The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-12-12

rendered against the city on floating debt
claims prior to 1879. entitled to be funded nm
der act No. 81 of 1884. the said city CT New
Orleans Is hereby authorized and directed.
on and after the adoption of this amendment to
issue through the Board of Liquidation of the
| City Debt. bonds TO be known as the Consti-
| tutIonal Bonds of the city of New Orleans,
not exceeding ten millions of dollars, at fifty
years. bearing four per cent, pei annum in
| terest to bear date and be in the form pres
cribed by the Legislature. The said bonds
shall be applied by the said hoard to the re-
| tirement OF said outstanding bonds and jnde
nents. by the sale of said Constitutional
Bonds, and application of the proceeds Of
sale by the Board of liquidation. t. pay or
/. purchase sali outstanding bonds and judg
ments. or by exchanging the sid conatitn-
| tlonal Bonds for bonds. on the terms and in
the mode prescribed by the Legislature. For
the payment of the interest and principal at
| maturity, of said Constitutional Bonds. and
otf er outstanding bonds no. retired under
| this amendment, and Tor the payment of the
annual allotments and premiums of the Pre-
minms Bonds of said city, the sald city is
hereby authorized and directed nlrvv annual
ly, AMI until the full payment of said bonds.
sl-ciai tax of one per cent on all the real
and personal property of the city. said tax to
| bc part OF. and not in addition to the tax y
| twenty mills and two trnihs o. mill on til.
| 10 lar of valuation now levied for all pnrp..
| ses bv the city of New Orleans and the sa id
| lax shall be paid ovor collected @, and hr
| applied by the Board of Liquid It on, to I'll.
| payment ot Sc interest und D Icip II IA ma-
| urity of said Constitutional Bonds, aud out
tdn1lng bouds not retired. and t. the nay
| Inent of the aiotmeufs of Premium Bnn, 8
and pren Iums extant. i'll the hands o. hold
| els
| Said tax is hereby declared to he the con-
| tract right of hr holders of all said b ,ul, ;
Z fNtln nfa id f,..
| B"uds from all taxation oy thu City OF New
| priears aud State oi louisiana is hereby re-
! c"gnz.d and aeclaitd, and after payment "t
| ali the annual interest on ,i Constitutional
| Beads ami bonds not retired ami the pa, :
| inr1t of the said annual atlntments of Pre-
| minm Bonds aud premiums txtant III th.
| hands of hrtdtrs aud AFT er making provisions
| or Il snkfng fund, at such time and of such
| IN amount as the i.e.is allure presrrit te- !.
| surplus of said one per cent. shall he disposA
ed ut AS prescribed hy the Legislature.
| The act passed at the present session No.
SO entieled s'An act to carry irto effect the
| Constitutional amendment passed at the pre-
| sent session relative 10 the bond debt of the
City of New Orleans et,., be and is hereby
| approved and confirmed in all its parts a
contract between the City OF New Orleans
| aud the holders of sal Cons ltutlonal Bonds.
| Premium Bonds aud of the bonds outsta nd
ing not retired aforesaid
| SECTION : BE II ttoth.r resotced. etc
| That the city oi New Ortc.,tIs ,- aud Is here
| y authorized and etupom cred t. exaini - in-
| to aud asstlEe the payment OF tn, claims or
| obiigati"ns of the Board al school Directors
tor the city and parish OF Orleans aue for
| The wears 1880. l>St. 49,. 1888 ,nh 1881. now
| IL the hands of Oh ginai owners. who have IN
hnwl-e parted witt their right "f ownership
,r pledged the saline. may be found to pe
| -quiIab due by said H. AID for ervtcr- 'r
| ret. .h". rf.'''. = "r teria's furn 'sll-
| ed by authority of said board.
| SECTION 3. BE 1t further rescIred etc, That
all electors voting at said election for said
amendment ,.".. p,a5'. upon 'hcir "a'iois thr
| wuras, ''ror the city al New Drtth> ebt
| amendment, aLi all el ct"-> v".in. - said
election against sail amendment ~ al! place
Il their basi"t> the worus, - aain-t the tit.
| 1i New Urieans de bt amend n.tni
ONT RESOLUTION No. l54-AMEND
MENT NO.2.
! Proposing to submit TO the electors of this
State an amendment 10 article two hun
dr1d end twenty-n u- t2.9I OF the Constitn
| tionof 1879. relative TO Pu"lic Education
Assembly Of the State of Louisiana, TACO third,
of the members elected to each hustse coneurri,sJ
therein, That article two hundreu anu twenty
nine of the CONSTITUTE IN of eighteen hundred
and seventy lime, be amended aud re-euacted
81 as to read As follows, viz:
| ARTICAL 81 ue sonOOI IuHuS Oh t0iS ia u
shall consist OF: !. The proceods of taxation
for school purposes as provided in this Con
stihution = he interest on the proceeds ot
| all public lands heretofore granted by the
United States Tor the use anu support OF the
public schools: 3. U1 lands aud other proper
| " which may hereafter be be1ueathed grant
ed or donated to the State or generally Tor
school purposes; 4, All funds or property
| (other than uninpr.ved iard-l. bequeathet
| or granted to the State, not designated fol
other purposes ), The proceeds of vacan,
estates taitIng under the laws oi the State .
Louisiana. hu Legiss ture may appropriate
| To the satue funds the ptocret- III win'ie ni
iu part. of public lands not 't-.ynated fo
other purpose and shall provide that ever.
parish, or every school ward III each parish
may levy u tax Tor the pubic schuols therein
which shall not exceed five ~ mills on th'
doIiar, he vote on such tax to be decided b,
Il majority oi the property tax payers OF eaci
parish or each school ward municipality
| III each parish, in Value and IN LuInoer sotln.
| at SAID eiectlon-and all MONEYS 30 coiiectet
tu be cxl,euded in the school ward wher
levied ''Ail elections under this act shall b.
oruered by the Police Jury in the parish II
| which the tax IL proposeu to be tevied
SECTION ,. BE ii further resafrcd, That tn
| above amendm. MT To article two hundr. d au'
twenty -nine t..29) t.- submitted TO The citizen
of this State at the next general election 10
their approval or rejection. and that upon al
| ballots cast at that election for State o
parrish officers there shall he printed the-
words For aliicuttruens 10 article 2.y OF tn
Constitution Against a,neudmcnt To articl
~ Of the Consultation
, - Witness my signature and the sea
/, I l. ) 20: the State ri L"ui-iaua at tue CIT
: [ ~ of Baton kougc. this .oth 'isr OF No'
ciuuer, io9i.
/. +. Mason,
: Secretary oi Stat