St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-01-18


tween the first day of January and the
first day Of March, 1902, and each year
thereafter. and that any person failing
to pay his per capita tax as above levied
In Sec. l, he shall be fined in the sum
of not less than IS or more than Sl5.
and in default of the payment of the
fine and costs, he shall be sentenced to
work on the public road for period OF
time not to exceed 80 days, at the dis
cretion of the court.
Sec. 1. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That said prosecution shall be conduct
ed before the District Court.
1t was moved and duly seconded that
the ordinances passed on Oct. 8, 1900,
levying and providing for collection of
the vehicle license be and is hereby re-
pealed. Carried.
The following ordinance was
then adopted:
An ordinance 10 suppress distractions
in the public roads and bridges OF
| St. TammaDy Parish:
Be it ordained by the Parish of St.
Tammany, La, That any and all per-
sons who 0bstruct the public roads and
bridges of the parish by telling trees,
damning bitches, and Obstructing the
dow of water in any way, and crossing
bitches without culverts and by throw
ing rails and other debris either IN the
road or on the parish bridges. shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
in sum of not less than SIS 90 or more
than 800 90, and in default of the pay
ment of fine and costs shall be impris
oned in the parish Jail for period of
time not exceeding six months, said
prosecution to he conducted before the
district court.
The following ordinance was
then read and adopted:
Be it ordained by the Police Jury o
St. Tammany Parish, That besides the
| two mill tax heretofore set aside for
public road purposes, there is hereby
levied for the year 1902 a per capita tax
of 81 90 upon each male inhabitant of
the parish between the ages of Is and
So years, except parties who live in
cities and towns that keep up their own
streets, this tax to be collected as pro-
vided by law, and to be paid by the 3lst
of December, 1902, and each year there
after, and that any person failing to pay
his per capita tax as above levied,
shall be fined in the sum of not less
than S. or more than SIS, and in de-
fault of the payment of the fine and
costs, he shall be sentenced to work on
the public roads for period of time
not to exceed 30 days, at the discretion
of the court.
Be it further ordained, That said
prosecution shall be conducted before
the District Court.
The following resolution was
then read and adopted.
Resolved, That the tax assessor be in
structed to furnish list of all persons,
by wards, who are SUBJ ect to the per
capita road tax, aud file said list with
the Police Jury, when they meet as
Board of Reviewers.
The following petition was then
read:
Violin, Dec. %, 1891.
hers OF the Police July:
Gentlemen AT q meeting of
your honorable body, on Oct. II,
1901, there was presented petit
ton signed by Warren Thomas,
Edward Parker, W. E. Parker,
John Thomas, Otto Frel, Henry
Bercegay, George j. Wilson and
E. h. Thomas asking for the open
ing up of a new public road and to
be laid out as follows, to.wit: Leav-
ing the West Pearl River Road On
tue second hill north OF the Tall
sheek Creek bridge, thence on said
path to where it intelsects with the
Townsville road, etc. This petit
ton was granted by your honorable
body.
Now, we, the undersigned owners
Of the larger portion Of the land
through which the road will run, do
most earnestly object and protest
against the opening Of this road for
reasons appended below. as follows:
Let. 1t will cost the parish more
to open up aud maintain this road |
than any other section in tins To-
cality As much of it lies in very
low and swampy country, that is Oft
lying deeply covered by water.
2nd. 1t is not necessary for use
of the general public.
3rd. That on the lines specified
As above, it runs dlago.ally through
our lands, making parts Of them
almost valueless.
It'll. Only two Of the people
whose names are appended ~ this
EDITION for the road own any
and on line of SAID ruad
9Th. Only three of them are lax
,ayers we are told.
Now " seems ~ us that We, The
majority of the "wn.rs IT the land
Trough which this road will luI,
mi Who are damaged by said.road,
Mould have \ VOICE, by right, IN tile
Vt our lands, aud Us
here are maturity "f us owners
tho never wele Consulted III this
lstter, to whom it has never been
who knew not it wus III Il
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