The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-22
70 CONSTRUCT SYSTEM OF
DRAINAGE
Signature of the voter.
Attorney in fact.
TO RETIRE SPECIAL TAX.

IL IKE ANE SEENIAL AAA'
A proposition to retire -l
the special assessment of
the acreage tax of 10 cents
per acre per annum for pc
Rod of 20 years levied and YES
assessed by the previous
Board of Drainage Com
missioners on the 9th day of -
February, A. D. 1907 by and
under the authority of the
special election which was NO /
held on the 7th day of Feb
ruary, 1907, to secure and
pay said bonds. -
To vote for the proposition, sub
mitted upon this ballot, place a cross
(X)mark in the square after the word
EYES," 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
ub-Drainage District No. l 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-
liza for the holding of said election.
Section 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 al
w. v. Ledoux's store in said Sub
Drainage District and the following
persons are hereby duly appointed
land empowered to act as commits
sfoners and clerk at said election
August Bertrand, ]. s. Lafleur, J
P. Pitre, commissioners; George VIA
rine, clerk.
/ The officers of election above
named shall hold said election to con
form with Act 256 Of the Acts of tht
General Assembly of the State Of
Louisiana of the year 1910 and al
! Acts amendatory or supplementary
thereto, and shall make due returns
of said election to the Board Of
Drainage Commissioners Of saic
/ drainage district at the meeting to be
held at the office of said board in the
City Of Opelousas, in the Parish OF
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, on the
End of December, A. D. 1919.
Section Be it further ordained
ETC., that the Board of Drainage Com
missioners Of the said sub-drainage
district shall if majority of the tax
payers in numbers and amount vot-
ing at said special election, vote in
favor of the proposition herein sub
mitted, annually levy and collect, be-
ginning with the year 1920, while any
or all of said bonds are unpaid and
outstanding in excess OF. all other tax
es a sufficient ad valorem tax on all
the taxable property in said drainage
district to pay and retire the prinei-
pal and the semi-annual interest cou-
pons attached to said bonds at their
respective n1aturities, in accordance
with the provision in that respect con-
tanned in Article 281 of the constitu-
ton and laws Of the State Of Louisi-
ana, as well as any and all amend
ments which may hereafter be made
thereto.
The foregoing ordinance was read
to the meeting and adopted by the
following vote:
For the Ordinance-V. ". Ledoux,
T. T. Atterberry, ]. D. Bertrand, ST.,
Amos Reed.
Against the 0rdinance-None..
Dated at 0pelousas, Louisiana, this
14th day of August, A. D. 1911.
T. T. ATTERBERRY,
President.
ATTEST:
I'D. BERTRAND, JR.,
Secretary.
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