Shautin v. Board of Com'rs of St. Landry-St. Martin Gravity Drainage Dist. No. 1

The defendant was created in accordance with the provisions of Act 238 of 1924, p. 543. As shown by the title the district covers lands in two parishes.

In due course it submitted to the taxpayers, qualified voters, .a proposition to issue bonds and levy taxes to pay the same; but in ordering the election therefor, it provided for only one polling booth, to .wit, in the parish of St. Martin. On the' face of the returns the election resulted favorably to the bond issue.

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Within the 60 days allowed by the Constitution, Andrew Sháutin and 66 other qualified electors of the pal-ish of St. Landry,…