The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-24

The said bonds shall be signed by
the President of the Board of Commits
sioners of this district and counter
signed by the Secretary of said Board
and each of said bonds shall be attest
ed by the corporate seal of the Dist
riot The interest coupons shall be ex-
eCuted by the fac-simile signatures of
the President and Secretary of the
Board. Both principal and interest of
said bonds shall be payable at the Cal
casieu National Bank in the City OF
Lake Charles, Louisiana, or at the
Mechanics and Metals National Bank
in the City of New York, n Y, at the
option Of the holder.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
ETC., that said bonds, except as to num-
Der and date sof maturity, shall be in
substantially the following form:
No. ...... $4,000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
WELSH DRAINAGE DISTRICT No. /
Of the Parish of Jefferson Davis,
Louisiana
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, That Welsh Drainage
District Number One of Jefferson Da.
Wis Parish, Louisiana, acknowledges
itself to owe and for value received
hereby promises to pay to the bearer
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars,
(S500.O0) on the first day of June,
10. :, with interest thereon from date
hereof until paid at the rate of Five
60 per centum per annum, payable
semi-annually on the first day of June
and Of December in each year upon
presentation and surrender of the at
tached interest coupons as they sever
ally become due. Both principal and
interest of this bond are payable in
lawful money of the United States of
America at the CaIcasieu National
Bank in the City of Lake Charles, Lou
isiana, or at the Mechanics & Metals
National BGnk in the City of New
York, N. Y, at the option of the hold
or.
This bond is one of a series of One
Hundred Twenty (120) bonds of like
tenor, except as to date of maturity,
numbered from to 100 both inclusive,
aggregating Sixty Thousand Dollars
($60, O0000) issued under the authority
of Article 2S1 Of the Constitution O.
the State of Louisiana, and in accord
ance with the provisions of Acts Nos
256 and 81 Of the General Assembly
OF Louisiana for the year 1910 as
amended, and has been authorized by
the property taxpayers of said District
qualified as electors at an election
duly called and held for that purpose.
And 1t is herby certified and recited
that all the acts, conditions and things
necessary 10 be done precedent to the
issuance Of this bond and the other
bonds Of this series in order to make
them legal, binding and valid obliga-
lions of the said District, have been
done and performed in due form as re-
CURED by law; that the total indebted
ness of the said district, including this
issue of bonds, does not exceed any
constitutional or statutory limitations
In testimony whereof the Board of
Commissioners of Welsh Drainage
District Number One of the Parish OF
jefferson Davis, State of Louisiana
has caused this bond to be signed by
its President and countersigned by its
Secretary, and sealed with the seal Of
said Board, and the annexed interest
coupons to be executed by the fac,
smile signatures of said President
and Secretary, this first day of June,
A. D. 1920.
s'ssssssss
President Board of Commissioner.
Of Welsh Drainage District Mum
Der One.
Countersigned:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Secretary.
Subjoined to said bonds shall be in
terest coupons Of the proper number
to evidence the several installments
of interest to accrue thereon respec-
lively, which, except as to date of ma
turity and number of coupon, shall be
in substantially the following form:
NO.. $3.50
COUPON.
On the First day of (June) (Decem.
ber), 49,. Welsh Drainage District
Number One of Jefferson Davis Par.
ish, Louisiana, promises to paw to
bearer Twelve and 5O-1O0 Dollars
t$125O) at the Caleasieu National