St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-06-21

Seventy-two 3 100000
The interest of said bonds shall be
evidenced by proper coupons attached
to each bond, and both principal and
interest shall be payable in gold coin
OF the United States of America at the
then present standard of weight and
f~neness. Said coupons may be execut-
ed by fac-simile signatures of the
Mayor and Clerk of the Board of Alder
men.
Section 3. Each of said bonds and
each OF said Interest coupons to be at
tached thereto shall be in form sub
stantiaily as follows, to-wit:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
CITY OF OPELOUSAS.
No. - $4,000
STREET PAVING AND IMPROVE
MENT BOND OF THE CITY OF
OPELOUSAS, LA.
Know all men by these presents,
That the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the City of O~pelousas, Louis
lana, acknowledge themselves to be In
debted, and for value received hereby
promise to pay to bearer the sum of
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
upon the LIST day of May, A. D., 19-, to-
EgeUilRT Will lubGIESI u GIIGE6OA IEOH1 QaGG
hereof until paid at the rate of Five per
cent. (5Go1 per annum, payable annual
ly on the 1st day of May of each and
every year until final payment hereof
upon the presentation and surrender
of this bond and the interest
thereto attached as they seyeralIy be-
come due.
Both principal and interest of this
bond are due and payable at the office
Of the Treasurer Of the City of Opelou-
sas, La in { aid City, in gold coin OF the
United States Of America, at the then
present standard of weight and fine
ness.
This bond is M of a series of Seven
ty-tWo (72) bonds, Of like date, tenor
and amount, issued for the purpose of
providing funds for the paving and i'm
| proyelment of the streets or alleys of
the City of O~pelousas, under and In pur-
| suance of and in conformity to para
graph 4of Article Isl of the Constftu-
| ton Of the State of Louisiana, as
amended by Joint Resolution of the
General Assembly of the said State be-
ing No. 1872 of the Acts of the year 1912,
approved July g., 1912, and duly ratified
by a vote OF the people on Tuesday,
NoyembeF5, 1912.
It is hereby certified and recited that
all acts, conditions and things required
10 De uOu0 Uy bDB CONSTITUTION ana
statutes of the State of Louisiana aud
precedent to and necessary in issuing
this bond have been regularly done
and performed; that the total Indebt-
edness of said City of Opelousas, inclua-
ing this bond, does not exceed any con-
stitutional or statut Try limitation, and
that three mills of the ten mill tax au-
thorized by Article 232 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana, for the
ten years beginning with the year 1914
and ending with the year 1928, both in
elusive, have been specifically and ir-
~reyocably authorized and dedicated to
the payment of said bonds in principal
and interest as the same shall mature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
the said Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of the City of Ope-
iousas, State of Louisiana, have
caused this bond to be signed
by the Mayor and Clerk of the
Board of Aldermen of said
(SEAL) City, and its corporate seal to
be hereto affixed, and the inter
est coupons hereto attached to
be executed by fac-simile sig
natures of said Mayor and
Clerk, on this 1st day of the
month of May, A. D., 1913.