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ORDINANCE
Mr. Gosselin offered the ordinance
which is in words and figures as fol
lows:
An ordinance ordering and calling a
special election in the Bayou
Mallet and Plaquemine Drainage
District of the Parish of St. Lan
dry, State of Louisiana, for the
purpose of submitting to the
qualified property taxpayers of
said Drainage District a propo
sition to incur debt and to issue
and sell serial negotiable cou
pon bonds of said Drainage Dis
i trict in the sum of Ninety-five
Thousand Dollars ($95,000.00),
as hereinafter stipulated, for the
purpose of constructing a sys
tem of gravity drainage in and
for said Drainage District by
cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the bayous, laterals
and ditches hereinafter named
and outlined in red on the map
of the said Drainage District.
SECTION 1
Be it ordained by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of the Ba
you Mallet and Plaquemine Drainage
District of the Parish of St. Landry,
State of Louisiana, that it is advisa
ble and expedient to incur indebted
ness in said Bayou Mallet and Plaque
mine Drainage District to the amount
and for the purpose hereinafter men
tioned.
SECTION II
Be it further ordained, that a spe
cial election be, and the same is here
by duly called and ordered to be held
in the Bayou Mallet and Plaauemme
Drainage District of the Parish of St.
the
1919,
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Landry, State of Louisiana,
22nd day of December, A. D
between the hours of 7 a. m.
p. m.
SECTION III
Be it further ordained, etc., that at
said special election there will be sub
mitted to the taxpaying electors qual
ified to vote under the Constitution
and laws of the state of Louisiana, a
proposition to incur debt, issue and
sell serial negotiable coupon bonds of
Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine Drain
age District of the Parish of St. Lan
dry, State of Louisiana, to the amount
of Ninety-five Thousand Dollars
($95,000.00), to run for a period of
from one (1) to not exceeding forty
(40) years from their date, bearing
interest at the rate of five per cen
tum per annum from their date, pay
able semi-annually, for the purpose of
constructing a system of gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the bayous, laterals and
ditches as follow#:
Bayou Plaquemine and Bayou Mal
let and the laterals and ditches con
nected therewith, also Ditch No. 2
with the laterals connected therewith,
and thereby improving the gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District and the inhabitants thereof,
the title to which shall vest in said
Drainage District ; all of which ba
yous, laterals and ditches are named
and outlined in red on the map of
the district, made by R. M. Hollier,
civil engineer, Opelousas, La. The
amount of said bonds being less than
ten per cent (10 per cent) of the
assessed valuation of property within
the boundaries of said Drainage Dis
trict, as shown by the assessment
rolls last made #f the said Drainage
District; said bonds to be of such de
nomination and the interest and prin_
cipal thereof to be payable at such
time and place as shall be determined
by the said Board of Drainage Com
missioners and both principal and in
terest of said bonds to be secured and
paid by a sufficient ad valorem tax
levied and collected in each year that
any of said bonds are unpaid and out
standing, in accordance with the pro
visions in that respect contained in
Article 281 of the constitution and
laws of the state of Louisiana and
any and all amendments that may
now exist or that may hereafter be
made thereto.
SECTION IV
Be it further ordained, etc., that a
notice of said special election be duly
published for thirty days prior to the
date fixed for holding said election,
in accordance with tne law of this
state, in the Star-Progress, the offi
cial journal of the parish of St. Lan
dry state of Louisiana, a newspaper
of general circulation therein. The
notice of election to embrace sub
stantially all things set forth therein
and to further state that the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of said
Drainage District will met in open
session to be held at 10 o'clock a. m.,
on the 23rd day of December, A. D.
1919, at the office of said board in
the city of Opelousas, in the said par
ish of St. Landry, state of Louisiana,
and then and there proceed to 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 and
make, file and publish and record a
process verbal of their proceedings.
SECTION V
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the proposition to be submitted at
such special election shall be as fol
lows, and the ballots to be used shall
be in the following form:
BALLOT
For th* Issuing of Bonds
A proposition to incur debt !—
issue and sell serial negoti- |
able coupon bonds of the |
Bayou Plaquemine and Mal
let Drainage District of the
Parish of St. Landry, State
of Louisiana, to the amount
of Ninety-five thousand Dol
lars ($95,000.00)! ho run
for a period of from one
to not exceeding forty (40)
years from their date, and
bearing interest at the rate
of five per cent (5 per cent)
per annum from their date,
payable semi-annually at
such time and place as shall
be determined by the Board
of Drainage Commissioners
under the constitution and
laws of tiie state of Louis
iana relating thereto.
