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sacredly apply and devote to the pay,
ment Of said certificate of five hundred
dollars in principal and interest the
license revenues and market dues col
lected by said City for the year 1914,
and subsequent years should sueh a
course become necessary on OF
a shortage in the funds SO collected or
otherwise, except such portion OF SAID
revenues as have already been formal
w dedicated and pledged to the pay
ment of other certificates OF Indebted
ness, and to apply and devote to the
nayment of said certificate Of five
thousand dollars ($5, 000.00) in princi-
bal and interest, the license revenues
and market dues collected by said city
for the year 1915, and subsequent years
should such a course become necessary
on account of a shortage in the funds
collected or otherwise, except such
portion of said revenues as have already
been formally dedicated and pledged to
the payment of other certificates OF
Indebtedness.
Section Z. That for good and suffi-
cient reasons this ordinance shall take
effect from and after its PRONUNCIATION,
and that all resolutions or ordinances OF
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen OF
this city contrary to, or in conflict with,
this ordinance, be and the same hereby
are repealed.
Approved, Opelousas, La, Sept, 18th,
1918.
E. L. LOEB,
Mayor.
Attest:
j. B. A. stage,
Clerk.
The above ordinance after
having been r e a d section by
section, a d adopted n
like manner, was unanimously
adopted as a whole,
Resolution offered by Nh. Dun
bar
Whereas, a majority Of the
citizens and taxpayers owning
property AUDITING Main Street
in this City, from the point OF
intersection Of said street with
CLANCY Street on the north, to.
the point of intersection of said
Main Street with South Street;
and
Whereas, said citizens and
taxpayers have signified their
willingness to pay their proper
ton of the cost of said work,
that is to say, tWo-thirds of the
total cost thereof; and
Whereas, said citizens have
requested and designated that
Tioga Gravel be the material
used in the construction of said
pavement, and
Whereas, the construction of
said pavement is not only an adj
vantage but a necessity to the
citizens generally; Therefore,
be it
Resolved, that the Mayor be
and he is hereby authorized to
advertise for sealed bids for the
construction of said pavement,
in pursuance of plans and speci-
fications for said work to be pre-
pared by the City Engineer, and
be! it further
Resolved. that said advertise
rnent for bids shall be published
in the official journal of the city
for a period Of ten (10) full days
and said call for bids shall con-
tain the provision that the city
reserves the right to reject any
or all bids submitted. Be it,
further
Resolved, that the City Engi-
neer be and he is hereby in
structed and directed to prepare
the necessary plans, specifca-
tons, etc, for said pavement
construction with the least posi-
BILE delay.
Resolution unanimously adopted.
Motion by Mr.. Daniel
That all street paving work be
postponed to March LIST, 1914.
Motion lost for want of a sec
ond.
AN ORDINANCE.
No. II of 1918.
To incur debt and to issue negotiable
gold bonds therefor, FOR the
purpose of paving and improving the
and alleys Of the City Of Opel
ousas, in accordance with paragraph A
OF Article 2S1 of the Constitution Of the
State of Louisiana, as amended by Joint
of the General Assembly of
said State, being No. 1872 of the Acts of
ueor 1910 annrnuad Inlu q 1910