St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-14
OFFICIAL.
TAX ORDINANCE.

L. OC ~ CAuCSCu Uy TIT OItCS
jury OF the Parish of st. Tammany,
Louisiana, that there be and ID
hereby levied for the year 1907, 3
tax of s mills upon the dollar upon
all taxable property In the parish
for general parochial purposes. d.
vIded as follows:
| 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
| That four mills are hereby appro-
priated therefrom for criminal ex-
penses, two mills for the benefit of
public schools, two mills for the
general expenses of the parish, and
two mills for the benefit of the pub
lie roads, and that the Sheriff and
Tax Collector do collect the amount
appropriated therefrom for criminal
expenses, and for the benefit of
public roads, upon all property In
the parish subject to taxation, in
Guiding that situated in the towns
of Vaudeville ana Covington.
8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Sheriff and Tax Collector shall
receive in payment of parish taxes
(the amount appropriated for pub
lie school excepted) the fully ap-
proved certificates of the grand
and petit jurors for per diem and
mileage, and certificates of men,
bers of the Police Jury for per diem
and mileage, and that he proceed
with the collection of taxes now
levied according to law.
Yeas = Koepp, Fitzgerald, Grant
ham, Wilson, Cusachs Schneider,
Miles.
Nays-None.
The President appointed Mcssrs.
Mark Fitzgerald and l.. L. Miles AS
a committee to rebuild and receive
the Polite bridge.
PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULT
OF ELECTION.
Whereas, at an election in the ! bird
Ward, in the Parish of st. Tammany,
State OF Louisiana, on the goth day of
August 1907, under the authority and
in accordance with the Constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana, to
ascertain the will of the property tax
payers of said ward, as to the approval
or dlsapproval of the ordinance of the
Police Jury of the Parish of St. Tam
many, dated on the 9Th day of July
1907, proposing to aid the st. Tamma-
ny & New Orleans Railway and Ferry
Company, in the construction Of a line
of electric or motor railway by a
special taxation of three mills on the
dollar per anDum, for a period of ten
years, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to raise the sum of five
thousand dollars, for each of said years
or such sum, not exceeding five thous-
and dollars per annum, as said tax OF
three mills will produce, on all the
taxable property situated in said ward,
Therefore, we do hereby proclaim
the following to be true compilation
of the votes and amounts voted at said
election, viz:
Number of property taxpayers voting
for said tax 209, assessed valuation Of
those so voting 1894 ,645.00. Number
of those voting against said tax, 36,
assessed of those so voting SAG, 1890.
Majority in number of those voting for
said tax l73, majority in value of those
voting for said tax $247 $4,000.
Now, therefore, we do hereby pub
liely announce and proclaim that, in as
much as majority in number and in
value of the property taxpayers OF said
Third Ward voted in favor thereof, the
result of said election was favorable to
the levy of said tax and that the said
Third Ward thereby incurred the obi
gaLion to extend aid to the said railway
to the extent of the sum equal to ten
years taxation, as aforesaid, on all
property assessed for taxation IN said
Ward, the same to be paid in annual
installments as realized from said tax.
And the president of the Police Jury is
hereby directed to promulgate. the
result of said election as aforesaid.
Carried.
PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULT
ELECTION.
Whereas, at an election held in the
Fourth Ward, in the Parish of st.
Tammany, State of Louisiana, on the
Goth day of August 1907, under the
authority and in accordance with the
Constitution and laws of the state OF
Louisiana, to ascertain the will of the
property taxpayers of said Ward, as to
the approval or disapproYal of the
ordinance of the Police Jury of the
Parish of st. Tammany dated on the
9Th day of July 1907, proposing to aid
the st. Tammany & New Orleans Rail-
ways aud Ferrys Company, in the con-
struction of line of electric or motor
railway by special taxation of three
mills on the dollar, per snnum, for q
period of ten years, or so much thereon
as may be necessary to raise the sum
of three thousand dollars, for each OF
said years, Of such sum, not Exceeding
three thousand dollars, per annum as
said tax of three mills will produce, on
all the taxable property situated in
said Ward,
Therefore. 1--we do hereby proclaim
the following to be true compilation
of the votes and amounts voted at said
election, viz Number of property
taxpayers voting for said tax 1872, assess
ed valuation of those so voting $751;
749.OO, Number of those voting against
'said tax, None. Majority in number of
thosesvotiDg for said tax 1879, majority
in value of those voting for said tax
73.749.00.
Now, Therefore, we do hereby pub
licly announce and proclaim that. in as
much as majority in number and in
value of the property taxpayers of said
Fourth Ward voted in favor thereof,
the result Of said election was favor
able to the levy of said tax and that
the said Fouth Ward thereby incurred
the obligation to extend aid to the said
railway to the extent of the sum equal
to ten wears taxation, as aforesaid, on
all property assessed for taxation In