St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13
ORDINANCE
No. 6 of 1914

ORDNANCE
No. 6 of 1914
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE
NUMBER FIVE.
To levy a special assessment on tn,
property abutting Market street from
from Landry street to Bellevue street
of the City of OpeIeusas, La, for tn,
purpose of defraying the cost Of con
: struction of Creosoted Wood Blocl
Pavement on said street, under con
tract by the Mayor of the City of Ope
~lousas, Louisiana, with Fl. T. Clark
Contractor, of date May II, 1914, and tt
prorate the cost of construction of ssie
CreoSoted Wood Block Pavement be
tween the abutting property owners il
the proportion owned by them, and tt
provide the manner of enforcing pay
ment of said special assessment, ant
authorizing the Mayor of the said Cit
OF OpelouSaS, Louisiana, to issue GER
tficates OF indebtedness covering the
deferred payments due by the respec
tive property owners on account Of the
construction of said pavements.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen Of the
City OF Opelousas, Louisiana, in spe-
cial session convened, that a special as
sessment be and the same is hereby
levied upon the following described
property in a manner set forth after
the description of each separate piece
of property, for the purpose of defray-
ing the cost of construction of Creo-
soted Wood Block Pavements abutting
said property under Contract entered
into by the Mayor of the City of Ope-
lousas, Louisiana, with II. T. Clark,
Contractor, on the 18th day of May.
1914. to-wit:
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY-342.2
feet front ON the east side Of Market
street and bounded as follows: North
by Bellevue street, south by Landry
street, east by Court street, west by
RMaEkst street, the sum of one thousand
and forty-two and ten hundredth
($1O42. 10) dollars.
AARON JACOBS-171.1 feet front on
the west side of Market street and
bounded as follows: North by Bellevue
street, south by Estilette, east by Mar
ket street. west by Bayou lesson, the
sum of five hundred and twenty-one
and five hundredths (S521. 05) dollars.
E. D. ESTILETTE-52.6 feet front on
the west side of Market street and
bounded as follows: North by Jacobs,
south by Risemen, east by Market
street, west by Bayou lesson, the sum
of one hundred and sixty and eighteen
hundredths ($160.181 dollars.
BEN RISEMAN-118.5 feet front ON
the west side of Market street and
bounded as follows: North by Estilette,
south by Landry street, east by Market
west by Landau, the sum of
three hundred and sixty and eighty
seven h~undredths ts360.87 dollars.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
That twenty 40 percent percent
OF the amount herein above assessed
against each property owner as above
set forth shall be paid in cash within
ten (10) days from this date, and the
balance shall be payable in five (5)
equal annual installments, bearing in
terest at the rate of eight Is percent)
percent, per annum, interest payable
annually, from the date of acceptance
Of said work, together with ten 40 per
cent percent additional, on amount of
principal, matured, and interest un-
paid, if sued upon; provided, however,
that any property owner desiring to
pay the entire assessment in cash, or
any portion thereof before maturity,
shall have the privilege of SO doing.
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
etc., That in default of payment on the
part OF the said property owners or
owner OF the assessment herein levied
them, or any part thereof, the
City Attorney shall Immediately pro-
iced by suit, in the name of this NUM- |
to enforce payment in the man
ler provided by section four {4) of Act
Number 241 of the General Assembly
If the State of Louisiana for the year
1912.
Section 4. Be it further ordained,
.tc., That the Clerk OF the Board of Al
iermen of the City of Opelousas, Louis |
ana, be and he is directed to cause the
lboye assessment and this Ordinance
'ecorded in the Mortgage records of
he recorder of the Parish of st. Ian
Try.
Section 5. Be it further ordained,
That the Mayor of this City be and
lie is hereby authorized to issue In the /
ans of the City OF 0pelousas, Louis
ana, Five Isl certificates of indebted
less, covering the deferred payments
IN each of the above assessments, due
IN account of said Creosoted Wood
Block Pavement construction, such GER
ificates to be in the sum of sixteen
Is percent percent of the total assess
nent againt the respective property
hereinabeve set forth, bearing
interest at the rate of eight Is percent
percent per annum from date until
,aid, said interest being payable annu-
lily, dated on the day this ordinance is
and payment of the same Sc
ured by special assessment herein
the funds from which shall be
valuable solely for the purpose Of
Meeting said certificates at maturity, in
and for no bother purpose.
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
.tc., That the Certificates of Indebted
less herein authorized and provided
or shall have annexed to them, cou-
IONS for interest, in the usual form,
nd these Coupons shall be redeemed
paid upon presentation to the
reasurer of the City of 0peiousas, Lou
siana, on or after the date they respee-
lively become due.
The form OF the Certificates of Indebt
dness herein provided for, and author
zed shall be substantially as follows, to-
Fit.