The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
ORDINANCE NO. 1874.
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the

AN ORDlNANCE autnoflZlng the
borrowing of Seven Thousand
Dollars, from the Calcasieu Ma
tional bank of Southwest Louis
lana at Lake Charles, to be ex-
pended for the eradication of the
cattle tick in Jefferson Davis par
ish; fixing terms of payment of
said loan, and the rate of inter
est thereon; authorizing the Pres
ident of the Police Jury Of said
Parish to execute notes represent
ing said indebtedness; dedicating
the excess revenues of said Par
ish for the years 1919 and 1920,
above the statutory, necessary
and usual charges for services rem
dered annually under time con-
tracts, to the payment of said loan
in principal and interest.
Whereas, the State of Louisiana,
by Act No. 127 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1916 has
made it compulsory upon the Police
juries of the several parishes of the
State to proceed with the work Of
systematic eradication of the cattle
tick, and
Whereas, said work is deemed nee
essary and desirable in the Parish of
Jefferson Davis; and
Whereas, the Police Jury by its
budget heretofore adopted has de-
clared that the excess revenues of
said Parish for the year 1918, after
the payment of all statutory charges,
and all necessary and usual charges
provided for by ordinance or resolu-
ton of said Police Jury and the
payment of all charges for services
rendered annually under time con-
tracts, amounts to at least Seven
Thousand Dollars, and
Whereas, it is necessary, in order
to obtain the money with which to
carry on Systematically the work of
cattle tick eradication in said Parish
that at least Seven Thousand Dol
lars be borrowed to be expended in
said work in accordance with Act
No. 1877 of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana for the year
1915, and
Whereas, the Calcasieu National
Bank of Southwest Louisiana at Lake
Charles has declared it's willingness
to lend said amount for said purpose
on the terms and conditions herein
after set forth:
Now therefore:
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Jefferson
Davis, State of Louisiana, that the
President of this Police Jury be and
he is hereby authorized and directed
to borrow from the Calcasieu Ma
tional bank of Southwest Louisiana at
Lake Charles the. sum of Seven
Thousand Dollars to be expended in
accordance with the provisions of
Act No. 1877 of the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Louisiana for the
year 1916 in the work of systematic
eradication Of the cattle tick in the
Parish of Jefferson Davis, interest
thereon to be paid annually at the
rate of five per cent per annum and
payment thereof to made in the fol-
lowing manner:
Three Thousand Five Hundred Dol
lars and all accrued interest on said
loan to be paid on or before the
first day of January, 1920.
Three Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars and all accrued interest on
said loan to be paid on or before the |
first day of January, 1921.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, |
etc., That there is hereby set apart, |
appropriated and dedicated to the |
payment of said loan in principal and !
interest out of the excess revenues |