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Opelousas, L., Sept. 21st, 1920.
the Honorable President and
Members of th e Police Jury:
Gentlemen-We, your committee ap
at the regular meeting ol
body of date: September 6th
20, to frame a budget of edpenses
aired for the parish of St. Lan
for tre year 1921, beg leave t<
bmit the following budget which we
ommend for adoptiol, to-wit:
UDGET PARISH OF ST. LANDRY'
FOR YEAR 1921
i, Officers and members..$ 5,500.00
Assessor's Salary Fund 7,500.00
District Attorney's Sal
ary ... .. .... ...... 1,200.00
Sheriff's Salary Fund.. 11,750.00
Sheriff's Contingent Cri
wninal Salary .......... 300.00
Maintenance of Prioners 2,400.00
Coroner and Parish Phy
sician .... .. .......... 800.00
Magistrates and Consta
bles ................ 4,579.68
Grand and Petit Jurors 2,000.08
Witnesses in Criminal
Cases ....... ... 2,000.00
President Board of
Health .............. 500.00
Fiscal Agency Fund.... 2,500.00
Public School Fund.... 41,079.00
Internal Improvement
Road and Bridge Fund.. 18,000.00
Contingent Expense
Fund ....... ......... 12,000.00
Acct. Bond Issue .... 14,775.00
One-Quarter of 1 Mill
tax for $45,000 Bond Issue 2,250.00
Refund to School Board
for 1919 .............. 5,492.34
Community Nurse .... 1,200.00
. -Acct. Existing Debt ... 16,000.00
Total ..................$151,826.02
Respectfully submitted,
W. F. BROWN,
JOS. T. ST. CYR,
W. C. DEJEAN,
R. LEE MILLS,
I approve of the above budget of
rses with the exception of the
.em of $1200.00 for a community
T. MOCAFFERY,
Budget Committee.
,Mr. B. W. Clopton offered the fol
g ordinace, duly seconded, to
An Ordinance
Calling a special election to be held
Road District Nqmber Three (3)
f the Fourth (4th) Police Jury Ward
the parish of St. Landry, state of
fana, to take the sense of the
operty taxpayers of said district,
aified to vote at such an election
sder the constitution 'and laws of
state of Louisiana, on the proposi
as to whether or not the police
as the governing authority of
d road district, shall on behalf
said road district, in addition to
debt previously incurred and
.s previously issued, incur debt
o the amount of Sixty Thousand Dol
($60,000.00) and issue negotiable
d. of said district to represent
debt, said debt to be incurred and
s issued for the purpose of con
ng and maintaining public
and highways within the ter
1 limits of said roads district,
particularly for the purpose of
pldtlng the gravel highway al
surveyed under direction of the
e Highway Department, com
g at the eastern limit of said
District just west of the vil
of Palmetto, and running in a
I northwesterly direction paral
to the Texas and Pacific Railroad
the Northern limit of said Road
ct, being the Avoyelles-St. Lan
parish line, said gravel highway
constructed under the direction
supervision of the state highway
ment, and with the financial
ce of the state ef Louisiana
of the United States government
ach assistance be obtainable.
it ordained, by the police jury
e parish of St. Landry in regular
convened:
tion 1. That a special election
.ad it is hereby ordered and call
to be held in Road District Num
-Three (3) of the Fourth (4th)
Jury Ward of the parish of
Landry, state of Louisiana, on
7y, November 11th, 1920, be
the hours of seven o'clock a.
and five o'clock n. m., to take the
of the property taxpayers of
satd district, qualified to vote at
an election under the constltu
and laws of the state of Louisi
ron the propoqition as to wheth
. not the poll8e Jury, as the gov
authority of said Road Dis
in addtion to the debt previous
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1 Oldsmobile, 8-cylinder, 7-passenger -------------$400
1 Dodge, 5 passenger_---------- ------------$5$500
1 Ford, Touring ---------- ------------------$290
I Ford, light truck _-------_ -- ----- - ---- ---------$250
1i Two-horse power stationary engine ---------. $50.00
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P hone or write,
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VINCENT GARBO, Prop.
