St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-14
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ried, then and in that event the said company
stpulates, contracts and agrees to donate to
and in favor of the school fund of said Third
cent of said tax.
Be It further resolved, That said twenty per
cent be turned over to Adolph Ere derrick,
Treasurer of the Parish of st Tammany, as said
tax is collected.
Be it further resolved. That said twenty per
cent be devoted solely and exclusively to the
use and benefit Of the public schools OF. said
Third Ward of the Parish of St. Tammanny.
CLAY RIGGS. President.
| JOSEPH BRIG, Secretary.
JOSEPH BRIG, Secretary.
PETITION.
! To the Honorable President and Members OF the
I Police Jury OF St. 1ammany Parish, Louisiana.
We. the undersigned. constituting more than
one-third of the property TAXPAYERS of the
| Fourth Ward of the Parish of ST. Tammany.
State OF Louisiana, in view of the great benefits
Sad Fourth Ward from the CONSTRUCTION ns 1 main
tenance and operation of motor or electric
| railway from, within or through the corporate
limits of the town of Covington into or near
| though the vilageof Abita Springs into or near
the said town OF andeville, where said railway
shall be !. connected byand operated in conjunc.
| ton with fast ferrySor ferry boats, which will
ply between New Orleans and the said town of
Vaudeville, or near thereto, respectfully
petition your honorable body to order the
levy of special tax of five mills per annum,
! for period of ten years upon all assessed and
assessabe property situated in said Fourth
Ward. in aid of the construction oil said railway,
! as aforesaid, by the ST. TAMMANA AND NEW
| ORLEANS RAILWAYS AND FERRY COMPANY, a
corporation organized under the laws of the
State OF Louisiana. domiciled in the town of
Covington, Parish of st. Tammany, State of
| Louisiana. its successors or assighns, as an in
centive to the said St. Tammany and New Or
| leans RailyvayS and Ferry C0rnnanv. its
sors. assigns or transferees, to construct and
operate said railway. -
We further petition your honorable body to
order special election. according to law and
by proper ordinance, to submit the same to the
property taxpayers of the said Fourth Ward of
the said Parish of st. Tammany.
The said tax to become due and collectable
only from and after the completion and opera
ton of said railway, as aforesaid.
That said company, its successors or assigns,
shall, within ninety days from the date Of
said railway, and which said railway Is to be in
operation within. two years from the COM
mencement of said work.
Respectfully submitted.
On motion, duly seconded, the above petit
ton was referred, for examination and COM
parson with the Assessment Rolls, to Com
mittee of four. composed of George Bierhorst,
Mark Fitzgerald. NJ. G: Day and Louis Grantham.
After due consideration, the Committee
returned and made the following report:
Upou careful examination and comparison of
the petition, we. the Committee, find that more
than one,third OF the property tax,payers OF
the Fourth Ward of the Parish of st. Tammany
have signed the petition, and make the follow
ing statement of the result:
Fourth Ward, 1872 names.
The following Ordinance then offered by J.
J. Cusachs, and duly seconded by 5. R. Wilson,
was adopted by the following vote: Yeas. Z;
nays, o.
Ordering special election, which shall be sub
mitted to the property taxpayers of Fourth
o. e 81 he stats
ana, the question of levying special tax in
aid of the St. Tammany and New Orleans Rail-
ways and Ferry Company. of the vote of five
Rod of ten uOl years, in strict compliance
with the petition of more than onc-third of
the property taxpayers of said Fourth Ward,
hereto annexed and made a part hereof, SUBJ
ject to the conditions set forth in said petit
ton and resolution.
Be 1t ordained by the Police Jury of the Parish
of st. Tammany, Louisiana, in legal session
convened, That a special election b e held
throughout the Fourth Ward of the Parish of
st. Tammany, Louisiana, on the ed day Of Au-
gust, 1906. ut which shall be submitted to the
tied to vote under the laws of the State of
Louisiana. the question OF leyying on all taxa
Bile property In said Fourth Ward tax of mills
on the dollar Pr annum Tor per,odn no. o. ten
Sc ts Il
leans Railways and Ferry Co. CORPORATION
org n Ize d under the laws of the State of
Louisiana and domiciled in the Parish of st.
Tammany. The said tax to be levied and col.
lected according to law, but not until said
railway is completed and in operation.
See. 3. Be it further ordained, etc. That such
special election shall be held under the election
laws of the State of Louisiana. and at the poll
ing places established by law in said ward, and
the ballots to be used shall be printed in the
| following form:
FOR spea as Ct ys mills n aid Of hs St
Company annually for period OF ten years:
Against special tax of five mills in aid of the
| st. Tammany and New Orleans Railways and
Ferry Company annually for period OF ten
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That the Board
Of Supervisors of Election of the Parish OF St.
| 1ammany Louisiana, are hereby requested to
appoint Commissioners and Clerks to serve at
said polling places; to give due notice of said
appointment and of the time and place of
| holding said election, and to make their re-
Of SAID to tine ot
the result of said election, according to law.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, ETC., That the
Commissioners of Election shall receive the
| Fourth ward Of the Parish at 81. Tammany
entitled to vote under the laws of the State of
| Louisiana, and before depositing the same in
bolot box shall indorse thereon, in the presence
| of the voter. the name Of such voter and the
amout of the value of his assessed property.
and said Commissioners shall make return Of
the number Ct votes and the amount OF the
assa s s Ivy Ct If s speee
Sec. s. Be it further ordained, ETC., That the
resolutions Of the Board of Directors Of the st.
Tammany and New Orleans Railways and Ferry
Company, under date of June "a, 1905, be and
| the same are hereto annexed.
Sec. g. Be itfurther ordained, etc. That this
Ordinonce. annexed petition of the taxpayezS,u
and the resolutions OF ne Board OF p pa ;..sss
| and Ferry Company be published In the st.
| Tammany FARMEE the official organ OF the par
ish. for full thirty clear days previous to the
dfs ct sse s saa sd @
Atameeting Of the Board OF Directors Of the
| St. Tammany and New Orleans Railways and
| Ferry Company, held at The office Of said COM
| of June, 1905. Present: Clay Riggs, Joseph
| Birp and Lewis l. Morgan. constituting said
| Board Of Directors, the following resolution
was propesea and unanimously adopted, to-
Whereas. 1t has recently come TO the knowl-
edge of the St. Tamnany and New Orleans
Railways and Ferry Company that the school
| fund OF the Fourth Waitl of the Parish of St.
Tamrnanv, Parish is insufficient to maintain the
various public schools throughout the said
Fourth Ward for nine consecutive months, and
aefray the divers other expenses incidental
| the -eto, therefore be Il
Railways and Ferry Company, That il the
proposition of ieyying special tax Of five mills
years. npon all taxable property situated in said
Fourth Ward in aid Of the st. Tamn1any and
New orleans Railways and Ferry Company, be
carried, then and in that event the said COM
pany stipuates, contracts and agrees to donate
to and in favor of the school fund of said Fourth
Ward of the Parish of St. iamrnaHy twenty per
cent Of said tax.
BE L further resolved, That said twenty per
cent be- turned over to Adolph Frede
treasurer OF the Parish Of st. Tamnaany, as said
tax is collected.
Be it further resolved, That said twenty per
cent be devoted solely and exclusively to the
use and benefit of the public schools of said