The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-03-06

= Be it further ordained, etc, that
y the Police Jury of the Parish OF St.
] Landry pledges itself and is bound
under the terms and conditions of
! law and the election authorizing the
1 said bonds, each year to levy such
I taxes on all the property of Road
: District No. IL of the Parish of st.
Landry, as may be sufficient to pro-
i vide for the payment of the princi-
pal and interest ofSsaid bonds as the
same shall respectively become due
i and payable, such tax not to exceed
the limit as fixed by the constitution
J and laws Of the State of Louisiana
i and said tax will be annually levied
and collected upon all the property
J of said road district, at the same time
4 and in the same manner as other par
! ish taxes are levied and collected.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
1 this ordinance shall supersede and be
in lieu of the ordinance heretofore
! adopted by this Police Jury on tbs
4th day of November, 1919, provid-
ing for the issuance of said bonds,
and that the said ordinance be and
the same hereby is in all respects re-
pealed and rescinded.
This ordinance having been submit
ted to vote, the vote thereon was
as follows:
Yeas. t. st. Cyr, H. D. Larcade,
R. L. Mills, ]. P. Pitre, F. o. Pavy, X.
7. Catlett, w. NJ. Rushing, w. c. De
jean, Allen Mccoy, and Alex Syl-
vestre.
Nays-NOne.
Absent. E. Daley, E. A. Cum
mings, Geo. Greig, w. F. Brown,
Theo. Doucet and F. P Martin.
And the ordinance was declared
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
J. J. HEALEY,
Clerk
The follwing. ordinance was offer
ed by Mr.. ]. T. st. Cyr, and seconded
by Mr.. r. L. Mills:
AN ORDINANCE
Adopting a seal for Road District
Number Eleven (11) of the Par
ish of st. Landry, Louisiana.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of St. Landry, acting as
the governing authority of Road Dis
i trict No. II of said parish, that the
seal of the Police Jury of the Parish
of st. Landry be and the same hereby
is adopted as the official seal of Road
District No. II of the Parish of st.
Landry.
This ordinance having been sub
mitted to a vote, the vote thereon was
as follows:
X. T. Catlett, W. NJ Rushing, Alex.
Sylvestre, w. C. Dejean and Allen
Mccoy.
Nays-None.
Absent. E. Daley, E. A. Cum
mings, Geo. Greig, W. F. Brown, Theo
Doucet, F. P Martin.
And the ordinance was declared
duly adopted.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President
J. ]. HEALEY,
Clerk.
On motion of Mr. Rushing
! The Police Jury adjourned until
2 o'clock p. m.
EVENING SESSION
The Police Jury met pursuant to
adjournment.
/ Present-Dr. T. O. Pavy, president
presiding; Messrs. ST. Cyr, Larcade,
Mills, Pitre, Catlett, Martin, Sylyestre,
Dejean, Mccoy, Rushing.
Motion by Mr.. Dejean-
Resolved, that polling precinct NJ. !
of the Sixth Ward be changed Il0m
Jos. Boone's to Jos. A. Dejean's, said
change to take effect after the gen
eral election which will be held in
April, 1920.
Motion carried
Motion by Mr. Rushing
Be it resolved, that w. E. Harmon, /
j. M. Hicks, JnO. w. Keller, George |
Walton and Morgan Gordon be and
they are hereby appointed a Board of
Supervisors of the Fourth Road Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury Ward,
St. Landry parish, La, in accordance
with Section 4 of Act 80 of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, for the year 1917.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. J. T. st. Cyr-
Be it resolved, that warrant for
the sum of 81 10000 be issued in ia
vor of the parish treasurer against
the contingent expense fund OF 1871 II
for the payment of commissioners
and clerks of election, and also the
expenses of sending out ballot boxes
and election supplies for the primary
election held on January 20 and Feb
ruary "a, 1920, on presentation of
said claims when approved by the
chairman of the parish democratic
executive committee.
Yeas-Messrs. st. Cyr, Larcade,
Mills, Pitre, Payy, Rushing, Martini
Sylvestre, Dejean, Mccoy.
Against-None.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Martin
Resolved, that the president and
clerk of this body be and they are
hereby authorized to issue warrant
for the sum of $2,4976O, in favor of
the st. Landry Bank and Trust Com
pany, for payment of certificate of
due March /, 1920, for
road building outfit, said warrant to
be issued against the "road building
fund" of 1920.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr. Martin
Whereas, it has come to the atten-
ton of this body that it is current ru
NOR among the citizens of the City of
Opelousas, as we'll as of the Parish of
St. Landry, that this body is the cause
IF increased taxation, and further,
hat it is within the power of this
body to reduce the same if it sees
proper to do so, and that it can at
present do so if it so desires; and,