The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-31

Drainage Commissioners of the Belle
vue and Coulee Croche Drainage Dis
trict of the Parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, that it is advisa-
BILE and expedient to incur indebted
ness in said Drainage District to the
amount and for the purpose herein
after mentioned.
SECTION ii.
Be it further ordained, that spe-
cial election be and the same is here
by duly called and ordered to be held
in the Bellevue and Coulee CrOche
Drainage District of the Parish Of st.
Landry, State of Louisiana, on We'd
nesday, the 4th day of February, A.
D. 1920, between the hours of Z a.
m. and 5 p. m.
SECTION III.
Be it further ordained, etc., that at
said special election there will be
submitted to the taxpaying electors
qualified to vote under the constitu
ton and laws of the State of Louis
lana, a proposition to incur debt, is
sue and sell serial negotiable cou-
pom bonds of the Bellevue and Cou-
lee Croche Drainage District of the
Parish Of st. Landry, State of Lou
isiana, to the amount of seventy
thousand $50, 00000) dollars, to
run for period of from one ID to
thirty 500 years from their
date, bearing interest at the
rate of five per centum per annum
from their date, payable semi-an-
nually, for the purpose of construct
ing a system of gravity drainage in
and for said Drainage District by
cleaning with dredges or otherwise
the bayous, laterals and gulleys as
follows:
Coulee Croche lateral, Lavergne
lateral, Mills lateral, Bourque later
al, Wilson lateral, Cook lateral, Bur-
leigh lateral and the Bayou Bour
beux a sufficient distance to give
proper outlet to the water of said
laterals. Leger and Meche laterals,
Mcbride lateral and Bayou Wykoff
to the connection with the Bayou
Plaquemine and Wykoff Drainage
District of the Parish of Acadia,
State of Louisiana; also to clean
with dredges or otherwise the Pine
Grove gulley, the Joe Miller gulley
and the Rubbitt and Cormier gulley
sufficient distance to give proper
outlet for the waters of said gdllews,
and thereby improving the gravity
drainage in and far said Drainage
District and the inhabitants thereof,
the title to which shall vest in said
Drainage District; all of which ba-
yous, laterals and gulleys are named
and outlined in red on the map of
the district made by F. S. Roberts,
civil engineer, Opelousas, La, bear
ing date of December IS, 1918. The
amount of said bonds being less than
ten per cent 10 per cent? of the as
sessed valuation of property within
the boundaries of said Drainage Dis
trict, as shown by the assessment rolls
last made Of the said Drainage Dis
trict; said bonds to be of such denom-
nation and the interest and princi-
pal thereof to be payable at such
time and place as shall be determined
by the Board of Drainage Commits
sioners and both principal and inter
est of said bonds to be secured and
paid by sufficient ad valorem tax
levied and collected in each year that
any Of said bonds are unpaid and 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
any and all amendments that may
now exist or that may hereafter be
made thereto.
SECTION w.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
notice of said special election be duly
published for thirty days prior to the
date fixed for holding said election,
in accordance with the law of this
state, in the Star-Progress, the Off
cial journal of the Parish of St.Lan-
dry, State of Louisiana, a newspaper
of general circulation therein. The
notice of election to embrace sub
stantially all things set forth therein
and to further state that the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of said
Drainage District will meet in open
session to be held at 10 o'clock a. m.
on the 9Th day of February, A.. d.
1920, at the office of said Board, in
the City of Opelousas, in the said par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisi-
ana, and then and there proceed to
open the ballot boxes, examine and
count the ballots in number and
amount, examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare the result of the
election, and make, file, publish and
record a process verbal of their pro-
ceedings.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the proposition to be submitted at
such special election shall be as fol-
lows, and the ballots to be used shall
be in the following form:
BALLOT.
For the Issuing of Bonds.
A proposition to incur debt -
and issue and sell serial
coupon bonds
of the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drainage District of
the Parish of st. Landry, II
State of Louisiana, to the II
amount of seventy thousand
7O,000.00) dollars, to run
for period of from one to
thirty 800 years from
their date, and bear
ing interest at the rate of
five Is per cent? per cent /
per annum from their date, |
payable semi-annually, at
such time and place as shall
be determined by the Board YES
Of Drainage Commission /
ers under the constitution
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