The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-05-18

by arbitration, and as shall be pro-
vided In the contract.
Sec. 6-Be 1t further ordained, ETC.,
That In order to subserve CONNER
cial convenience of all parties to the
contract, the president Of the police
Jury, as soon as practicable after the
signing Of the contract herein pro-
vided for, shall make and execute ten
(1O) certificates, corresponding In
amounts with the several amounts
herein before stated, as installments
to he paid as the price of the con-
tract, which Certificates shall briefly
state the purposes for which they are
the date upon which the certificate II
suant to the contract, and pursuant
to this ordinance. as evidence Of the
completion Of the contract to the ex-
tent and amount Ut that certificate.
and shall state the year In which the
sum named IL payable, and shall des-
ignate the year the revenues are
pledged and appropriated to the pay
mont Of so much of the contract
price. These certificates shall be
signed by the said president Of the
police jury, clerk and secretary there
OF, and delivered to the superintend-
emit hereinafter provided for, who
shall deliver the same to the cOntrac-
tors, a. hereinafter provided. and the
president OF the police jury, and clerk
and secretary thereof, shall also make
and institute and deliver to the said
superintendent one certificate In all
respects like those above provided
for, except amount shall be In blank,
and the amount of that certificate
shall be inserted by the said superin-
tendent upon the completion Of the
contract, AZ shall appear by the
methods provided In the contract,
and which shall evidence an amount
being the balance of the contract
price, which shall be made after all
additions, deductions and adjust
ments are made as hereinafter provi-
ded, and that amount shall be insert
ed by the said superintendent, and
the certificate shall he by him deliv-
cred, after the completion of the con-
tract. to said +. b. & w. 8. Hull, or
their assigns.
Sec. 7-Be it further ordained, etc.
That the said contract shall provide
for insurance ON the building during
its erection, and after It's completion,
until thecOntract price is finally paid,
and the president Of the police Jury
Is hereby directed to effect such insur-
ance during the progress of the work,
and to renew the same from time to
time, keeping the building insured for
not less than fifty per cent Of the cost
thereof.
Sec. s - Be it further ordained, etc..
That thirty 100 days after beginnipg the
delivery of tho material upon tho ground
and the beginning of the erection of the
court house, the superintendent shall de-
liver to +. b. 4 w. 8. Hull the certit-
cate first herein above described, to-wit:
The certificate for the sum of twenty.six
hundred and forty-five (e2645 O0) dollars,
representing that part of the contract
price payable on the first day Of March,
1900, out of the revenues of the year 1901.
and at the end of each and every thirty
days thereafter the superintendent shall
deliver to F. B. 4 w. 8. Hull, or their
assigns. certificates in the order in which
they are above described and ret out
provided the superintendent shall be
satisfied that the said certificate docs
not in amount represent, together with
the certificates heretofore issued, more
than eighty five per cent Of the work
done or material and labor furnished.
Sec. g. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That j. II. McNeely be and he il hereby
named and declared to bs the Superin4
tendent of the said building during its
erection, with full power to act for and
on behalf of the police jury of the par
ish Of Grant, in the inspection of the
material and workmanship, and with full
power and authority to supervise tho
work in tho manner set forth in the Spec
if1cati0n and the contract entered into
pursuant to this ordinance, and to issue
to said contractors, from time to time, the
certificates herein provided for.
Sec. To- Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the president of the police jury and
the police jury shall make all their acts
in connection with this contract conform
precisely with the laws of tho State of
Louisiana, and in the event . question
arises a. to their having done 90. az to
their power, and should there be suit by
injunction or otherwise respecting these
acts, or the exercise OF their powers, or
the prosecution of the work, or matter
making this contract, or the
collection OF any part OF the debt under
the contract. the police jury shall pay
all costs necessary to defend said suit,
and the contractors or their assigns shall
be held harmless.
Sec. n-Be it further ordained, etc,
That two mills OF the ten mills on the
dollar tax annually allowed by Law, levied
for general purposes, only eight mills be-
ing required to meet and pay the annual
expenses Of the parish, be, and the same
10 by this ordinance devoted wholly and
exclusively to the payment of the debt
herein crested, in principal and Interest,"
and tho proceeds or avails thereof are
hereby set apart, pledged and appropri
sted in advance, year by year, Tor the
years 1901, and for each and every year
until full and Anal uavunank tharenk n