The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-22

Adopted, November. Atm, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President
j. j. HEALEY,
Clerk.
Mr.. w. NJ. Rushing offered the 70.
owing ordinance, duly seconded, tC
Wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Whereas, an election was hel
n the 18th, Road District of tn
Fourth Police Ward of st. Landr
Parish, State of Louisiana, on tn
oath day of June 1919, in pul
;uance to an ordinance adopted b
he Police Jury, on the 9Th day {
Nav. 1919, notice of which We
published according to law and
Whereas the question submitte
at said election was to determir
the proposition:
Jury the governing authority
Of Road District No. 10 in
the Fourth Police Jury Ward
of the Parish of st: Landry
La. to incur debt and issue
five (5) per cent annual in
terest bearing negotiable bonds
to the amount of Thirty Nine
Thousand Dollars, ($30,000.-.
OO), to run for period of
Forty Years in said District
the denomination, time and
place of payment of said bonds
to be determined and fixed
by the Police Jury of st. Lam
dry. Parish, La, the governing
authority of said Road District
the proceeds derived from the
sale of said bonds to be used
in grading and crawling a
public road from the North
side of said Road. District in
Southerly direction along the
West side of Bayou Waxia, to
Bayou Sackett, thence along
the West side of Bayou WaXla,
to Bayou Courtableau, thence
along the Bayou Courtableau
on the East side to Road Dis
trict No. 9. Work on said road
to begin where said Road Dis
trict connects with Road Dis
trict No. 9 and to continue
along the above described route
in a Northely direction through
said Road District; the bal
ance of the funds if any derived
| from the sale of said bonds t.
he used in constructing road!
and bridges in said Road Dis
trict. A tax each year shall b.
levied and collected sufticien
to nav the interest and prin
cipaI of said bonds in SAT-
Road District as the same be
come due and payable, as auth
orized under the Constitution
and Laws of this State.
Whereas, said proposition
lawfully carried at said election
shown by the process verbal of
Police Jury canvassing the retu
| of said election on the 7th, day
July, 1919; and
Whereas, the result of said e
ton was duly promulgated on
18th day of July, 1919, as requl
by law, and no contest has D
filed Notwithstanding more than
DAYS have elapsed since the
of said PRONUNCIATION; and
Whereas, the Police Jury OF
Parish of St. Landry, is recogn
by the Constitution and Laws
this state to be the governing a
! o,.ity Of said Road District; I
, therefore,
Be it ordained by the Police :
of the Parish of St. Landry in
!, ular and lawful session convene'
Section THAT tie president
: Clerk of this P1sice Jury shall
and are hereby authorized for
on behalf of ne 18th Road Dis
Fourth Polsee Jury Ward Of
= Parish Of st. Landry, State
: Louisiana, to incur debt to
amount of Thirty-nine Thou'
Dollars, 1899, O0O.00), and to n
and sign serial negotiable col
- bonds of said Road District Il
: for numbered consecutively
!. One to Forty both inclusive,
! first of which shall become due
the First day of January, 1920,
J the last shall mature on the
. dav of january, 1859; and "
shall bear interest at the rat
: five (6) per cent, per annuna,,
able annually from date, with
terest coupons attached to
: bond; and said bonds shall no
sold for less than par.
Section 2. That the proceed
! said bond issue, when negot
i shall be deposited in the Tres
!; of said Parish, and there shal
. and remain as a trust fund t
= used only for the purpose
Il which the same were raised a.
% forth in the preamble hereof.
e Section 8. That said bonds
= be of date the First day of
l. 1919, and shall begin to matuI
4 the First day of Jonuary, A ID.
- and shall become due and pa,
- each year thereafter until AM
= Guiding the First day of Jan
90 A. D. 1859, and shall be IN nuI
"A and amounts as follows:
4 Two bonds of the denonnin
!. of $500 each and Thirty,
n bonds Of the denomination OF
n each, and dates of maturity al
lows, to-wit:
July list, 1920, one bond
ds july 1st, 1921, one bond
r July 1st, 1922, one bond,
ne July 1st, 1928, one bond
or July 1st, 1924, one bond