The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-29

FOR :--MeSSrS. n ~ .LaFcdues Ok.
j. P. Pitre, R. L. Mills, ]. E. Daley
E. A. Cummings, DR.. F. o. Pavy
Geo. Greig, w. F. Brown, w. M
Rushing, Theo Doucet, Alex Syl
vestre, w. c. Dejean.
Against-None.
Absent. T. st. ,Cyr, X. T
Catlett, F. P. Martin, Allen Mccoy
Adopted, November 4th, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President
j. j. HEALEY,
Clerk.
Mr.. w. M. Rushing offered the fol
lowing ordinance, duly seconded, to
wit:
Whereas, an election was helC
in the 18th, Road District of tn,
Fourth Police Ward of st. Landr!
Parish, State of Louisiana, on thu
oath day of June 1919, in pur
suance to an ordinance adopted b!
the Police Jury, on the 9th day o.
May, 1919, notice of which wa
published according to law and
Whereas the question submitted
at said election was to determine
the proposition:
Jury the governing authority
of Road District No. 13 in
the Fourth Police Jury Ward
Of the Parish of st. Landry
La, to incur debt and issue
five (5) per cent annual in
terest bearing negotiable bonds
to the amount of Thirty Nine
Thousand Dollars, ($30,00O.-
OO), to run for a period of
Forty Years in said District
the denomination, time and
place of payment of said bonds
to be determined and fixed
by the Police Jury of st. Lam
dry, Parish, La, the governing
authority of said Road District
the proceeds derived from the
sale of said bonds to be used
in grading and crawling a
public road from the North
side of said Road District in
Southerly direction along the
West side Of Bayou Waxia, to
Bayou Sackett, thence along
the West side of Bayou Waxia,
to Bayou Courtableau, thence
along the Bayou Courtableau
on the East side to Road Dis
trict No. 9. Work on said road
to begin where said Road Dis
trict connects with Road Dis
trict No. 9 and to continue
along the above described route
in a Northely direction through
said Road District; the bal
ance of the funds if any derived
from the sale of said bonds to
i be used in constructing roads
and bridges in said Road Dis
trict. A tax each year shall be
levied and collected sufficient
/ to pay the interest and prin-
| cipal of said bonds in said
} Road District as the same be-
come due and payable, as auth
orized under the Constitution
| and Laws of this State.
i Whereas, said proposition wa
lawfully carried at said election 9
shown by the process verbal of tn
Police Jury canvassing the return
Of said election on the 7th, day c
July, 1919; and
Whereas, the result of said elec
ton was duly promulgated on tn
18th day of July, 1919, as require
by law, and no contest has bee
fled notwithstanding more than 3
DAYS have elapsed since the dat
of said PRONUNCIATION; and
Whereas, the Police Jury of tn
Parish of st. Landry, is recognize
{ by the Constitution and Laws {
| this state to be the governing autl
ority of said Road District; nov
therefore,
| Be it ordained by the Police Jun
of the Parish of st. Landry in rel
& uIar and lawful session convened.
i Section THAT the president ar
Clerk of this Police Jury shall
and are hereby authorized for az
on behalf of the 18th Road Distri,
Fourth Police Jury Ward of Il
Parish of st. Landry, State
Louisiana, to incur debt to Il
amount of Thirty-nine ThousaI
Dollars 1899, 100000, and to NAL
and sign serial negotiable coupe
bonds Of said Road District Their
for numbered consecutively fro
One to Forty both inclusive, Il
first Of which shall become due {
the first day Of July 1920, al
the last shall mature on the Fir
day Of July, 1859; and whi'