St. Landry democrat., 1892-02-06
OFFICIAL.
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PRDNsUEGATHON
Proposed Amendments to the
Constitution OF the State
OF EOgaiSEsana,
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Gg EEAs..
STATE Or LOUISIANA,


IN 1890.
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/ fo'pHin- an ilntndMcnt 10 lAc toHstltutian
'A'tiII- wy t'' i''li"thS, Va lhc ''ohutH
dent OF the city OF New Orleans, other than
lfthiIil boliuS' mo lout per cent hohus
proEldIl& SPECIAL TAX or one per cent to
pay the bonded debt OF the city, and OK
tlnplnG the Sitlu tuur per cent bonds trolu
TAXATION, ana lurther authorizing the Sitld
citI 10 aSSuiue ana pay such unpaid claims
81 me Board OF ScHoOl directors OF salu Guy
anI parish which il may tind to bc cquita-
hly due ny sad board
SECTION /. Bc il rcSDired b5 The ScH0ie und
| House Of Representatives IF ne Stote Of Lnuisj-
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hOusc cOnrHIriy,I, That the following amend.
ments to the Constitution of the State be suf,-
ulittetl to the electors of the State at the next
election for REPRESENTATIVES, for the General
Assembly III the wear 1892, for the purpose of
rel lrtng The now existing valid outstanding
bonds of the city of New Orleans Including
the bond certificates or bonds issued under tht,
act of the LEGISLATURE No. So of 1882 and to re-
tire judgments uow or hereafter rendered
against the city OH floating debt claiI.s prior
TO 1879. entitled to he funded under act No G7
of 1884 the said city of New Orleans is hereby
authorized and directed. on and after the adoli,
ton of this amendment. to issue through lie
Board of Liquidation of the CITY Debt bonds
to he known as the Constitutional Bonds OF the
City of New Orleans not exceeding ten millions
per annum interest, to bear date and be i'll the
form prescribed by the Legislature. The
said bonds shall he applied by the said board
to the retirement OF said outstanding bonds and
judgments, by the sale of said Constitutional
Bonds, and application OF the proceeds OF sale
by the Board OF Liquidation, to pay or purchase
Sa.Q outstanding nOltiS anu Judgments, or by
exchanging the said Constitutional Bonds for
bonds, on the terms and in the mode pres
cribed by the Legislature. For the payment Of
the interest and principal at maturity, of said
Constitutional Bonds, and other outstanding
bonds not retired under this amendment, and
for the payment of the annual allotments and
premiums OF the Premium Bonds of said
city, the said city is hereby authorized
and directed to levy annually, and until
the full payment OF said bonds, special
tax of one per cent. on all the real and
III.
part OF, and not Ill addition to the tax OF twenty
mills and two-tenths of Il mill on the dollar Of
vaIuatiol- now levied for all purposes by the
city OF New Orleans, and the said tax shall be
phld over as collected 10, ana be applied by the
Board OF Liquidation, to the payment OF the ILL
terest and principal at maturity or said const
tutl0nai Bonds. and outstanding bonds not re-
tled, and 10 the payment OF the aiOtmentS OF
Premium Bonds and premiums extant, i'll the
haiWS ol hohiefs.
Shld tax Is hereby declared to be the contract
fI@ht OF lie loldtIa or an S;tiu bonds; and the
exemption OF sad CONSTITUTIONAL Bonds from
ail taNat9n ny the .olty or New Orleans and
Slale OF Louisiana Is hereby recognized and
declared ana altcr payment OF all the annual
not retired and the paymcnt If the said anEua
allotmcnts of Premium Bonds ana pre-
lnIHlns eXtaht III the hands OF holders,
anu after making provisions Tor ii sink
InS iuhd' at Shch tlmc ana OF such an amount
as thc LEGISLATURE presclb"s, the surplus Of
clibcd hy the Legislature
The act passed at the present session No 26
entitled An act to carry into effect the Con,
stitutional amendment passed at the present
session relative to the bond debt of the City of
New Orleans, etc, he and is hereby approved
and confirmed in all its parts as Il contract he
tween the City Of New Orleans and the holders
of said Constitutional Bonds, Premium Bonds
and of the bonds outstanding not retired AS
aforesaid.
SECTION >. &c Il fHrthcr rCSolFcd, ric., That
the city Of New Orleans be and is hereby ait
thorizcd and empowered to examine into and
NAY of tlls slaY ,,l,l