The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
81 sPEcIAL ELEcTIoN

District Of st. Landry Parish, State of
Louisiana, by virtue of the authority
in me vested by an ordinance passed
/ by the Board Of Commissioners of the
said drainage district on, the 4th
day of December, 1919, and the laws
of the State of Louisiana do hereby
proclaim and give notice that spe-
cial election will be held in the Ba-
you Boeuf and Waxia Drainage Dis
trict of st. Landry parish, State of
Louisiana, for the purpose of voting
on the following propositions: To in
cur debt and sell and issue negotiable
coupon bonds of said drainage dis
trict, said bonds to run for from one
to not exceeding thirty-five 1851
years and to bear interest at the rate
of five per cent g per cent? per an
mum payable semi-annually, the pro-
ceeds of said bonds to be used for the
purpose of creating, constructing and
improving the gravity drainage in and
for said drainage district by the
cleaning of the bayOus, laterals and
bitches in connection Herewith, by
dredging or otherwise, as designated
in the propositions submitted to the
+ electors herein. The PROPOSITIONS to
he electors at said election, is sub
tantially as follows:
For the Issuing of Bonds
Propositions to incur debt and issue
| md sell negotiable coupon bonds of
he Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drain
lge District of St. Landry parish,
State of Louisiana, to the amount of
| 5wo hundred thousand dollars $780,
00.00), payable serially to run for a
period of from one to not. exceeding
thirty-five years, said bonds to be of
such denomination and payable at
such time and place as shall be pres
cribed by the Board of Commissioners
under the constitution and laws re-
| ating thereto, bearing interest at the
rate of five per cent 6 per cent? per
annum payable semi-annually, both
principal and interest of said bonds
to be secured and paid by sufficient
ad valorem tax, levied and collected
in each year that said bonds are 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
| the amendments thereto. The pro-
ceeds of said bonds are to be used
! for the purpose of cleaning the ba-
yous, laterals and bitches in connec-
ton Herewith by dredges or other
wise, and the improvement of the
| gravity drainage in and for said
drainage district and the inhabitants
thereof, the title to which shall vest
in said drainage district.
Proposition for the Assessment and
Levyings of an Acreage Tax or
Forced Contribution
To levy and collect an acreage tax
or forced contribution of sixteen (16
cts.) cents per acre per annum upon
each and every acre of land subject
to state taxation in the said Bayou
EBoeuf and Waxia Drainage District,
Parish of St. Landry, State of Louis
lana, for period of from one to not
exceeding thirty-five 1851 years for
the purpose of providing and Great
ing a system of gravity drainage in
said drainage district and the main
| tenance and improvement thereof.
For the Funding of the Avails of Said
Drainage Tax Into Bonds
To incur debt in the sum of one
hundred and fifty thousand $780,
100000 dollars and to issue and sell
negotiable semi-annual interest bear
| ing coupon bonds of the said Bayou
BOeuf and Waxia Drainage District
to represent same. Said debt to be
secured and paid by the avails of the
aforesaid acreage tax or forced con-
tribution of sixteen (16 cts.) cents
per acre per annum.
Submitted in the proposition for
the levying and collecting of an acre
age tax or forced contribution as
hereinabove set forth and to be voted
upon by the taxpaying electors of said
Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drainage
District in the Parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, qualified to vote
under the constitution and laws OF the
State of Louisiana and to represent
the funding of the avails of the said
taxes into bonds to run for a period
of from one to not exceeding thirty
five (35) years, payable serially and
bearing five per cent Is per cent?
interest per annum, payable semi
annually, said bonds to be Of such
denominations and payable at such
time and place as shall be prescribed
by the said Board of Commissioners
the proceeds of said bonds to be uesd
for the purpose of providing and
creating a system of gravity drain
age for the said drainage district and
the maintenance and improvement
thereof, as hereinabove stated, and
the inhabitants thereof, title to which
shall vest in said drainage district.
The said special election will be
held on the 18th day of January,
1920, between the hours of a. m.
and D. m, and the polling places
are hereby designated as follows:
Rosa, at E. v. Hudspeth's store
r. C. AndFus, w. B. Baker, Arthur
Fogleman, commissioners; E. V. Hud-
speth, clerk.
Whiteville, at ]. P. Savant's store
james MiIburn, ]. H. Baldridge,
Adam Stage, commissioners; E. E.
Singleton, clerk.
Beggs, at Jack Cason's store-J. G.
Whitley, Claude Stevenson, Joe
Reeves, commissioners; W. A. Peck
ham. clerk.
The Board of Commissioners of the
said Bayou Boeuf AID Waxia Drain
age District of st. Landry parish,
State of Louisiana, will meet in open
session in the office of the Police
Jury in said St. Landry parish, in the
City of 0pelousas, State Of Louisiana,
on the 18th day of January, 1920, at
the hour of 2 o'clock p. m, and then
and there proceed to open the ballot
boxes used at said election and exam
inc and count the ballots in number
and amount, and examine and cam
vass the RETURNS of said election and
declare the result thereof and make
and file and record a process verbal
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