PONE 408 Opelousas, La.
ly incurred and bonds previously is
sued in said Road District shall on
the 1-2 of said road district incur debi
to the amount of Sixty Thousand Dol
lars ($60,000.0) and issue negotiable
bonds of said Road District to repre
sent said debt, said bonds to be serial
bonds running from one to twenty
(20) years, bearing interest at the
rate of five per cent (5) per annum
payable semi-annually, and said debt
to be incurred and bonds ,issued for
the purpose of constructing and main
taining public roads and highways
within the territorial limits of said
Road District, and particularlly for
the purpose of completing the gravel
highway already surveyed under the
direction of the state highway de
partment, commencing at the eastern
limit of said road district just west
of the village of Palmetto, and run
ning in a general northwesterly di
rection parallel to the Texas and Pa
cific Railway to the northern limit
of said road district, being the Avoy
elles-St. Landry parish line, said grav
el highway to be constructed under
the direction and supervision of the
state highway department, and with
the financial assistance of the state
of Louisiana and of the United States
government if such assitance be ob
tainable.
Section 2. That on Monday, the
15th, day of November, 1920, at 2
o'clock p. m., the police jury of the
parish of St. Landiy shall meet at
the police jury room in the city of
Opelousas, and shall then and there in
public session, proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine and °count the
ballots in number and amount, exa
mine And canvass the returns of said
election, and declare the result there
of, which result they shall thereafter
promulgate according to law.
Section 3. That said election shall
be held in said district at the W. F.
Clopton and Company store, at Mor
row Station; and at the Goudchaux
store at Big Cane, which are here
by designated as polling places, and
those of the property taxpayers quali
fied to vote at said election, who re
side within the bounds of the Mor
row election precincit as established
by ordinance of this body, shall vote
at the Morrow poll, and those of
said electors who live elsewhere in
said road district shall vote at the
Big Cane poll.
Section 4. That the following reg
istered voters of said district are
hereby appointed as election officers
to serve at said polls, with compnsa
tion at the same rate paid such offi
cer in general elect ons, namely: At
the Morrow poll, B. W. Clopton, H.
B. Lowrey, and B. S. Haw, commis
sioners, and Oscar Q. Foster, clerk;
at the Big Cane poll, Sylvan God
chanx, L. A. Havard and E. V. Hud
speth, commissioners, .and C. A. God
chaux, clerk.
Section 5. That the ballot boxes,
the necessary blanks for tally sheets,
lists of voters, valuation of property
and compiled statement of the vot
ers- in number and' amount, shall be
providgd by the police jury,' through
its clefk, who shall also cause to be
printed the necessary ballots for use
at said election, which balots shall
be in substantially the following
form, to-wit:
'Preposition to incur debt 1- I
and issue serial negotiab'e I
bonds of Road District Num
bee Three (3) of the Fourth
(4th) Police Jury Ward of St.
Landry parish, state of Louis3
lana, in addition to the debt YBS
previously incurred anti bonds
previously issued for said
District, said additional debt
to be incurred and bonds to
be issued to the amount of
Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,
000.00),'and said bonds to be
serial bonds running fro one
to twenty years, bearing in
terest at the rate of five per
centum (5) per annum, pay
able semi-annually, said Addi
tional debt to be incurred and
bonds issued for the purpose
of constructing and maintain
ing public roads and. high
ways within the territorial
limits of said road district,
and particularly for the pur
pose of completing the grav
el highway already surveyed
under the direction of the
State Highway Department,
commencing at the eastern li
mit of said Road District just
west of the village of Palmet
to, and running in a general
northwesterly direction paral
lel "to the Texas & Pacific NO
Raiway to the northern limit o ~
of said Road District, being |
Sthe Avoyelles-St. Landry par
ish line, said gravel highway
to be constructed under the
direction and supervision of
the State Highway Depart
[ ment, and with the financial
assistance of the state of
Louisiana and of the United
States governement if such
assistance be obtainabld. i-
Taxable Valuation $
Signature of Voter:
Notice to Voters: To vote in favor
of the proposition submitted upon the
ballot, place a cross (X) mark in
the square after the word "YES";
to vote against it, place a smiliar
mark in the square after the word
"NO."
