St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-27
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Notice to Road Builders.

The ordinance TO provide fund for
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 /. Be it enacted and ordained by the
Pollce Jury OF the Parish of St. Tammany, that
IN ORDER to create and provide special fund to
DC USED IN working and repairing the public
roads OF the parish.
That special tax of two mills on the dollar,
10 De 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-
prlated for the repair and maintanence of the
pubic 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
Tor bios, and to enter into written contracts
with responsible parties, to work and repair
the public roads of the parish, and to issue
certhcateS 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 five Isl per
cent per annum, 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 1st day of July, 1908.
That the certificates of Indebtedness payable
out of the taxes of 1908, as we'll as the interest
thereon, shall mature and be made payable on
the st day of Julyl909.
That the certificates of Indebtedness PAYABLE
out of the taxes of 1909, as well 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 910, as well as the interest
thereon, Shall 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 interest
thereon, shall mature and be made payable or
the lst day of July 1912.
But the aggregate amount of the certificate!
of Indebtedness to be SO issued, payable out o,
the taxes of each of said years, shall not exceed
the sum of 100000 for any one year.
Section B. That road work shall be let fo
two hundred miles, and contractors shall b.
required to furnish bond, with good anC
solvent security, to the full amount of thu
contract price; for the faithful performance
of their obligations under said contracts.
Section 4. That the public roads of the Parisl
to be worked and repaired under the pro
VISIONS OF this ordinance are as follows:
jacksonville and Ponchatoula roads.
Indian Village road.
Vaudeville and Abta road.
SlideII and Bayou Lacombe road.
COVington and Vaudeville road.
CoVington and Madsonvile road.
Pearl River and Salt Bayou road.
Covington and Bayou Lacombe road.
HolmeSvile 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 TIT
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 tt
reject any and all bids,
Adopted April 8, 1907.
GEO. KOEPP, JR., President
w. G.. KENTZEL, Secretary.