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this corporation in any further sum
than the unpaid balance due by him
on the shares of stock owned by him
nor shall any infOrmality in organi-
zation have the effect of rendering
this Charter null, or expose any
stakeholder to liability beyond the
amount due on his stock subscription
ARTICLE VII.
If this corporation be dissolved
either by liquidation or other cause.
its affairs shall be liquidated by three
commissioners to be appointed at a
general meeting of the stockholders
called for that purpose. The liquida-
tors shall remain in office until the
affairs of the corporation shall have
been fully settled and liquidated. In
case of the death, resignation or dis
ability of one of the liquidators, the
vacancy shall be filled by the sur
vivors.
ARTICLE VIII.
In order that this Charter may also
serve as the original subscription list,
the subscribers hereto have written
opposite their names the number of
shares subscribed for by them, and
their postoffice addresses.
Thus done and passed, at my office,
in the City of 0pelousas, in the Par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
on the day, month and year first
written, in the presence
of L. L. Ganson and A. ]. Richard,
competent subscribing witnesses, who
have signed these presents, together
with the appearers, and me, Notary,
after due reading of the whole.
B. w. CLOPTON, so Shares,
AUSTIN "A. RICHARD, 20 Shares,
]. H. Bernhard, so Shares.
L. L. GANSON,
A. J. RICHARD.
L. AUSTIN FONTENOT,
Notary Public.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of St. Landry.
/ hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy
Of original Act No. 85,465, on file
and of record in my office, in Charter
Book / of date March 5, 1920.
Witness my hand and seal of office
at Opelousas, La, March 5, 1920.
A. J. T. LITTELL,
mch13-6t Deputy Clerk.
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the Board of Drainage Commission
ers Of the said Drainage District shall
if a majority of the taxpayers in
numbers and amount voting at said
special election, vote in favor of the
proposition herein submitted, annu-
ally levy and collect, beginning with
the year 1920, while any or all of said
bonds are unpaid and outstanding, in
excess of all other taxes, a sufficient
ad valorem tax on all the taxable
property in said Drainage District to
pay and retire the principal and the
semi-annual interest coupons attached
to said bonds at their respective ma
turtles.
The foregoing ordinance after be-
ing duly seconded by Mr.. Lahaye, was
read to the meeting and adopted by
the following vote:
For the ordinance-Mr. Lahaye,
Mr.. Wright, NJ. Ballard, DR.. Richard.
Against the ordinance-None.
Absent-Mr. Sam FutraI.
Dated Opelousas, Louisiana, this
28th day of February, A. D. 1920.
G. RICHARD,
President.
L. A. ANDREPONT,
Secretary.
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bonds to run for period of from
one to not exceeding forty years from
their date and to bear interest at the
rate of five per cent per annum from
their date, payable semi-annually.
The proceeds from the sale of said
bonds to be used for the purpose of
constructing a system of gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the bayous, laterals and
gulleys as outlined in red on the map
of said Drainage District and as des-
ignated in the proposition submitted
to the electors under the ordinance
adopted by the Board of Drainage
Commissioners of the said Drainage
District, this 18th day of February,
A. D 1920.
The proposition to the electors at
said election is substantially as fol-
lows:
A proposition to incur debt and is
sue and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds of the Bayou Courtableau and
Teche Drainage District of the Par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
to the amount of One Hundred and
Twenty-Five Thousand ($125, 100000
Dollars, to run for a period of from
one ~ to not exceeding forty (4O)
years from their date, bearing inter-
est at the rate of five per centun per
annum from their date, payable semi
annually, for the purpose of con-
structing system of gravity drainage
in and for said Drainage District, By
cleaning with dredges or otherwise
the bayous, laterals and ghlleys as
mentioned in the proposition to the
voters at said special election, also
outlined in red ON the map of said
Drainage District, thereby improving
the gravity drainage in and for said
Drainage District and the inhabitants
thereof, the title to which shall vest
in said Drainage District. Said bonds |
to be of such denomination and the
interest and principal thereof to be
payable at such time and place as
shall be determined by the said |
Board of Drainage Commissioners, |
and both principal and interest of |
aid bonds to be secured and paid by
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a sufficient ad valorem tax levied
and collected in each year that any
of said bonds are unpaid and out
standing, to pay the samount of prin-
cipal and interest falling due in such
year.. In accordance with the pr0vis-
ions IN that respect contained in the
constitution and laws of the State Of
Louisiana and any and all amend
ments that may hereafter be made
thereto.
The said special election win be
held on the 31st day of March, A. D.
1920, between the hours Of q. m
and 5 p. m. The polling place IS
hereby designated as follows:
At Joe Benoit's store, in said
Drainage District.
The commissioners and the clerk at
the said polling place are as follows:
Joe Benoit, ]. Badeaux, C. C. Mo-
reau, commissioners; Clement Ben
oft, clerk.
The Board of Drainage Commits
sioners of said Drainage District viii
meet in open session to be held at 10
O'Clock a. M, on the first day q
<Ap4A1 n ~ 4JHU, az TIE OIllCS VA o<A4N
Board, in the City of OpelOusas, u
said Parish Of st. Landry, State Of
Louisiana, and then and there pro
coed to open the ballot box used st
said special election, examine and
count the ballots in number and
amount, examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare the result Of said
election and make, file, publish and
record q process verbal of their pro-
ceedings.
Dated al Opelousas, State of Lou
isiana. this 26th day of February, A.
D. 1920.
DR.. G. RICHARD,
President of the Board of Commits
sioners of the Bayou COurtableau
and Teche Drainage District.
L.. A. ANDREPONT,
Secretary.
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Signature of Voter.
To vote for the proposition sub
mitted upon this ballot, place cross
I (X) mark in the square after the
word EYES," and too vote against,
place similar cross (X) mark after
the word mo"
SECTION 6
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the president of the Board of Drain
age Commissioners of the said Drain
age District be and he is hereby duly
authorized, empowered and directed
to have the necessary ballots printed
for the said election in accordance
with the provisions of the law of this
state and this ordinance. He shall
also provide ballot boxes and the
necessary blanks and tellers' sheets
and other paraphernalia for the hold
ing of said election.
SECTION7
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the clerk of court and ex-officio reg
lstrar of voters for said parish shall
furnish the election officers herein
mentioned with a list of the taxpayers
entitled to vote in person or by writ
ten proxy at said special election, to-
gether with the assessed valuation of
each of said taxpayers property, as
shown by the assessment roll last
made and filed prior to said election.
SECTION s
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the election shall be held at Joe
Benoit's store, in said Drainage Dis
trict, and the following persons are
hereby duly appointed and empow-
cred to act as commissioners and
clerk at said election:
Joe Benoit, J. Badeaux, C. C. Mo-
reau, commissioners; Clement Benoit,
clerk.
The officers of election above
named shall hold said election to
conform with Act 256 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana of the year 1910, and
all Acts amendatOry or supplement
tary thereto, and shall make due re-
turns of said election to the Board
Of Drainage Commissioners of said
Drainage District at the meeting to
be held at the office of said Board in
the City of 0pelousas, La, in the
Parish of st. Landry, State of Louis |
ana, on the first day of April, A. D. |
1920.
SECTION 8
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
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ORDINA NCE

Mr.. Wright offered the ordinance
which is in words and figures as fol
lows:
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering and calling a special cleo
ton in the Bayou Courtableau
and Teche Drainage District of
the Parish of st. Landry, State
of Louisiana, for the purpose of
submitting to the qualified prop
erty taxpayers of said Drainage
District a proposition to incur
debt and issue and sell serial
negotiable coupon bonds of said
Drainage District in the sum of
One Hundred and Twenty-Five
Thousand ($125, O00.O0) Dollars,
as hereinafter stipulated for the
purpose Of constructing a system
of gravity drainage in and for
said Drainage District, by clean
ing with dredges or otherwise the
bayous, laterals and gulleys as
outlined in red on the map of
the said Drainage District.
SECTION
Be it ordained by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of the Ba-
you Courtableau and Teche Drainage
District 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 2
Be it further ordained, That a spe-
-, Il al l. = 1.
by duly called and ordered to be held
in the Bayou Courtableau and Teche
Drainage District of the Parish of st.
Landry, State of Louisiana, on We'd
nesday, the 31st day of March, A. D.
1920, between the hours of a. m.
and p. m.
SECTION ;
Be it further ordained, etc, that at
said special election there will be sub
mitted to the taxpaying electors quail
flied to vote under the constitution
and laws Of the State of Louisiana
a proposition to incur debt, issue and
sell serial negotiable coupon bonds of
the Bayou Courtableau and Teche |
Drainage District of the Parish Of st. |
Landry, State of Louisiana, to the |
amount of One Hundred and Twenty
five Thousand ($125, OOO.OO) Dollars,
to run for a period of from one ~ |
to not exceeding forty (40) years |
from their date, bearing interet at /
the rate of five percentum per an
num- from their date, payable semi
for the purpose of construct
ng a system of gravity drainage in
md for said Drainage District by
cleaning with dredges or otherwise
he bayous, laterals and gulleys, all
# which are outlined in red on the
nap of the district, and thereby i'm
proving the gravity drainage in and
or said Drainage District and the
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i'The Rata Around My Place Were
Wise," Says John Tuthill