Section 6. That notice of the said
election shall be prepared and signed
by the President of this body, em
bracing substantially all matters set
out in this ordinance, stating the
proposition to be sumbitted to the
taxpayers and the time and place of
said election ,and further setting
forth that this body, the police jury
of the parish of St. Landry shall meet
at the police jury room in the city
iof Opelousas, La., on Monday, Nov
vember 15th, 1920, and shall then, and
there in public session proceed to
open the ballet boxes, examine and
count the ballots in number and
amount, examine and canvass the re
turns of said leection, and declare the
result thereof. Said notice shall be
advertised for thirty days in the offi
cial journal of the parish of St. Lan
dry, by not less than four weekly in
sertions, the first of which shall ap
peaer on October 9th, 1920, at least
thirty days before the date on which
the election is to take place.
Section 7. That for good and' suffi
cient reasons this ordinance shall take
effect from and after its passage.
Adopted. October 5th, 1920.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
J. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
Yeas: Mesrs. J. T. St. Cyr, E. M.
Dupre, E. A. Cummings, C. Guidroz,
F. O. Pavy, D. P. Moreag, B. W. Clop
ton, A. Deshotels, A. Sylvestre, W. C.
Dejean, Eloie Guillory, W. F. Brown,
12 yeas. Nays none.
Absent: Messrs. R. L. Mille, F. H.
Phillips, M. J. Godeau,, Thos. Mc
Caffery, 4 absent.
F. OCTAVE,
President.
Attest:
J. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
Mr Guillory offered the following
ordinance, duly seconded, to-wit:
An Ordinance
Of the police jury of the parish of
St. Landry, state of Louisiana, creating
the Eunice-Choupipue Drainage Dis
trict of the parish of St. Landry, and
fixing the boundaries thereof; con
stituting the said Drainage District a
body corporate in law and vesting it
with power and authority incident
thereto; vesting the government and
control of the said Drainage District
in a board of five commissioners and
fixing its domicile; providing for the
qualifications of said commisioners,
the manner of their appointment and
fixing their term of office, providing
for the first and subsequent meeting of
their term of office; provindihg for
of said board, the election of officers
the first and subsequetn meetings of
said board, the election of officers
thereof and fixing their compensa
tion; authorizing and empowering-said
board to make and adopt by-laws,
rules and regulations for its govern
ment and that of its officers; requiring
said board to keep proper books of
account; and.previding for the meth
od of securing funds for said district
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
police jury of the parish of St. Lan
dry, in regular session convened, that
a drainage district be, and is hereby
created and formed and - that said
drainage district shall embrace and
comprise and be composed of all the
land and projerty included within the
following boundaries, to-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner
of the southeast quarter of the south
west quarter of section thirty, town
ship six south, range one east, Louisi
ana Meridian, thence running north
following the quarter section line to
the intersection of the public road
along the Texas and Pacific Railway,
thence following said public road in
a northeast direction to the southwest
corner of the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of section twenty
township six south, range one east
thence running north following the
quarter section line and a continua
tion of the same to the line which
divides the parishes of St. Landry and
Evangeline ,thence east following
said parish line to the northeast cor
ner of the northwest quarter of section
fifteen (15), township six south, range
one east, thence south fellowing the
half section line a flie and one-half to
the center corner of section twenty
two, township six south, range one east
thence west following the half section
line one-half mile to the west to the
west section line of section twenty
two, township six south ,range one
eat, thence south following the sec
tion line to the southeast corner of
scetion twenty-eight, township six
south, range one east, thence west
following the section line to the point
of bs;inning; the said boundaries be
ing more particularly and exactly de
lineated on a plat made by Durio &
Tate, Engineers, on September 15,
1920 .and filed in the records of the
police jury of the parish of St. Landry
this day.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc., that the said drainage district
shall be known as the Ennice-Choupi
que Drainage District of the parish of
St. Landry and under said name arld
style the said drainage district is
hereby constituted and declared to be
a body corporate in law. It shall have
perpetual existence and shall enjoy
and exercise all the right, powers and
privileges ,hereinafter set forth, as
well as those which have been grant
ed, or which may hereafter be grant
ed by the constitution and laws of the
state of Louisiana to coroprations of
this character with full authority to
contract, sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded, appear, answer and
prosecute in all courts of justice of
this state or elsewhere, to make and
use a corporate seal. The domicile
of this corporation shall be the town
