Police Jury of Rapides Parish v. Jennings

Under Act No. 15 of the Extra Session of the Legislature of 1928, parishes of the state, except the parish of Orleans, are authorized to levy a tax of one cent per gallon on gasoline for road purposes. Following the method prescribed by the act, the police jury of Rapides parish prepared an ordinance levying such tax and had it published in the official journal, and gave notice that it would consider the passage of the ordinance on a certain date. On the day before the ordinance was to be taken up for consideration, petitions protesting the levying of such tax and asking that the police jury…