Tried everything to kill them.
Mixed poison with meal, meat, cheese,
etc. Wouldn't touch it. Tried RAT
SNAP, inside of ten days got rid of
all rats" You don't have to mix RAT
SNAP with food. Saves fussing,
bother. Break cake Of RAT-SNAP,
lay Il where rats scamper. You viii
see no more. Three sizes, 25c, SOC,
$1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Lit
tells 1920 Drug Store and Estate of
J. 2. Sandoz.-adv.
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inhabitants thereof, the title to which
shall vest in said Drainage District.
The amount of said bonds being less
than ten per cent (1O%o) of the as
fsessed 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 principal
thereof payable at such time and place
as shall be determined by the Board
of Drainage Commissioners and both
principal and interest 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 outstanding, in ac-
cOrdance with the provisions in that
respect contained in Article 281 of
the constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana and any and all amend
ments that may now exist or that may
hereafter be made thereto.
SECTION
Be it further ordained, etc., that a
notice of said special election be duly
published for thirty days prior to the
date fixed for holding said election,
in accordance with the laws of this
state, in the Progress, the Off
cial journal. of the parish Of st. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, newspaper
of general circulation therein. The
notice of election to embrace Substan-
TALLY all things set forth therein and
to further state that the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of said
Drainage District viii meet in open
session to be held at 10 o'clock a. M,
on the first day of April, A. D. 1920,
at the office of said Board in the
City of Opelousas, in the said Parish
of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
and then and there proceed to open
the ballot boxes, examine and count
the ballots in number and amount,
examine and canvass the returns and
declare the result of the election and
make, file, publish and record pro-
ces verbal of their proceedings.
SECTION S
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
negotiable coupon bonds of
the Bayou Courtableau and
Teche Drainage District of
the Parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, to the
Of nva
and Twenty-Five Thousand
($125, 000.OO) Dollars, to
run for a period of from YES
one az to not exceeding
forty (40) years from their
date, and bearing interest at
the. rate of five (59o) per II
cent per annum from their
date, payable semi-annually,
at such time and place as
shall be determined by the II
Board of Drainage Commits
sioners under the constitu- -
ton and laws of the State
of Louisiana relating there
to, for the purpose of con-
structing system of gravity
drainage in and for said
Drainage District, by clean
ng with dredges or otherwise
he bayous, laterals and gull
eys, all of which are out NO
lined in red on the map of +
he district, and thereby i'm d
prove the gravity drainage in /,
md for said Drainage Dis +
riot and the inhabitants !,
hereof, the title of which +
hall vest in said Drainage
District. /,
Taxable valuation, $...........
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ETHEL CLAYTON,

