St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-06-07
Council Proceedings.
opelousas, La, May 9th, 1918.

Opelousas, La, May 9th, 1918.
To the members of the Board of Alder
men of the City of 0pelousas, La.
Gentlemen: You are hereby notified
that there will be a special meeting of
your Honorable Board this, Friday,
evening, May 9th, 1913, at five p. m, for
the purpose of considering and adopt
ting an ordinance to incur debt and to
issue negotiable gold bonds therefor
for the purpose of paving and improv-
ing the streets or alleys OF the City of
O~pelousas.
E. L. LOEB. Mayor.
Attest: J. B. A. stage, Clerk.
Received the above notice on the 9th
day of May, 1918, and on the same day
and date / notified all the members Of
the Board of Aldermen in person, except
Mr.. Sicily, ne is gone to his fathers; he
wont be back before late.
PLAIS HORN,
City Court Marshal.
OpeIousas, La, May 9th, 1913.
The Board of Aldermen met pursuant
to the above call. Present e. L.. Loeb,
Mayor presiding; Aldermen, Shaw,
Blacksher, Daniel Dunbar. There being
a quorum present the meeting was
called to order.
An ORDINANCE.
NOS OF 1918.
To incur debt and to issue negotiable
coupon gold bonds therefor for the
purpose of paving and improving the
streets or alleys of the City OF Ope-
lousas, in accordance with paragraph
4 of Article PSI of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana, as amended
by Joint Resolution of the General
Assembly of said State being No. 1872
of the Acts of the year 1912, approved
July 8, 1912, and duly ratified by a
vote of the people on Tuesday, Nov
ember 5, 1912.
Whereas, the paving and improve
ment of certain streets of the CitYyaf-
Opelousas and the building of good
substantial bridges thereon are mat
ters of the greatest public concern; and
Whereas, the statutory, necessary
and usual c~hargesef the said City for
the current yea do not exceed seven
mills on the dollar per mum on the
assessed. value of the taxable property
of the City, and will not exceed that
m1ilage during the ten years commence
ing with the year 1914 and ending with
the year 1928, both inclusive and
Whereas, the City "a therefore, after
making provision for the payment of
all statutory, ordinary and usual
charges, set aside and fund into bonds
running for a period not exceeding ten
years and bearing interest at a rate not
exceeding i've per cent per annum,
three mills of the ten mills tax author
zed by Article 232 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana. for the pur-
pose of providing funds for paving or
otherwise improving the streets or al
leys of the City of Opelousas; which
said millage will support in principal
and interest a bond issue of Ihirty-six
Thousand Dollars ($36, 000.00};
Therefore, be ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the CITY of
Opelousas in special session convened:
Section /. That a debt of Thirty-six
Thousand Dollars ($$36,000.O0) be and the
same is hereby incurred, to be evil
denced by bonds to be executed and is
sued as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. That the Mayor and the
Clerk of the Board of Aldermen be and
they are hersby authorized and directed
to have prepared and to execute under
the seal of this City, Seventy-tWo (72l
negotiable coupon gold bonds to be
known and designated as Street Paw
ing and Improvement Bonds of the
City of Opelousas, La, and TO be num-
bered from III to seventy-tWo, both
numbers inclusive and of the denomina-
ton of Five Hundred Dollars (S5OOl
each, to be dated May LIST, 1918, and
bearing interest at the rate of five per
(5G) per annum from date until
paid, payable annually on the LIST day
Of May of each and every year, and the
principal and interest of said bonds to
be payable at the office of the Treasur-
er OF the City of ~Opelousas, in said City,
and said bonds to be due and payable
as follows: