The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1920-02-05
MINUTES
OF the City Commission of the
City of NatchitOcheS,
NatChitOCheS Par
ish, Louisiana

ish, Louisiana
! Be it remembered, that meeting of
the Mayor and City Commission Of the
City of Natchitoches, Parish of Nat
chitoches, State of Louisiana, was held
on the 18th day of January, 1920, at
their regular place of meeting in said
city, at which meeting the following
Commissioner were present, to-wit:
O. F. Himel, Com of Finance and
Mayor Com. Protein. D. L. Suddath,
Com. of Streets.
Absent: w. F. johnson, Mayor Com
missioner.
| At which meeting Commissioner 0.
F. Himel offered certain ordinance
and moved the adoption and thereupon
Commissioner D. L. Suddath seconded
the motion to adopt said Ordinance and
said motion being then and there put
to a vote of the Ayes and Nays. and
the roll being called. the vote stood as
follows:
: For the ordinance: Commissioners D.
L. Suddath, o. F. Himel.
,, Against the ordinance: None.
| Which ordinance is in words and
figures as follows:
Ordinance Of PRONUNCIATION
Whereas, on Tuesday, the 9th day
of January, 1920, a special election was
held in the city Of Natchitoches, Nat
chitoches parish, Louisiana, to deter
mine the Propositions.
To incur debt and issue and sell ne
gotiable semi-annual interest bearing
coupon bonds of said city to the amount
Eighty-eight Thousand Dollars 1885,
600. OO) evidencing the sal. Indebted
ness, for the purpose of providing
funds for the construction of water
and light plant improvements, the
amount of said bonds beng less than
10 per cent of the assessed valuation
of the property within said city, as
shown by the assessment rolls of said
city last completed. Said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of 5 per cent per
annum payable semi-annually and to
run for period of twenty (20) years
from the date Of the bonds, and the
principal and interest to be payable at
such places as the governing authority
may determine and both principal and
interest to be secured and paid by a
sufficient tax levied and collected in
each of the years while all or any of
said bonds are outstanding in accord
ance with the provisions of Article 2Sl |
Of the Constitution and the Laws of
Louisiana.
To incur debt and issue and sell me-
gotiable semi-annual interest bearing
coupon bonds of said city to the amount
of One Hundred Fifty-two Thousand
Dollars lsl52,OoO.0W evidencing the
said indebtedness, for the purpose of
providing funds for the construction of
q Sanitary Sewerage System. the
amount of said bonds being less than
10 per cent Of the assessed valuation
of the property within said city, as
shown by the assessment rolls of said
city last completed.
Said bonds to bear interest at the
rate Of per cent per annum, payable
Iemi-annually and to run for period
If twenty (20) years from the date of
he bonds, and the principal and inter-
,st to be secured and paid by suf-
icient tax levied and collected in each
# the years in accordance with the
provisions Of Article 2sl of the Con-
titution and the Laws of Louisiana.
Whereas, said election was held and
he returns thereof were canvassed by
he Mayor and City Commission of the
ity Of Natchitoches. Louisiana, &C.
ording to law and notice, on the 2sth
ny Of January, 1920, at z o'clock D.
l., and the result Of said election was
eclared to be: ]!
The result of said count for the T
Vater and Light Plant Improvement
oads was One Hundred Fifty-eight .
1857 ballots and Eight Hundred Nine
Four Hundred and One and 4
ixty-five one hundrfdths Dollars :
1909, 401 .65) in favor of said PROPOSE
on and Two (2) ballots and TWENTY
'ur Hundred Dollars ($240O. OO) against
i'd proposition; and
The result OF said count for the San
ary Sewerage System Bonds was One
undred Fifty.nine (l5O ballots and
ght Hundred Ten Thousand One
undred Fifty-one aud Sixty-five One
andredths Dollars OSLO, 151.65) in
vor of said proposition and two (2)
llots and Twenty-four Hundred Dol
. 02400. OO against said proposition.
Now therefore,
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
y Commission Of the city of Nat
itoches, Louisiana, in legal session
avened, that the -
Proposition - jneaf debt and issue