St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-11
AN ORDINANCE.
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No. is of 1919.
To incur debt and to issue certificate
of Indebtedness therefor to provide
funds for making additions and i'm
provements to tne electric light and
water plant of this city.
Whereas, the electric light and water
plant of this city is greatly in need OF
an additional internal combustion oil
engine and other machinery to~increase
the efficiency of said plant and to cur
tail the expenses of operating the same;
and
Whereas, the city is without funds
with which to purchase said engine and
other machinery; and
Whereas, the purchase and lnStalla-
tion of said engine and other machinery
cannot be deferred without serious loss
and inconvenience to this clty;.
Now Therefore, Be 1t Ordained by
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen OF
the City of Opelousas in special session
convened;
Section /. That a debt of fifty-five
hundred dollars ($5, 500.0 0) be and the
same is hereby incurred by said city
for the purpose of providing funds to
make the necessary cash payments on
the purchase price and cost OF one new
internal combustion oil engine and other
machinery for the electric light and
water plant of this city, and to pay for
the installation, freight and foundations
thereof and for making improvements
to the power house building in order to
accommodate anne.
Section 2. That said Indebtedness
shall be represented by two certificates
of Indebtedness, dated September 18th
1913, the first for the sum of five hun
dred dollars t$5O0.OO), payable january
9Th, 1914, and the second for the sum
of five thousand dollars Us, Zoo. 00),
payable January 9Th, 1914, each bearing
interest at the rate of five per cent
per annum from date until paid, and
each being payable at the office of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said
City on the surrender of the certificate;
that said certificates shall be signed by
the Mayor and Clerk of this city, and
shall have the seal thereof thereto
affixed.
Section 8. That said certificates shall
be in substantially the following form,
except the number, amount and ma
turity, which shall be as above stated
respectively, to wit:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
CITY OF OPELOUSAS.
CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS
OF THE CITY OF OPELOUSAS,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
LOUISIANA.
D,,o,r all hxy %haeo Dyoenp4c
That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Opelousas, State of Lou
isiana, acknowledge themselves to be
indebted and hereby promise to pay to
Bearer the sum of
dollars, on the 9Th day of January, A.
D., 10 together with interest there
on from the date hereof until paid at
the rate of five per cent per annum,
until full and final payment and ur-
render hereof
Both principal and interest of this
certificate are due and payable in said
city at the office of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen thereof.
This certificate is one of a series of
two of like date, the other being for the
amount of
dollars, made payable on the 5th day
of January, 10 issued to provide
funds for the purpose of making cash
payments on the purchase price of err
tain new machinery and to pay the cost
OF installation thereof in the municipal
electric light and water plant belonging
to this city, said certificates being issued
in full conformity to the provisions of
the Constitution and statutes of the
State of Louisiana in such cases made
and provided.
1t is hereby certified and recited that
all acts, conditions and things required
by the Constitution and statutes. of the
State of Louisiana precedent to and
necessary in issuing these certificates
have been regularly done and perform
ed
The license revenues and market
dues of the City of Opelousas, La, for
the year 10 and subsequent years,
in so far as the same have not already
been dedicated and pledged, have been
and are hereby dedicated and pledged
to the payment of this and the other
certificate herein mentioned as the same
shall severally mature.
In Testimony Whereof the said
Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Opelousas, State
of Louisiana, have caused this
certificate to be signed by the
SEAL Mayor and Clerk Of said City
and its seal to be hereto affix-
ed, on this 18th day of Septem-
Der, in the year of our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Thir-
teen (1913).
Mayor.