df Eunice, parish of St. Landry, state
of Louisiana. All citations and other
legal process hall be served upon the
president ,and in his absence upon the
vice-president, and in his absence
then upon the secretary. It shall
keep at its domicile all its official
books and records.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc., that said corporation through its
board of drainage commissioners, shall
have the power to receive by donation
or to buy or expropriate property
when it deems it necessary to use
such property in carrying out the
plans and purposes for which said
drainage district was created. It
shall have the power to purchase or
rent machinery that in its judgment
may be found necessary for the pur
pose of draining any or all of the
land situated within said drainage
district and have the work executed
undet their own supervision and shall
own the right-of-way for canals and
ditches anl all sites which are acquired
either by donation, purchase of expro
priation in full ownership. It is here
by vested with full power and it shall
be its duty to open, straighten and
clean out all natural drains which in
its judgment it may deem necessary
or proper, and to perform any and all
other work incidental to or connect
ed therewith which may be needful
to render the natural drains of said
drainage district more perfect and ef
effective. It shall have the power and
authority to cut and open new drains
or canals. The drainage commis
sioners for the purpoe of securing a
proper outlet for the waters of the
said drainage district shall have the
full power and authority to extend
drainage ditches or canals beyond the
boundaries of the said drainage dis
trict with the same power and author
ity to expropriate the right-of-way in
the same manner and to the same ex
tent as though such canals or ditches
were situated within the boundaries
of the said district. It shall have the
power to make and execute, contract
and to do and perform any and all
acts necessary to carry out the plans
and pqrposes for which it is created,
namely: To design, construct, com
plete and maintain a comprehensive
gravity drainage system within its
boundaries. It shall have the power
to divide the district into one and
more sub-drainage districts as confer
red upon Act No. 227 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of the state of
Louisiana of 1914, as well as any and
all amendments thereto.
Section 4. Be it further ordained,
etc., that all the corporate powers and
the administration of the affairs of
the said Eunice-Choupique Drainage
District shall be vested in and con
trolled by a board of commissioners to
be known as "The Board of Commis
sioners of the Eunice-Choupique
Drainage' District;" and said Board of
Drainage Commissioners shall be com
posed of five members who, or whose
wives, shall own real estate situated
within the boundaries of said drainage
district assessed for not less than five
hundred dollars ($500.00), or must be
the representatives of some corpora
tion owning real estate within the
said drainage district assessed for net
less than five hundred dollars ($500.
00). Persons pospessing such quali
fications may be appointed drainage
commissioners whether they be resi
dents or non-residents of said drain
age district. The police jury shall
have the power to appoint three com
missioners, one to serve for a term of
four years and two to serve for a term
of two years each. The remaining
two commissioners shall be appointed
by the governor of the state to serve
for a termn of four years each and all
appoinments of drainage commission
ers by the said police jury thereafter
shall be for a term of four years each.
The appointment of the drainage com
missioners by the police jury shall be
made upon a written recommendation
signed by not less than twenty-five of
the land owners of said drainage dis
trict.
All vacancies on said board caused
by death, resignation or otherwise,
shall be filed in the same manner in
which the drainage commissioners
thereof were orginally appointed and
for the unexpired term only.
Section 5. Be it further ordained,
etc., that drainage commissioners ap
pointed under the provisions of Sec
tion Four of this ordinance, after hav
ing qualified in accordance with the
laws o fthe state of Louisiana, shall
convene and hold their first meeting
in the town of Eunice, at 10 o'clock
a. m., Nov. 13, 1920, and shall then and
there proceed to organize by the elec
tion of officers as follows:
First. They shall elect from among
their number a president ,and vice
prsidenft. It shall be the duty of the
president to preside over all meetings
of the board and to perform such oth
er duties as are usually required to
president of corporate bodies of this
character. It shall be the duty of the1
vice-president to act in the absence
of the president or during the time orf
his inability to act.
Second. They shall elect a secretary
and treasurer who may or may not
be a member of the board of commis
sioners. The treasurer shall furnish
Ii bond in a sum fixed by the board, but
I must be of an amount of at least one
i fourth over and above any amount of
f uands that may come into the posses
Ssion of the said treasurer, which bond
a may be increased or decreased as the
e said treasurer shall from time to time
a have under his control, more or less
Smoney.
t The premiums on such bonds execut.
