St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-20
Total assessed value Of those quail
fed to sign as shown by the assess
ment role Of 1906, $2l4,9 999, total
assessment Of signers $172,448.
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assessment Of signers $172 ,448.
Signei Nj. G. Day
b. A. Schneider
G.. T.. Bierhorst
J. j. Cusachs.
On motion of Mr. Grantham,
seconded by Mr. Wilson, the above
report of the committee was az
cepted Yeas 9, nays 0
On motion of Mr. Grantham, duly
seconded by Mr. Wilson, the follow
ing ordinance was adopted by the
following vote; yeas 9, nays 0.
ORDINANCE
Ordering a special election, at which shall be
submitted TO the property taxpayers Of the
Fourth Ward of the Parish of St. Tammany en-
titled to vote under the laws of the State
OF Louisiana, the question of levying
a special tax of three mills on the dollar, per
annum, for a period of ten years, on all taxa
bic property situated in said Fourth Ward, or
SO much thereof as may be necessary to raise
the sum of three thousand dollars for each of
said years, or such sum, not exceeding three
thousand dollars per annum, as said tax of three
mills will produce, in aid of the St, Tammany
and New Orleans Railways and Ferry Company,
in strict compliance with the petition of more
than one-third of the property taxpayers of
said Fourth Ward, both in number and amount
which petitionis hereto annexed and made a
part hereof, subject to the conditions set forth
in said petition.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Tammany, Louisiana, in le-
gal session convened, that special election
be held in and throughout the said Fourth
Ward on the Goth day of August, 1907, at which
shall be submitted to the property taxpayers of
the Fourth Ward who are entitled to vote un-
der the Constitution and the laws of the State
of Louisiana the question of leYying special
tax of three mills on the dollar, per annum, for
period OF ten years, on all taxable property
situated in said Fourth Ward, or SO much there
of as may be necessary to raise the sum of
three thousand dollars for each of said years, or
such sum, not exceeding three thousand dol
lars per annum, as said tax of three mills will
produce, in aid of the St. Tammany and New
Orleans Railways and Ferry Company, cor
poration organized under the laws of Louisiana
and domiciled in the Parish of St. Tammany,
Said tax shall be levied and collected in accord
anee with the terms and conditions OF the pc
tition of the taxpayers mentioned in the title
herereof and hereto annexed.
Sec. ?. Be it further ordained, etc., That the
said tax shall be levied and collected tor the
sole and exclusive purpose of aiding the said
st. Tammany and New Orleans Railways and
Ferry Company in the construction, mainte-
nance and operation of line of electric or
motor railway from and within the CORPORATE
limits of the town of CoVington to and within
the corporate limits of the village of Abita
Springs, and to and within the corporate limits
of the town of Vaudeville, with such spurs,
switches, turnouts and the like as are necessary
to the operation of said line of railway.
Sec. 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 polling
places established in said ward, and the ballots
to be used shall be printed in the following
form:
FOR the special tax of three mills on the doll
lar, per annum, for period of ten years. on all
taxable property situated in said Fourth Ward.
raise the sum of three thousand dollars for each
Of said years, or such sum, not exceeding three
thousand dollars per annunl, as said tax OF three
mills will produce, for the sole and exclusive
purpose of aiding the st. Tanlmany and New Or
leans Railways and Ferry Company in the con-
struction, maintenance and operation of a line
of electric or motor railway from within the