The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10

Be 1t ordained by the romeo jury
of the Parish of St. Landry, that tax
of one and one-half q 1-2) mills on
the dollar be, and is hereby, levied
on all taxable property situated with
in this parish on which the State lev
les tax, for the support and main
tenance Of the public schools of the
Parish of st. Landry, for the year
1920; said tax to be collected at the
same time and in the same manner as
all other taxes are collected.
Adopted December /, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest
]. j. HEALEY, Clerk.
Yeas-Messrs. St. Cyr, Larcade,
Mills, Pavy, Catlett, Rushing, Martin,
Sylvestre, Dejean, Mccoy.
Nays-None.
Ordinance adopted.
Motion by Mr.. K. T. Catlett-
Whereas, bids for the construction
of the road known as the Jefferson
! Highway, in the Second Road Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury Ward
of the Parish of st. Landry, Louis
lana, has been advertised on three
different occasions and that the con-
tract for construction has not been
let, and the Police Jury is composed
of members living apart from this
particular road district, and incon-
venient of attendance at sessions of q
board of road supervisors, therefore
Be it resolved, that the following
citizens living within the said district
be appointed as a board of road su.
pervisors of the Second Road District
of the Fourth Ward of st. Landry
Parish, Louisiana, with full author
ity to act with the State Highway De-
partment of Louisiana in the letting
of contracts and construction Of salc
road:
DR.. H. S. Joseph, L. P. Bridges, Gus
Rosenberg, S. Isaacson, L. L. Ganson
Motion carried unanimously.
Mr.. w. M. Rushing offered the fol
lowing ordinance, duly seconded, to
AN ORDINANCE
Be it ordained by the Police Jur!
Of the Parish of st. Landry, IN reg
ular session convened:
Section THAT a special election
be and is hereby ordered and callet
to be held in the Fourth Road Dis
trict. Fourth Police Jury Ward o.
the Parish of st. Landry, La, OF
Thursday, January %, 1920, between
the hours of 7 o'clock a. m. and
o'clock o. M, for the purpose OF sub
hitting to the vote of the propert,
taxpayers of said road district quail
flied to vote at said election unde
the constitution and laws of the Stat
of Louisiana, the following PROPOSE
ton, to-wit:
PROPOSITION
To incur debt and to issue serial ne
gotiable coupon bonds of sal
Fourth Road District, Fourth Pc
lice Jury Ward of the Parish 0
st. Landry, La, to the amour
of seventy-five thousand dollar
(s75, 100000, to run for period
of from one ~ to thirty go
wears, and to bear interest at tn
rate of five per cent (5) per ar
mum from said date until paid
interest on all bonds to be pal
semi-annually and said bonds
funds derived from the sal
thereof to be used and expende
under the direction and contrt
of the Police Jury of the Paris
/: of St. Landry, La, as the govern
ing authority of said Fourt
l Road District, Fourth Polio
4 Jury Ward of the Parish Of 5
Landry, La, for the excluslv
5 purpose of contracting for, Al
= duiring, laying out and constru'
= ting a system of modern publ
Y roads within the limits of sal
], road district, the title to whlC
: shall vest in the parish and pul
: lie. A sufficient tax shall
e levied each year to meet the pa,
e ment of the bonds and lntere
as same natures.
e Section 2-That on Monday, tt
e second day of February, 1920, at
: o'clock D. M, the Police Jury of Il
e Parish of st. Landry, La, shall me
e at the Police Jury room IN the City
z, Opelousas, La, and shall then al
there in public session proceed
Y open the ballot boxes, examine al
X count the ballots in number al
d amount, examine and canvass the r
: turns of said election, declare Il
n result thereof and provide Tor u
4 PRONUNCIATION of same, in accordan
e with law.
Section 3-That the ballot boxe
the necessary blanks for tally sheet
lists of voters, valuation of prope
ty and compiled statement OF t
voters in number and amount al
other necessary election paraphe
e, MALTA shall be provided for by t
J. clerk of the Police Jury, and ne shi
cause to be printed ballots for U
in said election, in the following fol-
to-wit:
l. PROPOSITION
j: To incur debt and to is
sue serial negotiable coupon
he bonds of said Fourth Road
a. District, Fourth Police Jury
o. Ward of the Parish of St,
~, 7 o,,Irv "a RI the amount