I ed by the said treasurer shall be paid
B by the Drainage Commission. Such
secretary and treasurer shall receive
a salary not exceeding twenty-five
($25.00) per month and shall perform
all duties required of him or them by
the board of commissioners.
Third. They shall select one 'of the
solvent chartered banks of the parish
of the district in which all monies
shall be deposited, which bank shall
pay interest on said money as provid
ed in Section Seven (7) of Act No.
227 of the Acts of the General Assem
bly' of the state of Louisiana of 1914
as amended by Act No. 57 of the acts
of 1918.
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
etc. that the board of drainage commis
sioners shall meet as often as they
deem it necessary to properly conduct
the affairs of the district, provided
that at least one meeting shall be held
every year. All of the expenses of
administering the affairs of said drain
age district including salaries of offi
cers, etc., shall be paid out of any
funds in the hands of the treasurer
belonging to the said drainage dis
trict when such items, bills, salaries
or other expenses shall have been ap
proved at a meeting of the board of
commissioners provided that the
drainage commissioners themselves
shall not receive any compensation
for their services as members of said
drainage district, but may be reimburs
ed for any expenses incurred in per
fornfing the duties imposed upon them
by virtue of their appointment. It
shall be the duty of the drainage com
missioners to inform themelves of. the
needs and requirements of their dis
trict and to administer the affairs so
as to procure as near as possible a
perfect drainage system within the
boundaries of their said district.
Section 7. Be it further ordained,
etc., that the said board of drainage
commissioners shall make and adopt
by-laws, rules and regulations for its
government and that of its officers
and employees; it shall keep a book
iii which shall be recorded all its
proceedings. It shall be the duty of
the board to examine all accounts and
operations of the district and to de
termine what work shall be undertak
en. It shall be the duty of the board
to see that an accurate account of its
affairs and finances are kept and to
cause the treasurer to make, when as
called upon, a detailed statement show
ing their receipts and disbursemehts
of all monies of the district which has
come into his hands and as such
tresurer, also showing the character
and cost of work done ,salaries paid
and other expenditures made under
.authejity or the beard and balance on
hand.
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
etc., that in order to carry out the
provisions contained in this ordinance
relative to the drainage of the land
situated within the boundaries of said
drainage district, the said board of
drainage commissioners are hereby
fully authorized ,empowered and di
rected to provide the funds necessary
therefor by levying and collecting in
the manner provided by law, any tax 1
or forced contribution which is now
or may hereafter be authorized by the
constitution and laws of this state and 4
to incur debts and issue negotiable ]
bonds as authorized by act No. 256 1
of the general assembly of 1910, of <
the state of Louisiana as well as any
and all amendments that may now
exist or my hereafter be made thereto. 1
Section 9. Be it further ordained,
etc., that said drainage district shall
,have and possess all the rights, pow- 1
ers and privileges that are now con- c
laws as well as any and all laws or t
ferred upon it by the constitution and I
parts of laws or amendments thereto, ]
that may now exist or may hereafter t
be enacted by the general assembly i
of the state of Louisiana.
Section 10. Be it further ordained, I
etc., that this ordinance shall take ef
tect immediately from and after its 1
adoption.
Voting for said ordinance: Messrs. 1
Mills, Phillips, Dupre, Guidroz, Pavy,
Moreau, W. F. Brown, McCaffery,
Deshotels, Sylvestre, Guillory. 1
Voting aginst: none.
Ordinance adopted October 6, 1920.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
J. J. HEALEY, Clerk. 1
Police Jury Proceedings
Mr. J. T. St. Cyr offered the follow
ing ordinance, seconded by Mr. R. L.
Mills to-wit:
An Ordinance:
Whereas, on Thursday, the 21st day
of October, 1920, an election was held
in the Fourteenth (14) Road District
of the parish of St. Landry, La., to
determine the following propositions
to-wit:
FIRST: Proposition to incur debt
and to issue serial negotiable coupon
bonds of said Road District to the
amount of Three IHundred Thousand
Dollars ($300,000.00), to run for pe
riods of from one (1) to twenty-four
(24) years, bearing interest payable
semi-annually, at the rate of five per
cent 5 per annum, for the purpose of
constructing a permanent public road
and the necessary bridges and cul
verts therefor, and for acquiring rights
of way, etc., commo'ly known as the
Pershing Highway (formerly Evange
line Highway) starting from a point
on the line of division between the
parishes of St. Landry and Avoyelles,
near Gold Dust, and running in said
District near or through Barbreck,
Whiteville, Dubuisson, Garland, Beggs,
Washington, Opelousas, Shuteston,
Sunset, Grand Coteau, and on to the
of St. Landry and Lafayette, title to
line of division between the parishes
which said public road bridges and
culverts shall vest in the public; said
public road, bridges and culverts to be
constructed under the direction and
supervision of the State Highway De
partment, and with the financial assis
tance of the State of Louisiana and of i
the United States if such assistance
be obtainable.
