The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-10-15

first day Of July, 1915, and annually
nereafter up to and including the year
| 1884, the sum of one hundred thousaho
dollars (s1oO,ooo) in cash, ande begin
ming on or before the first day Of July;
| 1885. and annually thereafter up to ana
including the year 1884, the sum or
fifty thousand dollars ($50.000) In cash.
and such further sum as may be nee
essary in each year TO pay the interest
on the bonds herein authorized anu
then outstanding. To enable the cry
of New Orleans to make such annua!
| payments, the said city is authorized
10 issue and to sell so much of the pub
lie improvement certificates authorized
to be issued under Act No. Sc or the
General Assembly of the State OF Lou
isiana Session of 1908, or amendments
presently existing thereto, or that may
be hereafter made, as may be neces-
sary for said purpose; and such certtf.
Gates shall he sold by the City or Ne"
| Orleans under sealed proposals to the
highest bidder in such amounts ana
under such conditions as the city or
New Orleans may prescribe. The CITY
of New Orleans shall be entitled TO re-
Ject any and all bids for such certificates;
provided, however that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to, IN
any manner, relieve the City of New
| Orleans of the obligation to make the
annual payments herein designated;
and, in the event that the City OF New
Orleans should fail to make any pay
ment swhen same shall become due, IT
shall be the duty of the Board Of L.qui-
datfon, City Debt, to compel, by man
the City of New Orleans to pay over
| to it the amount thus due. When, and
| as soon as the Board of Liquidation,
| City Debt. shall have received from the
payment the money so received shall
| be forthwith paid over by the Board
| Of Liquidation, City Debt, to the Board
! of Directors of the Public Schools for
the Parish OF Orleans.
! Section 8. Be IL further enacted:
etc, That the proceeds of the sale OF
! two million dollars of bonds authorized
| to be issued shall be expended solely
for the following purposes. to-wit:
For the acquisition in the name OF
| the City of New Orleans. either by pur-
| chase or by appropriation proceedings
| to be instituted in the name Of the
may be necessary for the erection, ex.
| tension or enlargement Of school
houses and their appurtenances, or for
the establishment of playgrounds or
system of the City of New Orleans;
and for the construction, or enlarge
ment, or maintenance of school houses
and school buildings and other edifices
and appuTtenances thereto.
| Any and all contracts for the pur-
chase of ground or the constr lction OF
| buildings shall be made by the Board
| of Directors OF the Public Schools or
the city or new orleans SuoJeCl u
| confirmation and approval by the Com
mission Council or other governing
body Of the City Of New Orleans; and
all contracts for the construction OF
buildings or other edifices that may
| exceed five hundred dollars in amount
shall be let to the lowest bidder under
sealed proposals and after ten GO
days advertisement in the official jour.
nal of the City Of New Orleans. and
under such terms and conditions as the
| Directors
Schools for the Parish Of Orleans and
] the Commission Council, or other gov
erning body, of the City of New Or
leans may concur in.
All plans and specifications for the
construction and repair Of school
| houses and other buildings and struc-
lures shall be made and prepared by
the Engineering Department of the
| City of New Orleans and all such work
| shall be done under the supervision and
! direction and subject to the approval
of the City Engineer Of the City Of New
section .. BE IL further enacted ste.
I That during the life of the bonds here
in authorized to be issued and until the
| demption, the City of New Orleans.
shall be free from the obligation of
appropriating and paying, otherwise
than as provided in oat this act any
struction or repair of public school
buildings and their appurtenances in
the City of New Orleans.
| Section 10. Be it further enacted,
| etc, That the provisions of this act
| shall constitute q contract between the
| holders of the bonds issued thereun-
| der and the Board of Director of the
Public Schools for the Parish of Or
| leans.
Section II. Be it further enacted,
etc, That at the Congressional election
to be held in this State on the first
Monday after the first Tuesday in the
| NF ho
ing amendment to the Constitution of
the State Of Louisiana shall be sub
mitted to the electors of the State, to-
wit:
The Board Of Directors Of the Public
Schools for the Parish of Orleans shall
be authorized and empowered to issue
two million dollars $4,000 .o00) of bonr-
to be known as Public School Bonds,
city of New Orleans" for the purpose
| and under the provisions set foFth in
the act of the Legislature adopted to
that end and for that purpose at the
| regular session of the Louisiana Cen
eral Assembly for the year 1914, which
| said act Ia hereby ratified and ap-
proved and all provisions of the Con-
i stitution Of the State in conflict with
| the provisions of said act and with this
amendment are to that extent and for
that purpose only repealed"
Section IL. BE 1t further enacted
etc, That on the official ballot to be
the words For the New Orleans Pub
lie School Bonds Amendment; and the
words Against the New Orleans Pub
lie School Bonds Amendment; and each
elector shall indicate his vote on the
proposed amendment as provided by
the general election laws of the State
| L. E THOMAS.
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
| tiveg.
THOMAS C. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 8, 1914.
| L. e. HALL
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
| A true copy:
| ALVIN e. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.