St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-18
Police Jury.
Coyington, La, Oct IL, 1902.

Present
First ward-Geo. Koepp, Jr.
Second ward-Nm. Bruhl.
Third war0-G. G.. AIexius
Fourth ward-Jos. NJ. Smith.
Fifth ward-Crawford Williams
Sixth ward-H. Q. Parker.
| Seventh wa1d-Jol,n A. Todd.
Eighth ward-Joln Swinson.
! Ninth ward-W. E. Cause.
On motion, duly seconded, th'
minutes of the last meeting wrea
read and approved.
Or motion of Mr. Todd, seconded by
Mr.. Willi.ms, the following resolution
was then adopted:
Be it resolved, That the road now
travelled by the public: between Sunny
Brook TO- John Legier's.. being the most
south aad eastern road be deciSyed to
| be the public road. and that portion OF
1.-THE public road to the north and west
Of same be. and is hereby abandoneS- at
40 cost to the parish.
The following petition wss then read:
Slids4s, La, Oca, 8, 1902
Hon. Pres and Members OF the Police
Jury, now in session, Covngton, La-
aentlemen:-In order to reach ous
brick. plant aud saw mill ramps. with
our logging road, E,ow extending. from
Bayou. Liberty, ia a northwesaeEly Oh
rection,, it will b. absolutely necessary
for ras,to constructs bridge acrossrBayou
Vincent, at a. place indicated to your
honorable president. Mr.. Koepp.- As
this Bayou. is nslvigable, we understand
it will be necessary TO build draw in
order to lot vessels, go up and down,
which we propose to do. Our PROPOSE
ton Is to- build bridge across SAID
bayou, allowing our cars to pass o"er,,
and the bridge will be provided with. q
draw leaving a 25-ft- wide opening; in
the bayou at its deepest point. which
will be Amply wide enough for all YES
sells plying in this. bayou. We shall
also attend to the opening OF said bridge
when ever vessels want to pass.
We ask your honorable body permis~
sion to construct this bridge, and upon
receipt of this permission, we will imme-
diately proceed with the building. OF
same.
. 1IuSUlnS, CAAS yVA w sss SoA'ANSA 49, W
ably this petition. we are,
Yours truly,
SALMEN BRICK & LBR. CO., Ltd,
Pr. F. SALMEN, V.P.
On motion of Mr.. Cause, seconded
by Mr.. Parker, the above petition was
granted.
Coyington, La, Oct. Ii, 1902
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police Jury.
Gentlemen-Pleasec consider this, my
application for the position OF Parish
stenoarapher, to take testimony in Grim
inal cases for the Parish of st. Tam
MANY. Louisiana, for the year ending
June 80, 1902, at the same salary as the
previous stenographer, one hundred
dollars (s10O.o0} per year.
Respectfully,
MISS EDNA L. RICHARD.
On motion, duly seconded, the above
application wes accepted, to take effect
Monday, October 20, 1902
The following ordinance was 'heh
adopted:
Be 1t ordained by the Police Jury OF
st. Tammany, That it shall be unlaW-
fui for any person to sell, barter, or
exchange any deer, wild turkeys,
quail or cartridges, to any merchant or
other person within the confines OF the
Parish, or any other place in the State
of Louisiana. That any person vlolat-
ing the provisions of this law shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
if found guilty be tined In sum OF not
less than $40 nor more than Sl0O, and
in default of payment Of tipe and costs
he shall be imprisoned in the Parlsh
Jail. not to exceed GO days.
1t was moved by Mr.. TODD, Sec
onded by Mr.. Alexius, that the
jail committee complete the parish
Jail, by purchasing eight steel cells
four for the upper story and four
for the lower story. Carried.
The following reports were then
read:
TAX COLLECTORS. REPORT
Statement of L. E. Brewster,
Tax. Collector, for the quarter end
ing Sept. 80, 1902.
Parish TAX, 90 ~.
Criminal Fund. 81 60, less 5 per
cent com. l 3S...... ....... $26 y
Road Fund.- %, less 5 per
cent com. Al .......... 81
School fund, s 26, less 5 per
cent CON-, Al ............. ~
General fund, IL 05, less 5 per
cent COM, 55 ............- ~ Of
Total ................. So2 Il
Corporation Tax, 81 76.
Criminal fund, 36 10, less 5 per
cent CON-, 80. 81 81
Road fund, 10 50, less 8 per cent .
CON-, 81 ...e- 10 y
School fund, 10 SO, less 5 per
| CON-, "a 800 ~ q
Total ........ ;. S54 .
Parish License 3O7 so, less per
cent CON-, Is 81. $50. 292
Poll Tax 5 90, less 8 per cent
com. % ............-...
Per Capita tax, 10 90, less per
cent CON-, 50...... >
Hire of Isaac Washington, IL 10
less S per cent com. 60 $1,000. ii 4
Lumber of old Jail 2 90. ....... 2 0
Grand total. ....... -. 427 l
Amour, ayalllble to each fund
Criminal fund ......-... 81 .
Road fund -. ........ ~ 8
School fnnd ............. ~ y
GeneraI fund 3O4 6
| Total $427 l
| l certify the above to be tru