For the purpose of con
structing a system of grav
ity drainage in and for said
Drainage District by clean
ing with dredges or other
wise, the Bayou Plapemine
and Bayou Mallet and the
laterals and ditches con
nected therewith, also Ditch
No. 2 with the laterals
and thereby improving
the gravity ' drainage
in and for said drain
age district and inhab
itants thereof, the title to
which shall vest in said
drainage district, all of
which bayous and laterals
and ditches are named and
outlihed in red «on the map
of the district made by R.
M. Hollier, civil bngiheer,
of Opeloûsas.
Taxable valuation $.....
YES
NO
(Signature of Voter).
To vote for the proposition sub
mitted upon this ballot, place a cross
(X) mark in the square- after the
word "YES," and to vote against,
place a similar cross (X) mark after
the word "NO."
SECTION VI
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the President of the Board of Drain
Commissioners of the said Bayou
and Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict of the Pariah of St. Landry, state
of Louisiana, be and he is hereby duly
authorized, empowered and directed
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to have the necessary ballots printed
for the said election in accordance
with the provisions of the laws of this
state and this ordinance. He shall
also provide ballot boxes and the ne
cessary blanks and tally sheets and
other paraphernalia for the holding
of said election. .
SECTION VII
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the clerk of court and ex-officio reg
istrar of voters for said parish shall
furnish the election officers herein
mentioned, with a list of the taxpay
ers entitled to vote in person or by
writen proxy at said special election,
together with the assessed valuation
of each of said taxpayers' property
as shown by the assessment roll last
made and filed prior to said election.
SECTION VIII
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the election shall be held at Bertrand
Bros, store in Prairie Ronde, in said
Drainage District, and the following I
persons are hereby duly appointed \
and empowered to act as commission- J
ers and clerk at said election :
C. N. Bertrand, J. S. Lafleur, J. P.
Pitre, commissioners; Geo. Vidrine,
clerk.
The officers of election above nam
ed shall hold said election to conform
with Act 256 of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
iana of the year 1910 and all Acts
amendatory or supplementary there
to, and shall make due returns of said
•lection to the Board of Drainage
Commissioners of said Drainage Dis
trict at the meeting to be held at the
office of said Board in the City of
Opelousas, in the Parish of St. Lan
dry, State of Louisiana, on the 23rd
day of December, A. D. 1919.
SECTION IX
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the board of Drainage Commissioners
of the said Drainage District shall if
a majority of the taxpayers in num
bers and amount voting at said spe
cial election vote in favor of the prop
osition herein submitted, annually
levy and collect, beginning with the
year 1920, while any or all of said
bonds are unpaid and outstanding, in
excess of all other taxes ,a sufficient
ad valorem tax on all the taxable
property in said Drainage District to
pay and retire the principal and the
semi-annual interest coupons attach
ed to said bonds at their respective
maturities.
The foregoing ordinance after be
ing duly seconded by Mr. Ledoux, was
jead to the meeting and adopted by
the following vote:
For the ordinance— S. J. Gosselin,
V. Ledoux, J. D. Bertrand, Sr., T. T.
Atteberry.
Against the ordinance—None.
Dated at Opelousas, Louisiana, this
14th day of November, A. D. 1919.
T. T. ATTEBERRY,
President.
Attest— J. D. BERTRAND, JR.,
Secretary.
PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION
AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION
the
that
Dis
duly
I, T. T. Atteberry, President of the
Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine Drain
age District of the Parish of St. Lan
dry, State of Louisiana, by virtue of
the authority vested in me*by an ordi
nance adopted by the Board of Drain
age Commissioners of the said Drain
age District on the 14th day of No
vember, A. D. 1919, and the constitu
tion and laws of the State of Louisi
ana, do hereby proclaim and give no
tice that a special election will be held
in the Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine
Drainage District of the Parish of
St. Landry, State of Louisiana, for
the purpose of voting upon the prop
osition to incur debt and issue and
sell serial negotiable coupon bonds
of said Drainage District, said bonds
to run for a period of from one to
not exceeding forty years from their
date and to bear interest at the rate
of five per cent per annum from their
date, payable semi-annually.
