The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-28
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ARTICLE 2S1.

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parishes and school, drainage. sub
drainage. road. subroad, navigation, or
| sewerage districts. City Of New Or
leans excepted hereinafter referred to
| thorized by a vote Of majority, in
| number and amount Of the property
| taxpayers. qualified to vote under the
Constitution and laws of this State,
who vote at an election held for that
| purpose. after due notice Of said cleo
| ton has been published for thirty days
| in the official journal of the municipal
corporation or parish or where there Is
| lished therein, may, through their re-
spective governing authorities, incur
debt and issue negotiable bonds there
for, and each year while any bonds thus
| authorities of such subdivisions shall
impose and collect annually, in excess
| of all other taxes, tax sufficient to
pay the interest. annually or semi
| each year, or such amount as may be
required for any sinking fund necessary
| to retire said bonds at maturity; pro-
vided that such special taxes. for all
| purposes as above set forth shall not
| in any year exceed ten mills on the dol
| lar Of assessed valuation of the prop
| erty in such subdivisions.
| No bonds shall be issued for any
other purpose than that stated in the
| submission of the proposition to the
| taxpayers, and published for thirty 600
days as aforesaid, or for a greater
| amount than therein mentioned; nor
other purpose than for constructing,
improving and maintaining public roads
and highways, paving and improving
streets, roads and alleys, purchasing
| works. sewerage, drainage. navigation,
| lights, public parks and buildings, to-
gether, with all necessary equipments
re NJ 7,13bl INN
| to which shall rest in the subdivision
| creating the debt, as the case may be;
nor shall such bonds run for longer
period than forty (4o) years from their
than five, per centum (5) per annun,
or be sold for less than par. The total
issue of bonds by. any subdivision for
all purposes shall never exceed ten
ton of the property in such subdiyis-
ions. Municipal councils are granted the
authority to create within their limits
one or more sewerage districts.
Paragraph 2. Police juries in any
! parish or parishes may in accordance
| with law create drainage districts.
which in addition to the. powers here
| maintain drainage systems and the
| governing authorities of such districts,
when authorized by a majority in num-
Der and amount of the property tax
under the Constitution and laws, who
vote at an election held for that pur-
pose, may impose and collect for a pc
Rod not exceeding forty years forced
ceeding fifty cents per acre per year
on every acre Of land in the subdivision
where such an election Is held. The
governing authority Of such subdivision
when authorized as set forth, may in
! cur debt and issue negotiable bonds to
| represent same, secured by the taxes
above described provided that the total
amount of debts thus incurred or bonds
issued, shall never exceed in principal
and interest the aggregate amount to
be raised by said annual contributions
or acreage taxes during the period for
which the same are imposed and that
no such bonds shall be issued for any
other purpose than that for which said
contributions or acreage taxes Were
voted, run for longer period than
forty years, bear a greater rate of in
terest than five per centum per an
mum or be sold for less than par. All
bond issues heretofore authorized by
taxpayers in any subdivision at any
election not contested on any ground
validated.
| Paragraph g. When the character OF
any land IL such that It must be leveed
and pumped III order TO be drained
and reclaimed, the Board Of Drainage
Commissioners Of the District ii which
the land is situated, shall, upon the
petition of not less than a majority In
acreage of the property taxpayers,
resident and nonresident, in the area
to be affected, ascertain the cost of
drainage, and retaining said land and
incur debt against said land for an
amount sufficient to drain and reclaim
it, and issue for such debt negotiable
bonds running not longer than forty
| (40) years from their date and bearing
| interest at a rate not exceeding five
per centum per annum payable annually
or seni-annually, which bonds shall not
| be sold for less than par; and said Board
| of Drainage Commissioners shall levy
annually upon said land forced contribu-
tons or acreage taxes in an amount
sufficient to maintain the drainage of
| said land, to pay the interest, annually
| or semi annually, and the principal fall
| ing due each year, or such amount as
| may be required for any sinking fund
| provided for payment Of said bonds at
| maturity, provided, that such forced
contributions or acreage taxes, for all
| purposes shall never exceed Three Dol
| lars and Fifty Cents (s3.5O) per acre
per annum.
| Paragraph 4 The police juries Of the
| various parishes throughout the State
| for the purpose Of constructing high
| ish, and the governing authorities Of
| municipal corporations for the purpose
of paving or improving streets or al
nents, after making provision for the
| payment of all statutory and ordinary
| charges, may fund into bonds running
for a period not exceeding ten {1o)
years, and bearing interest at a rate not
exceeding five (5) per centum per an
| mum, which bonds shall not be sold
for less than par, the avai1s Of the
residue of the ten (10) mill tax au-
thoriZed by Article 232 Of the Constitu-
| ton Of Louisiana
Paragraph g. Should any of the sub
| divisions Of the State neglect or fail for
any reason to impose or collect the
| taxes provided for in the foregoing sec
tions, any person in interest may by
summary proceedings in the district
court having jurisdiction, enforce the
| imposition or collection of such taxes
or both. and such proceedings shall be
filed and triable free to any cost to the
/ litigant.
Paragraph g. Municipal corporations
parishes and school, drainage, sub
drainage, road, subroad, navigation and
/ sewerage districts (the City of New
1 Orleans exceptedl, hereinafter referred
/ to as subdivisions, when authorized to
| do SO in the manner herein provided
may, for the purpose of readjusting,
refunding, extending or unifying their
/ bonded Indebtedness, issue new bonds
I covering any particular issue or issues
/ of bonds or the whole outstanding
bonded Indebtedness incurred by such
| subdivision for the purposes specified
in Paragraph 1 of this article or any
: Issue or refund Issue bonds or renawa7