St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-08

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to each bond, and both princinal and
interest shall be payable in gold coin OF
the United States of America at the
present standard of weight and fine
ness. Said coupons may be executed
by fac-simile signatures OF the Mayor
and Clerk of the Board of Aldermen.
Section 3. Each of said bonds and
each OF said interest coupons to be at
tached thereto shall be in form sub
stantially as follaWs, to9Wit:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
CITY OF oPELoUsAs.
No. s5OO.O0
STREET PAVING AND IMPROVE
MENT BOND OF THE CITY OF
oPELOUSAS. LA.
Know All Men BY These Presents,
That the City Of O~pelousas, in the
Parish of st. Landry and State ofLouis-
lana, acknowledges itself to be in
debted, and for value received hereby
promises to pay to Bearer the sum of
Five Hundred Dollars
upon the list. day of July, A. D., 49,,
together with interest thereon from
date hereof until paid at the rate of five
per cent Is per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually on the first day of
January and July OF each and every
year until final payment hereof upon
the presentation and surrender of this
bond and the interest coupons hereto
attached as they ~seyerally become due.
Both principal and interest of this
bond are payable at the office of
the Chase National Bank, in the City of
New York, State of New York, in gold
coin of the United States of America,
OF the present standard of weight and
fineness.
This bond is one of an issue of Sixty
three (63) bonds of like date, tenor and
mount, aggregating T~hirty-one
Five Hundred Dollars
1881, 500. 00) in principal, made payable
between July 1, 1915, and July
|, 1928, inclusive, and issued for the
purpose OF providing funds for the paw
4ng and improvement of the streets and
alleys of the City Of Opelousas, under
pursuance OF and ins~ conformity
o paragraph 4 OF Article 281 of the
Constitution OF the State of louisiana
IS amended by Joint Resolution Of the
ieneralAssembly of said State being
Act No. 1872 OF the Acts Of the year 1912,
approved July 9, 1912, and duly ratified
~ a vote of the people on Tuesday,
s. 1912.
1t is hereby certified and recited that
III acts, conditions and things required
o be done by the Constitution and
statutes of the State of Louisiana prece-
lent to and necessary in issuing this
,ond have been regularly done and
that the total indebtedness
said City of Opelousas, including this
lond, does not exceed any constitution
| or statutory limitation, and that three
nils of the ten mill tax authorized by
232 of the Constitution of the
OF Louisiana, for the nine calen-
ar years beginning with the year 1914
nd ending with the year 1929, both in
luslye, have been specifically and ir-
evocably authorized and dedicated to
ne payment of said bonds in principal
nd interest as the same shall mature.
In Testimony Whereof, the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen
OF the City of Opelousas, State
OF louisiana have caused this
bond to be signed by the Mayor
and Clerk of the Board of Alder
EAL men OF said City, and its cor
porate seal to be hereto affixed
and the interest coupons hereto
attached to be executed by fac
smile signatures of said Mayor
and Clerk. on this LIST. day of
July, A. D., 1913. !: