The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-17
ORDINANCE

dinance, which ordinance is IN werds
and figures as follows:
ORDINANCE
An ordinance ordering and calling
special election in the Bayou
Boeuf and Waxia Drainage Dis
trict of the Parish of st. Landry,
Louisiana, for the purpose Of
submitting to the qualified prop
erty taxpayers of said district
the propositions to incur debt
and issue bonds of said drainage
district, to the amount as here
matter stipulated and for the
purpose of creating, constructing
and improving a system of grav-
ity drainage in and for said
drainage district, by the clean-
ing with dredges or otherwise,
the bayous, laterals and bitches
connected Herewith as herein
after named and outlined in red
on the map of the said drainage
district
Section BE it ordained by the
Board of Commissioners of the Ba-
you Boeuf and Waxia Drainage Dis
trict of the Parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, that it is advis-
able and expedient to incur indebted
ness in said Bayou Boeuf and Waxia
Drainage District, in the amount and
for the purposes hereinafter mention
ed, and appearing in the propositions,
as follows:
Section BE il further ordained,
that special election be and the
same is hereby called and ordered to
be held in the Bayou Boeuf and Wax
ia Drainage District of the Parish OF
st. Landry, State of Louisiana, on
Monday, the 18th day Of January, A.
D. 1920, between the hours OF a.
m. and p. m.
Section BE it further ordained,
etc., that at said special election there
will be submitted to the taxpaylng
electors, qualified to vote under the
constitution and laws of the State OF
Louisiana, the following propositions
Cal To incur debt to the amount OF
two hundred thousand dollars ($2OO,-
OOO(, and issue and sell serial nego-
table semi-annual interest bearing
coupon bonds of the said Bayou
Boeuf and Waxia Drainage District,
representing the said Indebtedness
the amount of said bonds being less
than ten per cent 10 per cent? OF
the assessed valuation of the proper
ty within the boundary Of said drain
age district, as shown by the assess
ment rolls of the said drainage dis
trict last completed, said bonds to
bear interest at the rate of five per
centum Is per centum )per annum
from their date, payable semi-annual-
w. which bonds are to run for pc
Rod of from one I'D to thlr-
tv-five 1857 years from then
date. Said bonds to be of such de,
elimination and the interest ano
principal thereof to be payable al
such time and place as shall be deter
mined by the Board of Drainage Com
missioners and both principal and IN.
terest of said bonds to be secured ano
Maid nv a sufficient ad valorem ta2
| levied and collected in each year. thai
any of said bonds are unpaid and out
standing in accordance with the pro
visions in that respect contained II
| Article 281 of the constitution anC
| laws of the State of Louisiana, ant
amendments thereto.
/ The proceeds of said bonds to b
used for the purposes of providing
and creating a system of gravlt!
drainage in and for said drainage dis
trict. bv cleaning with dredges o,
/ otherwise the Bayou Waxia, Cow DO
Won. Little Waxia bayou, and the lat
erals and bitches connected with san
bayous, as outlined in red on the maj
"a said district, and the maintenance
and Improvement thereof, and the in
habitants thereof, the title to whicl
shall vest in said drainage district.
PROPOSITION FOR THE ASSESS