The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-10-13

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dry parish line, said gravel highway
to be constructed under the direction
and supervision Of the state highway
department, and With tho financial
assistance Of the Gfate Of Louisiana
and OF the United States government
II such assistance be obtainable.
BE It ordained, BY the police jury
of the parish of St Landry in regular
session convened
Section /. That q special election
be and 1t Is hereby ordered and cali
ed, to be held in Road District Num-
Der Three (3) OF the Fourth (4th)
! Police Jury Ward Of the parish OF
| st. Landry, state Of Louisiana, on
Thursday, November 18th, 1920, be-
tween the hours Of seven o'clock a.
m. and five o'clock o. M, to take the
sense of the property taxpayers or
t-of said district, qualified to vote at
such an election under the constitu-
ton and laws OF the state of Lou1si-
ana, on the proposition as to Wheth-
er or not the police jury, as the gov
erning authority OF said Road Dis
trict, in addition to the debt previous
" incurred and bonds previously is
sued in said Road District shall on
the IL Of said road district incur debt
to the amount of Sixty Thousand Dol
lars ($60, 10000 and issue negotiable
bonds of said Road District to repre-
sent said debt, said bonds to be serial
bonds running from one to- twenty
600 years, bearing interest at the
rate of five per cent (5) per annum
payable semi-annually, and said debt
to be incurred and bonds issued for
the purpose Of constructing and main
tanning public roads and highways
within the territorial limits of said
Road District, and particularly for
the purpose of completing the gravel
highway already surveyed under the
direction OF the state highway de-
partment, commencing at the eastern
limit of said road district Just west
Of the village of Palmetto. and run
ming in a general northwesterly d.
rection parallel to the Texas and Pa
cific Railway to the northern limit
OF said road district, being the AVoy-
elles-St. Landry parish line, said grav-
ell highway to be constructed under
the direction and supervision Of the
state highway department, and with
the financial assistance of the state
of Louisiana and Of the United States
government If such assistance be OBJ
tainable.
Section 2. That on Monday, the
18th, day Of November, 1920, at Q
O'Clock p, m, the police jury of the
parish of st. Landry shall meet at
the police jury room in the city of
Opelousas, and shall then and there in
public session, proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine and count the
ballots In number and amount, exa-
mine and canvass the returns of said
election, and declare the result there
Of, which result they shall thereafter
promulgate according to law.
Section 8. That said election shall
be held in said district at the w. F.
Clopton and Company store, at Nor
row Station, and at the Goudchaux
store at Big Cane, which are here
by designated as polling places, and
those Of the property taxpayers quail
fled to vote at said election, who re-
side within the bounds of the Nor
row election precinct as established
by ordinance Of this body, shall vote
at the Morrow poll, and those of
said electors who live elsewhere In
said road district shall vote at the
Big Cane poll.
Section 4. That the following reg
istered voters of said district are
hereby appointed as election officers
to serve at said polls, with compnsa-
ton at the same rate paid such Off
Ger in general elections, namely: At
the Morrow poll, B. w. Clopton. H.
e. Lowrey, and B. S. Haw, commits
sioners, and Oscar @. Foster, clerk;
at the Big Cane poll, Sylvan God
chaux, L. A. Hazard and E. v. Hud-
speth, commissioners, and C. A. God
chaux, clerk.
Section 5. That the ballot boxes,
the necessary blanks for tally sheets,
lists of voters, valuation of property
and compiled statement of the Vot-
ers in number and amount, shall be
provided by the police jury, through
it's clerk, who shall also cause to be
printed the necessary ballots for use
at said election, which ballots shall
be in substantially the following
form, to-Wit: