St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-05-16

said Town, under and in full complI-
ante with the Constitution and Laws Of
the State of Louisiana. and especially
Article 281 Of the Constitution and Act
256 of 1910 and Act 218 of 1912, and an
ordinance duly and regularly adopted
by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of said Town on the 18th day of May,
1914, and said Town is hereby held and
firmly bound and its full faith and
credit are hereby pledged for the pay
ment of principal and interest thereof
at maturity.
It is hereby certified, recited and de-
clared that ample provision for the pay
ment of principal and interest hereof
has been made by voting the authority
to issue this bond and that all acts,
things and conditions required to be
done, precedent to and in the issuance
of this bond, have been properly done,
have happened, and have been per-
formed, and that the indebtedness Of
said Town does not exceed any CON
stitutional or statutory limitation.
In testimony whereof, we, the under
signed officials of said Town of Mel
vile, State of Louisiana, being duly au-
thorized to execute this obligation on
behalf Of said Town, have hereunto set
our signatures and affixed the official
seal Of said Town, on this Fifteenth
Day of July, 1914.
Attest: LYMAN H. LYONS, Clerk.
! Seal
Form of Coupon
OH /, 49,, The Town Of Melville,
C%o{n CF 7 o,.csopoG will NOV, r., pnoror
Six and $500 1e.251 Dollars, lawful
at the office Of the Treasurer Of said
Town or at New Orleans,
Louisiana. at the option Of the holder
Five Per Cent. Electric Light Bond,
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H. S. JOSEPH, Mayor.
LYMAN H. LYONS, Clerk.
Seal
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That the Mayor be and he is here
by directed to u such public adver-
tisement of the proposed sale of said
bonds to be made as he may deem adj
visable, and he may in his discretion
receive private or public bids for the
purchase of said bonds, provided any
sale thereof must be approved by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
Section 4. Be it further ordained,
etc., That there is hereby levied on all
property in the Town Of Melville, Lou
isiana, subject to taxation by the Town,
a special tax of 8 eight mills on the
dollar for the year 1914 for the purpose
of paying principal and interest OF said
bonds maturing on April LIST and Octo-
Der 1st, 1916, and the Clerk of the
Town of Melville is instructed to ex-
tend same on the assessment rolls ac-
cordingly for collection in the same
manner as all other taxes are collected.
Said special tax, when collected shall
be applied first to the payment of prin-
cipal and interest OF said bonds matur-
ing on April list and October LIST, 1915,
and any sum remaining shall constitute
a sinking fund and be held separate
and apart fran all other funds Of the
Town, for the. purpose Of paying prin-
,, cipal and interest Of bonds thereafter
maturing.
Section S. Be II further ordained,
/ ETC., That the Clerk be and he is here
by directed to file with the Secretary
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with the Clerk of the District Court in
and for the Parish of st. Landry, each
one copy of the minutes of the meeting
at which this ordinance is adopted,
same constituting a process verbal Of
the manner In which the ballot boxes
have been opened, the ballots counted
in number and amount, the returns
canvassed and the result OF the said
special election ascertained and de-
clared; and said Clerk shall retain in
his office a copy hereof, together with
copies hereof duly certified by the Sec
rotary of State and Clerk to have been
recorded in their offices, according to
law.
Thus done and passed in special SEES
sion convened on this the 18th day OF
May, AID. 1914.
ii. S. JCSEHH, Mayor.
Attest: LYMAN H. LYONS, Clerk.
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