The St. Mary banner., 1914-09-19

t City Debt, shall have received from th'
city )f New Orleans and such annual pay
ment, the money SO received shati o. .
quida ton. City Debt, to the Board o
Directors of the Public Schools for thu
Parish OF Orleans.
Section :. BE il further enacted, etc
That the proceeds of the sale of two mil
lion dollars os bonds herein authorized tt
be issued shall be expended solely for the
following purposes, to-wlt:
For the acquisition in the name OF the
City of New Orleans, either by purchase
or by appropriation proceedings to be m
stituted in the name Of the City OF New
Orleans, of such sites as may. be neoes-
sary for the erection, extension or en
largement of school houses and their s'p-
purtenances, or for the establishment Cf
Fairgrounds or stadia connected with the
7 public school system of the City of New
Orleans; and for the construction or en-
largement,or maintenance OF school houses
and school buildings and other edifces
and appurtenances thereto.
Any and all contracts for the purchase
OF ground, or the construction of buildings
shall be made by the Board of, Directors
of the Public Schools of tha Citk ofsNeE
Orlealrs, subject to-, o-,confirmAtiof an0 ap1
provals7 by the: Commission Council or
other governing body OF the City of New
Orleans; and all contracts for the lcon-
struction of buildings or other edifces
that may exceed five hundred dollars in
under sealed proposals and after ten tl0l
days advertisement in the official journal
of the City of New Orleans. and under
such terms and conditions as the Board
Of Directors of the Public Schools for the
! Parish of Orleans and the Commission
/ Council or other governing body. of the
City of New Orleans may concur in
All plans and specifications for the CON
struction and repair of school houses and
other buildings and structures 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 u
the approval of the City Engineer of I'D
City of New Orleans.
Section 9. Be it further enacted. etc,
That during the life of the bonds herein
authorized to be issued and until the date
the City of New Orleans shall be free
from the obligation of appropriating and
paying, otherwise than as provided in this
act, any money for the acquisition. con-
struction or repair of public school build
ings and their appurtenances in the City
of New Orleans
! That the provisions of this act shall con-
sttute a contract between the holders of
/ the bonds issued hereunder and the Board
of Directors of the Public Schools for the
1 Section H. 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 month of
November. 1914 the following amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Louisi
ana shall be submitted 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
known as Public School bonds, City of
New Orleans for the purpose, and un-
der the provisions set forth in the act of
the Legislature adopted to that end and
for that purpose at the regular session of
the Louisiana General Assembly for the
year 1914, which said act is hereby ratified
and approved: and all provisions of the
n ncti If tba Ctot., tn tot 1x,ifl
the provisions of said act and with this
amendment are to. that extent and for
that purpose only, repealed.
! Section II. BE it further enacted, etc.
That on the official ballot to be used at
said election shall be placed the words
For the New Orleans Public School Bonds
New Orleans Public School Bonds Amend
ment"; 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 Representatives.
THOMAS c. BARRETT.
Lieut.. Governor and President of Senate.
! Approved: July 9. 1914.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
ALVIN F. HEBERT, Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 27s.
/ House, Bin No. 527-By Mr.. Jahncke.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
H. ton of the State of Louisiana relative
| to the issuance of bonus and the levy
! for by the City of New Orleans, to
/ create a lake shore park, to provide
for the administration of the park,
. and for the sale of certain property
acquired in connection Herewith.
Section /. Be it resolved by the General
| Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House, concurring. That the following
State be submitted to the electors of the
State at the next general election for
representatives in Congress to be holden
on the Tuesday ~ next folI9wng the first
Article /. That for the purpose of ac-
quiring the front of Lake Pontchartrain
from what is known as West End to
Milneberg. or such part thereof as may be
deemed necessary and advisable as here
matter set forth, the city Of New Orleans
be. and it is hereby, authorized to issue
/ 10000. in denominations of 10000. $4,000.
81 100000, payable fifty years after date,
with interest at the rate of IL per cent
per annum thereon; payable semi annual
ly, and represented by coupons to be at
tached to said bonds; and to provide for
the payment of the principal and interest
of said bonds. there is hereby levied IN
nually a special tax on all the propei ty,
real and personal. in the city of New
Orleans to the amount of six -tenths of
one mill on the dollar which shall be col
lected the same as the other taxes due
to the city of New Orleans and be imrne-
diately paid to the Board of Liquidation
of the city of New Orleans where same
shall be held separate. in what shall be
known as the Lake Shore Park Bond
Fund.-" and to establish and administer
said park, there is hereby created a com
mission of seven citizens and taxpayers,
male or female, one from each of the
municipal districts of the city of New
Orleans, who shall be appointed by the
Mayor of the city and confirmed by the
Commission Council as soon as this
amendment is adopted; such first ap-
ipointees shall hold office respectively foE
one, two, three, four. five. six and seven
years, and at the expiration of each term.
their successors shall be appointed for
the full term of seven years, and the
Mayor in making the first appointments,
shall designate the term Of office. Of the
respective appointees. The members OF
said Board shall name and elect their own
lofficers and shah serve without connpen-
sation, but shall be allowed a secretary
land such clerical assistance as may be
necessary, this to be determined and the
salaries fixed and paid by the Board of
Liquidation. which shall also fix ami pay
1.-THE necessary amounts for the other ex-
penses of said Board out of said tax.
The ayails of said tax, in excess of the