Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-10-23
AN ORDINANCE OF PRO
MITIGATION.

ION, Louisiana, TO the amOl mt OF I've
Thousand (SJ, 10000 Dollars, and
the levying Of a special tax ON all
property subject to taxation within
the limits Of said school district suf-
ficicnt to pay the principal and in
tercst of the said bonds as the same
shall mature.
Whereas, by ordinance duly adopted
and passed by the Parish School Board
of the Parish of Nermili0n, Louisiana,
entitled AN Ordinance ordering a
special election for the purpose Of
submitting to the property taxpayers Of
Milton School District No. J, Of the
Parish Of Vcrmilion, Louisiana, a prop
osltion to incur debt and issue bonds Of
Milton School District No. l, in the
Parish of Nermiion, Louisiana, TO the
amount Of Five Thousand ($j,uOOuO)
Dollars, TO run for period Of ten years,
bearing interest at the rate of five
per cent l5fo) per annum, payable
annually, the funds thus d rived to be
used for the purpose Of constructing
and furnishing additional roms to tae
Milton School, in Milton School Dis
trict 80. /, Parish of Vermiiion, Lor.
isiana', of date May 10, 1920, it was
ordered and directed that special
election be held in said Milton School
District No. /, on the cath day of June,
1920, between the hours of o'clock a.
m. and ) o''cl 'ock p. m, as authorized
by law, at which election the property
taxpayers Of the said School District
legally qualified to vote at such cleo
tioR sh0uId have submitted to them the
proposition TO incur debt and issue
bonds Of said Milton School District
No. |, of the Parish of VermiiOn,
Louisiana, to the amount Of Five Thous
and (s5,OOOOO) Dollars, bearing inter
est at the rate of FIVE per cent $50
per annum, payable annually, for the.
purpose of constructing and furnishing
additional rooms TO the Milton School,
in Milton School District No. l, Parish
Of Nermilion, Louisiana, and
Whereas, notice of sand election was
printed and published in the form and
manner prescribed by law, for thirty
DAYS, in the official journal Of the Par
isn Of Vermilion, Louisiana, OF the
Parish School Board of the Parish Of
Vcrmilion, Louisiana, and of said Mil
ton School District No. |, Parish OF
Vermilion, Louisiana; and
Whereas, in pursuance of said ordt'
nance and notice, the said special cleo
ton was duly and regularly held in the
said Milton School District No. l of the
Parish of Vermilion, Louisiana, on June
"a, 1920, between the aforesaid hours,
and after said election had been held
the Vrrmiliou Parish School Board, in
open session, in the city Of Abbevillc,
Louisiana, on theN25th day Of June,
1920, proceeded to- open the ballot
boxes, examine and Count the ballots in
number and amount, examine and can
vass the returns, and declare the result
of said examination; and
Whereas, at the said meeting Of the
said Parish School Board Of the Parish |
Of Vermilion,( Louisiana, held on the
aforesaid 25th day of June, 1920, the
said Board did declare, make and keep
a process verbal of the manner in which |
said ballot boxes had been opened, re
turns canvassed, and the result of the
election ascertained, and forwarded a
copy Of said proves verbal 20 the Sec
rotary Of State, who flied the same in
his Office on the 9Th day Of July, 1920, |
aud recorded the same in Book "Spec |
ia Elections Number 6, folio ............,
and another copy thereof to the Clerk |
Of the nth Judicial District Court, !
Parish Of Vermili0n, Louisiana, IN |
which parish the said Milton School
District No. is situated, which said |
process verbal wns recorded by the said |
Clerk of said District Court in this
mortgage records of said parish, and
did make and file copy Of said process
verbal in the srchive, Of the said Par.
ish School Board OF the Parish OF Yer !
million, Louisiana, the authority order
ing the said election; and
Whereas, the said process verbal Of
the result of the said special election
was published, ~ required by law, in
the Abbevilo Progress, the official
journal Of the said Board, on the 10Th
day of April, 1920; and
Whereas, in and by the said canvas
and count, il was asccrtsined and
found that the proposition TO incur
debt and issue bonds Of Milton School
District No. 1, in the Parish of Ver.
million, Louisiana, 10 the amount "
Five Thousand (s5,0d0d0) Dollars,
bearing interest at the rate OF five per
cent (5N) per anuum, payable annual
", for the purpose Of constructing and
furnishing additional rooms to the Nil
ton School, in Milton School District
No. /, Parish Of Vermtlion, Louisisaa,
was duly carried, and the issuance of
said bonds of said Milton School Dis
trict No. |, TO evidence said drht, was,
ut the said special election, an horned
by the vote of majority in aumber
and amount Of the property IA, uavcrS
of said Milton School District No l,
uualiACd TO vote under the Cons tuition
and Laws uf the State Of Louisiana,
who voted at the said election held for
the purpose hereinbefore stated; and
Whereas, the Vcrmilion Pa'ish School
oBard, of the Parish Of Verinilion, Lou
isiana, has examined and investigated
the regularity Of the proceedings for
said election and find that the same
was duly and legally called and held;
that the notice thereof required by lRw
10 be given has been duly and regularly
given, and that the said election was
conducted In strict conformity with the
requirements of law, and that The votes
AZ said election have been duly ascsr
tanned and the results thereof canvass
ed and the returns thereof MIA e, fled
recorded and reported az required by
law, and that said propositions Tor in
rnrrihe the Indebtedness and for the
;sSuaurt of said bonds and sAeh and