SECOND:, Proposition to levy a
special yeally tax of one (1) mill on
the dollar on all taxable property
within said Road District for five (5)
years, beginning with the year 1921,
for the purpose of aiding the Police
Jury of the parish of St. Landry in
according to law and notice to that
effect given on the Seventh day of
'its legal duty of maintaining said pub
lic road, bridges and culverts.
Whereas, the returns of said elec
tion were duly canvassed by the pol
ice jury of the parish of St. Landry
September, 1920, and the result of
said election was declared to be tha
i said propositions had been carried hi
favor of both of said propositions as
follows:
Majority in favor of First: Issuance
bonds: 139, One hundred and thirty
nine votes in number; and $1,385,872.
00, One Million Three Hundred eighty
five thousand eight hundred and sev
enty-two dollars in amount of prop
#erty valuation.
Majority in favor of second: Foi
the levy of a special yearly tax of one
(1) mill on the dollars for five (5)
years for maintenance purpose: One
Hundred and thirty-nine 139 votes in
number; and $1,385,872.00 One Mil
lion Three Hundred eighty-five thous
and Eight Hundred and Seventy-two
dollars in amount of property valua
tion.
Now, therefore, be it ordained by
the police jury of the parish of St.
Landry, in regular session convened,
that said propositions having been
carried at said election the result
thereof shall be promulgated by the
president and clerk of this police jury
by the publication of one issue of the
official journal under their respective
signatures and this shall be their au
thority for so doing.
The foregoing ordinance was duly
read and considered and a majority
of the members elect being present
voted as follows:
For: Messrs. J. T. St. Cyr, R. L.
Mills, F. H. Phillips, E. M. Dupre, C.
Guidroz, Dr. F. O. Pavy, D. P. Mor
eau, W. F. Brown,,Thos. MoCaffery, A.
Deshotels, Alex. Sylvestre, Eloi Guil
lory.
Against: None.
Absent. Messrs. E. A. Cummings. B.
W. Clopton, M. J. Godeau, W. C. De
jean.
Adopted November 1st. 1920.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest:--J. J. HEALEY,
Clerk.
Mr. W. F. Brawn offererd the fol
lowing ordinaunce, duly seconded, to
wit:
An Ordinance
-Galing a special ulection to be held
in Road District Numbs: Two (2) of
the Fourth Palice Jury Ward of the
Parish of St. Landry, state of Louis-.
ana, to take the sense of the prop
erty taxpayers of said district, quali
ftied to vote at such :.n election under
the constitution and laws of the state
of Louisiana, on the propostion ss to
whether or not the police jury as the
governing authority of said road dis
trict, shall on behalf of said road dis
trict, in addition to the debt previous
ly incurred and bonds previously is
sued, incur debt to the amount of One
Hundred and Fifty thousand dollars
($150,000.00) and issue negotiable
bonds of said district to represent said
debt, said debt to be incurred and
issued for the purpose of constructing
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 a 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 1. That a special election
and it is hereby ordered and called,
to be held in Road District Number
Two (2) of the Fourth (4th) Police
Jury Ward of the parish of St. Lan
dry, state of Louisiana, on Thursday,
December 23, 1920, between .the
hours of seven o'clock a. nl. and five
o'clock p. m., to take the sense of
the property taxpayers of said dis
trict, qualified to votet at such elec
tion 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 ;nd Fifty thousand dollars
($150,000.00) and issue negotiablal
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 (5) per annum, payable
semi-anhually, and said debt to be in
curred 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 Melville-Palmetto
Highway and for the construction of a
gravel road along the AtLhafalaya Riv
er and that portion of the Palmetto
Bayou Rouge Road lying within the
boundaries of the .aid 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 cfty 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 cahvass the returns of said elec
tion, and declare the result thereof,
which result they shall ·thereafter
promulgate according to law.