"THE YOUNG MRS. WINTHROP
A Story That Struggles Close to the
Heart
She was pleasure-loving wife and
he was business loving husband.
Only their baby held them together.
One night, while they quarreled after
Sporty party, the child died.
Come and see what happened after
that Harrison Ford and Raymond
HattOn in the supporting cast.
ALSO
Eleventh Episode of
1.-THE INVISIBLE HAND"
Doors open at P. M.
ADMISSION, S, 10 and zoe
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FRIDAY
MABEL NoRMAND.
LINK"

"JINX
'Laydeez and gen'lemenw the big
gest "aggregashun of marvulus en-
.tertainers ever assembled under one
tentw We particularly call your at
tention to Rory Bory Alice, the as
toundingly. agile exponent of the
famous Fiji Fling. Don't miss this
startling and stupendous circus. It's
all in JUNK" the most diverting
comedy drama of the year!
Mack Sennett's Latest,
GEE, WHIZP
With Phyllis Haver and Ford Sterling
Added Attraction, Ford News
ADMISSION, S, IS and Use
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PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION

ELI HUN
/, DR.. G. Richard, president of the
Bayou Courtableau and Teche Drain
age District of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, by virtue of
the authority vested in me by an or
dinanee adopted by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of the said
Drainage District on the 28th day of
February, A. d. 1920, and the con-
stitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, do hereby proclaim and
give notice that special election viii
be held in the Bayou Courtableau and
Teche Drainage District of the Par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
for the purpose of voting upon the
proposition to incur debt and issue
and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds Of said Drainage District, said
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WEDNESDAY
GOIdwyn Presents
1.-THE ETERNAL MAGDALEN,"
WITH
MARGUERITE MARSH
AND
JANE COWL

Positively one of the most sensa-
tional pictures of its kind. A drama
that deals with "the other woman"
her side of the case! The luxury
of the setting, the heart interest, the
wonder. of acting, the wonderful di-
rection, the splendor of gowns, of the
scenes, make this one of the finest
photoplays of the season.
Doors open at a P. NJ.
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666 has proven it will cure Mala-
ria, Chills and Fever, Bilious Fever
Colds and LaGrippe.
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TUESDAY
"WIVES OF MEN,"
WITH
FLORENCE REED
AND
lvnR uavwwA
FRANK MILLS

Wives of Men! Theirs is the in
fluence that goes to shape a mans
life! This is a dramatic story of a
woman who found after her marriage
that her husband did not love her.
How she influenced him from his evil
ways proves that home made happy
by a dutiful wife will bring about
peace and love.
PRIZIMA,
The Beautiful Natural Color.
Doors open at 4 P. M.
Is and pc
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Heated By Sts1
SATURDAY

DESERT GOLD"
WITH
ROY STEWART
And an AlI-Star Cast
One of those delightful n;..
thatll suit every member in tbs ~.
lily, from little Johnnie to ~
mother. A story of the love 1.
brave man and the sacrifices 4. Z :
willing to make for the girl r. i..,
Seven reels of action. Come!
ALSO
MUTT AND JEFF CARTON
AND
FORD'S WEEKLY
ADMISSION, S, 10 ans s.
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William Fox Presents
WILLIAM RUSSELL,
IN
."SHOD WITH FIRE.
A thrilling drama of the golden
West, where a mans a man. Big Bill
Russell is seen at his very best, in the
role of the hero of the plains.
EXTRA FEATURE ATTRACTION,
A Fox Sunshine Laugh Feast,
"HER NAUGHTY WINK"
Absolutely the funniest one yet. "
-Wids, the critic.
ALSO
FOX NEWS
Doors open at P. NJ.
ADMISSION 10 and 25c
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Mr.. Wright offered the ordinance
which is in words and figures as fol
lows:
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Be it further ordained, ETC.. that
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
REDS WIN TEST CASE
Ellis Island Prisoner Must Be
Allowed To Give Bail.
Federal Judge Rules Against lmmiera.
ton Commission In Case of Man
Held for Deportation.

