aD-
proximately fifty-three square miles.
Voting: Yeas: Perrault, Lyman.
Larcade, Horaist, Meche, DAILY, Fogle-
man, Fontenot, Bailio, Bertrand.
Nays. None. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Meche, duly Sec
onded by Mr.. Larcade, the following
ordinance was offered and adopted.
ORDINANCE NO. 81.
An Ordinance ordering a special
school election to be held throughout
the limits of School District No. / of
the Third Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of St. Landry, to determine the
sense of the property taxpayers Of
said district, entitled to vote under
the Constitution and Laws of the
State of louisiana as to whether the
governing authority OF said school dis
trict shall be authorized to incur debt
and issue negotiable bonds of the
school District of the Bird Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of st. Landry, to
amount of Thirty Thousand 100000.
00) dollars, to run for a perod of ten
years bearing interest at the rate of
five per cent per annum, payable an
nually, the proceeds of the sale of
said bonds to be used for the purpose
of purchasing site, constructing, furn- !
ishing and equipping a school or
schools at Arnaudville, La, in said
School District.
Whereas it is the voluntary viii of
this body to call the election herein
provided for, and
Whereas, Article 281 of the Con-
sttution of Louisiana of 1898 and 1913
as amended in 1918, and Acts amenda-
tory thereof, declare the School Board
of the Parish of st. Landry to be gov
erning authority through which the
First School District of the Third Pol
ice Jury Ward of said Parish may in
cur debt and issue negotiable bonds
for the purpose of purchasing site,
constructing, furnishing and equip
ping a school or schools at Arnaud-
vile, La, in said School District, and
Whereas, the assessed valuation in
said school district amounts to not
less than Nine Hundred Thousand
($900, 100000 dollars and the existing
bonded Indebtedness incurred under
Article PSI of the Constitution of
1898 and 1913 and amendments there
to amounts to No dollars which added !
to the proposed indetedness does not
exceed the Constitutional limit which
said District is authorized to incur;
therefore
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
School Board of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, in lawful session convened, that
election be and the same is hereby
called to be held in School District No.
/ of the Third Police Jury Ward of
the Parish of St. Landry on the 18th
day of November 1919, at which cleo
ton the majority of the taxpayers of
said school district, in number and
amount eligible to vote and voting at
said election, shall determine the pro-
position: To authorize the First
School District of the Third Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of st. Landry
through its governing authority to in
cur debt and issue negotiable bonds
to the amount of thirty thousand
(~$30,000.00) dollars to run for a Pc
Rod of ten years, bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent pei. annum
payable annually, the proceeds of the
sale of said bonds to be used for the !
purpose of purchasing site, construct
Ing, furnishing, and equiping a school
Or schools at Arnaudville, La, in said
district.