The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-01

Parish of Jefferson Davis, state OF
Louisiana, and countersigned by the
Clerk thereof. The interest notes or
coupons shall be executed by the lltno,
graphed facsimile signatures OF salo
President and Clerk. Both prlnclpal
and interest of said bonds shall be pay
able at the Mechanics & Metals
National Bank of New York City, state
of New York.
Section 2. Be it Further Ordained,
etc. that said bonds, except as TO
number and date of maturity, snail oe
of substantially the following form:
United States of America
State of Louisiana
Parish Of jefferson Davis.
M 100000
Lake Arthur Road District No. I ofehe
Parish of jefferson Davis,
State Of Louisiana.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, That Lake Arthur Road
District No. l of the Parish OF dener'
son Davis, State Of louisiana acH-
nowledges itself to owe and for value
received hereby promises to pay 70
bearer the sum OF One Thousand (S1,.
600 .OO) Dollars on the first day OF
April. A. D. 10. :, with interest there
on at the rate of Five 90 per cent per
annum from date, April 1st, 1921, and
PAYABLE semi-annually thereafter on
the first day OF October and April IN
each year, as evidenced by coupons
hereto attached, until the principal
thereof is paid. The principal interest
hereof are payable in lawful money OF
the United States of America, at Me-
chanics and Metals National Bank OF
New York City, New York, upon pre-,
sentation and surrender OF TINS oono
and the coupons hereto attached as
they respectively mature.
This bond is one Of a series OF !1o
bonds, all Of like date and denomln-
alton and numbered from l to lFo IN.
elusive, aggregating One Hundred
Seventy Thousand ($17O,OOO.OOl Dol.
| lars, issued under the authority OF
Article 2S1 of the Constitution Of the
State of Louisiana, in accordance with
the provisions Of the laws of said State
and has been authorized by the prop.
erty taxpayers Of said District quail
fled as electors at an election duly
called and held.
It is hereby certified and recited
that all acts, conditions and things
required to be done precedent to and
| in the issuance of this bond have beeh
properly done, happened and perform
ed in due form as required by law
and that said Lake Arthur Road Dist
riot No. l in Jefferson Davis Parish
Louisiana, owes no debt OF any kind
except this issue of bonds; that pro
vision will be made for the collection
of direct taxes for the payment OF this
bond and the interest thereon, and
that the total debt Of said District
including this bond, does not exceed
the statutory or Constitutional limit
atoms.
| In witness whereof, the Ponce Jnr!
of the Parish of Jefferson Davis, State
of Louisiana, by virtue of authority
vested in them by the Constitution
and laws of the State Of Louisiana
have caused this bond to be signed by
Its President, countersigned by its
clerk, and sealed with the seal OF said
Police Jury, and have caused the in
terest coupons hereto attached to bt
executed by the autographed sigma
lures Of said President and Clerk, al
of the First day Of April A. D., 1920.
LAKE ARTHUR ROAD DISTRICT
| No.
By Police Jury Of the Parish of JET
ferson Davis, Louisiana.
By,,.ss............ .''.'.
President.