The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-07-11

sue to the said Building Commit.
tee for the full amount of this saic
appropriation, bearing date of the
time of the issuance thereof ano
bearing per cent. per annum il.
terest from date until paid, anc
the said certificates of credit shall
be issued to the said Committee
by the President and Secretary OF
this Police Jury, whenever the
said Building Committee shall cal
upon them to do so.
Sec. 4. Be it further Ordained.
&c. That the Police Jury reserves
the right to retire and redeem any
and all of these certificates at any
time it may see fit, and that all
interest on same shall cease after
public notice has been given
thereof by advertisement in the
official journal of the Parish of St.
Mary for ten days, advertising
at the Police Jury is prepared to
pay the principal and accrued in
terest Of said certificates.
Sec. 5. Be it further Ordained,
&c. That this continuing appro-
priation is made out of the reve-
nues for the years above mention
ed in excess of all statutory,
necessary and usual charges upon
the revenues for said years, and
that this is dedication in part Of
the excess of the annual revenues
for the years mentioned above all
statutory, usual, special and nee
essary charges, and that this ded-
ication, together with all other
statutory, usual, necessary and
special charges does not exceed
the estimated excess for the years
herein mentioned.
Sec. 6. Be it further Ordained,
&C. That this ordinance shall
take effect from and after its
passage.
Sec. Z. Be it further Ordained,
That the appropriation provided
for in the above ordinance shall
not 20 into effect until $1,000 shall
have been raised by the citizens
of the 9th Ward for the purpose of
building the school house above
referred to.
Mr.. O'Brien introduced the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution
which upon motion, duly second
ed, was adopted:
Whereas, it is the desire Of the
Police Jury of the Parish of St.
Mary, and of the School Board of
the Parish of st. Mary, and of the
town of Morgan City, and of the
people of the Sixth Ward of the
Parish of St. Mary, that High
School public building be erected
in the Sixth Ward of the Parish of
st. Mary, and
Whereas, it is the intention of
all of these various interests and
bodies to unite in the erection of
this building, and
Whereas, it is necessary that
public high school committee be
appointed, which will be author
lied to receive all public aid and
private donations, to examine into
sites, plans and etc.
Therefore, be it resolved that
the Police Jury of the Parish of
St. Mary does hereby appoint
and constitute Brou O'Brien, j. R.
Drackett, Thomas Shannon, Gus
Drews and Ralph Squires a COM
mittee to be known as the Public
High School Committee in and
for the Sixth Ward of the Parish
of St. Mary, and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to do
and perform all acts necessary and
consonant with the duties hereby
imposed upon them. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. O'Brien, the
lessees of the ferry between Nor
gan City and Berwick were grant,
ed until August Is, 1903, to comply
with their contract.
The following officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing
year. John M. Ibert, President;
r. Hanf, Secretary; A. R. Stirl-
ing, Treasurer; w. K. Wilson,
Attorney; DR.. A. J. Smith, Coro-
ner; w. H. Latham, Public
Printer.
On motion of Mr.. Hausmann,
the salary of all the officers was
fixed at the same amount as last
year, except the Treasurer, whose
salary was fixed at $50 per month.
On motion of MIR. Hausmann,
the Secretary was allowed S25 ad-
ditional salary for the months of |
June and January.
On motion $3.50 go was appro-
priated out of the general fund to |
pay the balance due to the Pas
teur Institute for treating the pa
tients bitten by mad dog in the
list Ward.
The following communication !
MI