New York.-Counsel for the extrem-
lists held at Ellis island awaiting de-
p~ortation proceedings won a victory
over immigration Commissioner Uhl
when Federal Judge Knox announced
that he would grant a writ of habeas
corpus to Gregory Weinstein, "chief
of staff" of Ludwig c. A. K. Martens,
soviet Ambassador If the commits.
sidner did not admit Weinstein to bail.
Mr.. Uhl declared that he would
make a test case of Weinstein's APP
~plication for a writ, similar to appli-
cations OF other radicals, ~contending
that the federal court had no jurisdic-
tion over Ellis island. which came
solely under the offices OF the Bureau
of immigration of the Department of
Labor.
Weinstein refused to answer ques-
tions at his preliminary hearing and
the commissioner claimed that he had
q right to hold him until he replied.
Weinstein's counsel contended that
he had a right to representation by
counsel and that he was entitled to
bail under the Constitution.
Martin Dewal. described as a man
without q country" applied for a writ
Of habeas corpus | n federal court. He
has been held for deportation on Ellis
island most OF the time since his ar.
rest as an l. W. w. In July. 1918, in
Seattle, and claims st. Hertagenlosch,
Holland. as his birthplace. The Dutch
government has refused to accept him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
Manufactured Testimony Shown
In Case of Death of lanes
Wallace.
PUT LIQUOR IN MOUTH
Murdered American Was Not Drinking
Man-Senate Committee Hears
Stories Of Mer In Touch with
Conditions.

San Antonio, Texas.-Stor.es OF
fuelty, murders and devastation OF
properties were given the Senate sub
committee investigating the Mexican
situation by men in touch with con,
ditions In Mexico.
c. NJ. McBee, a cattleman from a
border town, James J.. Britt, a lawyer
from Tampico, and George A. Blalock,
once head of a large colony OF Ameri
can farmers in Mexico and now oper
ating a grocery store here. were the
witnesses.
Britt, who reminded the committee
he was not employed by any oil com
pany, entered the United States only
two days ago. He is IN OF the men
who assisted in caring for the bodies
of F. j. Roney and Earl Boles. killed
in the oil fields December 80. The
three had dined together Christmas
day.
"They were killed within the Car.
rama lines" he said, land the bull.
let's we took from their bodies were
those used by the government soldiers
IN nv ny llS bdlhll5. AuOi SOfCAi
Boles, after he had been brought to
the ground by a bullet in his ankle
had been attacked from behind by a
man with a machete. The blade had
been thrust far into his body, turned
downward and then up again. The
rebels in that part of the country dc
not carry machetes. The soldiers do"
Britt told the committee the Ameri.
cans stood guard over the bodies un.
til an autopsy could be held.
"We had one experience of neglect.
ing that phase of such a case" he
said. when James Wallace was shot.
l know he was not a drinking man,
and yet the claim set up by the Mexi'
cans was that he was drunk. They
had poured Tequila into his mouth
and over his face after he was dead.
in order that the odor might support
their claim"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-22
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER.

Constipation invites other troubles
which CON- speedily unless quickly
checked and overcome by Green's
August Flower which is a gentle laxa-
hive, regulates digestion both In.
stomach and intestines. cleans and
sweetens the stomach and alimentary
canal, stimulates the liver 10 secrete
the bile and impurities from the blood.
1t is a sovereign remedy used In many
thousands of households all over the
civilized world for more than half a
century by those who have suffered
with indigestion, nervous dyspepsia.
sluggish liver, coming up of food, pal
pitation, constipation and other In
festival troubles. Sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere. Try q bottle.
take no substitute.--Adv.