The Rice belt journal., 1918-10-11
ORDINANCE NO. 1872.

AN ORDINANCE providing for the
levying and collecting of taxes on
all real and and personal property
within the corporation Of the
Town of Welsh.
Section |. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Trustees OF the
Town of Welsh, La, that for the year
1918, as per budget of expenses
hereunto attached, there be and is
hereby levied ten 10) mills on the
dollar of the assessed valuation on all
taxable property in the Town OF
Welsh, La.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc., that by an ordinance adopted by
the Board of Trustees and the prop
erty tax payers Of the Town OF
Welsh, La, on the 5th day of Au-
gust 1913 providing for a special
electric light tax of five (5) mills on
the dollar of the assessed valuation of
the Town of Welsh, La, for ten
years from the above date for the
building of an electric light plant,
therefore special tax of five (5)
mills on the dollar is levied on the
assessed valuation of all taxable prop
erty in the Town of Welsh, La, for
the purpose of retiring such bonds
as may become due this year and the
payment of interest on the same and
also interest on the different bonds.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc, that by an ordinance adopted by
the Board of Trustees and the prop
ertyowners of the Town of Welsh,
La, on the 5th day of August 1914
providing for special tax of five (5)
mills on the dollar of the assessed
valuation of the taxable property OF
the Town of Welsh, La, for the
building of streets, bridges and pub
lie improvements, for the term OF
ten years from the above date, there,
fore special tax of five (5) mills on
the dollar Of the assessed valuation
of the taxable property of the Town
of Welsh, La, be and is hereby lev,
led for the building and maintain.
ance of streets, bridges and public
improvements in the Town of Welsh
La.
Section 4. Be it further ordained
etc, that by an ordinance adopted by
the Board of Trustees and the prop
erty owners of the Town of Welsh
La, on the 5th day of September
1916, providing for a special tax Of
five 60 mills on the dollar of the as
sessed valuation of the taxable prop
erty of the Town of Welsh, La, fol
a term of fifteen years from thu
above date, for the purpose of buy
, ing new engine for and enlargins
and extending the electric lgh
plant owned by the Town Of Welsh
La, title to which shall vest in thu
Town of Welsh, La, be and is here
,, by levied for the purpose of retirinJ
, such bonds as may become due thi
: year and the payment of interest OIL
the same and also interest on the de
ferred bonds.
Section 5. Be it further ordained
etc, that all taxes herein levied shal
Fbecome a alien and privilege on al
taxable property, paramount to al
! other liens, state and parish take
excepted, and shall become delin
: quent in the same manner as pro
: vided for the collection of state anC
parish taxes
, Section 6. Be it further ordained
, etc., that all taxes herein levied shall
become delinquent on January 1st
1919 and shall draw interest at tn,
rate of ten per cent per annum unit
paid.
Budget of expenses for the yea
1918:
Current .................. 1890. Oh
Street .....--..,.-.............. 10000,
Light bonds and interest ........3175. OF
Civic League -.......-..-............ 120.O(
Marshall and ST Com oos n,