Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-01

If lauu III the ounce MUM y -
District beginning with the wear i'!'
and ending with the year 1871 DOT"
inclusive.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That
he Assessor of the Parish of N"rmlll"h
g., hereby ordered to ASSESS and the TAX
Collector Of the Parish Of \crmIil"n Is
barrbv ordered to collect for the year
1917 and each consecutive wear there
after up to and Including the year i'+'
% fax If Ten ,lOcD Cents per acre on
.,-,rv mere of land j.. }udcd within the
limits of the Coulc" Kinney Drainage
District for the rur. use of paving the
.,,inri3al and intcrc.. on a bond issue
If Fnrtv-Eight Tho. and tS4N,non-o'l
n,I,ars. authorized at said election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That
Informing f. the results Of said ctcc.
tiou. the Board of Commissioners OF
,le CouIcr Kinney Drainage District
10 hr,cbv authorize the inCurTinE IT an
If Forty Eight Thousand
as. 600 UuI Dollars and the lsSuanc >
If bonds for like amount, tn" Sald
bonds to bear Ave PER cent - per cent
interest, PAYABLE scmi-annuaii', SERIAL.
from one to thirty-onc years, the irIn-
riuaI and interest thereof to be made
payabie at the Continental and Com
mcrcial National Bank in the City o.
Chicago. state of Illinois and said
bonds to be dated July -, 1917 and ia
Inc made in the form and substance ap-
proximatclv as follows:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE or LOUISIANA
PARISH OF VERMLION
VI $500.
PUBIC IMPROVEMENT BOND
of the
COI-LEE KINNEY DRAINAGE DIS.
TRTCT or THE PARISH OF
VERMILION STATE OF
LOUISIANA
The Coulce Kinney Drainage Ditriet
# the Parish Of NermiliOn. state OF
Louisiana, for value received hereby
promises to paw to bearer on July -
"a. the sum of Five Hundred Dol
lars (S50OOO) in gold coin of the Unit
I'd States of the present standard OF
"oinage, with interest thereon at tn,
rate of five per centum 6 per cent
per annum from July i, 1917, PAYABLE
semi annually on the 18th day of Janu
uarv and on the 18th day of July OF
each and every wear. upon the presenta
tion and surrended of the coupon here
Ia attached as the same shall severallH
mature. The principal and interest 81
his bond is made payable at the Con
timental and Commercial NatiOna
Bank of the City Of Chicago, State OF
Illinois.
This bond is one Of a series of Nine
tv-six bonds. numbered l to 96. boil
inclusive, being of the denomination
If Five Hundred Dollars, ($500.00}
,ach, aggregating FOrty-eight ThOusan,
Dollars ($4S, 100000, Issued by the Boarc
# Commissioners of the Coulee Kline,
Drainage District Of the Parih Of Yer
Million, State of Louisiana. as the gov
,rning authority thereof, for the pur
nose of constructing and providing ;
drainage system for the said distric
Inder and by virtue of the AUTHORITY
Conferred by Article 2Sl of the Consti
'ution of the State of Louisiana anC
Vet go of the General Assembly O.
The State of Louisiana for the yea
1910 as amended and Act 225 of tn,
General Assembly of the State of Lou
isiana for the year 1915. This bono
was specially authorized at a specia
election held In the Coulee Kinne'
4 April 1917. the returns OF which sai
Election we're duly promulgated on II
\ nth day of April, 1917, by the Boar
# Commissioners Of the Coulee Kline
Drainage District acting as the govern
ing authority thereof
The debt represented by the sal
Vinety-six bonds was incurred and tn
bonds were issued by virtue of tn
authority conferred nv the Constitutio
md Acts referred TO and confOrmln
% the result of An election held by "a
property taxpayers qualified to vot
IT the election held on the 10th day Z
April, 1917, who authorized the impos
ion and collection for period not e.
ceeding thirty-one years of force
contribution or acreage tax of TIE
| (10c) Cents per acre on each and ever
acre of land within the limits of til
Tculee Kinney Drainage District dn
authorized the funding of the availS Z
said acreage tax or forced contribute
into bonds aggregating the sum of Fo
ty-eight Thousand Dollars (S4S, 100000
and it is certified that all of the act
conditions aud things Necessary TO l
done and to happen precedent to n
issuance of this bond and other bond
If this series. in order to make thei
legal, binding and valid obligations 9
the Coulee Kinney Drainage DistriC
If the Parish of Vermilion, Stare G
Louisiana, have been performed an
have happened in due form as rsquice
bv law and that the indebtedness =
the said drainage district including hi
issue Of bonds does not exceed tn
constitutional or statutory limitation
Of indebtedness.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF The Boar
If Comm: ssioners of the Conlee kinnc
Drainage District as the governin
authority thereof, has caused this bor
70 be issued. and signed and scale
wi :; f"r corporate seal : tie Board u
Commissioners Of the Coulee Kline
Drainage District, all of which are al
fixed hereto by the President and Sc,
rotary of said Board of Commissioner
Of ~. Coulee Kinney Drainage Diati.t
on the 18th day of July, 1917.
CO,'ee Kinney Drainage Distric'.
Secretary. President
FORM OF COUPON