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LA Rev Stat § 38:1778 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1778. Manner of voting

RS 1778 - Manner of voting  Each voter's name shall be written on his ballot. The commissioners of election shall receive the ballot of each voter, check his name on the list of voters furnished by the registrar as having voted, enter and number his name on the list of taxpayers voting, and immediately deposit his ballot in the ballot box, reserving to each voter the right to so fold his ballot that it shall not be known at the time of voting whether he voted for or against the proposition or propositions submitted.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1779 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1779. Voting hours

RS 1779 - Voting hours  The polls shall be open on the date appointed at 7 o'clock A.M., and remain open until and not later than 6 o'clock P.M. No election shall be vitiated by the failure to open the polls at the time prescribed or by closing them before the time prescribed, unless on a contest, it be established that voters were thereby deprived of votes sufficiently in number and amount to have changed the result of the election.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1780 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1780. Compilation of votes

RS 1780 - Compilation of votes  Immediately after the closing of the polls, the commissioners shall, in the presence of the bystanders, open the ballot boxes, count the ballots found therein, check the ballots with the list of voters kept, proceed to count the votes in number and amount, keep in duplicate tally sheet showing the votes in number in favor of and against the proposition or propositions submitted and showing the valuation of property in favor of and against the proposition. They shall make in duplicate compiled statements of the vote in number and amount, both in favor of and against each proposition or propositions. After swearing to the correctness of the numbered list of voters, the duplicate tally sheet, and duplicate compiled statements, they shall deposit the ballots, the registrar's list of voters, the numbered list of taxpayers voting, one duplicate tally sheet, and one duplicate compiled statement in the ballot box, immediately seal the ballot box and within forty-eight hours after the closing of the polls, deliver the sealed ballot box with its contents to the authorities ordering the election, and deliver the duplicate tally sheet and the duplicate compiled statement to the clerk of the district court of the parish in which the election has been held, who shall file the tally and statement in his office. If the election commissioners on counting the ballots find they do not correspond with the list of voters, they shall before examining and counting the ballots examine them for the purpose of finding the discrepancy, and if it should be found that any ballots have been duplicated they shall be destroyed, or if it be found that the name of a voter has been omitted from the list of persons voting, the name shall be added to the list.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1781 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1781. Canvass of returns; promulgation of result

RS 1781 - Canvass of returns; promulgation of result  On the day and at the hour and place named in the notice of election, the authorities ordering the election shall, in public session, 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. The result shall be promulgated by proclamation in one issue of a newspaper issued in the parish, or if there be none, in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1782 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1782. Proces verbal; preservation of ballots and returns

RS 1782 - Proces verbal; preservation of ballots and returns  The authority ordering the election shall keep a proces verbal of the amounts and shall forward a copy thereof to the secretary of state, who shall record the copy, and another copy to the clerk of the district court who shall also record the copy in the drainage records. The remaining copy shall be retained in the archives of the office of the authority ordering the election. The custodian of the archives or the records of the authority ordering the election shall preserve for a term of three months from the date of the promulgation of the election, the ballots and other returns.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1783 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1783. Levy of forced contribution or acreage tax

RS 1783 - Levy of forced contribution or acreage tax  If a majority in number of the qualified taxpayers and a majority in number of acres voting at the election shall vote in favor of the proposition to levy a forced contribution or acreage tax, the governing authority may by resolution proceed to levy the forced contribution or acreage tax for the term for which the tax shall have been voted.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1784 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1784. Issuance of bonds

RS 1784 - Issuance of bonds  If a majority in number of the qualified taxpayers and a majority in number of acres voting at the election shall vote in favor of the proposition to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds secured by and payable from the proceeds of an acreage tax, the governing authorities may by resolution authorize the issuance of bonds in an amount not exceeding that stated in the proposition. The bonds shall not be issued for any other purpose than that stated in the proposition, and not exceeding in principal and interest the aggregate amount to be raised by the forced contribution or acreage taxes during the period for which the taxes are levied. The avails of at least two and one-half cents per acre of any acreage tax or forced contribution thus levied and imposed under the provisions of this Part shall not be funded into bonds but shall be set aside each year and used solely and only for the maintenance of the gravity drainage works. The total amount of the debt thus incurred or the bonds issued shall not exceed in principal and interest the aggregate amount to be raised by the forced contribution or acreage tax during the period for which the tax is voted, after deducting therefrom the aggregate amount to be realized from two and one-half cents per acre of the tax to be set aside for maintenance purposes as above provided.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1785 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1785. Form and terms of bonds; payment

RS 1785 - Form and terms of bonds; payment  No bonds issued by any district hereunder shall run for a longer period than forty years from the date thereof or bear a greater rate of interest than six per centum per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, or be sold for less than par. The governing authority issuing the bonds shall by resolution fix the form and detail of the bonds, the rate of interest, payable annually or semi-annually, within the maximum rate prescribed. The bonds shall be payable in the medium and at the place or places within or without the state fixed by resolution. All bonds hereunder shall be issued in the name of the gravity drainage district or the gravity sub-drainage district issuing the bonds, and signed on behalf of the district by the president or chief executive officer, and the secretary or clerk of district or districts under the seal of the districts. The coupons, if any, shall be signed with the printed or engraved facsimile signature of the officers. The delivery of any bonds or coupons so issued at any time thereafter shall be valid, although before the date of delivery the person signing the bonds or coupons shall cease to hold office. The governing authority issuing the bonds shall by resolution fix the time within the maximum period prescribed hereby and in the proposition submitted to the voters when the bonds shall become payable. The bonds shall be payable in annual installments beginning not more than three years after the date thereof, and the amount payable in each year shall be so fixed that when the annual interest is added to the principal amount to be paid, the total amount payable in each year shall not exceed the amount of the forced contribution or acreage tax, which may be thus funded, into bonds as provided in the above and foregoing section of this Part, after deducting from the amount of the forced contribution or acreage tax which may be thus funded, fifteen per cent of the amount thereof for cost of collection, delinquencies and contingencies.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1786 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1786. Registered bonds

RS 1786 - Registered bonds  Bonds issued hereunder may be registered or coupon bonds. Coupon bonds may be registered as to principal in the holder's name on the books of the treasurer, of the district, the registration being noted on the bond by the treasurer, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on the treasurer's books by the registered holder and similarly noted on the bonds. Bonds registered as to principal may be discharged from registration by being transferred to bearer after which they shall be transferable by delivery, but may be again registered as to principal as before. The registration of the bonds as to principal shall not restrain the negotiability of the coupons by delivery merely.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1787 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1787. Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds

RS 1787 - Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds  Before bonds of any district are issued hereunder, the governing authority shall investigate and determine the regularity of the proceedings. The resolution authorizing the bonds may direct that they shall contain the following recital:  "It is certified that this bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of this State," and the recital shall be deemed to be an authorized declaration by the governing authority of the district, and to import that the debts are incurred and the bonds are issued for purposes authorized by the Constitution and statutes, that all the proceedings therefor are regular and all acts, conditions and things required to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of the bonds, have existed, happened, and have been performed in due time, form, and manner as required by law; that the amount of the bonds, together with all other indebtedness does not exceed any limit or limits prescribed by the constitution and statutes of this state and that an election has been duly and legally held and the incurring of the debt and the issuing of negotiable bonds therefor authorized by vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers qualified to vote under the constitution and laws of this state, who voted at an election regularly called and held for the purpose, after notice published or posted in the manner required by law. If any bond is issued containing the recital it shall be conclusively presumed that recital constructed according to the import hereby declared is true and neither the district nor any taxpayer thereof shall be permitted to question the validity or regularity of the obligation in any court or in any action or proceeding.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1788 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1788. Indorsement on bonds

RS 1788 - Indorsement on bonds  If the time within which the validity of the bonds may be contested has elapsed, to-wit: Sixty days from the date of promulgation of the result of the election, bonds issued by any district shall be registered by the Secretary of State without charge, and shall have endorsed thereon the words:  "This bond secured by tax. Registered on this ___ day of _________, 19__," and signed by the Secretary of State, or by an Assistant Secretary of State, with the Great Seal of Louisiana affixed without charge. All bonds issued under this Part are hereby declared to be negotiable instruments under the law merchants and incontestable in the hands of a bona fide holder for value.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1789 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1789. Assessment of property and extension of taxes

RS 1789 - Assessment of property and extension of taxes  The assessors of the parishes in which gravity drainage districts or gravity subdrainage districts in whole or in part are located, shall assess all property in the districts for the taxes levied against the property by the drainage commission. They shall also list and extend on the assessment rolls all acreage taxes that have been assessed upon the lands of the district by the commissioners, and shall, after the assessment is completed, make in triplicate the assessment roll which shall be styled "Assessment Roll for _____ Gravity Drainage District" (Here give number of the district or subdistrict). The original of the roll shall be filed with the clerk of the district court for the parish or parishes in which the district is located, a copy with the sheriff and tax collector which shall be his warrant for collecting the taxes, and the other with the commissioners of the drainage district. The assessor making the assessment roll shall receive as compensation for this service, one-fifth of the regular fees fixed by law on all ad valorem taxes, and the sum of one hundred dollars for the listing of property to serve as a basis to collect the acreage tax shall be paid him by the district when the triplicate rolls are completed and filed as herein required. The fee of one hundred dollars shall be paid but once and shall constitute the total charge for the rolls thus made. He shall list and assess all property in the district in the same manner as is required by law for state and parochial assessment, when an ad valorem tax is to be assessed thereon, and list the name of the property owner and the number of acres owned by him where there is an acreage tax levied. When the listing and assessment has been completed, the drainage commissioners or a committee therefrom, shall appear before the police jury or juries of the parish or parishes in which the district is situated, sitting as a board of reviewers, and urge any corrections or change in any manner that the police jury, sitting as a board of reviewers, are now authorized to make in assessments under existing laws. In order that the board of commissioners may secure a correct list of all property situated in their respective districts, and actual cash value thereof, they may employ at fair compensation a person or persons for the purpose of listing the property in the district and placing the cash value thereon. The listing and valuation shall be admitted in evidence and considered by the court upon any contest, as to the value of any property assessed.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1789.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1789.1. Tax levies; assessments and collections; time and manner

RS 1789.1 - Tax levies; assessments and collections; time and manner  All taxes certified on behalf of any gravity drainage district or gravity subdrainage district by the governing authority or governing authorities of the parish or parishes in which such drainage or subdrainage districts shall be located shall be levied, assessed, and collected at the same time and in the same manner as parish taxes are levied, assessed, and collected.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 166, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1790 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1790. Collection of taxes; accounting and settlement

RS 1790 - Collection of taxes; accounting and settlement  All articles and provisions of the constitution regulating and relating to the collection of taxes and the creation of tax liens and mortgages, tax penalties and of sales, shall also apply to and regulate the collection of the special tax which may be imposed under the provisions of this Part, including an acreage tax or forced contribution, to be collected through the sheriff and ex-officio tax collector of the parish at the same time and in the same manner as he collects the state and parish taxes and to be by him turned over to the treasurer of the district. The tax collector or tax collectors shall make monthly settlements with the treasurer of the district and receive from him a receipt for the amount of taxes paid to him, and when all taxes shall have been collected for the current year, the tax collector shall make a final settlement with the drainage commission in the same manner as tax collectors are required to settle with the State Auditor. When final settlement is made, and all the taxes assessed in the district are collected and paid in or accounted for by delinquent or deduction lists as is contemplated and accepted by the state auditor in the collection of state taxes, then the drainage commission shall give the tax collector or ex-officio tax collector a quietus in full for the taxes for that year.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1791 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1791. Compensation of tax collector; proceedings on bond

RS 1791 - Compensation of tax collector; proceedings on bond  The tax collector or ex-officio tax collector shall receive for all services rendered in collecting and paying over the taxes herein provided including an acreage tax or forced contribution, for the account of the sheriff's salary fund, the same commissions now allowed by law for the collection of taxes generally on the amount collected and paid in. Upon the failure of the tax collector to comply with the provisions of this Act, the board of commissioners of the district shall forthwith proceed against the tax collector or sheriff and ex-officio tax collector, and the sureties on his official bond as tax collector, for the collection of whatever amount may be due to the district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1792 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1792. Contest of validity of proceedings

RS 1792 - Contest of validity of proceedings  Whenever debt has been incurred and bonds voted to be issued and a forced contribution or acreage tax levied as herein provided, any land owner having property situated within the limits of the district, during sixty days next following the publication of the proclamation of the result of the election, may contest the validity of the proceedings by suit or action in courts, after which the validity of the proceedings or the bonds authorized thereby to be issued and the tax levied or authorized to be levied, shall be absolutely incontestable for any cause whatever and no court shall have the jurisdiction to hear or determine the validity of the proceedings or the bonds. No board which is required to levy the tax shall be permitted to question its authority to do so.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1793 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1793. Adjudication of property to state for non-payment of taxes; resale and conveyance

RS 1793 - Adjudication of property to state for non-payment of taxes; resale and conveyance  If in the enforcement of the collection of the acreage tax or forced contribution assessed against the lands within a gravity drainage district or gravity sub-drainage district, it becomes necessary to sell the property for the payment of the acreage tax or forced contribution, and the entire property thus offered fails to sell at an amount sufficient to pay the acreage tax or forced contribution, together with the state and other taxes assessed thereon, the sheriff of the parish in which the property is situated shall adjudicate the land to the State and when the adjudication is made, then the Register of the State Land Office shall immediately take possession of the lands in the name of the state and lease or rent the lands. As soon as one year in which the property can be redeemed expires, then the register shall offer the land for sale and sell it either at public or private sale for the best price obtainable. It shall not be sold for less than all taxes or forced contribution due thereon, together with interest and penalties. Any conveyance made by the Register of the State Land Office of the property after the period of redemption has expired, to-wit: twelve months from the date of the recording of the act of adjudication to the state shall convey a good and valid title to the purchaser, and all prescriptive statutes enacted in favor of the sales shall apply with equal force to any tax adjudication under this statute. All bonds issued under the constitution and laws of Louisiana and especially under the provisions of this Part, shall be protected by all the guarantees herein set forth and shall constitute a valid and binding contract which shall be enforceable before any court of competent jurisdiction.