Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1905-05-19

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on deliver to the Trustee she cash t.
the amount Of the face value of thu
certificates, and the TRUSTEES shall dis
hurse- and pay out the same upon thu
order of the Architect and Superin
tendent and approval of the Presi
dent of the Police Jury, as is hereir
provided for delivery Of certificates
to Contractors.
SECTION XIV.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
Etc, that all ordinances and parts OF
ordinances in conflict herewith or in
consistent herewith be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Adopted by the Police Jury ani
approved May 9th, 1905.
F. H. CURRY,
President Of Police Jury Of Tensa:
Parish.
r. II. WHITNEY,
Clerk of Police Jury.
May 9th, 1905.
On motion of Mr.. O'Kelley, duly
seconded by Mr.. Marks, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted
AN ORDINANCE approving, con-
firming and ratifying the contract en-
tered into on behalf Of the Parish Of
Tensas, by and between the President
of the Police Jury and Lewman & Co
WHEREAS, the President of the
Police Jury has submitted to this
body the contract by public act, pass
ed before Joseph Curry, Clerk Of the
District Court and ex-officio Notary
Public, dated on the 9th day of May,
1905, by and between Frank Curry,
President of the Police Jury, acting
for the Parish of Tensas, Louisiana,
and Lewman & Co., Contractors for
the erection Of a Court House and
Jail for Tensas Parish, made and en-
tered into pursuant to the ordinance
adopted May 9th, 1905,
BE. IT ORDAINED by the Police
Jury for the Parish Of Tensas, That
the said contract be, and the same is
hereby approved, confirmed and rati-
fed in all its parts, and the President
Of the Police Jury is hereby empower
ed and directed to cause the same to
be properly recorded.
Adopted by the Police jury and ap-
proved May 9th, 1905.
f. II. CURRY,
President of Police Jury, Tensas,
Parish.
r. H. WHITNEY,
Clerk of Police Jury.
On motion Of Mr.. Farrar, duly sec
onded by Mr.. O'Kelley, the following
ordinance was unanimously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE.
Calling an election Of the property
tax payers of the Parish Of Tensas
relative to mourning an indebtedness
Of $4,000, and issuing the ncgotia-
BILE bonds of the Parish therefor and
levying tax Of 2 IL mills on all
within the Parish Of Tensas
subject to state taxation to provide
sinking fund for the payment thereof
for the purpose Of building a new
Court House and Jail for said. Par
ish.
Whereas, in the opinion Of the Po-
lice Jury Of the Parish Of Tensas it
is necessary to build a new Court
House and Jail for said Parish at a.
cost of 100000 and to incur debt
and issue said negotiable bonds there
FOR and to levy a special tax Of 2 IL
mills on the dollar on all property sub
ieet to state taxation in said Parish
for the years 1885 to 1914 inclusive
For the purpose of creating a sinking
fund for the redemption Of said bonds
1t maturity; therefore,
SECTION 1.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
If the Parish of Tensas, that pursu-
mt to provisions ofsArt. 2S1 of the
Constitution Of Louisiana, and Act
Number 145 Of the Acts Of the Gen
raj Assembly of Louisiana session of
-902, an election is hereby ordered to
De held on Tuesday the 10th day of
June, 1905, to take the sense Of the
property tax payers Of said Parish of
rensas duly qualified TO vote at such
election under the laws of the State
# Louisiana relative to said propo-