The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
VOL XIX.
tn the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police Jury of the Par
isb of st. Mary. State OF Louisiana:

We. the undersigned. comprising
more than one third Of the prOpert.
taxpayers Of the Parish of st. Mary
Ia. as appears by the a,sessmen
roll of said Parish. in view of tn
great benefits to be derived by tn
Citizens of the Parish, from the con
struction and operation of the Shil
Channel by the Atchafalaya Bay Shil
Channel Company. a Corporation
organized under the laws of the STATE
of Louisiana, to connect the deep water
of the Atchafalaya River and Berwick
Raw with the Gulf of Mexico by mean.
Of a Ship Channel through Point AL
Fer Reef, respectfully petition youl
Honorable body to order specia
election to be held under the genera
election laws of the State Of Louisiana
60 far as applicable. and at the poll
ing places at which the last preceding
general State or Congressional elec-
ton was held, according to law, for the
purpose of submitting to the property
taxpayers throughout the Parish OF St.
Mary the proposition OF voting one
Mill special tax upon all the property
subject to taxation in the Parish OF st.
MARY, for period Of seven ~ years.
in aid of the great public enterprise
which has been undertaken by the
Atchafalaya 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 a Ship
Channel. The said tax to be levied
for the purpose Of raising the sum Of
Six Thousand Five Hundred (S6, ,3OO.OO)
Dollars per annum for a period of
seven "a years, and raising in the
aggregate the sum of Forty-Five
Thousand Five Hundred (S45. 100000
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 De
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
NauSleFfctS OAHU tdA W DS le"leL
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 a Channel to be not less
than fourteen (4) feet in depth and
one hundred NOO) 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.
RE Milling, @ S Cook, Jos H Rider, |
Squires, Mrs. N A Bush. per H IL
Squires, Mrs + A Squires. II N
Young, Mrs NJ NJ Young, B NJ Young.
Z EAngelloz, Jos. Marchand. w Smith,
Edgar Bass, F S Campbell. Andrew
Boudreaux, + Bass. John w Gil
len, Est John Gillen, o Ditch. H f
Clark, per NJ, j. "A. Mahfouz, II. Ma
varro. Leo Guidry, Albert 7 Cur
rand, E L Rollingson. r J Finebonne
Sam Blum. w H Vetter + D Martin
John Greenwood. Earl S Barnett.
Mrs M Fowler, Mrs + G Becker. Mrs
L e Thornton. Mrs B Sewell. Mrs
VIM Costello, Mrs + Bass. Ethel Cos
tello, Mrs f Jones, Mrs James Grout.
Mrs A c Garrett, Laura Hebert.
Nora Guidry. Rernice Belanger, Mrs
Alice G0uner, Christine Mimmich. Mrs
= N Angelloz, Emma Levert. Oscar Zenor,
Mrs s Winchester, p $ Winchester. A
Benson, Pierce, z Graham, W. >trauver,
stella Melancon, NJ Sutton, L II Price. A
QBrien, Willy, A c Aucoin, Mrs Chas
Lohmann, r McConner. Miss A Vitte-
man. Mrs D Winchester, Mrs NJ = Gordy.
. Robichaux, Mrs w Lesh. A Adams.
p Germier, Albert Smith, G W Mensinan.
Bsrrilleapx, A H Augelloz, + 4 Bou-
Greaux, Mrs B WScott, Mrs Ed Hol>worth.
Z Driulhet, o Olivier. Il + Bowen. Olive
6onrg, NJ f Riesbol, X Byrd, |. Warn, II
Toerner. Alfred Pecot. e Robertson, b
Landry. Willie Carter. A J Gravemberg,
Miss N LeMane, Miss J LeMane, MS II
Lee Riggs, A S Kleinpeter, Mrs Dreyer,
S!rs E O'Niell, A b Morrison, Mrs G A
Morrison, Ruth Morrison, Mrs S A Smms,
Mss 4 Boudreaux, A McArthnr, Thomas
y Milling, 4 ID Mckinley, Iro smith,
Charles Maloz, + w Battarbee, X Y Puck
cit, } Keller, Jno A Wilkes. DIR Jno B
Sewell, + Munson, John A N'Niell, Z H
!bo1orn, Chas Leopold, Bourgeois \ Bal
lean, W Rougster. a Engenan, I A
Ihorgeson, Sunder ThorgesOn, VIM
Hanson, Chas f Bell, Jules Mire, Leo Mire,
Won Schoeler, A NJ Bodin, Chas Broussard,
frank LeNOrmand, Edman Veret. Leila
LeNorman, Mrs X d McKneely, Ed Le-
Hormond, Miss Victorine Rourg, Jos
Cnotin. Mrs JOS Chotin. NJ Chotin. \ Z
trymire, G z Sanders, Jr, l. A Mini, r q
Aiiling, l. O'Niell, A Mendoza F Baril-
leaux. A Anderson. a / Aucnin r B Gnoch. |