Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-01-05
AN ORDINANCE.

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Section One lie u "rI''"c' -!
Mayor and Board eli A!dr'"rn 81 l
Village of Erath. Louisiana, j" 'l''''''
session convened;
That whereas in order TO provide
and create an extension of the system
of watcrworks for the NIllag" OF Er'' H.
and constriiri and maintain a system ~
electric lights for the said Village @.
Erath, Louisiana, II will b" necessary
that the Mayor and Board 81 AId'' me.
of said ViIlag, Of Erath hc authorizes
TO incur debts and issue negotiable
bonds therefor to the amount oi seven
Thousand Dollars i'm the denominations
and bearing interest as hereinafter ~.
forth; and whereas i'm order 70 lr'N"1
for the payment Of said bonds ia prince
pie and interest it Will hc necessary L"
levy special Tax of i've mHS on '"'
dollar ON all property subject to taxa
ton situated within the limits "i S'i"
Village for a period of ten years.
Section Two: THEREFORE,, he ID
ordained that a special election hc an.
the same is hereby ordered TO be hc'"
IN said Village of Erath, on IheSuay
the 18th day of January 1918, betWer.
the hours of Seven \. NJ. and rive /. NJ
under the general election laws OF TIM
State rs far as applicable at which san
election shall be submitted to the prop
ertv tax PAYERS of said Village cntltle'
10 vote at such election under the con
stitution and laws of this state, IN.
! following proposition to-wlt:
First: Whether or not the Mayor an'
Board of Aldermen of said Village p"
| Erath shall he authorized to incur deh
and to issue negotiable bonds thereto.
to the amount Of Seven Thousand poi
lars, in denominations ot Seven iinndr'.
Dollars each, said bonds to be date.
the 25th day Of March, 1918, bearing .
per cent per annum interest from date
said interest payable semi annually o.
the 25th day of March aud OF NePtcmDr'
of each year, and said bonds to mature
as follows. to-wit:
One of said bonds TO mature III /"
Years after date; one III three year
after date; one in four years after datc
one in five years after date; one III 81
years after date; one IN seven year
after date; one III eight T"arS aIt"
date; one IN nine years aItcr da'c; ;'H'
two in ten years after date, for the fHf
pose of extending the system OF water
works in the Village of Erath, ana con
structinG and maintaining sytrm o
electric lights for said Village Ct Eralh
Second: Whether or not me MaN"
and Board of Aldermen of sad Eilag'
of Erath shall be authorized I" levy
special tax Of five mills on Tue dolla
on all property subject to taxation sIt