St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-06-17
interest coupons attached thereto shall
be in substantially the following forms,
respectively:
United States of America,
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Landry.

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United States of America,
State of Louisiana,
, Parish of st. Landry.
No. L. $4,000
Parish Board of School Directors o
the Parish Of st. Landry, La.
Know all men by these presents
that the Parish Board of School Direc
of Louisiana, acknowledges itself to b,
indebted and for value received hereby
promises to pay to the bearer the sur 0
Two Hundred Dollars on the 1st day O.
July, 1912, together with interes
thereon from date hereof until paid, a.
the rate of five per centum per annum
payable annually, on the lst of July, 1911:
land the LIST day. Of july of each ane
every year until final payment hereof,
upon presentation and surrender of this
bond and the interest coupons attached
as they severaIIy become DUE
Both principal and interest of this
bond are due and payable at the office
of the Treasurer of the Parish Board OF
School Directors of the Parish of st
Landry, State of Louisiana, in gold
coin of the United States at the pres
ent standard of weight and %fineness.
This bond is of a series of thirty
bonds of like date, tenor and amount
issued for the purpose of providing
funds to purchase school sites, public
school buildings or constructing pub
lie school buildings in School District
Mol of the IN Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry, State of Louisi-
ana, and in full conformity to Article
28I of the Constitution of La. and the
Statutes ca r rying same into effect, and
is authorized and approved by the vote
of the majority in both. number and
amount of the property Taxpayers,
qualified to vote thereon, voting at a
aRaaOial oInnffnr lrr1r . nd "a rnnufor1u
called and held in and for said School
District No. / Of the End Police Jury
Ward, as provided by the Constitution
and Statutes of Louisiana.
1t is hereby certified and recited that
all acts, conditions and things required
by the Constitution and Statutes of the
State of Louisiana, precedent to and
necessary in issuing this bond have
been regularly done and performed,
that the total Indebtedness of said Par
ish Board of School Directors for n on
behalf of said School District No. ] of
the End Police Jury Ward does not ex-
coed any constitutional or statutory
Limitation; and that full and ample pro-
vision has been made for the collection
of a direct property tax of three mills
on the dollar, annually, on all property
subject to State taxation within the linn
it's of said School District No. /, of the
End Police Jury Ward, which said special
tax is also authorized and approved by
the vote of the majority in both num-
Der and amount of the property tax
payers, qualified to vote thereon, voting
at q special election duly and regularly
called and held in and for said School
District No. l. Of the End Police Jury
Ward, as provided by the Constitution
and Statutes of Louisiana, and has been
specifically authorized and dedicated to
the payment of said bonds in principal
and interest as same shall mature.
III testimony whereof, the said
Board Of School Directors of the
Parish of st. Landry, State of Louisi-
ana, has caused this bond to be signed
by its President and attested by it's
Treasurer and the interest coupons
hereto annexed to be executed by fac
smile signatures of Its President and
Treasurer, this Goth day of May, 1911.
o. P. DAILY, President.
Attest: c., ]. THOMPSON, Treasurer.
Mol. $1,000
On July /, 1912, the Parish Board of
School Directors OF the Parish of St.
Landry, State of Louisiana, will pay to
bearer $1,000 at the Office of the Treas
urer of said Board at Opelousas, Louisi-
ana, being one years interest due on its
School District No. /, End Police Jury
Ward, Bond Mol, dated May. 10th, 1911.
o. P. DAILY, President.
c. J. THOMPSON Treasurer.
Section 3. Be 1t further resolved,
That the proceeds of the sale of
the bonds herein authorized and di-
rected to be issued shall be devoted ex-
clusively to purchasing school sites,
public school buildings or constructing |
public school buildings.
Section 4. Be 1t further resolved, /
That the President of this Board is
hereby authorized and directed to
m q cr1oh ruhlSr 0dryortico m ouf of fhoj
proposed sale of said bonds to be made
he may deem advisable, and he may,
in his discretion, receive private or pub
lie bids for the purchase of said bonds;
but the sale thereof shall be made only
after approval thereof by resolution of
this Board. No bids for less than par
and accrued interest on said bonds shall
be considered.
Section 8. Be 1t further resolved,
in accord with the authority
In this Board by the vote, of the
majority, of the property taxpayers,
qualified to vote thereon, at a special
duly and regularly held, a spe-
cial tax ofthree mills on the dollar of the
valuation is hereby levied on
all the property subject to State taxa
ton in said School District MOL of the
End Police Jury Ward of the Parish of
Landry, State of Louisiana, begin
ming with and including the year 1909
and for all subsequent years to and in
the year 1918, for the purpose
Of paying the interest and principal of
the bonds herein authorized to be is
sued, and the proceeds of said tax so to
be solicited shall be sacredly devoted
and applied to the payment of said in
and principal as same shall be-
come due.
Section 6. Be it further resolved,
as s pecia | taxes are collected
and received by this Board they shall
be applied first to the payment of any
interest or principal of said bonds then
maturing and any balance shall be set
separate and apart from all other
funds of the Board and shall be known
rs the General Sinking fund, which
shall be invested from time to
lime in such bonds or other securities
Is may be authorized by law, but no
shall be made except when
approved by resolution of this
On June 10th, 1911, and on the
anne date of each year thereafter, there
hall be set aside from the General
Fund for the payment of the
principal of said Bonds an amount |
to pay one eighth of the prin-
,ipal of said bonds then outstanding, {
which said funds when SO set aside shall
,e known al the Specific Sinking Fund
md shall be applied sacredly and ex-
'lusively TO the payment of the princi-
,al of said bonds as they mature.
O~pelousas. La. May 8th, 1911.
Pursuant to a resolution passed on
Goth day of March, 1911, and in con- {
ormity to notice given by proclama-
ion of the President of this Board, ]
published, the Parish Board of t
Directors of the Parish of st. /
landry, Louisiana, met in special open /
ession for the purpose of opening the I
,allot box, examining and counting the c
in number and amount, exam /
ming and canvassing the returns and !
leclaring the result of the special cleo q