Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-10-20
arms aad denomination. and payable

terms aad Determinations. and payable
1t such times and places. within a pc
Rod OF not exceeding forty years from
the date tn ereof. as the City Council of
shreveport shall determine. Said
bonds shall be issued in serial form
and shall be payable in annual in
stallments. commencing not more than
one year from their respective dates,
and the fnstallment payable in each
year shall be so fixed that when the
annual interest is added thereto. the
several annual total amounts of prin-
cipal and interest to be paid shall be
as nearly equal as practicable.
Said bonds shall be signed by the
Mayor epd~tfTe Secretary-Treasurer OF
the City of Shreveport, and counter
signed by the Commissioners OF Ac-
counts and Finances, and the coupons
shall have the fac-simile signatures
OF the Mayor and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In case any such officer whose sigma
ture or counter-signature. who ap-
pears on such bond or coupon, shall
cease to be such officer before deliv-
cry of said bond or coupon to the pur-
chaser, such signature or coUnter-sig-
nature shall nevertheless be valid for
all purposes.
Section 4. The principal and inter-
est of all bonds authorized by this
amendment shall be payable in gold
coin of the United States of America
or its equivalent, OF the standard
weight and fineness at the time of the
issuance thereof. and shall be exempt
from all forms of taxation.
Section 5. THE fun faith and credit
of the City of Shreveport are pledged
for the payment of principal and in
terest OF all bonds issued under this
amendment. The principal and inter-
est of all bonds authorized and to be
issued under this amendment shall be
annually by the City Council of
Shreveport, upon all taxable property
in said city. sufficient to provide for
the payment of the principal and in
terest of said bonds as they respective
by become due. The tax so levied is to
be in excess OF the general and special
taxes provided for elsewhere in this
Constitution. and is not to be affected
by nor to affect the limitations else
where contained in the Constitution
as to the issuance of bonds. and the
levying of taxes by municipalities.
Section 6. The provisions hereof
are self-operative. and the City Coun-
ell of Shreveport may by ordinance
carry them into effect
Be II further enacted, ETC., That the
amendment proposed by this Act
shall be submitted to the electors of
the State for their approval or rejec-
ton at the Congressional election to
be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in the month of Novem-
Der, 1916; and there shall be printed
on the official ballot to be used in said
efectioh the WoIus' ror the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
State OF Louisiana providing for the
funding Of certain debts of the City OF
Shreveport" and the words, Against
the proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution OF the State of Louisiana pro-
viding for the funding of certain debts
OF the City OF Shreveport" and each
elector shall Indicate on the ballot cast
by him whether he votes for or
against the proposed amendment.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives
Approved: July 5. 1916.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
"A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.