St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31

I" Or mOG0T railway from WlJnln Lne cor
f porate limits of the Town of Covington
Q to and within the corporate limits o
!, the village of Abita Springs, and t.
q and within the corporate limits OF tn
a town of Vaudeville. Said tax to b.
I paid over, as collected from year Il
year to the said st. Tammany & NeT
z Orleans Railways and Ferry Company
{ its successors and assigns, subject tt
r the conditions and provisions of thu
, petition of the property taxpayers o
the said Fourth Ward, as set forth ant
r embodied in the ordinance submitting
E the question of the levy of such specla
tax to the taxpayers of said Fourth
: Ward.
3 Section g. Be it further ordained
I etc., that said special tax shall be ex
| tended on the tax rolls for the veal
. 1908, and f9r the balance Of such perioC
} of ten years and collected for said yea
| 1908. provided the said railway shall
have been constructed and in operation
: by the first day of September 1908, as
/ aforesaid. II the said railway is moi
| constructed and in operation, as afore.
said. by the first of September 1908
then the special tax in aid of the sale
St. Tammany & New Orleans Railway
J and Ferry Company, shall not be ex-
, tended on the tax rolls Of 1908, and col.
lected for that year, but shall first be
extended on the tax rolls for the year
1909, and collected for that year. and
for such entire period of ten years pro.
vided said railway is completed and In
operation, as aforesaid, by the TWEEN.
tieth day Of February 1909, and il said
railway, as aforesaid is not completed
and in operation by the last named date,
then the said special tax, aforesaid,
shall be null and void.
Section BE it further ordained,
etc., that this ordinance shall take eff
feet from and after its passage, and
shall remain in force until the said tax
for ten years. as aforesaid, is paid oyer
to the said st. Iammany & New Or
leans Railway and Ferry Company, its
successors Or assigns.
PRONUNCIATION OF VOTE.
BY virtue of the law and in ac-
cordance with nv official duty, /
hereby publicly announce that at
the special election held in the
Fourth Ward OF the Parish Of st
Tammany, State of Louisiana, on
the goth day of August, 1907, to
take the sense of the property tax
payers of~,he said Fourth Ward on
the proposition Of voting a three
(3) mill tax on the dollar per an-
mum, for a period IF ten 10Y
wears or so much thereof as NAV
he necessary To raise the sum of
three thousand 6ollars ($3, 000) fer
each If sa d years. or such sum,
not exceeding three thousand dol
ars $4,000 per annum. as said |
tax "f three (3) mills will pro-
duce. Oh all taxable property siiu-
ased in the said Fourth Ward, in
aid of the construction and opera
ton of line of electric or motor
railway by the St. Tammany and
New Orleans Railway and Ferry
COMPANY, the vote stood as fol-
lows: Number of property taxpay.
ers voting for said tax, 122. AS
sessed valuation Of those SO voting,
$73, $4,000.
Number OF those voting against
said tax, none. Assessed valalua.
lion of those so voti6g, none.
Majority in number of those vot-
ing for said tax, 122. Majority
in value of those voting for the
tax. $73,749.
/ do publicly announce and pro-
mulgate, that in as much as g ma"
joritY in, number and in value of
the property taxpayers of said
ward voted in favor thereof, the
result of said election is favorable
to the levy of said tax, and that
the said Fourth Ward thereby in
cured the obligation to extend aid
to the said railway, as aforesaid, to
the extent of the sum equal to ten
[1O) years taxation, as aforesaid,
on all property assessed for taxa
ton IN said ward, the same to be
paid in annual installments as real
lied from SAID tax
GEO. KOEPP, JR
President Of the Police Jury of ST.
TsmmanY Parish, State OF Lou
isiana