The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-15
TO CONSTRUCT SYSTEM
DRAINAGE
Signature of the voter.
Attorney in fact.
TO RETIRE SPECIAL TAX.

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A proposition to retire -
the special assessment of
the acreage tax Of 10 cents
per acre per annum for pc
riod of 20 years levied and YES
assessed by the previous
Board of Drainage Com
missioners on the 9th day of I
February, A. D. 1907 by and
under the authority of the
special election which was NO
held on the 7th day of Feb n
ruary, 1907, to secure and
pay said bonds.
To vote for the proposition, sub
mitted upon this ballot, place cross
(X)mark in the square after the word
YES" and to vote against, place a
similar cross (X) mark after the
word mo"
Section 6-Be it further ordained,
etc, that the President of the Board
of Drainage Commissioners of the
Sub-Drainage District No. 1 of the
Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine Drain
age District of the Parish of st. Ian
dry, State of Louisiana, be, and he
is hereby duly authorized, empowered
and directed to have the necessary
ballots printed for the said election
| in accordance with the provisions of
| the laws of this state and this ordi-
nance. He shall also provide ballot
| boxes and the necessary blanks and
tellers' sheets and other parapherna-
LA for the holding of said election.
/ Section 7-Be it further ordained,
etc. that the Clerk Of the Court and
/ ex-Officio Register of Voters for said
parish shall furnish the election Of
! ficers herein mentioned with list OF
/ the taxpayers entitled to vote IN per-
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son or by written proxy at said spe-
cial election, together with the as
sessed valuation of each of said tax
payers property as shown by the as
sessment roll last made and filed
prior to said election.
Section 8-Be it further ordained,
etc, that the election shall be held at
IV. v. Ledoux's store in said Sub
Drainage District and the following
persons are hereby duly appointed
and empowered to act as commits
sioners and clerk at said election
August Bertrand, j. S. Lafleur, J
P. Pitre, commissioners George Vid
rine, clerk.
The officers of election above
named shall hold said election to con
form with Act ESQ of the Acts Of the
General Assembly Of the State o.
Louisiana of the year 1910 and al
Acts amendatory or supplemental!
thereto, and shall make due returns
! Il IN Hoard
Drainage Commissioners of sal'
drainage district at the meeting to b
held at the office of said board IN tn
, City of Opelousas, in the Parish o
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, on tn
End of December, A. D. 1919.
Section 9-Be it further ordained
etc. that the Board of Drainage Com
rnissiouers of the said sub-drainag
district shall if a majority of the tax
, pavers in numbers and amount vot
: ING at said special election vote j
favor of the proposition herein sub
; mitted, annually levy and collect, DC
: ginning with the year 1920, while an
! or all of said bonds are unpaid an
! outstanding in excess of all other taa
es a sufficient ad valorem tax on a
: the taxable property in said dralnag
! district to pay and retire the prime
! pal and the semi-annual interest cor
! pons attached to said bonds at the
! respective maturities, in accordanc
with the provision in. that respect col
e tanned in Article 281 of the constitl
ton and laws of the State Of Louis
|, ana, as well as any and all amend
: ments which may hereafter be mad
5 thereto.
g The foregoing ordinance was rea
e to the meeting and adopted by II
5 following vote:
h For the Ordinance-V. v. Ledou
a T. T. Atterberry, J. D. Bertrand, 81
n Amos Reed.
l. Against the 0rdinanee-None.
It Dated at 0pelousas, Louisiana, tn
,e 18th day of August, A. D. 191.
$ T. T. ATTERBERRY,
s. President.
ID ATTEST:
le ID. BERTRAND, JR.,
s Secretary.
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