The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-03
PROCLAMATION.

Be it Known, That l, H, A. FOntenOt,
President of the Board of Commission
ers of Bell City Drainage District No.
One, do hereby issue this my Procla-
nation, calling an election to be held
in said District on Tuesday, the 18th
day of January, 1920, for the purpose
of submitting to the qualified voters
of said district propositions to vote
special adValorem tax on all prop,
erty within the limits of said Drainage
District, subject to State taxation, for
period of twenty-five years, and to is
sue bonds based thereon in the sum Of
Ninety Thousand ($90,000.OO) Dollars;
and to vote an annual tax Of sixteen
cents per acre on all the acreage prop
erty within the limits of said Drainage.
District for period of thirty years
and to issue bonds based thereon in
the sum of One Hundred and thirty
five thousand ($135, 100000 Dollars;
said election to be held at the Office of
the North American Land & Timber
Company, Limited, at Bell City, Loui.
siana, in said District, in accordance
with law, between the legal hours Of
seven o'clock a. M, and FIVE O'Clock
p. M, on Tuesday, January 18th, 1920,
all of which, including the names of
the Commissioners and Clerk appoint.
ed for the purpose of presiding at
said election, will more fully appear
by reference to the following Ordin-
ances, No. One ~ and No. Two (2)
of the Board of Commissioners OF Bel!
City Drainage District No. One, call
] ing the same, which Ordinances are
made a part Of this Proclamation.
Issued by me officially in Bell City
Drainage District No. One, on this the
Bird day of December, 1919. ~
H. A. FONTENOT,
President of the Board OF Commits
sioners of Bell City Drainage Dist.
riot No.. One. ,aEii
Attest:
THOMAS cox, i
Secretary. -, a. s..
Upon motion of Commissioner Har
Iris, seconded by Commissioner De
laney, that the following Ordinance
authorizing the issuance Of a bonded
Indebtedness in the sum. of One hund
red and thirty.five thousand ($135,
0OO.O0) Dollars, covering a period O
thirty years, commencing with thu
year 1920, and terminating with The
year 194s, both inclusive, secured b.
an annual acreage tax of sixteen cents
(16c) per acre upon all acreage prop
erty located in said District, be adopt
ed, to-wit:
Ordinance No. One (1).
AN ORDINANCE of Bell City Drain
age District No. One for the levying o
special tax of sixteen cents per acre
and the creation of bonded indebted
ness of One hundred and thirty-fiv,
thousand ($135, 100000 Dollars, a
authorized by Article 2S1 of the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana a.
approved on the 22nd day of Novem
Der, 1918, and the subsequent amend
ments thereof, for the purpose Of pro
viding and maintaining drainage sys
TEN on all lands situated in said Dis
trict, and for the holding Of an cleo
ton therefor.
Whereas, it is the opinion Of tn
Board of Commissioners Of said Bel
City Drainage District No. One that /
is necessary that the said Drainag
District be authorized to create
bonded Indebtedness of One hundret
and thirty-five thousand ($135, 10000
Dollars, to be represented by tw,
hundred and seventy (270) bonds o
Five hundred ($5O0.00) Dollars each
to be issued by the said Board Of Com
missioners of Bell City Drainage Dist
riot No. One, to bear interest at tn,
rate of FIVE (5) per cent per annum
payable Semi-annually, maturing a
such dates as may be fixed by th
Board Of Commissioners Of said Drain
Iage District. at the time OF or prior 4