Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-04-24
AN ORDNANCE

\ctmillun state OF LOUISIANA, LOWE:
Section >. BE II Furthcr Ordained,
etc, That as thus constituted said.
Abbcvilc School District Number one
shall have AN the rights and uaNrr>
granted the same under the Coustitu|
zion and laws Of the state Of Louisi-
ANA.
The vote ou tIc above ordinance
was as follows:
Yeas: UIy,~c Bernard, NJ. Dubois.
!. O Bruusard, j. Il. Thcriot. j. K. IIol-
mes, OHc Com,auN W. l.. Iloffpauir
Alexis Luugluas Geo ". Stausnury.
NAYS: NoHe.
Absent and not voting UlySscVn-
cent.
ORDNANCE NO 1.
Ordering a special clac.on in Able
willie School District 40. !. Ncrmiiol
Parish, Louisiana. for the purpose of
submitting TO the qualified electors Of
the said school district the question
Of bond i-sIc of Two Hundred T en-
a. Five Thousand dollars .5--J,OOp.Ou)
tie proceeds Of said issue TO be- U,cI
to erect and equip a school huittiaG
in said school district.
Whereas, IL Is necessary and a sin
able that funds be- raised for the pur-
Jose otcrrc'iug ard cquippiu% sclu'l
t..iiirg in Ahb,>i H. So Iool D.,rr.,t
No. !. tcrmIlIon Parish, Louisiana, and
Whereas j. is the voluntary wii II
this body to call tuc election herein
after provided for; and,
" scrcas, Article PSI Of the Cousi-
tutious Of 1895 aud 1913, and Act 80
of the Legislature of 1910, a, amen led
by Act 2lS Of 1912, declares tao var
ish School Board of the Parish OF Yer
million to be the governing authority
through which the said schol district
may incur debt and issue negotiable
bonds for such purposes when 50 aur
tlorizcd at an election to be held in
said district; and,
Whereas, the assessed valuation Of
tie said district amounts to Three Mil
lion Nine Hundred E ghty Two IHouS-
and dollars (S3,9s2, 100000 and the eX-
istmg bonded Indebtedness incurred
under Article PSI the Con-
stitutions of 1898 and 1913, amount
ing to nothing added to the proposed
inGcbtness does not exceed the Con-
stitutional limit of ten per cent of the
assessed valuation; and,
Whereas, the special tax necessary
to be annually levied to extinguish
the proposed mdebtness will approx
mate mills, which PSI of the Con-
situations of 1898 and 1913, TO exiting
uish indebtedness incurred under sail
Article will not exceed the Constitu-
tional limit of ten mills per annum on
the dollar of assessed valuation of the
property of said district; now, tlere-
tore,
Section l. Be 1t Ordained by the
Parish School Board Of the Parish of
Nermilion, in lawful session convened,
That an election shall be, and is here
by, called to be held in the said Able
vile School District No l. in the Parish
Of Vermilon Louisiana, on the l day of
june 1920, at which election the ma
jority of the property taxpayers of the
said district, in number and amount,
eligible to vote and voting, shall deter
mine the
Proposition to incur debt and issue,
bonds of said Abbeville School District
Ae, xesRiA len Parish risizns, "a
the amount of Two Hundred Twenty
Five Thousand dollars (s225, 00000) TO
run for a period of % years, bearing
interest at the rate of five per cent per
annun payable semi -annuaily the
funds thus derived to be used for the
purpose of erecting and equipping
school building in Abbeville School
District No. /. Vermilion Parish, Lou
isiana.
Section Q. Be 1t Further Ordained
eet., That the ballot boxes necessary
blanks and other necessary parapher.
MALTA shall be provided by the secretary
of the Parish School Board, and ne
shall cause to be printed ballots for
use in said e.ection, in the following
form, to-wit:
FORM OR BALLOT.
Special Election in Abbeville School
district No. l, Of the Parish Of Yer
million, Louisiana.
To be acid Jupe lst, 1920, in accord
nHce with a resolution passed by The
Vermilion Parish School Board, Arril
i, 1920.
BALLOT.
Proposition 70 incur debt AM issue
bonds of Abbeville School DislIict NO.
] in the Parish of Vermilioa. Loulsi.
ana, TO the amount of $225,00000, TO
iun for a period of % years, ---i
bearing interest at the rate of YES |
five PEI cent per annum, paya-
bic semi-annually, for the pur -
pose 8, f cree ing and equipping NO /,
a school building in Abbeville
SchoolDistIiet No. l, Parish Of -
Ncrmilicn, Louisiana.
Taxable valuation $............... ..........
Signature Of voter ..................... .......
Signature of voters agent casting bal.
lot by proxy .-...................-. ............
NOTICE TO VOTERS. To vote in
favor of the proposition submitted on
this ballot, place crossjx) in the
square after the word Yes, and to
vote against it, place a similar mark
after the word "No".
BACK OF BALLoT)
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