St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-16

OI LH0 PARISH u ol. LduuAy1 d. opClou
sas, La, by the undersigned members
of the School Board of said Parish,
present and participating in the can
vass of the election.
Members: D. P. DAILY, Tilden Meche,
A. Fogleman. C. N. Bertrand, L. L.
Perrault, Paul w. Lafleur, j. w. Ly-
man, J.. A. Durio, H. D. Larcade, Jr.,
Frank Fontenot, G. r. Baillio, Isaac
Stage.
Witnesses.
Pierre Descant, B. C. woodruff.
And the canvass of the result of said
election having been made, the result
thereof was ascertained and declared
to be as follows:
Number Amount
For said proposition. .23 $~111,480.00
Against said PROPOSE
tion $500. ........NOn None
Majority in favor of
said proposition y. ..23 Sill, $4,000
And the result of said election was
declared to be in favor of said propo-
sition.
Thereupon, On motion of MI. Fogle-
man, duly seconded by Mr.. Durio, the
following ordinance was offered n
adopted.
ORDINANCE NO. 48.
An Ordinance of PRONUNCIATION.
Whereas, on the 5th of August, 1919
an election was held in the 4th School
District of the 4th Police Jury Ward
of the Parish Of st. Landry, Louisiana
to determine the proposition to au
thorize the 4th School District of the
4th Police Jury Ward, through its gov
erning authority to incur debt and is
sue negotiable bonds to the amount of
Twelve Thousand ($12, 100000 Dol
lars to run for a period of ten years,
bearing interest at the rate of five
per cent per annum, payable annually
the funds thus derived to be used in
purchasing site, constructing, furnish
ing, and equipping a school Or schools
! at Morrow, La, in said school district.
Whereas, said election was held and
the returns thereof were canvassed by
the School Board of the Parish of st.
Landry, according to law, and notice
on the 9Th day of August, 1919, and
the results of said election was de.
clared to be.
That a majority, both in number and
amount, of the property taxpayers OF
said school district of the 4th Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of st. Landry
La, voted in favor of said PROPOSE.
ton; now, therefore,
Section /. Be it ordained by the
School Board of the Parish Of st.
Landry, in lawful session convened,
that the proposition to authorize the
4th School District of the 4th 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 Twelve Thousand
($12, 100000 Dollars, to III for a pc.
Rod of ten years, bearing interest
at the rate of five of five g cent
per annum, payable annually, the
funds thus derived to be used for pur.
chasing site, constructing, furnishing,
and equipping a school or schools at
Morrow, La, in said school district,
carried, and said proposition is au'
thorized and required by law to be pro
ceeded with and finally extinguished
by an annual levy, assessment and
collection of taxes on all property in
said 4th School District of the 4th
Police Jury Ward of the Parish OF
st. Landry.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
by the school board Of st. Landry Par
ish, in lawful session convened, Thai
the result of said election shall be pro
mulgated by the President and Secre
tary Of the School Board by publica
ton in one issue of the official jour
nal of the School Board of st. Ian
dry parish, signed by the President
and Secretary. Unanimously carried
PRONUNCIATION of Election
Proclamation
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
BY direction of the School Board Of
the Parish of st. Landry notice is
hereby given that on Tuesday, the 5tI
day of August, 1919, an election was
held in the 4th School District of the
4th Police Jury Ward of the Parish Of
st. Landry, La, to determine the pro
position:
To authorize the 4th School District
of the 4th Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry. through its gov
erning authority, to incur debt and is
sue bonds to the amount of Twelve
Thousad ($12, 000. 00) Dollars, to rur
for a period of ten years, bearing in
terest at the rate of five per cent pei
annum, payable annually the funds
thus derived to be used to purchase
site, constructing, furnishing, anG
equipping a school or schools at Nor
row, La, in said 4th School District
of the 4th Police Jury Ward Of st
Landry Parish, La.
That the majority of the taxpayers
voting at said election in favor Of this
proposition was % in numbers anG
$11,480.00 dollars In amount; there
fore, said proposition was carried.
This done and signed on this 8tI
day of August, 1919, at Opelousas
Louisiana, in the parish of st. Ian
dry.
o. P. DAILY,
President of School Board.
w. B. PRESCOTT,
Secretary of School Board.
Process verbal of canvas of returns
of an election. Be it known and re
membered, That on this 9Th day OF
August, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. M, in &C
cordance with ordinance No. As of the
School Board of the Parish of st. Ian.
dry, enacted on the 23rd day of June
1919, notice of which was issued and
published according to law, the un.
dersigned members of the School
Board of the Parish of st. Landry, be.
ing a quorum thereof, met in public
session at the office of said Board in
the City of Opelousas, La, St. Ian.
dry Parish, and according to law,
opened the ballot box used therein, and
which was rnnoiund from tho nnunrniu