St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-08-12
Therefore,

Landry, in lawful session convened:
that the President and Secretary OF
this Police Jury shall be authorized
ON behalf of the First Road Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury
Ward Of the Parish Of St. Landry,
acting for and in the name OF the
governing authority of said Road
District, the Police jury, and are
directed to incur debt to the amount
of Eighteen Thousand Five Hun
bred Dollars (st8,500.001 and TO
make and sign negotiable bonds
therefor, numbered consecutively
from Une a. to Twenty-eigat (28),
the first of which shall become due
within four () years and the last
which shall mature in the year
1917; and which shall draw interest
at the rate of 5 per cent per an
mum from date of issue, payable
semi-annually on the list day OF
January and the list day of July
with the interest coupons attached
to each bond. And said bonds shall
not be sold for less than the price
now fixed by law.
Section 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, ETC., That the proceeds of said
bond issue, when negotiated shall
be deposited in the treasury Of said
Road District and there shall be
and remain a trust fund4t to be used
for the purpose only that the same
was levied and collected, to-wit:
For the purpose of constructing,
maintaining and repairing the pub
lie roads and bridges in said Road
District.
Section 8. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc, That said bonds shall be of
date, the First day of July, A. D.,
1916, and shall begin to mature on
the First day Of July, A. D., 1920,
and shall become due and payable
each year thereafter until and in
Guiding the list day of July, i947,
and shall be in numbers and
amounts as follows:
Nineteen (i9) bonds Of the de-
nomination Of Five Hundred Dol
lars $500 each, maturing respec-
lively on the First day of July,
1920, 1921, 1922, 1928, 1924, 1925,
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1880, 1884,
1882, 1888, 1884. 1886, 1896, 1887 and
1888; and nine (9) bonds of the de-
nomination of One Thousand Dol
lars (st0O0.0o3 each, maturing re-
spectively on the list day of July
of the years 1899, 1910, 1874, 1912,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1917.
And the form of said bonds shall
be substantially as follows, save as
to number and amount and date OF
maturity.
$4,000 $4,000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
No. 1.
Bond Of the First Road District oil
the Fourth Police Jury Ward, Par
ish Of st. Landry, State of Louis
lana.
Know all men by these presents
That the First Road District of tn,
Fourth Police Jury Ward of til,
Parish of st. Landry, Louisiana, !;
political subdivision Of the State o
Louisiana, acting through its gov
erning authority, the Police Jur,
of the Parish of st. Landry, TO
value received, hereby promises t
pay to bearer on the - day O
-, Five hundred dollars Lawful
money of the United States q
America, with interest thereon, a
the rate of five per cent Is per cent
per annum from the - day of =
A. D.. 49,, payable semi-annuall
on the First day of January an
the First day of July in each an
every year. upon presentation an
surrender of the coupon hereto at
tached, as same shall mature.
The said principal and interes
on said bond being payable at til
office of the Treasurer of the sal
Road District at Opelousas, La,
said parish of st. Landry, or at :
Bank in the State of - at the OF
ton of the holders or purchasers.
This bond is one of the series /
tWenty-eight bonds. nineteen
the denomination of $4,000 eac
and nine of the denomination
100000 each and numbered fro
] One a. to Twenty-eight (2S) il
elusive, issued by the First Ro:
District of the Fourth Police Jul
/ Ward of the Parish of st. Landr
e State of Louisiana, as represen
I ing an indebtedness incurred and
8 be incurred in the construction al
maintenance of public. roads al
b bridges in said Road District Al
8 issued in accordance with the or
y visions of Article 28f of the Const
t. tuition of the State of Louisia1
adopted in 1898 and 1913 and A
Il No. 256 of the General Assembly
the State of Louisiana for the We
: 1910 as amended by Act No. 2iS
the General Assembly of said Sta