The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-01-31
ORDINANCE No, l.

AN ORDINANCE OF LACASINE DRAIN.
AGE DISTRICT NO. l, PROVIDING FOR
IHE LEVY OF AN ACREAGE TAX OF %
CENTS PER ACRE PER ANNUM FOR A
PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN YEARS AND THE
CREATION OF A BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
OF FORTY THOUSAND $40, .Oo) DOL
LARS, AS AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE 2s1
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF LOUISIANA, AS AMENDED BY ACT NO.
122 OF 1906, ACT No. 800 OF 1908, AND
ACT No. 1877 OF 1910, DULY ADOPTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF LOUISI-
ANA UPON REFERENDUM, AND ACT No.
2l9 OF 1912, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRO-
VIDING AND MAINTAINING DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS ON ALL LANDS SITUATED IN
SUCH DISTRICT, AND FOR THE HOLDING
OF AN ELECTION THEREFOR:
Whereas, it is the opinion OF the Board of
Commissioners of said Drainage District that
1t is necessary that said drainage district be
authorized to create a bonded indebtneSs in
the sum of Forty Thousand $4,000 OO)
Dollars, to be represented by Eighty Bonds of
Five Hundred s5000O) Dollars each, to be
issued by said Board Of Commissioners to
bear interest at the rate of five per centum
per annum, payable annually, maturing at
such dates as may be fixed by said Board of
Commissioners of said Lacasne Drainage
District No. /, at the time OF or prior to the
issuance OF the same (the proceeds thereof to
be used in effecting the drainage of the land
comprised in said drainage district and also
that, in order to secure the payment of such
bonds, together with the interest thereon,
and additional funds with which to enable
the said Lacasine Drainage District No. to
procure rights ofway and improvements, to
properly and sufficiently drain the land com.
priSed within said district and to effect the
objects for which this drama ge district Was
created, it is necessary that an annual acreage
tax OF 20 cents per acre as authorized by
article 2Sl of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, as amended by Act No. 1872 of 1905
Act No. 800 of 1905 and Act No. 1877 of 1910,
duly adopted by the people of Louisiana
under referendum. and Act No. 2l9 of 1912, |
be levied upon all property comprised within
the limits OF said Lacasine Drainage District |
No. for period of eighteen years, COM
mencing with the year 1913 and ending with |
the year 1880, both inclusive.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Board of |
Commissioners of Lacasine Drainage District
No. /, that special annual acreage tax of % !
cents per acre as authorized by the Constitu-
ton OF Louisiana, as amended by Act No 122
of 1906, Act No. 800 of 1908 and Act No. 1877
OF 1910, duly adopted by the people of the
State of Louisiana upon referendum, and Act
No. 219 of 1912 be levied on all land COM
prised within the limits of said Lacasine
Drainage District No. for a period of eight
cen years, commencing with the year 1913,
and ending with the year 1880, both inclusive
and the funds derived from said tax shall he
used exclusively:
First: To the liquidation and extinpnish-
ment OF such bonded Indebtedness:
Second; For paying the expenses of organ
ization and the running and operating ex.
penses of said Board OF Commissioners of
said drainage district and of operating drain
age Canals bitches or machinery owned.
operated or controlled BY the said drainage
district, the title to which shall be vested in
the said drainage district.
Third: To the providing of such additional
work OF canals, bitches, or drainage conduits.
as in the Judgment of said Board of Commits
sloners may be necessary and proper, eco.
to drain the property included
within the limits thereof;
Fourth: For the purpose of paying the in.
terest upon said bonded Indebtedness.
Section 9. BE it further ordained, etc, That
the said Board of Commissioners of said
Lacasine Drainage District No. l do hereby
submit TO the qualified voters of said Lacasine
Drainage District No. l for their approval and
ratification, the creation and issuance of said
bonded indebtedness in the sum of Forty
Thousand (s4o,o00.0ol Dollars as aforesaid,
and the levying Of an annual acreage tax of
twenty-five cents per acre on all land located