The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
Secretary of State

Secretary of State.
Which certificate after the delays
provided by law have expired and
in accordance with Section 81 of Act
256 of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana, for the pear 1910,
and the laws amendatory thereof,
shall be signed by the Secretary of
State OF the State of Louisiana, and
have attached thereto the great seal
Of the State of Louisiana. The in
terest coupons attached to said bonds
shall have printed or engraved there
on the fac-simile signature of the
President and Clerk of the Police
Jury.
And when said bonds are thus is
sued and signed and registered by the
Secretary of State according to law,
they shall again be taken into pos
session by the Clerk of the Police
Jury and by him held until nego-
tiated
Section THAT when said bonds
have been signed, issued, registered
and returned to the Clerk of the Po-
lice Jury they shall be ready for ne
gotiation and the President of the
Police Jury is hereby authorized full
ly for that purpose.
Section 5-That the Police Jury
Of the Tzrish of st. Landry shall
levy on all taxable property in said
road district in accordance with law,
at the same time as other taxes are
levied in addition TO all other taxes
now authorized by tie Constitution
and laws including any special tax,
a tax above all said taxes sufficient
to pay the principal and interest Of
the bonds herein directed to be is
sued as the same may mature; which
tax may be levied and extended on
the assessment rolls at any time prior
to the final collection of taxes due
for that particular year; and when
collected shall be used for no other
purpose than that of retiring ma
turing bonds and coupons.
Section 6-That the Clerk of the
Police Jury shall cause the original
of this ordinance to be recorded in
the mortgage records of the Parish
of st. Landry, and also published in
the Star-Progress, the official jour
nal of the Parish of st. Landry, ac-
cording to law.
Section BE it further ordained,
ETC., that this ordinance take effect
from and after it's PRONUNCIATION.
The foregoing ordinance was duly
read and considered and majority
of the members elect being present,
voted as follows, to-wit:
For-Messrs. j. T. st. Cyr, H. D.
Larcade, r. L. Mills, ]. E. Daley,
E. A. Cummings, F. o. Pavy, Geo.
Greig, w. NJ Rushing, Theo. Doucet,
F. P Martin, Alex. Sylvestre and AL
len Mccoy; II yeas.
Against-None.
Abesent-Messrs. ]. E. Pitre, X.
T. Catlett, w. F. Brown, w. C. De-
jean; 4.
Adopted October s, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest: ]. ]. HEALEY,
Clerk.
Mr.. w. NJ. Rushing offered the fol
lowing ordinance, duly seconded, to-
wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Sections and of the or
dinance adopted by the Police
Jury March 2, 1897, relating to
lawful fences and providing for
the impounding and sale of GER
tain animals, be amended so as
to read as follows:
Section BE it further ordained,
ETC., that by the authority aforesaid,
all animals shall be permit
ted to rove in the Par
ish of st. Landry at all
times, except those animals
that break lawful enclos-
ure or fence, which shall
not be suffered to rove at any time,
but may be lawfully disposed of as
hereinafter provided; provided, that
no hogs, sheep or goats shall be al
lowed to run at large within the linn
its of the Parish of st. Landry.
That the ward constables or any
citizen of the Parish of st. Landry
are authorized to take up or cause
to be taken up all hogs, sheep and
goats found running at large within
the limits of the Parish of St. Landry,
and to empond said hogs, sheep or
goats at some central and convenient
place within their wards, to be selec-
ted and used permanently by said
cOnstables for said purpose.
That the said constable shall sell
at public auction to the highest bid
der, for cash, all hogs, sheep or goats
so emponded five 90 days after
proper notification thereof by pub
lie posters that said constables
said sales, shall receive for
their services, after deducting costs,
the one-half of the price of adjudi-
cation, and the other half thereof
shall be Immediately paid over into
the parish treasury. That the owner
of said hogs, sheep or goats shall have
the right of redeeming the same pre-
vious to the sale thereof, after prov
ing property and paying the eonsta-
BILE fifty cents per head and the cost
of feeding said hogs, sheep or goats.
That the said constable shall be al
lowed fifteen (15) cents per head
per day for feeding said hogs, sheep
or goats taken up under the pro-
visions of this ordinance, and for
the time they are kept by him pre-
vious to the sale. That the said
constable shall present monthly re-
ports to this Jury, showing the num-
Der of hogs, sheep or goats taken up
by them, the costs incurred thereby,
the number redeemed, the number
sold by them and the receipts there
of.
Section Be it further ordained,
etc, that the constables of the. Parish
of st. Landry, or any citizen there,
of ARE authorized to take up or
cause to be taken up all hogs, sheep
or goats found running at large with
in the limits Of the Parish of st.
Landry, and to empond and sell them