St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-08-05
Police Jury.
Cov1uaros, La Aug. l, 1898.

to adjournment
Present. II Abney, George
Koepre, Jr, B F Rogers, W G
Davis, Peter Parker, Warren
Thomas, 8. II. Decker, Jno. A.
Tod and A. Provost. Clay FL
lott, Parish Attorney.
On motion, the reading Of the
minutes was dispensed With until
the next regular meeting.
The Board then proceeded to re-
View the assessment rolls, and after
two days. session, the following
resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the assessment
rolls for the year 1898 be and the
same are hereby accepted, except
q to the property Of E. ]. Copley
and the St. Tammany Land and
Lumber Company.
Resolved, That Mr.. G. H. Cause,
Assessor, be required to furnish .
supplemental roll, assessing the fol-
LOWING properties, which were
omitted from the original roll, or
enormously assessed:
Slidell Brick and Tile Nanufac-
turing Company, property not cor
rectly described, and portions Of it
omitted from The rolls.
Salmen Manufacturing Company,
property not correctly described,
and portions Of it omitted from the
rolls.
e. J. Perilloux, portions Of prop
erty omitted from the rolls.
H. Nandin, portions Of property
omitted from the rolls.
The Secretary to furnish the As.
SCISSOR with . copy Of the above.
Resolved, That the St. Tammany
Land and Lumber Company, and
E. J. Copley, be ordered to show
cause, on the ED Of August, 1898,
why their respective assessments
should not be raised frvm - so to
IS per acre.
Resolved, That Messrs. Warren
Thomas and Peter Parker be ap-
pointed . committee to locate .
place for . bridge across Talisheek
creek, near PENIS old mill, and re-
port a. next meeting. and tina: the
President Be authorized to receive
bids for the same.
The following road overseers
were then appointed:
Levi Crow. from Generelly Sta.
tion to the bridge on Bayou La
combe
The appointment OF Mr.. James
Martin - road overseer on the Co
lumbia and Military road was an
nulled, Is he was appointed through
error, Mr.. L. Dirks having been
previously appointed overseer on
said road, lower end.
VIM Elliott, in place Of Arthur
Herman, on the bridge road, from
Tchefuncta bridge to the ferry road.
John Loustillot, in place OF Chas.
Morgan, on the road from Ravine
Ocean to the Covington and Nam
devills road.
On motion Of Mr.. Geo. Koeppe,
Jr., the following Ordinance was
then adopted:
BE it ordained BY the Police Jury
Of st. Tammany parish, La, That
it shall be . misdemeanor for any
person to dig holes in or remove
the dirt from any public road, or
to obstruct any public road or
bridge in this parish. That any per-
sons guilty Of 90 doing, on convic-
ton, shall be fined NO less S COL
nor more than SIS 90.
It was moved and seconded that
sealed bids be received BY the
President to build . basin and walks
around The artesian well in the
Courthouse yard, and report at the
next meeting. Carried.
Mr.. Thomas moved that the bridge
committee in the Fifth Ward be au-
thorised to appoint one Of their
number to solicit subscriptions
for the Bogue Chitto bridge, and
that he be allowed the sum OF two
dollars . day. not to exceed ten
days, vut Of the amount he secures.
Carried.
1t was moved and seconded that
the President be authorized to re-
ceived sealed bids for building
. bridge across Bayou Rouvill, 7th
ward, and report 1t the next regu-
lar meeting. Carried.
It was moved and seconded that
the sum Of SIS 90 be appropri-
ated 70 repair the Chinchuba bridge,
near Vaudeville. Carried.
The following bills were then
read and approved:
DR.. +. Julius Heintx, Coroner,
to inquest on body OF Joseph Will
liams, July 80, 1898, $40.
Joe Badon, Chas Deponay, Oc-
tave Silvin, Samuel williams, Jos
y Lancaster, jurors 1t above in
quest, q each.
Chas Mayer, c r Dapree, nj
Babtiste, B n Kendall, jurors 1t
inquest Of Geo Butler, June Z. 1898,
- each.
DR.. +. Julius Heintz, Coroner,
inquest on body Of Alfred Bruce,
April Is, 1898, $40.
J L Cousin, for serving - clerk
Of election November. 1892, 81.
W. Keen, 400 feet lumber for
the big bridge, a.
Peter Perrin, to rebuilding . /
bridge on the ferry road near cor.