Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-08-28

article and within the limits fixed
thereby for the purpose or per1ectlns
ana completing any system OF drainage
eighty per cent OF which shall nave peeh
tional levy OF taxes. and to fund the
avalls or said additional levy OF taxes
INTO bonds under the terms ana cohui-
tons set forth in the present articie
Paragraph 3. When the character OF
any land is such that IL must be levied
and pumped in order to be drained ana
reclaimed the Board of Drainage Com
missioners of the district in wnicn the
land is situated. shall upon the petition
of land owners. whether individuals or
corporations, resident or NONRESIDENT:
owning not less than majority OF
acres In the area to be affected. ascer,
tain the cost per acre of draining ana
retaining said land incur debt against
each and every acre of land thus sltua-
ted FOR an amount sufficient 10 draln
and reclaim 1t, and to issue ior such
debt negotiable bonds for the totai ag-
gregate amount of the total cost or
such drainage. which bonds shall run
not longer than forty t4O) years from
their date and bear interest at a rate
not exceeding five per centum per an
NUM-, payable annually or semi-annualiy.
and shall be sold for not less than
ninety per centum go per cent? or par;
and said Board of Drainage Commits
sioners shall each year as long as any
bonds are outstanding levy annually up
on each and every acre of land. wheth-
er public or private. situated in said
drainage or subdrainage district, forced
contributions or acreage taxes in an
amount per acre sufficient to mainte.:,
the drainage of the said district or sub
drainage district. to pay the interest an
nually or semi-annually and the princi-
pal falling due each year. or such
amount as may be required for any
sinking fund for the payment OF said
bonds at maturity provided, that such
forced contributions or acreage taxes
for all purposes shall never exceed
Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3.50)
per acre per annum.
All bonds heretofore issued under and
by virtue of this Article 2S1 of the Con-
stitution by the governing authority OF
any subdivision, which have heretofore
not been declared invalid by judgment
of a court of last resort in the State of
Louisiana and more than sixty 1909
days have elapsed since the promulga-
ton of the proceedings evidencing the
issuing of said bonds. are hereby recog-
niZed and declared to be valid and exist
ing bonds and obligations of the district
or subdivision issuing the same. and no
court shall have jurisdiction to enter
tain any contest wherein ineir validity
or constitutionality is questioned.
Section >. Be 1t further resolved, etc.
That this proposed amendment shall
be submitted to the qualified voters of
this State for adoption or rejection at
the Congressional election to be held
in November, 1914. and. If adopted. the
same shall take effect Immediately
thereafter.
Section 3. Be IL further resolved. etc.
That on the official ballots to be issued
at said election there shall he placed
| the words For the Proposed Amend
| ment to Paragraphs Two CD and Three
CD of Article Two Hundred and Eighty
one of the Constitution of Louisiana
and the words Against the Proposed
Amendment to Paragraphs Two CD and
Three CD of Article Two Hundred and
Eighty-one of the Constitution Of Lou
| isiana, and each elector shall indicate
as provided in the general election laws
! of the State. which of the propositions
For or Against" he votes.
THOMAS c. BARRETT
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate
L. F.. THOMAS.
| Speaker of the House of Representatives
| Approved: July 9. 1914
l.. f. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
| ALVIN f. HEBERT
Secretary of State.