Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-10


Greene, a true and correct copy of
the original of the above on Feb sth,
1917 before the hour of 3 o'clock p m
L DUTEL' Chief of Police,
Corporation of Abbeville
The following resoluJ ions offered
by Alderman + L. Melebeck, was
unanimously adopted
VII 'foas, Improvements and adj
lions TO the Municipal Water * ] ight
Plant having become necessary suc
whereas after due advertisement f.r
is the Fairbanks, Morse 4 Comp
an. being the Iowr,t bidder, the
coEtraCi for Game was dUly awtfdrr
20 said Fairbanks, More X CnmI&u,
by his Council OH the 18Th day a.
september, 1916; and whereas. tte
{ nds necs ssasy TO pay for sad i'm
prOvements are not now IN the meas
ury and not Immediately available
Therefor be 1t resolved and ordain-
ed that certificates OF indcltel es,
aggr eating Z ght Thousand Dollars
(Ss 90 COZ be i>su"d by ,lIis municip-
ality for the pay n ert ST said improv
ments, payable in instalIments OF
Sixteen Hundred Dollars each, mat
ing On April 1st, 1918, i9l9, jg2G
1921, and 1922 respectively, bearing
interest ut the rate of Ave per cent
um per annu n payable semi annual,
IN Apil and October first CT each
year OF the life OF ssid Obligations
Be- 1t further resolved and ordain
ed: Tha, two and three quarter Mills
of the annual ten mill levy and AS
ssssment of taxes of the Town o;
ut vi lie, Louisiana, for the year
1917, 1918, 1919 1920, 1871, he aud IT,
same are hereby SET aside, Pledge
,nd irrevocarly dedicated to the pay
ment of the said certificates OF indep
ttdness.
Be it resolved and ordained further
I al the Mayor ot the TIwn # Able /
vile. La the Hon. W s HIVES, he /
and he is hereby authorized 60 exec /
ute on hehsIt of said Town Of Able /
vile ali dpcun, nts necessary.
FEBRUARY, stb, 1857.
rhe Certificates Of Indebtedness. here
inabove proyide.i for shall he in form
and read as follows 20 witt
10. 100000
United States OF America
S.sfe of Louisiana, Town If A bbeviTl~
Know all men by tn Sc pr SOL
that the Town Of Abbevile, for valu.
received, hereby acknowledges itself
indebted to and promise to pay t.
he bearer hereof tha sum of Sixtcen
Hundred 1880 0O) D1l!ars on III.
ticst day of April 10 wi Il inters<
III ereon, from date hereof At ha raj
Of fll g per centuin per annum iuter-
-st payable ssmi- annually on tht fir.
ivy of April ana the hfst day ofO
.Ober of each year Both the prIu
cipaI and Interest are pay able nj H.
Barko! Ahbevillg. Louisiana.
This cert ificats is che - Il series % /
five certificates aggreGatiIG to /
,rincipa sum of Eight TaousgnG D. |
lars Is goo 00) of like date aud ten,t /
xc pit rs to maturity which are anti !
oriz d aud issued under valid ord'n
lnce Of the City Council OF the Tow !
of Alb vile Louisiana, and secured |
by plefG' ND deiicalion OF TWO anc |
thrt quarter z "a ais OF The an
uual tei, n.Iil levy III me Municipality |
or the years 19i7-19ls 1919 1920 and |
1921, for the purpus. OF paytn8 for |
machinery anG mprovements rec~s-
Sary for h. operation OF the Water & +
Light Plant.
l. witness WEeteot the said Towr |
IT Annt willie has cansei this certi1catp .
30 be Signed n the Mayor and Sc /
rotary on ting ......''sY of.........Ig......
Vote called 81. ti- above resolutions I
and rec I'd. q a. '"iiowF;
r z. Nelson, Ye-, F l. Mel-b4c k 7.
Yes. J. Cemils BIoussard. Y =, r C .
9reeue. Ye.. T. ? B-sr1i.. YES. I
Ch 1PNApi' - - 49, - - D.
s. conded by r Z Nelson and nrsi .
mous,y CARR q, Y s Hsye-, Mavor
j & SrOnssa ri, q Cr,iarv a. 4 II. +. /
Gardv Curporati"n Attorney, 70 .
spp intad q c0muli5t,a to conirr win ,
m. Tx collect S@cr-racv II q lic- .
j. ;, Srcr.rary o. 8 d Wa.d 4 a.
commissioners or P.r,-h IRE sur .
70 III, pufpOs@ of &C, 81 u wat F..
III ,nvvs have BE-. n received AID H. .
turs q b, tha Puiir. Jury or tie 81 .
WARD Road Comm -~innFrs AoG TOR
what purposes t. - money have
been rxpen I'D Our o. the monies sc-
crning 10 the mn-lcipil CorpUr8tiOn
Of Abbrvlle d-rivvd from III" rr-c .
tax imposed II. the Polio Jary in 'hc
Z q ward IN The Parisn OF Y rmii.nn
i-oulslan and TOR iutner purpose - .
&C. rt,irinE how mucn ofssid TX .nr
Cnrv0ratiou ls entitled 10 les, the
co-t- Of collection RI sold tax An2 .
III, Committee is Instructed TO Pre-
par. and r. port their findings 10 tar e
resp o:s ut tbs earliest possible nv
meat
Til re- heine no furthsr business the
II citing al jurred
". : HAYES, Mayor.
]. G. BRVtssAkP, Secretary.