Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-07

mitigating the results of the ele
tion held in the parish of st. johl
the paptist on the 4th day of jun
1917, and that the said proclamI
ton and the process verbal coun
ing the votes castat said election
be duly published in the officia
journal aud that the process verba
counting the votes cast at said elet
ton be duly recorded in the Morte
age Office of the parish of st. johr
the baptist and be duly register
ed with the Secretary of State ir
accordance with law.
The vote on this ordinance was
as follows:
YEAS: Reynaud, Barre Songy,
Cassagne, Babin, Lasseigne
NAYS: None
And the ordinance was declared
adopted.
Resolution by Mr.. C. Babin sec
onded by Mr., P. A. Cassagne
Whereas on the 4th day of june,
1917 an election was held in the
parish of St. john the paptist to
ascertain the sense of the voters
concerning a bond issue of One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand
Dollars (S180,0OO.00) for the con-
struction of a system of public
roads and highways in the parish
of st. john the Baptist; and
Whereas it is shown by the
PRONUNCIATION of the returns of the
said election, authorized this day
that this police jury as the govern
ing authority of the parish of st
john the Baptist was authorized
to issue bonds aggregating One
hundred and Eighty Thousand
Dollars $3.50, OOO.OO) in the said
parish of st. john the Baptist;and
Whereas the Assessor of the
parish of st john the Baptist has
certified that the assessed valua-
ton of all property within the par
ish of st. john the Baptist for
the year 1917, being the last as
sessment roll on file at the time of
said election amounts to 50, 579-
$1,000, and that, therefore, an in
debtedness of One hundred and
Eighty Thousand Dollars $3.50,
000.00) and a bond issue repre-
that indebtedness for a
like amount is less than ten per
the assessed valuation of
in the parish of st. john
the Baptist; and
Whereas it is certified by the
] reasurer of the parish of st. john
the Baptist thas the parish of st.
john the Baptist owes no debts.
Therefore, be 1t Ordained by
the police Jury of the parish of st.
john the baptist in compliance
with the terms of article PSI of
the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana and act 256 of 1910 as
and acting as the govern
ing authority of the parish of st.
john the baptist, and the said
police jury having been duly
authorized at an election held in
the parish of St. john the baptist
on the 4th day of june, 1917, that
it hereby authorizes the inCurring
of an Indebtedness of One Humid
red and Eighty Thousand Dollars
$3.50, 0O0.0 00) in said parish of st.
John the baptist for the purpose
of constructing, improving and
maintaining a system of roads
and highways in the said parish
Of st. john the baptist, and to
the saidindebtedness,
the said police jury of the parish
ofSt. john the baptist, does here
by authorize the issuanceef one
hundred and eighty (180) bonds
numbered / TO $50 inclusive of the
denomination of One thousand dol
lars ($1OO0. 00) each. aggregating
One Hundred and Eighty Thou
sand Dollars $3.50, OO0.0O), each
of said bonds to be dated August /
1917 and bearing interest at the
rate Of five per centum (5oIo) per
annum from date until paid, said
interest being payable semi-an
nually on the first day of Feb
and on the first day of Aug
ust of each and every year and
each of said bonds having attach
ed thereto semi-annual interest
coupons to represent the said in
tereSt.
Be 1t Further Ordained, That
these bonds shall be made payable