The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-17

The Board of Commissioners of
the Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine
Drainage District met at 10 o'clock
a. M, this 23rd day of December,
1919, for the purpose of canvasslng
the returns of the special election
held in said District on the 22d day
of the month of December, A. d.
1919, on the proposition to incur debt
and issue negotiable bonds IN the sum
of ninety-five thousand ($95, 0OO.OO)
dollars, for the purpose of construct
ing a system of gravity drainage IN
and for said Drainage District.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, who requested the
secretary to call the roll, which he
did, and the following members were
found present:
]. D. Bertrand, ST., v. V. Ledoux,
Amos Reed, S. J. Gosseln and I. I.
Atterberry.
The president stated that all of the
members of the Board were present,
therefore the Board was duly or
ganized and competent to transact
business and asked the secretary to
read the minutes of the previous
meeting, whic minutes were read and
unanimously adopted.
The president then stated that the
object and purposes of the meeting
was to examine and canvass the re-
turns, the ballots, tally sheets and
compiled statements of the votes cast
in said special election held at Ber-
trand Borthers' Store, in Prairie
Ronde, on Monday, December p,
which election was held at the call OF
the Board of Drainage Commission
ers of said District for the purpose of
submitting to the qualified voters of
said District the proposition to in
cur debt and issue negotiable bonds
in the sum of ninety-five thousand
| 1895, O00.00) dollars, for the purpose
! of constructing a system OF gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the Bayou Plaquemine, the
Bayou Mallet, Ditch No. 2 and the
| laterals and bitches connected there
with. And, further, to examine the
returns of said special election and
declare the results thereof and pro-
mitigate the same.
After the purposes of the meeting
had been declared, the Board pro-
ceeded to open the ballot boxes used
at said special election, examine and
count the ballots in numbers ano
amount and canvass the returns Of
said election and declare the results
thereof, which it did, as follows:
! Number of votes cast in favor OF the
proposition to incur debt and IS
sue negotiable bonds to the
amount of ninety-five thousand
1895, OOO.0O) dollars, for The
purpose of constructing a sys
tenn of gravity drainage in anC
for said Drainage District, fif
ty-two (52) votes.
Voting for said proposition in as
sessed valuation of property, TIT
aggregate sum of one hundred
sixty-one thousand four hundred
and twenty 1851 ,420) dollars
The number of votes cast against thu
the proposition to incur debt ant
issue negotiable bonds in thu
sum of ninety-five Thousand
1895, 0OO.00) dollars, for tn
purposes of constructing a sys
tenn of gravity drainage in ant
for said Drainage District, tw'
~ votes.
Voting against the aforesaid PROPOSE
ton in assessed valuation o
property aggregating the sum o
five thousand two hundred ant
eighty ($5,28O.00) dolalrs.
Mr.. Bertrand offered the follow
ing resolution, which was duly sec
onded by Mr.. Reed:
Be it resolved, that we, the Boar
of Drainage Commissioners of tn
BAYOU Mallet and Plaquemine Drain
age District of the Parish of st. Ian
dry, State of Louisiana, now in meet
ing duly assembled, do hereby de
clare that the proposition submltte
at the special election, to incur deb
to the amount of nlnety-flve thou
/ sand 1895, OO0.00) dollars, was car
ried at said special election.
Be it further resolved, that we, tn
said Board of Drainage Commission
ers of said Drainage District, do here
bv order the PRONUNCIATION of the re
suit of said special election, as abov
canvassed, by publication IN tn
Star Progress, the official journal Q
the Parish of st. Landry, State Q
Louisiana, in two (2) CONSECUTIVE
issues of said journal.
The resolution was laid before tn
meeting, voted upon, and adopted b
the following vote:
Voting for the resolution-V.
Ledoux. S. ]. Gosselin, Amos ReeC