The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-27

Mr.. Beall offered the folio-ng or
dinance, which ordinance is in words
and figures as follows:
ORDINANCE
An ordinance ordering and calling a
special election in the Bayou
Boeuf and Waxia Drainage Dis
trict of the Parish of st. Landry,
Louisiana, for the purpose of
submitting to the qualified prop
erty taxpayers of said district
the propositions to incur debt
and issue bonds of said drainage
district, to the amount as here
matter stipulated and for the
purpose of creating, constructing
and improving a system of gray
ity drainage in and for said
drainage district, by the clean
ing with dredges or otherwise,
the bayous, laterals and bitches
connected Herewith ,as herein
after named and outlined in red
on the map of the said drainage
district.
Section BE it ordained by the
Board of Commissioners CT the Ba-
you Boeuf and Waxia DRAINAGE Dis
trict of the Parish of St. Landry,
State of Louisiana, that it is advis-
able and expedient to incur indebted
ness in said Bayou Boeuf and Waxia
Drainage District, in the amount and
for the purposes hereinafter mention
ed, and appearing in the propositions,
as follows:
Section BE it further ordained,
that a special election be and the
same is hereby called and ordered to
be held in the Bayou Boeuf and Wax
ia Drainage District of the Parish of
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, on
Monday, the 18th day of January, A.
D. 1920, between the hours of a.
m. and 5 p. m.
Section Be it further ordained,
ETC., that at said special election there
will be submitted to the taxpaying
electors, qualified to vote under the
constitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, the following propositions:
(a) To incur debt to the amount of
two hundred thousand dollars $780,
000), and issue and sell serial nego-
table semi-annual interest bearing
coupon bonds of the said Bayou
Boeuf and Waxia Drainage District,
representing the said indebtedness;
the amount of said bonds being less
than ten per cent 40 per cent) Of
the assessed valuation of the proper
ty within the boundary of said drain
age district, as shown by the assess
ment rolls of the said drainage dis
trict last completed, said bonds to
bear interest at the rate of five per
centum Is per centum )per annum
from their date, payable semi-annual-
ly, which bonds are to run for pc
riod of from one to not exceeding
thirty-five 1851 years from their
date. Said bonds to be of such de-
nomination and the interest and
principal thereof to be payable at
such time and place as shall be deter
mined by the Board of Drainage Com
missioners and both principal and in
terest of said bonds to be secured and
paid by sufficient ad valorem tax
levied and collected in each year that
any of said bonds are unpaid and out
standing in accordance with the pro-
visions in that respect contained in
Article 281 of the constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana, and
amendments thereto.
The proceeds of said bonds to be
used for the purposes of providing
and creating system of gravity
drainage in and for said drainage dis
trict, by cleaning with dredges. or
otherwise the Bayou Waxia, Cow bo-
you, Little Waxia bayou, and the lat
erals and bitches Connected with said
bayous, as outlined in red on the map
of said district, and the maintenance
and improvement thereof, and the in
habitants thereof, the title to which
shall vest in said drainage district.
PROPOSITION FOR THE ASSESS
MENT AND LEVYING OF AN
ACREAGE TAX OR FORCED
CONTRIBUTION
(b) To levy and collect an acreage
tax or forced contribution of sixteen
(16 cents) cents per acre per annum
upon each and every acre Of land sub
ject to state taxation, situated within
the said Bayou Boeuf and Waxia
Drainage District, Parish of st. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, for a period
of thirty-five $3.50 years, for the pur-
pose of providing and creating a sys-
tenn of gravity drainage in and for
said drainage district and the mainte-
nance and improvement thereof.
FOR THE FUNDING OF THE
AVAILS OF SAID ACREAGE
TAX INTO BONDS
(c) To incur debt in the sum of one