The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-09-11

removed by the Contractor. before ac
Geptance, and the bridges and the sites
left with d neat and finished appearance.
Final cancellation of bond will not be
made by the Parish until the Contractor
and his sureties shall have satisfactorily
adjusted all claims and liens filed against
the Contractor and recorded in the office
OF the Recorder Of Mortgages in the said
Parish Of West Feliciana, for labor, ma
terials, supplies, equipment. etc, used ana
furnished III connection with the construc-
ton OF this work.
Ali structural steel, and the cement,
sand, and gravel shall pass the test pre-
scribed by the American Society for Test
ing Materials. All possible rivetins shall
be done III the shop. All inaccessible
members shall have two coats of the best
iron paint, and all other parts one coat
and one coat OF the best iron paint after
erection. All piers shall be carried Well
DOWN INFO a good foundation, precluding
all danger oil undermining, subject TO the
approval OF The engineer III charge.
Article Three.
The Contractor shall mold and retain
possession Of said bridges and all ma
terial placed therein or on the ground at
OF near The building site of any of said
bridges until said bridges are accepted as
herein agreed. All payments due the con-
tractor shall be made by delivery OF bonds
to him sufficient to pay for each bridge
las it IS completed and accepted and each
bridge snail be accepted and paid for
separately by the Parish. Said Parish
shall issue and deliver to the Contractor
its five per cent bonds as herein provided
TO pay for said bridges; said bonds shall
be for $24,O0O.0O, bearing five per cent
interest from date of delivery and shall
be OF Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) de-
nomination each and numbered from one
10 forty eight inclusive and maturing on
the first day OF February within ten con-
secutiye years, to-wit: on the LIST day Of
February 1918 to 1925, inclusive and shall
be provided for in lawful ordinance OF
said Police Jury of said Parish adopting
this contract Said Parish of West Fe-
hCiana agrees TO pay the Contractor for
said bridges the sum OF $24,0O0.OO, with
interest at five per cent per annum pay
able annually on the list day OF February
in each OF the years 1916 to 1925, both
inclusive, upon the completion of said
bridges as herein agreed to- the maturities
OF said contract price shall be as follows:
l. Due and payable on the 1st day
of February, 191S............$ 100000
2. Due and payable on the 1st day
OF February, 1918. .........,. 100000
3. Due ana payable on the 1st day
OF February, 1920. .........,. 100000
L. Due and payable on the LIST day
OF February, 192l............ 100000
g. Due and payable on the 1st day
OF February, 1922. ........... 100000
g. Due and payable on the 1st day
OF February, 1923. ........... 100000
e. Due and payable on the LIST day
of February, 1924. ........... 100000
8. Due and payable on the LIST day
OF February, 1925. ..,...,. 100000
1otal Observation-Disclosures OOU.00
said Police Jury will pass all such or
dinances necessary to make this contract
cation upon said Parish and shall make
sufficient provision for the payment of
the same at the time this debt is incurred
and shall evidence said debt and interest
by the issuance of five per cent interest
bearing Parish bonds authorized by law
said Police Jury shall dedicate and levy
sufficient tax to pay the principal and
If oh taH 20,
tloL Of said bridges and said Parish
agrees that it is legally and financially
able to dedicate and levy sufficient tax
OF not exceeding two and one-haf mills
on the dollar per annum for ten consecu-
tive years for said purpose during each of
the years 1916 to 1925, both inclusive.
in witness whereof, the parties to these
presents have hereunto set their hands
and seals, Oh this day on which the ordi-
nance of the Police Jury of said Parish
was adopted approving this contract to-
wit: on the first Wednesday and 4th day
of the month of August, A. D. 1915.
Parish OF West Feliciana, Louisiana,
Police jury of said Parish.
By S. L. LAVERGNE,
Its President Pro Tempore
Attest for the first party:
GEO. NJ. LESTER.
Austin Brothers "a Corporaton.)
BY L. S. LEVERSEDGE,
It's Duly Authorized Agent
Attest for the second party:
G. W. L. SMITH,
H. H. KILBOURNE.
(The foregoing form of contract is ap-
proved by the District Attorney repre-
senting said Parish and by the Contrac-
tors Attorney representing Austin Bros.)
H. H. KILBOURNE,
District Attorney
G. w. L. SMITH,
Contractors Attorney.
Section 2. Be it further ordained that
said foregoing contract having been duly
read and understood by the Police Jury
and duly signed and executed, the same is
hereby ratified and approved and declared
to be the act and contract of the Parish
of West Feliciana and it's Police Jury. 1t
is further ordained under and by virtue of
The Constitution of Louisiana, Paragraph
of Article PSI, it is hereby ordered that
the residue and the avails of the residue
OF the ten-mill tax authorized by article
232 of the Constitution shall be funded
into bonds running for a period of not ex-
ceeding ten years and bearing interest at
a rate of not exceeding five percentum
per annum for the purpose of enabling
said Police Jury to construct and pay for
the highways, public buildings or bridges