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I HRll1l.I% soi.
Paragraph l. Municipal corporations
parishes and school, drainage. SUD
drainage, road suhroa5. navigation, OF
sewerage districts, City Of New Or
Jeans excepted. hereinafter referred &c
az subdivisions of the atate. when all-
thorized by vote Of majority. IN
number and amount ct the property
taxpayers, qualified to vote untcE the
Constitution and laws OF TINS stare
| who vote at an election held Tor tha'
| purpose. after due notice of said cleo
ton has been published for thirty "ays:
in the official journal of the municipal
CORPORATION pr parish or where there Is
no official Journal, in newspaper pup
liShel therein, may, through their re-
speCtiye governing authorities, incur
debt and issue negotiable bonds there
for, and each year while any bonds thus
issued are outstanding. the governing
authorities Of such subdivisions Shall
impose and collect annually, in excess
Of all other taxes. q tax sufficient 70
| pay the interest, annually or semi
annually. and the principal falling dne
| 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 MOI
in any year exceed ten mills OF the dol
| lar Of assessed valuation of tie prop
erty in such subdivisions.
| No bonds shall be issued TO- any
other purpose than that state the
submission of the Pro '.r". . the
taxpayers. ana pnblishea for Arty (3o)
days as aforesaid, or for a greater
amount than therein mentioned; nor
shall such bonds be Issued for any
| other purpose than for constructing.
improving and maintaining public roads
and highways, paving and improving
streets, roads and alleys, purchasing
and constructing systems of water
works. sewerage. drainage, navigation.
lights, p~olic parks and buildings. to-
gether with all necessary equipments
and furnishing, bridges and other
works of public Improvement, the title
to which shall rest in the subdivision
creating the debt, as the case may be;
nor shall such bonds run for Il l,nger
period than forty (4oi years from their
date or bear q greater rate of interest
than five per centum t5) per annum.
or be scld for less than par. The total
| issue Of bonds by any subdivision for
all purposes shall never exceed ten
per centum l0) of the assessed valua.
| ton of the property In such subdivis-
| ions. Municipal councils are granted the
| authority to create within their limits
| one or more sewerage districts.
Paragraph 2. Police juries in sny
with law create drainage districts
which in addition to the powers here
| inahove granted, shall have further
power and authority to provide and
| maintain drainage systems and the
governing authorities OF such districts
when authorized by a majority in num-
Der and amount Of the property tax
payers of said district qualified to vote
| under the Constitution and laws. who
vote at an election held for that pur.
pose, may impose and collect for pc
| Rod not exceeding forty years forced
contributions or acreage taxes not eX-
ceed!ng 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 n 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 a longer period than
forty years, bear 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
Of fraud are hereby recognized and
| Paragraph 8. When the character of
fsny land is such that II must !be leveed
and pumped in order to be drained
and reclaimed, the Board Of Drainage
Commissioners Of the District in 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 reclaiming said land and
incur debt against said land for an
amount sufficient to drain and reclaim
1t, 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 semi-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-
lions 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
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 (s3.50) per acre
per annum
Paragraph L. The police juries of the
various parishes throughout the State.
for the purpose of constructing high
ways and public buildings for the par
ish. and the governing authorities Of
municipal corporations, for the purpose
of paving or improving streets or all
leys. and for all municipal improve
ments, after making provision for the
payment of all statutory and ordinary
charges, may fund into bonds running
for period not exceeding ten 1O)
years, and bearing interest at a rate not
exceeding five t5) per centum per an
num- which bonds shall not be sold
for less than par. the avails Of the
residue of the ten (1G) min tax au.
thorized by Article 232 of the Constitu-
ton Of Louisiana.
Paragraph 5. 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
tons. 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, SUBJ
drainage. lnad. subroad, navigation and
sewerage districts 'thA City of New
Orleans excepted). here natter referred
| to as subdivisions. whei authorized to
do so in the manner herein provided,
may. for the purpose of readjusting,
reminding extending or unifying their
bonded Indebtedness, issue new bonds.
covering any particular issue or issues
Of bonds or the whole outstanding
bonded indebtedness incurred by such
subdivision for the purposes specified