New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-10-16

ton will be held in the Belle Place Drain
age District, Parish of Iberia, State o
Louisiana, on Wednesday, the 18th day
of November, 1920, for the purpose ;
taking the sense of property taxpayer!
resident citizens of said District, qualiheC
under the Constitution and Laws of the
State of Louisiana to vote at said cleo
ton, on the following propositions, 20
wit:
! Proposition No. /. To authorize the
| Board of Commissioners of the Belle
/ Place Drainage District Parish Of Iberia
! State of Louisiana, acting as the gov
erning authority of the Belle Place Drain
age District, to impose and collect fer a
period Of Twenty Four (24) years a
forced contribution or acreage tax o!
Fifty (50) Cents per acre per year on
each and every acre of land within the
Belle Place Drainage District for the pur
pose of establishing and maintaining
gravity drainage in said Drainage Dis
trict, in accordance with the provisions
Of Article 281 Of the Constitution Of the
State and laws of Louisiana.
Proposition No. 2. To authorize the
Board of Commissioners Of the Bells
Place Drainage District, Parish Of iberia,
State of Louisiana, acting as the gov
erning authority of the Belle Place Drain
age District, to incur debt on behalf Of
and in the name Of the Belle Place Drain
age District, Parish of Iberia, State OF
Louisiana, in the amount of Fifty Five
Thousand ($55,00O00) Dollars, and e
issue and sell serial negotiable semi-an-
nual interest bearing coupon bonds evil
dencing the said indebtedness, said bonds
to bear interest at the rate of five per
centum IS p. c.) per annum, payable
semi-annually; said bonds to run Tween
ty Four (24) years from date thereof,
and both the principal and interest OF
said bonds to be secured by a forced con
tribution or acreage tax hereinabove pro-
vided for, the proceeds from the sale of
said bonds, at not less than ninety p.l
cent 40 p. c.) of par, to be used for the
purpose of establishing and maintaining
gravity drainage within and for the
Belle Place Drainage District, Parish of
iberia, State of Louisiana.
For the purpose of holding the said
election, the polling places will be as
follows
At the Dairy Barn, on Dallas Planta-
ton (Edgewood) within the Belle Place
Drainage District, Parish of Iberia, State
of Louisiana.
At the said election, the polling places
M. and will close at Five 5000 o'clock
P. M.
Notice is also hereby given that at Ten
$1,000 o'clock A. M. on Friday, the
10Th day of November, 1920, the Board
of Commissioners of the Belle Place
Drainage District will meet at the dom
icile of said Board in New Iberia, Louis
lana, and in open session, proceed to
open the ballot boxes used at the said
special election, examine and count the
ballots in number and amount, examine
and canvass the returns and declare the
result thereof of said election.
(Signed) JOHN E. SCHWING,
President.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Iberia
I, the undersigned Secretary of the
Board of Commissioners of the Belle
Place Drainage District of the Parish OF
Iberia, State of Louisiana, do hereby GER
tify that the above and foregoing is a
true and correct copy of the notice of
election of special election to be held
in the Belle Place Drainage District, |
Parish of Iberia, State of Louisiana, as
issued by the President of said Board, |
on Wednesday, the 18th day of Novem-
Der, 1920 That said notice was issued |
Is of date October 7, 1920, pursuant 10
an ordinance adopted by the Board OF |
of the Belle Place Drain
age District at special meeting of the
said Board held at New Iberia, Louisi |
ana, on October 7th, 1920.
In faith whereof, have hereunto set
my official signature authenticated with
the impress of the official seal of said
Board at New iberia, Louisiana, on this
he 7th day of October. 1920.
,Signed) PAUL BASSIN,
Secretary.