The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-10-01
Ordinance No. s.
"a" OF GRAND MARAIS
DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 OF JET
FERSON DAVIS PARISH, LOUISIANA,

IL, a,
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance
of bonds, prescribing their form and ord
ering the execution of interest coupon
bonds of Sub drainage District "a" of
Grand Marals Drainage District No. Of
the Parish Of Jefferson Davis, stat of
louisiana and authorizing the levyimg
and collection annually for peroid Of
Thirty years an acreage tax, or forced con-
tributiou, for the purpose OF paying said
bonds and the interest thereon which ma
ture from year to year.
Whereas petition has been presented to the
Board Of commissioners OF uD-Dlstrlct "a
of Grand Marais Orange District mol duly
executed by the owners OF more thNn Two
thirds of the acreage COMPRISED within the
confines of Sub Drainage District "A, based
upon a report of the Board Of State Engine
ers, made upon a survey OF lines and leyleS
Of said district, which report declared that 1t
is feasible to thoroughly drain and reclaim
the lands within the boundaries OF sad Sub
drainage District "a" Of 5000 acres at a cost
of not to exceed $1,000 per acre. which petit
ton requests this Beard to create Il bonded
Indebtedness of Ninety-tive Thousand Dollars
on said Sub-drainage District "a, and
Whereas, acting upon the authority Of said
petition, this BOARD did on March Bird, 1918,
pass and adopt Ordinance No. >, authOring
the in urring OF an Indebtedness Of $4,000
90 upon said Sub-drainage District" for the
purpose OF ieveeing, pumping, draining and
reclaiming the lands embraced within said
Snb- drainage District AZ. and authorizing
the issuance of bonds representing said in
debtednesS said bonds maturing at intervals
from 1916 to to 1915, both inclusive, from the
date of issuance, and bearing interest at the
rate of five per cent, per annum, payable
sem,-annually.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Board of Com.
misslOuerS OF Aub-drainage District "A" Of
Gaaud Marais Drainage District No, Of def
fersOu Davis Parish, Louisiana, III session Qu-
Is convened, that they do hereby authorize
the issuance by the President and Secretary
OF this District, under the seal thereof, Of Two
Hundred Forty Two Bonds, in denominations
of Five Hundred $500 Dollars and One
Hundred Dollars d00l, said bonds bearing
interest at the rate Of tive per cent per an
mum, payable, semi-annually, on the first day
of January and July of each year; and.the
levying of all acreage tax, or forced contribu-
ton, for all amount Per acre sufficient to pay
the interest on the bonded indebtedness Of
said District, the bonds as the same mature
from year to year, and the cost OF maintaining
the drainage, each and every year,
Sec =. Be 1t further ordained, ETC., that
there shall be and is hereby ordered to be exc
Sub-dralnage District "a, ID the sum Of
Ninety-tive Thousand 1893, 00O.000) Dollars.
dated the first day of July. 1915, of the de-
nomination of Five Hundred and One
Hundred Dollars, numbered from One to Two
Hundred Forty Two, both inclusive, and bear
ing interest at the rate of five per cent, per
annum, payable seml-annually, thereafter on
the first days of January and July in each
year, said interest to be evidenced by interest
notes or coupons attrached to said bonds re-
spectively, which bonds shall mature as follow
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