The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-26
Election Proclamation.

In accordance with an ordinance
adopted by the Police Jury on the Sd Of
June, 1918, notice is hereby given that
there will be an election held in Road
District No. l, comprising wards One
and Two and all the alluvial portion OF
Ward Six of Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
on Monday, the 14th day of July, 1913,
at which time there shall be submitted
to the property taxpayers, qualified
electors in said district, proposition to
incur a debt OF SITE, 600 and to issue
negotiable serial bonds therefor, running
for a period of from one to forty years,
bearing per cent interest, payable
semiannually, for the purpose of build
ing, constructing and repairing bridges,
and building, repairing and constructing
permanent hard roads in said district, as
fully set forth in said resolution, made
a part of this proclamation, which is as
follows to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Submitting to the property taxpayers of
Road District No. / of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana, comprising Wards One and
Two and all the alluvial portion of
Ward Six of said parish, qualified
electors under the Constitution and
laws of the State, proposition to in
cur a debt of $751; and to issue
negotiable bonds therefor, running for
a period of from one to forty years,
bearing per cent interest, payable
semiannually, for the purpose OF
building, constructing and repairing
bridges, and building, repairing and
constructing permanent hard roads in
said district.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of Bossier Parish, in legal
and special session convened, That,
under the authority of the Constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana, and
pursuant thereto, a special election is
hereby ordered to be held On the 18th
day of July 1918, and the same shall be
held in Road District No. l, comprised
of Wards One and Two and all the allu-
vial portion of Ward Six of Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, to take the sense Of
the property taxpayers qualified to vote
at such elections, as provided by law, on
the proposition herewith submitted, to
incur debt of $4,000 and to issue
negotiable serial bonds therefor, to bear
5 per cent interest, payable semianuully,
said bonds and interest to be payable
in gold coin at the Seaboard National
Bank, in the City of New York.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the purpose for which said debt is
authorized to be incurred and the use to
which the proceeds from the sale of said
bonds herein provided for is to be used,
is declared to be: For the purpose of
building, constructing and repairing
bridges and building, constructing and
repairing permanent hard roads in Road
District No. 1, comprising Wards One
and Two and all the alluvial portion OF
Ward Six of Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
as defined and created by ordinance OF
the Police Jury, passed at its meeting
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That said bonds shall be known as the
"Bridge and Road Bonds of Road Dis
trict No. 1, Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
for the year 1915" and the same shall
be issued for the purposes set forth in
Section 2 of this ordinance. The bond
issue herein provided for shall be for the
sum of S175,OOO, represented by one
hundred and seventy-five (175) bonds OF
the denomination of one thousand dol
lars (S100O) each, to which shall be at
tached coupons covering the semiannua]
payment of interest at per cent, and
shall be dated September 1, 1918. Said
bonds shall bear serial numbers from
81" to "175," and shall be due and pay
obla &C follows.