The proceeds from the sale of said
bonds to be used for the purpose of
constructings a system of gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise, the Bayou Plaquemine and
Bayou Mallet and the laterals and
ditches connected therewith; also,
Ditch No. 2 and the lateral connect
ed therewith, as named and outlined
in red on the irfap of said Drainage
District and as designated in the
proposition submitted to the electors
under the ordinance adopted by the
Board of Drainage Commissioners of
the said Drainage District, this 14th
day of November, A. D. 1919.
The proposition to the electors at
said election is substantially as fol
lows:
A proposition to incur debt and is
sue and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds of Bayou Mallet and Plaque
mine Drainage District of the Parish
of St. Landry, State of Louisiana, to
the amount of Ninety-five Thousand
Dollars ($95,000.00), to run for a
period of from one (1) to not exceed
ing forty (40) years from their date,
bearing interest at the rate of five
per centum per annum from their
date, payable semi-annually for the
purpose of constructing a system of
gravity drainage in and for said
Drainage District, by cleaning with
dredges or otherwise, the Bayou
Plaquemine and Bayou Mallet and
the laterals and ditches connected
therewith, also Ditch No. 2 with the
laterals connected therewith, thereby
improving the gravity drainage in and
for said Drainage District and the in
habitants thereof, the title to which
shall vest in said Drainage District.
All of which bayous, laterals and
ditches are named and outlined in
red on the map of said Drainage Dis
trict, made by R. M. Hollier, civil
engineer of Opelousas, Louisiana.
Said bonds to be of such denomina
tion and the interest and principal
thereof to be payable at such time
and place as shall be determined by
tike said Board of Drainage Commis
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sioners and both principal and in
terest of said bonds to be secured and
paid by a sufficient ad valorem tax
levied and collected in each-year that
any of said bonds are unpaid and out
standing, to pay the amount of prin
cipal and interest falling due in such
year in accordance with the jirovis
ions in that respect contained in the
constitution and laws of the state of
Louisiana and any and all amend
ments that may hereafter be made
thereto.
The said special election will be
held on the 22nd day of December,
A. D. 1919, between the hours of 7
a. m. and 5 p. m. The polling place
is hereby designated as follows:
At Bertrand Bros.' Store, in Prai
rie Ronde, in said Drainage District.
The commissioners and the clerk
at the said polling place are as fol
lows :
C. N. Bertrand, J. S. Lafleur, J. P.
Pitre, commissioners; George Vid
rine, clerk.
The Board of Drainage Commis
sioners of said Bayou Mallet and
Plaquemine Drainage District of the
Parish of St. Landry, State of Louis
iana, will meet in open session to Be
held at 10 o'clock a. m., on the 23rd
day of December, A. D. 1919, at the
office of said Board, in the City of
Opelousas, in said Parish of St. Lan
dry, State of Louisiana, and then and
there proceed to open the ballot box,
examiné and count the ballots in
number and amount, examine and
canvass the returns and declare the
result of the election and make, file,
publish and record a process verbal
of their proceedings.
Dated at Opelousas, State of Louis
iana, this 14th day of November, A.
D. 1919.
T. T. ATTEBERRY,
president of Board of Commissioners
of Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine
Drainage District.
Attest—J. D. BERTRAND, JR.,
Secretary.
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Lawtell, and in order to have a clear
ance sale of all my movables, I will
offer at auction at my residence, near
Lawtell, on
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10,
at 10 a. m., the following articles:
Household furniture.
Farming implements.
Sixteen head of cattle.
One pair of mules.
Three mares.
One buggy horse.
One fine three-year-old colt. (He
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One new wagon and body.
One buggy and harness.
One mowing machine.
One sulky plow.
Five hundred barrels of corn.
Four hundred bales of hay.
One lot at Lawtell.
Numerous other articles.
TERMS—CASH, or bankable pa
per. _
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nox29-2t Lawtell, La.
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