St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES

Police Jury 3O
Secretary and Parish Printer. 15
Parish Treasurer .......... ~,
Coroner and Coronsr's jury. 25,
Assessors fees. %,
Commissions Of Tax Collector Isl
Contingent fund. ........... 50,
Witnesses in Criminal cs.es 4Ol
Parish Attorney. -. Z!
Sheriff. liess holding court
and transferring prisoners
TO State prisou) ......... 1OOt
Total ...... $4O5(
On motion, the ordinance Of th,
former Police Jury was repealed.
The following
ORDINANCE
was then adopted:
! BE 1t ordained by the Police
Jury Of st. TAmmany parish, Tia,
there shall be levied, for the veal
1858. tax Of two mills on the dol
lar for the Pubic School fund; q
fnrthur tax of two mills on the .iuI
'ar for EXPENSES IN Criminal Mat
ie's; ant tax of six mills on lii.
dollar for the general expenses oi
he pnrish.
BE 4 fa:tl,er ordained. etc, Tia;
the Sheriff AMI sX-oilicio Tax Col
.ecior be anal he is hereby instruct
eli I" collect, On ali the taxable
property of the parish. the incor.
porated towns vi Covingtom an,l
Mau';ev.II- included, til. two mill
tax levied for the School Fuud, and
The two mill tax levied f,m expenses
IN Criminal Matters; and that said
tax bs coilscted in currency nu,I
paid into the han.ls VI the Parish
Treasurer.
BE it further ordained. etc, That
the Tax Collector slisii 4 .ceive. In
payment Of The SIX mill tax levied
for the general expenses Of the
parish. an,i licenses. the CO, tliicntes
and warrants uf the Puiic. jury
Grand and Petit Jnries, Co.u,er s
jury aud Witnesses c-rtiiicates.
for the year in which they were
issued.
On motion. the Tux Collector
Sas instructed to proces,l ut once
with the collection Of the parish
licenses and taxes, in accordance
with the provisions of tho mbt We
ordinance.
On motion. the Boar.l then went
int" Committee of the Whole, Ms.
sisted by Mr. Warren, to examine
all warrants in the hand. of the
Treasurer. and destroy all war.
rants that are marks.l Paid, and 10
mark all warrants paid on the.
rreasurers book thai were not 81
ms' ked and had been pail.
On motion. the sun Of $50. or n
much thereof AS may b, necessary,
was appropriated. out of the funds
of 1883. for tho purpose of repair
ing tue Abi,a bridge. ON tn. Mande-
vile road. buy the necessary ma
te'ial. aud refloor the bridge; a.i
that the Overseer 10 authorized to
buy tue material aud report ut tue
next meeting.
Tue following
PUBLIC Road OvERsEERs
were then appointed:
Ninth Ward-Fru,n the four.
mile post to Bayou Liberty. Chas. |
Pichon.
From Bayou Vincent to Eayou
Liberty, Sibylotte Dubuies,n.
From Limel,ouse Landing To
Bayou Vincent bridge. jacob Sal |
men.
From Sli,lsll to the MEETING
rouse on Pearl river road, PhiIip
Provost.
Third Ward-From the forks OF
hc road ut OTIS place 10 the five
nile post gu the Pearl river road
D. ID. Davis. in place Of L. La
:ruix.
Fi:ih WsrI-OD the Columbia
o"'i, from The ten-mils post " the
fifteen mite post. Tom Psnton. in
lace Os john Dutsch.
SevcHlh War,l-FrOm Tucker.
Id place "n the Pearl river ROAD t.
Aai'iys ferry. George Gains.
From the i've mile post ON The
Vaudeville road to Aubry's ferry.
/. l.. Cousin.
The ,eqce~t OF Mr.. Geo. Fonrce,
. be relieved from duty rs over
Ger on the road from the corpora
ION line of Vaudeville ~ K,vin.
,ecan, was refused. aud the Secre-
a'y was instructed to return his
to him. With iE struc-
ons 10 work the road. Il
The following Il
PETITIONS
ere then read: II
o the honorable President and menu
beers Of the Police jury: |,
Geatlemen-We tue undersigned
Itizens and voters Of the eighth
ard do hereby petition against
ividiCy our ward. aud do ask tLat I
ou change the polling place to
earl river station. gu the lius of ]
,e New Orleans and Nor, Leastern {
ns the polling place has I
ben ut the extreme lover end of
10 ward for years. and ut Pearl /
yer station it will be more in tue I
nitro Of the ward. and we have .
i!roatl com nInnira:IOn anil y,pr, 1,
's,,iS ~ csme Ia vote. uui,ii:. \