The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-04-10

The FLOWING ordinance was Of
fered by Mr. r. =. Mills and seconded
BY Mr.. j. Y st. Cyr:
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the issuance of $780,
600 of road bonds Of Road Dis
triet No. II of the Parish Of St.
Landry, prescribing their form
ard fixing the ~maturities there
CT, and providing for the levy
of taxes for the payment of the
principal ard interest of said
bonds, ard repeating and reseind-
iEg an ordinance Of the Police
Jury adopted on November 4,
1919, providing for the issuance
sof said bonds.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Landry, in COM
pliance with the terms of Article 28i
and the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana and Act 256 of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1910, as amended, and
acting as the governing authority Of
Road District No. Il of the Parish Of
st. Landry and the said Police Jury
having been duly authorized at an
election held in the said road district
on the 18th day Of June, 1919, hereby
authorizes the mourning of an in
~debtedness of $500, 600 on behalf of
said road district for the purpose OF
constructing, improving and main
tanning permanent roads and bridges
within said district, and does hereby
authorize the issuance of $500,090 OF
road bonds of Road District No. IL oi
the Parish of st. Landry, numbered
from n ID to five hundred 5000
inclusive, of the denomination Of ST.,
600 each, dated July /, 1919, ano
bearing interest at the rate of five
(5) per eentum per annum from date
until paid; said interest being payable
on the first days of January and July
in each year, and each of said bonds
having attached thereto semi-anual in.
terest coupons to represent the said
interest.
Be it further ordained, ETC., thai
the said bonds and the interest cOu.
pons thereon, shall be payable at the
office of the treasurer of the Parish
Of st. Landry, at 0pelousas, Louisi
ana, or at the option of the holder al
the National Park Bank in the CITY
of New York, State of New York;
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
said bonds shall be substantially il
the following form, to-wit:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of st. Landry
ROAD BOND OF ROAD DISTRICT
NUMBER ELEVEN I'D OF
THE PARISH OF ST.LANDRY
mo. - $1,O00.0C
Road District No. IL of the Parish
of st. Landry, State of Louisiana.
for value received, hereby promises to
pay to bearer, on the first day of
July 49,, the sum of One Thousand
Dollars Isl, O00.00) in lawful money
of the United States of America, with
interest thereon at the rate of five
per centum (5f6) per annum, payable
semi-annually on the 1st days of jan
uary and July in each year, upon pre-
sentation and surrender of the inter-
est coupons hereto attached as the
same shall mature, both the princi-
pal and interest of this bond r pay
able at the office Of the treasurer Of
the Parish of st. Landry, at Opelou-
sas, Louisiana, or at the option Of the
holder, at the National Park Bank in
the City of New York, in the State Of
New York.
This bond is issued by Road Dis
trict No. II of the Parish Of St. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, for the pur.
pose Of constructing, improving AND
maintaining public roads and bridges
in said district, under and by virtue
of the. authority conferred by Article
2S1 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana and Act 256 of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, for the year 1910, as amended
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