St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-18
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. PARKER,
ARMAND Cousin,
Committee.

1 W. L. I ARhEh,
ARMAND COUSIN,
Committee.
On motion, the report was re-
ceived and adopted:
Mr.. Dulion offered the following:
Resolued, That the Sheriff and
the Parish Printer and Secretary of
the Police Jury be paid on their
own warrant or order, out of the
special two mill tax. Adopted.
The following
ORDINANCE
was then read and adopted:
BE it ordained. BIZ The Police Jury
Of he Parish Of ST. Idmmony:
l. That there shall be levied, for
the year 1880, a tax of two mills on
the dollar, for the Public School
Fund: further tax of two mills on
the dollar levied for expenses in
Criminal matters; and further tax
of five mills on the dollar levied for
the general expenses of the parish
! 2. he If further ordained, That
! the Sheriff and ex-officio Tax Col
lector be instructed to collect, on
all the taxable property of the par
/ ish, the corporations of Covington
and Vaudeville included. the two
mill fax levied for the School Fund,
and the two mill tax levied for ex-
penses in Criminal matters. and
that said taxes be collected in cash
and paid to the Parish Treasurer
whose duty it shall be to keep them
separate from the general fund OF
the parish.
3. BE Il further ordained, That the
Tax Collector shall receive the GER
tifcates OF Grand and Petit Jurors.
and approved bills of the Police
Jury. i'll payment Of the five mill
! tax levied for general purposes;
Prorided. That the Jury certificates
and Police Jury approved bills of
1879 shall be received i'll payment
of the General Fund tax of five
mills for 1878, and the jury certiti-
Gates and Police Jury approved bills
If the year 1880 shall be received
in payment of the General Fund tax
and Licenses of the current year
| 1880.
A circular from the Central
| Executive Committee on Levees III
Louisiana" was read and placed on
file.
RESOLUTIONS.
| Mr.. Rogers offered the following:
BE 1t res0lUed, That a public road
be opened FROM the head of Gerard
street. town of Vaudeville, to pass
by Sim Strains, thence to pass Jas.
Bridges, thence to pass head of
Tailacheque, thence to intersect the
Columbia road, at jesse Abnev's.
BE at further re<oIUed, That Sim
Strain. Tom Jenkins and JAS Spell
be appointed and required to lay
out said road as above
BE IL farther reSOiced, That the
overseers on SAID road shall sum
mon all persons liable to road duty
living nearest to said road to work
| the same.
Laid on the table.
BY Mr.. Rogers:
ReSoIred, That Mr.. J. L. Phillips
be appointed Road Overseer from
Bayou Castaing to Vaudeville and
the Chinchuba. Adopted.
BY Mr. Parker:
ReSolre,4, That the Tchefuncta
ferry be leased to Mr. Dan Thurs
ton For the term of three years from
July l, 1880. Adopted.
BY Mr.. Cousin:
Resolved, That Nrs Mortee be
pail the sum Of Thirty dollars for
the desk in the Recorders Office,
payable by the Sheriff with the first
funds that come into his hands.
Adopted.
By Mr.. Aubrv:
Reoolced, That the bid of Mr..
Neuburger, for the Bayou Lacombe
ferry privilege, for the sum of ten
dollars, be accepted, and the Secre-
tary be instructed to notify him of
the fact. Adopted.
The Secretary read the following
reply to a resolution adopted by the
Police Jury. compelling the corpo-
ration of Covington to build a
bridge over the ditch dug by said
! cnrnoratinn across the Hnlmesyille