The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-07-20
VOL XIX.
n The Honorable President and Mem
hers Of the Police Jury Of the Par
;sh Of st. Mary, State Of Louisiana:

ish Of ST. Mary, State Of Louisiana
We. the undersigned, comprisin:
r,ore than one third of the propert,
..rnayers of the Parish of st. Mary
"a. as appears by the assessmen
roll of said Parish, in view of tn
oreat benefits to be derived by tn
Citizens of the Parish, from the con
strnction and operation of the Shil
channel by the Atchafalaya Bay Shil
channel Company. Corporation
orcanized under the laws of the State
ofLOuisiana, to connect the deep water
of the Atchafalaya River and Berwick
raw with the Gulf Of Mexico by mean.
"a Ship Channel through Point Al
Fer Reef, respectfully petition youl
honorable body to order a specia
.lectiou to be held under the genera
Election laws of the State of Louisiana
a. far as applicable. and at the poll
;~o places at which the last preceding
ceneral State or Congressional cleo
t;on was held, accordingto law, for the
nmrnose of submitting to the property
t:vpavers throughout the Parish of st.
Nav The proposition of voting a one.
Mil special tax upon all the property
subject to taxation in the Parish OF 81
Mary, for period Of seven ~ years,
IN aid of the great public enterprise
rh;ch has been undertaken by the
Atchafalaya Bay Ship Channel Com
psny, that of opening the mouth of the
Atcbsfalaya River and connecting the
deep waters of the Atchafalaya River
vith the Gulf of Mexico by Ship
Channel. The said tax to be levied
for the purpose of raising the sum OF
Six Thousand Five Hundred (s6. 800. .OO)
Dollars per annum for a period OF
seven (7) years, and raising in the
aggregate the sum of Forty-Five
Thousand Five Hundred (a45. 500. .OO)
Dollars, which special tax of One-Mill
on the dollar of the assessed value of
tie property of St. Mary Parish shall
Be levied and collected for each and
every year commencing with the year
1908 and ending with the year 1915.
Said tax to be levied and collected in
the same manner as other taxes are
assessed and collected in the Parish of
st. Mary. and when collected to be
paid over direct to the Atchafalaya
Bay Ship Channel Company, its sue
oessOrs, assigns, or transferrees-
Atchafalaya Bay Ship Channel Com
psny. its successors, assigns. or
ksnsferrees Said tax to be levied
and collected upon the condition that
he said Atchafalaya Bay Ship Chan
nel Company shall connect the waters
Of the Atchafalaya River and Berwick
Boy with the deep water of the Gulf of
Mexico by a Channel to be not less
than fourteen (l4) feet in depth and
one hundred (1OO) feet wide at the bot
tom. Said canal or Channel to be
constructed or cut through Point Au
Fer Reef or at some other point at the
mouth of the Atchafalaya River which
may be designated or selected by the
said Company. We further petition
your Honorable body that after said
election is held if same results in favor
OF levying the tax as herein petitiOned
70 be levied that your Honorab BILE body
levy said tax for the time and in the
manner as embraced in the said pro-
position submitted to the taxpayers,
and according to the provisions of the
laws of Louisiana on that subject.
Respectfully.
Walter Y Kemper, Gus ThOrgusOn,
RE Milling, G S Cook, Jos H Rider,
Paul Fromenthal, T B Kimbro, H L
Squires, Mrs. M A Bush, per H Ii
6quires, Mrs F A Squires, H NJ
Young, Mrs M NJ Young, B NJ Young,
5 kAbgelloz, Jos. Marchand. w Smith,
Msar Bass, F S Campbell. Andrew
boudreaux, f Bass, John w Gil
leo, Est John Gillen, o Ditch. H f
Clark, per NJ, J. a. Mahfouz, r. Ma
yarro. Leo Guidry, Albert T Cur
rand, z L Rollingson, r Finebonne
sam Blum, w H Vetter f D Martin
John J Greenwood. Earl S Barnett,
Mrs N Fowler, Mrs F G Becker, Mrs
~ Thornton. Mrs J B Sewell, Mrs
Mm Costello, Mrs z Bass, Ethel Cos |
sailo, Mrs E Jones, Mrs James Grout,
sn A c Garrett, Laura Hebert,
Nora Guidry, Rernice Belanger. Mrs
19ee 0ouner, Christine Mimmich. Mrs
Z Z Angelloz, Emma Levert. Oscar Zenor, |
m Winchester, p Winchester, a
seeeon, + Pierce, II Graham, W j Strauver,
S.Hn SssIn welancOn, NJ Sutton, J. II Price. A
vrsnen: Z Willy. A C Aucoin, Mrs fhas |
sg.0auh. K McCOnner. Miss A Vitte- |
~, Mr. D Winchester, Mrs NJ B Gordy.
~ Robichaux, Mrs w Lesh. A J Adams. |
Sgermier, Albert Smith, G W Mensinan.
barri!learx, A H Augelloz. + A Bou- |
Ssyysex. yx. Mrs B WScott, Mrs Ed HolswOrth.
: sSusiulhet, o Olivier. r f. Bowen, Olive
$$salg, N Riesbol. r Byrd, l. Warn, H
,sssner. Alfred Pecot. q Robertson. B
sssadry: Willie Carter. a J Gravemberg,
~ 'eMane, Miss J LeMane. Ms X |
- h'Sgs, S kleinpeter. Mrs Dreyer, |
~ O'Niell, A B Morrison, Mrs g a
SSslsisen. Ruth Morrison, Mrs S A Simms,
~ & ~, 4 ,Boudreaux, A McArthnr, Thomas
= 1iiling, r d Mckinley, Iro Smith,
~ .xi1ee q Maloz, F w Battarbee. X V Puck |
~ Keller, Jno A Wilkes. DR. Jno B
SeIl, 2 Munson. John A O'Niell, + H
ics!oFn. Chas Leopold, Bourgeois 4 Bal
" Rougster. 2 4 Engenan, I A
se9eson, Sunder Thorgeson, VIM
~ Vsseen, Chss Bell, Jules Mire, Leo Mire, |
sceoe!er, A NJ Bodin, Chas Broussard,
iS.k LeNormand, Edman X Veret, Leila |
etnsn, Mrs r D McKneely, Ed Le-
fond, Miss victorine Bourg. Jos
Sen, Mrs JOS Chotin. NJ Chotin, A RI
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