Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-07-07
AN ORDINANCE.


aUce, and other appurtonauccS in III.
present Nermilion Parish Jail build
ing.
WHEREAS, Ncrmilion Parish having
proposed TO fund the avai.s of the ten
mill tax provided for by Article - of
,hr Constitution into bonds under auu
Dy virtue of the provision Of para
ualL # article PSI of the Cousutu-
ton, tie Police Jury, being the gov
rrIIa- authority of said Parish, gave
notice Of It's intention to do So d.
publication in the Abbeville Meridionai
he olaeial journal of said parish, IN it,
IS,u, Of June ., 1917, the following no
ice, to-wit:
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the 70. /
ice Jury Of NermiliOn Parish, LouIsi-
ana, propose to fund the avaIlo OF the /
ten mill tax provided for by Article .
232 of the Constitution into bonds for /
the purpose Of constructing new cells, |
sanitary appliances and other appurl /
eHancCs, il the present NermIlIoH fat- /
ish Jail Building III Abbeville, Louisi- /
ana, and that on July ), 1917, 1t pro /
poses to issue bonds in the sum OF /
- 10000 for such purposes, under au- /
thority of Paragraph Of Article Isl
Of the Constitution and that II is pro
posed to use the aValls Of said tax Tor
that purpose to the extent Of one-third
OF one mill tor each OF the years 1915
to 1924. inclusive.
BY order of the Police Jury of Yer
million Parish, Louisiana, June =, 1917.
a. o. LANDRY, Secretary; and
I 4 hp
time fixed in said notice, the governing
authority having met III open session,
did. first spread upon the minutes of its
proceedings the budget for its current
year, and submitted said budget for in
spection and consideration; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Police
Jury of VermiliOn Parish, Louisiana
that it be and il is hereby declared and
determined, from an inspection and
consideration of said budget, that there
| is a surplus of One-third of one mill
available from the ten mill tax, and
that nine and two-thirds mills of said
ten mill tax will be amply sufficient to
provide for the current expenses OF
! said parish, as based on the last assess
ment roll filed.
! BE 1T FURTHER ORDAINED that
said available surplus of One-third of
| one mill Cor each of the years 1918 to
| 1924, inclusive, be funded into bonds
FOR the purpose of constructing new
cells, sanitary appliances and other ap-
purtenances, in the present Nermilion
| Parish jail building IN Abbeville, Lou
isiara, and that for that purpose there
! be issued bonds of the Parish of Ven
million in the sum of 100000. said
issue shall consist of ii bonds of the
denomination of $4,000 each, numbered
consecutiveIy from l to II, inclusive,
dated July ), 1917, due and payable
100000 on January l, 1919, and
10000 on January IL each year
thereafter to and including January IS
1925, aud bearing interest at the I; te
cf five per cent per annum, PAYABLE
annually on the 5lth day of January in
each year. the several installments 81
interest to be evidenced by coupons
attached to said bonds. and both prIu
cipal and interest shall be payable il
lawful money of the United States OF
America, at the office Of the Treasures
OF Vermilion Parish, in Abbeville
| Louisiana.
Said bonds shall he executed in sub
stantiallv the following form:
UNITED STATES or AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
; VERMILfON PARISH
JAIL IMPROVEMENT LOND
No. $4,000
5 Know ALL MEN BY THESE
4 PRESENTS: That Vermilion Paris
in the State of Louisiana. is indebte
TO and for value received hereby prom
Uses to pav the bearer Five Hundre
Dollars, lawful money of the Unite
States of America, on the 10Th day 0
January, A. d. l9..-, with intercs
thereon at the rate Of five per cent Re
l. annum, payable annually on the lJt
a dav of January in each year. on pre-
h sentation and surrender Of the anneXe
@ coupons bearing fac-similes of the sis
natures Of the President and Secretar
:, Of the Police Jury of said Parish, q
c they severely become due. Both prii
% cipal aad interest Of this bond are pay
able at the office OF the Treasurer {
Is said Parish, in Abbeville, Louisiana
and the said Parish is hereby held an
2, firmly bound, and the available surpll
4 81 the ten mill tax provided for b
-. Article 232 Of the Constitution is her
> Jy pledged and dedicated TO The pa
ie ment OF the principal and intere
d hereof at maturity.
n, This bond is one Of series Of BON
h. # like date, tenor and effect, except
y. TO maturity, agg-egating 100000,
sued by the Police Jury Of said Pari'
Ia for the purpose of constructing ne
u cells, sanitary appliances and other a
If purtenances, in the present Fermili'
Parish Jeil Building in Abbeville, Lo
~ isiana, under authority of Paragraph
of Article 28l Of the Constitution
C. Louisiana. Act No. 90. approved Ju
al ), 1916. and an ordinance duty and rl
N ularly passed and adopted by the Poll
"a Jury Of said Parish on July ., 1911.
I'd And II ia hereby certified, recitcd a.
of declared. that oil acts, conditions p
id things required 70 be GGae precedent
-. and in the issuing Of 1aid bonds, ha
a. been pro2efly doae, have happened, "A
have hecD performed, ia regular O
y due form, as required by iaw, ard n
=. said Indebtedness. does Aor exceed 3
y statutory or constitutional limitati'
OH II WITNESS WHEREOF, We,
ed undersigned, President and see'sta