St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-07-13

completion and operation or the sale
railway, as aforesaid.
5th. That the amount of the tax SC
levied and raised shall be paid to the
st. Tammany and New Orleans Railway
and Ferry Co., Its successors or assigns
for the sole and exclusive purpose o.
aiding in the construction, maintenance
and operation of the above described
line of railway.
9th. That the work upon the sale
railway be commenced within ninety
(907 days, after the PRONUNCIATION o.
the result of said election and be com.
pleted and in operation, within eighteen
months thereafter.
Signed by l04 qualified voters.
On motion of Mr., Day, seconded
by Mr.. Miles, the petition was re
ceived.
On motion of Mr.. Miles, second
ed by Mr.. Wilson, it was ordered
that The above petition be referred
to a committee of four, consisting
of Schneider, Day, Bierhorst and
Cusachs, and that said committee
be ordered to make an examination
and comparison of the names oil
the signers of the petition with the
assessment rolls for the year 1906.
Carried.
Report of Committee.
To the honorable President aud mem
bers Of the Police Jury.
Gentlemen: We your committee
appointed to make an examination
and comparison of the above petit
ton with the assessment role OF
1906, after q careful examination
and comparison of the same, find
that mere than one-third of the
property tax payers OF the Fourth
Ward of the Parish of st. Tam
many. have signed the petition, and
make the following statement of
the result:
Total number of qualified voters
of said ward 1876; total number of
qualified signers l04.
Total assessed value of those quail
fed to sign as shown by the assess
ment role Of 1906, $2l4,999. total
assessment of signers $172,448.
Sigrei M. G.. Day
B. A. Schneider
G. F. Bierhorst
J. j. Cusachs.
On motion of Mr. Grantham,
seconded by Mr. Wilson, the above
report of the committee was ac'
cepted Yeas 8, nays 0
On motion OF Mr. Grantham, duly
seconded by Mr. Wilson, the follow
ing ordinance was adopted by the
following vote; yeas 8, nays 0.
ORDINANCE
Ordering special election, at which shall be
submitted to the property taxpayers of the
Fourth Ward of the Parish of st. Tamrnany en-
titled to vote under the laws of the State
of Louisiana, the question of leVylng
a special tax of three mills on the dollar, per
annum, for period of ten years, on ali taxa
bic property situated in said Fourth Ward, or
so much thereof as may be necessary to raise
the sum of three thousand dollars for each OF
said years, or such sum, not exceeding three
thousand dollars per annun, as said tax of three
mills will produce, in aid of the St, Tammany
and New Orleans Railways and Ferry Company,
in strict compliance with the petition of more
than one-thrd of the property taxpayers OF
said Fourth Ward, both in number and amount,
which petition is hereto annexed and made
part hereof, subject to the conditions set forth
in said petition.
Section /. Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Tammany, Louisiana, in le-
gal session convened, that special election
be held in and throughout the said Fourth
Ward on the 10Th day of August, 1907, at which
shall be submitted to the property taxpayers of
the Fourth Ward who are entitled to vote ur1"
der the Constitution and the laws of the State
of Louisiana the question of leyying special
tax of three mills on the dollar, per annum, for
period of ten years, on all taxable property
situated in said Fourth Ward, or so much there
OF as may be necessary to raise the sum OF
three thousand dollars for each of said years, or
/ such sum, not exceeding three thousand dol
lars per annunl, as said tax OF three mills VIII
| produce, in aid of the st. Tammany and New
Orleans Railways and Ferry Company, cor
poration organized under the laws of Louisiana
and domiciled in the Parish of St. Tammany,
Said tax shall be levied and collected In accord
| ance with the terms and conditions OF the pc
tition of the taxpayers mentioned in the title
| herereof and hereto annexed.
| Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc., That the
| said tax shall be levied and collected tor the
| sole and exclusive purpose OF aiding the SAID
| st. Tammany and New Orleans Railways anC
l Ferry company III lH- COHStLuCLtOIl, HldiHtC'
| nance and operation of a line of electric Of
motor railway from and within the corporate
limits of the town of Covington to and within
| the corporate limits of the village of Abita
/ Springs, and to and within the corporate limit:
| of the town of Vaudeville, with such spurs
| switches, turnouts and the like as are necessary
| to the operation of said line of railway.
| Sec. 3. Be 1t further ordained, etc., That Sucf
special election shall be held under the election
laws of the State of Louisiana, and at the polling
| places established in said ward, and the ballot
| to be used shall be printed in the following
| form:
FOR the special tax of three mills on the dol
lar, per annum, for period of ten years, on al
| taxable property situated in said Fourth Ward
or so much thereof as may be necessary t
| raise the sum of three thousand dollars for eacl
| of said years, or such sum, not exceeding thre'
thousand dollars per annunl as said tax of thre'
mills will produce, for the sole and EXCLUSIVE
purpose of aiding the st. Tammany and New Or
leans Railways and Ferry Company in the con
struction, maintenance and operation of lin
of electric or motor railway from within tn
corporate limits of the town of Covington t
and within the corporate limits of the yillag
of Abita Springs, and to and within the corpo
rate limits of the town of Vaudeville,
Amount
Signature
i AGAINST the special tax of three mills on tn
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