The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
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 Q0) 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 1918 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 a 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 dde this year and the
payment of interest on the same and
also interest on the different bonds.
Section 8. 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 a special tax of five 60
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 9Th day of September,
1916, providing for a special tax of
five (5) mills on the dollar of the as
seSSed valuation of the taxable prop
erty of the Town of Welsh, La, for
a term Of fifteen years from the
above date, for the purpose of buy
ing new engine for and charging
and extending the electric light
plant owned by the Town of Welsh,
La, title to which shall vest in the
Town of Welsh, La, be and is here
by levied 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 de-
ferred bonds.
Section 5. Be it further ordained,
etc, that all taxes herein levied shall
become a lien and privilege on all
taxable property, paramount to all
other liens, state and parish taxes
excepted, and shall become delin-
quent in the same manner as pro-
vided for the collection of state and
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 the
rate OF ten per cent per annum until
paid.
Budget of expenses for the wear
1918:
current 7280.00
Street oOOO m
Light bonds and interest .3175.OO
Civic League 100 90