The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-10

and maintaining public roads and
highways within the territorial limits
of said road district, and particularly
for the purpose of completing the Mel
ville-Palmetto highway and for the con-
struction of gravel road along the
Atchafalaya River and that portion
of the Palmetto-Bayou Rouge Road ly-
ing with the boundaries of the Sec
ond Road District.
Be it ordained by the Police
jury of the parish of St. Landry in
regular session convened:
Section l. That special election
and it is hereby ordered and called,
to be held in Road District Number
Two ~ Of the Fourth (4th) Police
Jury Ward of the parish Of st. Ian
dry, state Of Louisiana, on Thursday,
December %, 1920, between the
hours of seven o'clock a. m. and five
o'clock p. M, to take the sense of
the property taxpayers of said dis
trict, qualified to votet at such cleo
ton under the constitution and laws
of the state of Louisiana, on the pro-
position as to whether or not the
police jury, as the governing authority
of said Road District, in addition to
the debt previously incurred and
bonds previously issued in said Road
District on behalf of said road dis
tirct incur debt to the amount of One
Hundred and Fifty thousand dollars
($150, 100000 and issue negotiable
bonds of said Road District to repres-
ent said debt, said bonds to be serial
bonds running from one to thirty (30)
years, bearing interest at the rate OF
five per cent 90 per annum, payable
semi-annually, and said debt to be in
cured and bonds issued for the pur-
pose Of constructing and maintaining
public roads and highways within the
territorial limits of said Road District
and particularly for the purpose OF
completing the MeIville-Palmetto
Highway and for the construction Of a
gravel road along the Atchafalaya Riv-
er and that portion of the Palmetto
Bayou Rouge Road lying within the
boundaries of the said Second Road
District.
Section 2 That on Monday, the
3rd, day of January, 1921, at 2 o'clock
p. M, the police jury of the parish
of st. Landry shall meet at the pO-
lice jury room in the city of Opelou-
sas, and shall then and there in pub
lie session, proceed to open the bal
/ lot boxes examine and count the bal
/ lots in number and amount, examine
and canvass the returns of said cleo
ton, and declare the result thereof,
which result they shall thereafter
promulgate according to law.
Section 8. That said election shall
be held In said district at the Mel
vile Town Hall, at Melville, Louisiana
and at DR.. Hawkins office at the VIII
lage of Palmetto, Louisiana, which are
hereby designated az polling places,
and those Of the property taxpayers
qualified to vote at said election, who
reside within the bounds OF the Mel
vile election precinct as established
by ordinance Of this body, shall vote
at the Melville poll, and those Of said
electors who live elsewhere in said
road district shall vote at the Palmetto
poll.
Section 1. That the following reg
istered voters OF said district are
hereby appointed as election officers
to serve at said polls, with compensa-
ton at the same rate paid such officers
in general elections, namely:
At the Melville Poll: P. w. La
fleur, w. A. White, ST., C. c. Rosen-
berg, Commissioners; A. Rosenberg,
clerk.
AT the Palmetto Poll: DR.. r. G.
Hawkins, Harry Meyer, L. L. Gansen-
commissioners: G. A. Mcdaniel, clerk
Section 5. That the ballot boxes,
the necessary blanks, and tally sheets
lists of voters, valuation of property
and compiled statement Of the voters