The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-17

/ to pay over to the Board Of Liquidation.
| City Debt. beginning on or before the
/ first day of July 1918, and annually
! 1854 the sum of one hundred thousand
1 dollars (s1o0, n00l In cash, and, begin
ming on or before The first day of July.
/ 1885, and annually thereafter up to and
fifty thousand dollars G$59,0004 in cash.
! and such further sum as may be nee
/ essafy IN each year to pay the interest,"
/ on the bonds herein authorized ana
! then outstanding. To enable the City
/ or New Orleans to make such annual
! payments. the said city Is authorized
/ to issue and to sell so much Of the pub
| lie Improvement certificates authorized
/ to be issued under Act No. Sc of the
/ General Assembly Of the State of Lou
! fsiana, Session Of 1905 or amendments
presently existing thereto, or that may
/ De hereafter made, as may be neces-
/ Gates shall be sold by the City Of New
| Orleans under sealed proposals to the
| highest bidder. IN such amounts and
/ under such conditions as the City Of
/ New Orleans may prescribe. The City
! OF New Orleans shall be entitled to re-
/ ieet any and all bids For. such certificates;
t provided. however, that nothing herein
/ contained shall be construed to- in
! 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 when same shall become due, 1t
| shall be the duty of the Board of Liqui-
i dation, City Debt, to compel, by man
danus or other appropriate remedy,
/ the City of New Orleans to pay over
/ to 1t the amount thus due When, and
] as soon as the Board of Liquidation.
/ city Debt. shall have received from the
City of New Orleans any such annual
| payment, the money so received shall
I no +Ny.4 81
of Liquidation, City Debt, to the Board
| of Directors of the Public Schools for
the Parish of Orleans.
/ Section 8. Be it 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
City of New Orleans, of such sites as
may be necessary for the erection. ex-
| houses and their appurtenances, or for
the establishment of Fairgrounds or
/ stadia connected with the public schools
/ system of the City of New Orleans,
and for the construction. or enlarge
ment, or maintenance of school houses
| and school buildings and other ediffces
and appurtenances thereto.
Any and all contracts for the pur-
| chase Of ground or the construction OF
buildings shall be made by the Board
of Directors of the Public Schools of
| the City Of New Orleans. subject to
confirmation and approval by the Com
| mission Council or other governing
/ 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 (foo
| days advertisement In the official jour
nal 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 gov
ernfng body, of the City Of New Or
| leans may concur IN.
All plans and specifications for. the
houses and other buildings and strlc-
lures shall be made and prepared By
the Engineering ne9artFfae ut of the
I City. Of New r1earas and al such WORK
shall be done. under be ID pervIston and
| direction and subject To the approval
Of the City Engineer Of the City Of New
Orleans
That during the life of the bonds here
IN authorized TO be issued and until the
date of their complete and final re-
demption the City of Nav Orleans.
shall be free from the. obIigasfon of
appropriating and paying otherwise
than as provided IN this act any
money FOR the acqutsit fon, con
struetton or repair of public school
buildings and their appurtenances In
the City Of New Orleans
Section TO-. Be 1t further enacted,
etc. That the provisions of this act
shall constitute a 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
month OF November, 1914 the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution Of
the State of Louisiana sI1aE 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
two million dollars (sa. 600 .ooo3 Of hondz
to be known rs Public School Bonds,
City of New Orleans for the purpose
and under the provisions set forth in
that end and for that purpose at the
regular session of the Louisiana Gen
era1 Assembly for the year#1914, which
said act Is hereby ratified and APP
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
etc, That on the official ballot TO be
used at said election shall be placed
the words Tor 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
I. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 3, 1914
L. e HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN f. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.