St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-20
Notice to Road Builders,

The ordinance 10 provide fund for
working the public roads by contract
was amended and re-enacted, as fol-
lows:
AN ORDINANCE
no provide fund for working and re
pairing the Public Roads of the Parishi
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 maintainence 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 for
work to be done under such contracts, the
certificates of Indebtedness to be payable out
of the special road funds above provided for,
and to bear interest at the rate of tive Isl per
cent per annnn1, from date.
That the certificates of Indebtedness payable
out of the taxes of 1907, as well as the interest
thereon, shall mature and be made payable on
the Ist day of July, 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 Ist 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 LIST 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 or
the lst day OF July 1911.
That the certificates of indebtedness payable
out of the taxes of 1911, as well as the intercs
thereon, shall mature and be made payable or
the fst day of July 1912.
Bui the aggregate amount of the certificate!
of indebtedness to be so issued, payable out O
the taxes OF each OF SAID years, snail moi eAcee'
Section 3. That road work shall be lei 10
two hundred miles, and contractors shall D
required to furnish bond, with good am
solvent security. to the full amount OF IN
contract price; for the faithful performanc
Of their obligations under said contracts.
Section 4. That the public roads OF the Parlsl
to be worked and repaired under the pro
visions of this ordinance are as follows:
Madisonville and Ponchatoula roads.
Indian Village road.
Vaudeville and Abita road.
SlfdeiI and Bayou Lacombe road.
Coyington and Vaudeville road.
Covington and jacksonville road.
Pearl River and Salt Bayou road.
Coyington and Bayou Lacombe road.
HolnesVile and Wire road.
SIidell and Indian Village road.
Columbia road.
Turnpike road.
Military road.
Lee road. '..
Middle road.
and sneciflcations In the Office Of tn
Secretary of the Police Jury.
All bids to be presented at the meet
ing Of the Police Jury, on Wednesday
May Is, 1907, st IL a. m.
The Police Jury reserves the right t
reject any and all bids.
Adopted April 8, 1907.
GEO. KOEPP, JR., President
w. G. KENTZEL, Secretary.