Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-08

eerms and denominations, and payable
a. SUCH times and places, within A ne
TOO or not exceeding forty years from
, u Sne oate thereof. as the City Council OF
SnnrsVeport shall determine. Said
ponds shall be issued in serial Torn,
an1 snail be payable in annual in
Staiinents. commencing not more tha n
one year from their respective dates.
anu the installment payable in each
shaIi De so fixed that when the
nuai interest Is added thereto, the
eseraI annual total amounts of prin-
cipal and interest to be paid shall be
nearly equal as practicable.
SAID bonds shall be signed by the
Mayor and the Secretary Treasurer of
OF Shreveport. and counter
S oy the Commissioners OF Ac-
counts and Finances. and the coupons
snaii have the fac smile SIGNATURES
JI me Mayor and Secretary-Treasurer
IN IN case any such officer whose sigma
pears on such bond or coupon. shall
cease to be such officer before deliv-
cry or said bond or coupon to the pur-
cnaser, such signature or counter-sig-
ma 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
com OF the United States OF America
OF It's equivalent. of the standa I'd
weight and fneness at the time of the
issuance thereof. and shall be exempt
from all forms of taxation.
section 8. The full faith and credit
or the City OF Shreveport are pledged
Tor 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
PAID out of tax which shall be levied
annually by the City Council of
SnT2VQnnTf oil t.U
, IN said city. sufficient to provide for
the payment OF the principal and in
terest of said bonds as they respective
~ become due. The tax so levied is TO
taxes provided for elsewhere in this
Constitution, and IL not to be affected
by nor to affect the limitations else
where contained in the Constitution
as TO the issuance of bonds. and the
leyying of taxes by municipalities.
Section 6. The provisions hereof
are sef-operative. and the City Coun-
ell OF Shreveport may by ordinance
carry them into effect
Be IL further enacted, etc That the
amendment proposed by this Act
shall be submitted to the electors of
the State for their approval or rejec-
tion 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
election the words, For 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
sIector shall indicate on the ballot cast
py 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 s. 1916.
II. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true COPY:
JAMES j. BAILEY
Secretary OF State.