St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-18

The ordinance 10 provide fund Tor
working the public roads by contract
was amended and. re.enacted, as fol-
lows:
AN ORDINANCE
10 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 i. Be il enacted and ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Tammany, that
3 In order to create and provide special fund 70
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 j
and that the revenues to be derived from said
tax, be and are hereby set apart and appro-
priated for the repair and maintaincnce 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 tor,
and TO bear interest at the rate of tve Isl pei
cent per annum, from date.
That the certificates of indebtedness payable
ont ri the taxes of 1907, as we'll 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 9O8, as we'll as the interest
thereon, shall MIXTURE and made payable on
the list day of July 1909:
out of the taxes of 800, as we'll as the interest
thereon shall mature and be made payable or
the lstday of July 1910:
That the certificates of Indebtedness payable
out Of the taxes of 1910, as we'll as the Interest
thereon.shaM mature and be made payable or
the 1st 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 st day of July 1912.
Bui the aggregate amount of the certificate!
Of indebtedness to pc So issued, pSyaoie OUT o
the sum of 100000 for any one year.
Section ). That road work shall be let TO
two hundred miles, and contractors shall b
required to furnish bond. with good AM
solvent security, to the full amount OF TIL
contract price; for the faithful Performance
of their obligations under said contracts.
Section 4. That the public roads of the Parisl
TO Re worked and repaired under the pro
visions of this ordinance are as follows:
jacksonville and Ponchatoula roads.
Indian village road.
Vaudeville and Abita road.
SldeII and Bayou Lacombe road.
Covington and Vaudeville road.
nyington and stadisonville road.
sarl River and Salt Bayou road.
C1ylngton and Bayou Lacombe road.
HoEsnesvIlle and Wire road.
Slidell and Indian Village road.
Columbia road.
Turnpike road.
Military road
Lee road. =
Middle road.
For further information see plan
and specifications in the Office OF tn
Secretary of the Police Jury.
All bids TO be presented at the meet
ang OF the Police Jury, on Wednesday
May 10, 1907, st ii a. m.
The Police Jury reserves the right t.
reject any and all bids,
Y Adopted April 8, 1907.
GEO. .KOEPP, JR., President
w. G.. KENTZEL, Secretary.