The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
VOL XIX.
~ the Honorable President and Mem
hers of the Police Jury of the Par
ian of St. Mary, State of louisiana:

,rore than one third OF tne pfOpert!
..rnayers - of the Parish of st. Mary,
fa as appears by the assessment
Iii of said Parish, in view OF the
rreat benefits to be derived by the
Citizens of the Parish, from the con-
struction and operation Of the Ship
Channel by the Atchafalaya Bay Ship
Channel Company. a Corporation
oroanized under the laws Of the State
off0uisiana, to connect the deep water
~ the Atchafalaya River and Berwick
Raw With the Gulf of Mexico by means
~ Ship Channel through Point Au
Ter Reef, respectfully petition your
Honorable. body to order a specla,,
election to be held under the general
election laws of the State OF Louisiana,
so far as applicable. and at the poll
inc places at which the last preceding
ceneral State or Congressional cleo
ton was held, according to law, for the
nurpose of submitting to the property
taxpayers throughout the Parish OF -.
Mary the proposition Of voting one
Mil special tax upon all the property
snhiect to taxation in the Parish OF st.
Mary, for a period of seven 0) years,
in aid of the great public enterprise
ehich has been undertaken by the
Atchsfalaya Bay Ship Channel Com
pany, that of opening the mouth OF the
Atchafalaya 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 ct
Six Thousand Five Hundred (S6, ,5OO.OO)
Dollars per annum for period Of
seven az years, and raising in the
aggregate the sum of FOrty-Five
Thousand Five Hundred (S45. 500. .OOl
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
81. Mary, and when collected to be
paid over direct to the Atchafalaya
Bay Ship Channel Company, its sue
cessOrs, assigns, or transferrees-
Atchafalaya Bay Ship Channel Com
pany. its successors, assigns. or
trsnsferrees Said tax to be levied
and collected upon the condition that
the said Atchafalaya Bay Ship Chan
mel Company shall connect the waters
Of the Atchafalaya River and Berwick
Bay with the deep water of the Gulf OF
Mexico by q Channel to be not less
than fourteen (l4) feet in depth and
one hundred (lOO) 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 Honorable 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,
E Milling, C S Cook los Fl Rider,
Paul Fromenthal, T BSSzf1lehro, H L
Squires. Mrs. NJ A Bush, per H l.
Squires, Mrs F A Squires, H NJ
Young, Mrs NJ NJ Young. B M Young,
3 EADgelloz, Jos. Marchand. w Smith,
Edgar Bass, F S Campbell, Andrew
Boudreaux, E Bass. John w Gill
leo, Est John Gillen, O Ditch. H E
Clark, per NJ, J. A. Mahfouz, +. Ma
varro. Leo Guidry, Albert I Cur
rand, q L ROllingson, r J Finebonne
Sam Blum, W H Vetter E D Martin
John j Greenwood, Earl S Barnett,
Mrs N Fowler, Mrs F G Becker, Mrs
Z = Thornton. Mrs ] B Sewell,' Mrs
VIM Costello, Mrs E Bass, Ethel Cos
sello, Mrs E Jones, Mrs James Grout,
Mrs A c Garrett, Laura Hebert,
Nora Guidry, Rernice Belanger, Mrs
S.ice Gouner, Christine Mimmich. Mrs
~ 4 nAngelioz: Emma ,.evert; Oscar Zenor,
Sn r Winchester, p S Winchester,
oeeeon. Il Pierce, Graham, w J >trauver,
c.: essl: Melancon. N Sutton, l. H Price:
ynfien. EWilly. A G \ucoin, Mrs has
Loomann. K $ McConner. Miss a Vitte-
.en. Ars.D Winchester, Mrs NJ X GOrdy.
HAO Robichaux, Mrs w Lesh. A J Adams.
SHermier, Albert Smith, G W Mensinan,
Dsrri!iearx, H AugellOZ, = Bou-
rsfsa9x. Mrs WScott, Mrs Ed Holsworth,
Ustulhet. Q Olivier, Il f. Bowen, Olive
sss1tg, N E Riesbol II Byrd, !. Warn, Il
15eener Alfred Pecot. e Robertson. B
Hsadry: Willie Carter. A J Gravemberg,
- LeMane, Miss J LeMane, MIS-
~ - niggs. A S kleinpeter. Mrs Dreyer,
O'Niell. A Morrison, Mrs q
ssotTisen. Ruth Morrison. Mrs s A Simms.
M =. Boudreaux, \ McArthnr, Thomas
1illing,. r D Mckinley, Iro smith,
sral1e. - Maloz, " Batlarbee. Y Puck
~ Keller, Jno A wilkes. DR. JnO B
Sxell. Munson. John a O'Niell, f H
!efn: Chas Leopold. Bourgeois 4 Bal
.w Rougster. p 4 Engenan, T A
uosgeson, Sunder ThorgesOn, VIM
vsn:o9, Chas + Bell, Jules Mire, Leo Mire,
Scnosler, A NJ Bodin, Chas Broussard,
Ssek LeNormand, Edman Veret, Leila
Sosmen, Mrs D McKneely, Ed Le-
sS1ond, Miss Victorine Bourg. Jos
Mrs Jos Chotin. NJ Chotin, A T
~ re, c 2 Sanders, Lr, l. A Mini, K c
49,: 9 L O'Niell, A Mendoza F Baril-
N ms Anderson, A j Aucoin, + B GO0ch,