The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-15

said funds, after applying to said not
more than twenty-four months operation
any surplus that may exist of the tax
e. dedicated to pay the interest on said
bonds, which surplus may and must be
70 used before any draft is made for
such purpose on the principal of said
fund.
Section s. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the proceeds Of said bonds shall be
applied in such proportion as may be
required to the completion Of said sew
erage, water and drainage system, the
preference being given to the sewerage
and water system, if necessary.
Section 9. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That there shall be dedicated to the pay
ment Of the principal and interest Of
the bonds, herein authorized, all sur
plus, arising after January LIST, 1907,
from the one-half of one per cent debt
tax levied by the City of New Orleans
by virtue Of Article 314 of the Consti
tuition Of Louisiana, and from the special
tax two mills voted BY the property tax
payers Of the City Of New Orleans on
The sixth day Of june, 1899, said surplus
being here defined to be all residue in
each year, until January LIST, 1912, re-
naming after paying the interest on the
twelve millions Of Public Improvement
Bonds Of the City Of New Orleans, here
tofors issued under the provisions Of
Iaid Act No. Of the extra session of
1899, and the alf-year's interest re-
serve fund therein provided for, which
said two mill tax shall be levied and col
lected only until January LIST, 1912, as
provided in Act No. 6 Of the extra SEES
mon Of 1899.
II, after paying the annual interest
n the bonds provided for in this Act,
s.d, after January LIST, 1923, paying
heir sinking fund hereinafter provided
for, there shall be any year, any further
surplus Of said tax, said further surplus
sAall be used for extending the said
public systems of sewerage, water and
drainage, to respond to the growth and
extension Of the City of New Orleans,
and II such further surplus shall be
moro than sufficient for such purpose,
the same shall be held by the Board of
Liquidation to the credit of the City of
New Orleans to be expended only in per-
manent public Improvements, such as
paving, public buildings, bridges, etc.
Section Z. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That after January LIST, 1923, the Board
Of Liquidation of the City Debt, shall,
out Of the surplus Of said taxes hsrein
dedicated to the payment Of the princi- |
pal and interest Of said bonds, set aside
. sinking fund sufficient in amount ia
retire the whole of said eight millions
Of bonds on or before January 1, 1912,
And shall from time to time, and at least
once every three months.as said fund
Accumulates, select by IL the numbers
'sf the bonds to be retired at par AM, |
accrued interest, and shall advertise for |
ten days in a newspaper published in
each Of the cities Of New York, Chicago |
and New Orleans, the numbers of said |
bonds and the date they will be paid
(which date shall be not more than thirty
days from the date of said advertise
ment) and at the expiration of said date,
said bonds shall cease to bear interest.
Section s. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the Board of Liquidation of the
City Debt, is hereby directed not to sell
any Of said eight millions of New Public
Improvement Bonds in excess of the
revenues hereby dedicated to the pay
nent of the annual interest thereon, and
to defer such sales, if necessary, until
the assessed values of the City of New
Orleans will assuredly provide the funds
to meet the interest charges thereon.
Section 9. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That If, by any mischance, the growth
and progress Of the City of New Orleans
should be arrested, so that her assessed
values should not be sufficient to pro-
vide sinking fund to retire said bonds
By January LIST, 1912, all of said bonds
Do remaining unpaid shall be ipso facto,
extended, at the same rate of interest
and with the right of call, as herein pro-
vided, until January LIST, 1862, and the
said one per cent debt tax shall be le-
We'd and collected until that date. or
until the principal and interest of said
bonds are fully and finally paid, and the
proceeds thereof, after July 1st, 1850,
shall be applied by preference to the
payment of the principal and interest
of said bonds, except in 50 far as any
portion Of the proceeds Of said tax may
have to be applied, after that date, to
he payment Of the principal and interest
'f the said twelve millions of Public
Improvement Bonds" due July LIST, 1850,
issued under said Act Of 1899. II it
should become necessary, after January
LIST 1912, to provide for the payment