The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-17
VOL XIX.
~, tho Honorable President and Mem
hers of the Police Jury Of the Par
in of st. Mary, State of Louisiana:

tn the HOnOFdOlt ICSiuoue "iiu -'iSii
hers of the Police Jury Of the Par
ish of st. Mary, State of ofLouisiana:
We. the undersigned, comprising
.ore than one third of the property
..rnayers Of the Parish OF st. Mary,
as appears by the assessment
Iii Iii of said Parish, in view of the
nrs.t ar benefits to be derived by the
ss;t;zens Of the Parish, from the con-
ss..,,ction and operation of the Ship
Channel by the Atchafalaya Bay Ship
Chsnnel Company. Corporation
orcanized under the laws Of the State
ofIOuisiana, to connect the deep water
If the Atchafalaya River and Berwick
nav with the Gulf of Mexico BY means
of Ship Channel through Point Au
FER Reef, respectfully petition your
Honorable body to order special
election to be held under the general
eisction laws of the State of Louisiana,
an far AS applicable. and at the poll
;ro nlaces at which the last preceding
1eneral State or Congressional cleo
ton was held, according to law, for the
nnrp0se of submitting to the property
mYpayers throughout the Parish-of st..
Mary the proposition of voting one
Mil special tax upon all the property
suhiect to taxation in the Parish OF st.
MARY. for a period Of seven ~ years,
in aid of the great public enterprise
sh;ch has been undertaken by the
Atchafalaya Bay Ship Channel Com
psny, that of opening the mouth OF the
Achafalaya River and connecting the
deep waters of the Atchafalaya River
with the Gulf Of Mexico by Ship
Channel. The said tax to be levied
for the purpose of raising the sum OF
Six Thousan Five Hundred (S6. .5OO.OO)
Dollars per annum for period Of
seven C7) years, and raising in the
aggregate the sum of FOrty-Five
Thousand Five Hundred ($45. 500. .0Ol
Dollars, which special tax OF one-Mill
on the dollar of the assessed value OF
the 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
eessOrs, assigns, or transferrees-
Atchafalaya Bay Ship Channel Com
pany. its successors, assigns. or
transierrees Said tax to be levied
and collected upon the condition that
tbe said Atchafalaya Bay Ship Chan
6eiCompany shall connect the waters
OF tie Atchafalaya River and Berwick
Bay with the deep water of the Gulf OF
Mexico by 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
to be levied that your HOnOra 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.
Walter Y Kemper, Gus ThOrguson,
RE Milling, c S Cook, Jos H Rider,
Paul FrOmenthal. T B KimbrO, H L
Squires. Mrs. N A Bush, per e I
Squires, Mrs F A Squires, H NJ
Young, Mrs NJ M Young, B NJ Young,
EAngelloz, : Jos. Marchand, w Smith,
Edgar Bass, F S Campbell, Andrew
Boudresux, J F. Bass. John w Gill
len, Est John Gillen, o Ditch. II f
Clark, per NJ, J. a. Mahfouz, Z. Ma
varro. Leo Guidry, Albert I Cur
rand, E L Rollingson, r J Finebonne
Sam Blum, w H Vetter E D Martin
John Greenwood. Earl s Barnett,
Mrs NJ Fowler, Mrs F c Becker, Mrs
Lie Thornton. Mrs J B Sewell, Mrs
VIM Costello, Mrs E Bass, Ethel Cos
tello, Mrs T. Jones, Mrs James Grout,
Mrs A G Garrett, Laura Hebert,
Nora Guidry, Bernice Belanger, Mrs
Aiice 0ouner, Christine Mimmich. Mrs
In 3 Winchester, p S Winchester, A
6eeson, + Pierce, z Graham, w J Strauver,
SlelIa Melancon, N Sutton, l. H Price. A
vBrien. E Willy. A C Aucoin, Mrs Chas
Loemann, r s McConner. Miss A Vitte-
nan. Mrs d Winchester, Mrs NJ Il Gordy,
y Robichaux, Mrs w Lesh. A Adams.
6Germier, Albert Smith, G w Mensinan,
Barrilleaux, A H Augelloz, + A Bou-
! DRANK. Mrs B WScott, Mrs Ed Holsworth,
EDriulhet, o Olivier. Il f. Bowen, Olive
Sourg, Riesbol, r Byrd, !. Warn, Il
ioener Alfred Pec0t. q Robertson. Is
Landry: Willie Carter. 4 J Gravemberg,
1iss LeMane, Miss J LeMane, Ms X
Lee Riggs, A S Kleinpeter. Mrs Dreyer,
.n Il O'Niell, A B Morrison. Mrs G A
sSorrisen. Ruth Morrison, Mrs s A Simms,
oiss BOudreaux, a McArthnr, Thomas
Killing, r d Mckinley, Iro Smith,
Coac!ee Maloz, + w Battarbee, X Puck
s0, VI Keller, Jno A Wilkes, DR. JnO B
eewell, Munson, John A O'Niell, E H
nolorn. Chas Leopold, Bourgeois i Bal
sssan, W Rougster, A Engenan, 7 A
nnoryeson, Sunder ThorgesOn. VIM
1Hanson, Chas f Bell, Jules Mire, Leo Mire,
ven Schoe!er, A NJ Bodin, Chas Broussard,
s1ek LeN0rmand, Edman Veret, Leila
LoN0fman. Mrs X ID McKneely Ed Lee.