The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-04-14

Tor the purpose of constructing, improv
ing and maintaining public roads, an(
highways in Road District No. 3 OF
the Parish of ST. Charles as created b1
Ordinance of the Police Jury of the
Parish of st. Charles, on the 10Th day
OF June, 1913, and to represent said
indebtedness, the Board of Supervisors
of Road District No. of the Parish of
st. Charles does hereby authorize the
issuance of one hundred and forty (14O)
negotiable bonds numbered from 1 to
140, inclusive, each being of a demon
ination of Five Hundred ($50O.0O) Dol
lars, each of said bonds being dated
June LIST, 1917, and bearing interest
at the rate of five per cent per annum
from date until paid, said interest be.
ing payable semi-annually on the first
day of December and June of each
year, and each of said bonds having
attached thereto semi annual interest
bearing coupons to represent said in
terest.
Be it further ordained, etc., that
these bonds are authorized to be pay
able at the ....-..-...--..--
Bank of the City of New Orleans, Lou
lsiana, or at
Bank, in the City of ........
the form of said bonds to be in sub
Ctapco fO11ouc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. CHARLES.
No. - $500. .-.....--. $4,000
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND OF
ROAD DISTRICT NO 2 OF THE
PARISH OF ST. CHARLES,
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Road District No. 2 of the Parish of
st. Charles, State of Louisiana, for
value received, hereby promises to pay
to the bearer, on June LIST, ID, the
sum of Five Hundred Dollars in gold
coin of the United States of America,
of the present standard of coinage,
with interest thereon at the rate of
five per cent per annum from January
LIST, 1917, payable semi-annually on the
first day of June, and the first day
of December of each and every year,
upon the presentation and surrender
of the coupons hereto attached. as the
same shall mature. The principal and
interest on this bond is made payable
at the .-.--.-.-.--.-.---.-- Bank of the
City of New Orleans, State of Louis
lana, or at the option of the holder,
at the Bank
or -------------------------------..
This bond is one of "a series of one
hundred and forty numbered from l to
40, inclusive, of the denomination of
$4,000 each, aggregating $4,000, is
sued by Road District No. 2 of the Par
ish of ST.. Charles, State of Louisiana,
for the purpose of road construction I'M
der and by virtue of the authority con-
ferred by Article PSI of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana, and Act
No. 256 Of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana, for the year 1910,
and all acts amendatory thereof, and
said bonds were specially authorized at
an election held in Road District No.
2 of the Parish of ST. Charles on the
9th day of March, 1917, the returns
of which said election were promul-
gated on. the 2Sth day of March, 1917,
by the Board of Supervisors of Road
District No. of the Parish of st.
Charles. The debt represented by the
said one hundred and forty bonds was
incurred and the bonds were issued
by virtue of the authority conferred
by the Constitution and Acts referred
to and conforming to the result of an
election of the property taxpayers
qualified to vote at the said election
on the 9th day of March, 1917, who
authorized the Board of Supervisors of
Road District No. 2 of the Parish of
st. Charles, to levy each year a tax
sufficient to pay principal and interest
on said bonds, in accordance with law,
and it is certified that all of the acts,
conditions and things necessary to be
done precedent to the issuance of this
bond and other bonds of this series in
order to make them legal, binding and
valid obligations of Road District No.
2 of the Parish of st. Charles, have
been performed in due form as re-
quired by law, and that the indebted
ness of the said Road District, includ-
ing this issue of bonds, does not exceed
the constitutional or statutory limita-
lions of Indebtedness.
In Witness Whereof, the Board of
Supervisors of Road District No. 2 of
the Parish of st. Charles has caused
this bond to be issued, signed and
sealed with the corporate seal of the
Board of Supervisors of Road District
No. 2 of the Parish of st. Charles, all
of which are affixed hereto by its Pres
ident and Secretary on behalf of said
Road District No. 2, on the ...---..-.-.........
day of -....-....--.....---.....-....-.., 1917.
ROAD DISTRICT NO. 2 OF THE