St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-03-02
Police
Covington, La, Feb. 28, 1907.

0resent-George Koepp, Jr., Mark !
nj. G. Day, George Bier .
horst, s. r. Wilson, j. j. Cusachs, B. ,
4. schneider, and L. 7. Miles. !
Absent-Louis Grantham.
On motion, duly seconded, the read
Ing Of the minutes Of the last meeting
were dispensed with.
On motion of Mr.. Cusachs, duly Sec
onded by MIR. Fitzgerald, the following
resolution and ordinance was adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
To provide fund for working and re-
pairing the Public Roads Of the Parish;
authorizing the issuance of certificates
of indebtedness for road work to be
done under contracts, and providing for
the payment thereof.
Section /. Be it enacted and ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Tammany, that /
in order to create and provide special fund to
be used in working and repairing the public
roads of the parish.
That special tax of two mills on the dollar, |
to be based on the assessed valuation OF prop ]
erty, be and is hereby levied for the years !
1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911, on the tax /!
able property situated in the Parish of St. Tam
many, to be collected with other Parish taxes; |
and that the revenues to be derived from said |
tax, be and are hereby set apart and appro- |
priated for the repair and nalntainence of the |
public roads of the parish of St. Tammany, the
same to be expended for that purpose under
contracts to be hereinafter entered into,
Section 2. That the President of the Police
Jury be and is hereby authorized to advertise
for bids, and to enter into written contracts
with responsible parties, to work and repair
|. the public roads of the parish, and to issue
certificates of Indebtedness to contractors Tor
work to be done under such contracts the
certificates of indebtedness TO be payable out
of the special road funds above provided tor,
and to bear interest at the rate of five Isl per
| cent per annum, from date.
| That the certificates of indebtedness payable
out of the taxes Of 1907, as wen as the interest
| thereon, shall mature and be made payable on
| the lSt day of judy, 1908.
| That the certificates OF indebtedness payable
out of the taxes Of 1908, as well as the interest
| thereon, Shall mature and be made payable on
| the 1st day of July 1909.
| That the certificates of Indebtedness payable
out of the taxes Of 1909, as we'll as the interest
| thereon, shall mature and be made payable on
| the 1st day of July 1910.
| That the certificates of Indebtedness payable
out of the taxes of 1910, as well as the interest
thereon, shall mature and be made payable on
the lst day of JHly 1911.
That the certificates of Indebtedness payable
out of the taxes of 1911, as well as the interest
thereon, shall mature and be made payable on
the 1st day Of July 1912.
of Indebtedness to be so issued, payable out OF
the taxes of each of said years, shall not eXceea
the sum of 100000 for any one year.
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tions of net more than fifty miles each, and
contractors Shall be required 30 furnish bond,
with good and solvent security, to the full
amount of the contract price; for the faithful
performance OF their oollgauons anoeF Salu
Section 4. That the public roads of the Parish
to be worked and repaired under the pro-
visions of this ordinance are as follows:
MadisonviIle and Ponchatoula roads.
Indian Village road.
Vaudeville and Abita road.
SlideII and Bayou Lacombe road.
| Covin2tOn and Vaudeville road.
CoVington and MadisCnville road.
Pearl River and Salt Bayou road.
Covington and Bayou Lacombe road.
Homesyille and Wire road.
Slidell and Indian Village road.
Il Columbia road.
| Turnpike road
Military road.
| Lee road a
J Middle road.
For further information see plans
and specifications, in the ONCE OF the
Secretary of the Police Jury.
It was moved and seconded, that we
advertise for bids for working all roads
the survey of which has been completes q,
the bids to be presented at the next
, regular meeting at Ii a. m. Carried.
The following bids were opened ano
read Tor building bridges:
/ i Bridge over Talisheek Creek
Walter Parker .............. $338 %
w, FL, Kahl -. ........... $40 w
Bayou Lacombe Bridge
Fl. heller and Gardner. 1850. 1929 OO
J. G.. Krentel ................ 3S0 W.
II was moved and seconded that the
lowest bidders be accepted for above
bridges. Carried.
The President appointed Messrs'
Grantham and Wilson as a committee
to accept said bridges, when completed
It was moved by Mr.. Wilson, second.
. ed by Mr.. Fitzgerald, that both present
polling precincts in the Eighth Ward
be abolished. Carried.
II 1t was moved by Mr.. Miles, seconded
by Mr.. Wilson, that we hereby establish
the polling precinct in the Eighth
Ward, at He'd Hill, about half a mile
north of Tom Arnold's place, on Pear
} River and salt Bayou Road, and the
! Police Jury further instruct MIR. B. A
Schneider as a committee of one tc
: have a. polling booth erected at sale
polling precinct. Carried.
It was moved and seconded that tbs
: Police Jury advertise for bids for build
! ing bridge over PonchatoloWa Creek
as follows:
, Approaches 140 feet, span 45 feet
, flooring 3xS, Is feet long. Cappins
lOx1O, stringers 3x12. Twelve pilfng il
the river, four at each end and four IL
+ the middle. The panels to be 90 feet
set on frame bents 10x10 resting On muc
D stills, we'll put together with drift bolts
+ etc. The mud stills to be set in thu
ground at least 2 feet to the bottom
The bids to be handed in at the mex
1 meeting, the second Monday in April
It moved by Mr.. Day, seconded
by Mr.. Wilson, that the police JURY
b build the Goodbee Branch bridge, OF
the Middle road, and the Douglas!
Branch bridge, on the Lee road. Car
L ried.
The President appointed Messrs Da.
and Fitzgerald to instruct Mr.. Cassel
r to build the bridge across Douglas
Branch, according to his proposition
The President was instructed to ad
8 vertise for bids for building the Good
! bee Branch bridge, the bids to be pre-
" sented at the next meeting OF the Polio
II Jury, April s. at Ii q. m, as follows
Mud stills, uprights and caps to b
8x8, sawed, and stringers 3x12, five t
the panel, 90 feet long. Flooring 3xe
;, with good substanti i hand rail.
Covington, Louisiana, Feb. %, 1907.
. Is the Honorable President anu Members of tn
. Police jury of St. TaInmany Parish, La;
!. Gentlemen-We, your committee, ap
pointed by your president to select
z suitable location for the proposed stee
e draW-bridge across Bayou Vincent nea
Slidell, Louisiana, beg to report
y That we have examined several locs
n tions and we find, and have adopte
the present location of the fioatin
O hr1dmo helnru SaImen1s MIL Plant q