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authorizing the performance of all acts
required by law in holding the said elec-
ton.
Section /. Be It ordained by the Po-
Alice Jury of the Parish of iberia, acting
Aas the governing authority of Road Dis
trict No. Five 81 of the Parish of iberia.
that a special election be and the same
is hereby called and ordered to be held
in Road District No Five 81 of the Par
jsh of Iberia on Tuesday the 31st day of
August, 1920, between the hours of
seven q :00) o'clock A. M. and five 5000
o'clock P. NJ, and that at said special
election there shall be submitted to the
taxpayers resident citizens of said Road
District qualified under the Constitution
and Laws of the State of Louisiana to
vote at said special election a proposition
TO authorize the Police Jury of the Par
ish of Iberia to incur debt on behalf of
and in the name of Road District No.
Five 81 of the Parish of Iberia in the
amount of Sixty Five Thousand Dollars,
1865 100000, and to issue and sell serial
negotiable semi-annual interest coupon
bonds evidencing the said indebtedness;
(the total indebtedness of said Road Dis
trict, including the within amount, being
less than ten per centum e10 p. c.) of
the assessed valuations of all taxable
property in said Road District; said
bonds to bear interest at the rate of five
per centum IS p. c.) per annum, payable
ssemi-annually, the principal and interest
of said bonds to be payable in such
amounts and and at such times and pla-
ces as the governing authority may de-
termine, said bonds to run twenty five
years from the date thereof; and both
the principal and interest of said bonds
to be secured by sufficient tax to be
levied and collected each year in ac-l
cordance with Article 281 of the Consti-
tuition and Laws of the State of Louisi-
ana, the proceeds from the sale of said
bonds at not less than par to be used in
constructing, improving and maintaining
the public roads and highways within
Road District No. Five (5) of the Parish
of Iberia.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, etc.,
that there shall be published in the Off
cial journal of the Police Jury of the
Parish of Iberia for thirty 1907 days a
notice of the said special election, said
notice to embrace substantially all things
set forth and also notice that the Police
Jury of the Parish of Iberia, as the gov
erning authority of Road District No.
Five 81 of the Parish of Iberia will
meet in open session at the Court House !
at New iberia, Louisiana, at ten o'clock,
on Thursday, the End day of September,
1920, and then and there proceed to open
the ballot books used in special election,
examine and count the ballots in numb Der
and amount, examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare the result of said cleo
&ion.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
that the President of the Police Jury be |
and he is hereby authorized and directed
to have the necessary ballots printed for
the said election, which ballots shall con-
tain the foregoing proposition and be
drawn up in accordance with law and the
provisions of this ordinance; and he is
also authorized to arrange for providing
the ballot boxes, the necessary blanks for
tally sheets and compiled statements.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
that the Clerk of Court and ex-officio
Registrar of Voters shall furnish to the
election officers hereinafter named for
said special election with list of the
taxpayers in said Road District No. Five
(5) of the Parish Of i1eria entitled TO
vote in person or by 2roEy 1T the slii
election as shown by rhe assessment roll
last made and filed rr.o- to sad special J
election.
Section S. Be it further ordained, ETC,
that the following polling places, all
within Road District No. Five 80 of the
Parish of iberia, are hereby designated
and determined upon as the polling pla
ces to hold the said special election, and
instructed and empowered to act as Of
ficers of the said special election, viz:
At Coteau School House in Road Dis
trict No. 5 of the Parish of iberia.
Joseph A. Segura, Commissioner; Har-
rison Derouen, Commissioner; Sidney
Norris, Commissioner; Alces Babineaux,
Clerk.
The officers of the election above
named shall hold the said election to
conform with Act ESQ of the General As
sembIy of the State of Louisiana as
amended, and shall make due returns of
the said election for the meeting of the
Police Jury to be held on Thursday, the
End day of September, 1920, and the said
officers of election shall be compensated
IN accordance with law by the Police
Jury.
The ordinance being submitted to
vote, the vote thereon was as follows.
Yeas: Greig, Decuir, Boutte, David,
5irard, Landry, DeBlanc, Leleu, Schex-
nayder and Lyon.
Nays: None.
And the ordinance was declared adopr
ted
I, the undersigned Secretary Of the
Police Jury Of the Parish of Iberia, do
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy OF an
ordnance passed by the Police Jury OF
The Parish of iberia at meeting held at
New iberia, Louisiana, on the 18th day
IF July, 1920, acting as governing au-
thority for Road District No. Five (5)9
If the Parish of Iberia.
In faith whereof, have heresnto set
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