From a man who has traveled a
million miles
My A. B. A. Cheques were just as good as gold and twice
- handy-negotiable at any time and anywhere," says a
well known lecturer and writer on travel topics.
He carries "A.B.A." Chques because he. knows they are
everywhere accepted and ecause they are safe. Until the
owner has placed his countersignature on each Cheque in
the presece of the person accepting them, they are useless
to a fintler or thief, if lost or stolen.
Ask for attractive bookldets further demeibing the conven.
meace and safety of these Cheques.
Planters Bank & Trust Company
Section 3. That said election shall
be held in said district at the Mel
ville Town Hall, at Melville, Louisiana
and at Dr. Hawkins' office at the vii.
lage of Palmetto, Louisiana, which are
hereby designated as polling places,
and those of the property taxpayers
qualified to vote at said election, who
Ireside within the bounds of the Mel
Sville election precinct as established
by ordinance of this bodly, 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 4. That the folowing reg
Sistered voters of said district are
hereby appointed as election officers
to serve at said polls, with compensa
tion at the same rate paid such officers
in general elections, namely:
At the Melville Poll: P. W. La
fleur, W. A. White, Sr., C. C. Rosen
berg, Commissioners; A. Rosenberg,
clerk.
At the Palmetto Poll; r. 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
in number and amount, shall be provid
ed by the police jury, through its
clerk, who shall also cause to be print
ed the necessary ballots for use at
said election, which balots shall be
substantially the following from, to
wit:
Propositon to incur debt and -
issue serial negotiable bonds
of Road District Number Two
(2) of the Fourth (4) police
jury ward of St. Landry par
ish, state of Louisiana, in addi
tion to the debt previously in
curred and bonds previously
issued for said district, said
additional debt to be incurred
and bonds to be issue4 to the YS
amount of One Hundred and
fifty thousand dollars ($150,
000.00), and said bonds to be
serial bonds running from one
to thirty (30) years, bearing
interest at the rate of five per
centum (5) per annum, pay
able semi-annually, said addi
tional debt to be incurred and
bonds issued for the purpose
of constructing and maintain
ing public roads and highways
within the territorial limits
of said road district, and parti
cularly for the purpose of com- NO
pleting the Melville-Palmetto
Highway and for the construe
tion of a gravel road along the
Atchafalaya River and that
portion of the Palmetto-Bayou
Rouge road lying within the
boundaries 6f the said Second
Road District.
Taxable Valuation: $.......
Signatures of Voter:...........
Notice to Voters: To vote in favor
of the propositon submitted upon the
ballot, place a cross (X) mark in the
square after the word "yes" to vote
against it, place a similar mark in the
square after the word "No."
Section 6. That notice of the said
election shall be prepared and signed
by the President of this body, em
bracing substantially all matters set
out in this ordinance, stating the pro
positon to be submitted to the tax
payers and the time and place of said
election and further setting forth that
this body, the police jury of the parish
of St. Landry shall meet at the police
jury room in the city of Opelousas,
La., on Monday, January 3rd, 1921,
and shall then and there in public
session proceed to open the ballot
boxes, examine and count the ballots,
in humber and amount, examine and
canvass the returns of said election,
and declare the result thereof. Said
notice shall be advertised for thirty
days in the official jotrnal of the
parish of St. Landry, by not less than
four weekly insertions, the Fýrst of
which .hall appear op November 13th.
1920, at least thirty days before the
date on which the election is to take
place.
Section 7. That for good and euffi
cient reasons this ordinance shall take
efect from and after its passage.
Adopted November 3, 1920.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
J. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
Yeas: Messrs. R L. Mills, F. H.
Phillips, E. M. Dupre. C. Guidros, Dr.
F. O. Pavy, D. P. Moreas, J. T. St.
Cyr, W. F. Brown, W. C. Dejean, N.
Guillory, Thos. McCaffery, Alex. Syl
vestre.
Nays: None.
Absent: Messrs. B. W. Clopton, E. A.
Cummings, M. > Godeau, A. Deshotels.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest:-J. J. HEALEY,
Clerk.
L. D. HUDSP Fr
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Opeleous, La.
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