St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Entered at the Postottice IN Covington
La, as second-class matter
Notice to Road Builders
AM ORDINANCE

10 provide fund for working ana re-
pairing the Public Roads of the Parlshi
authorizing the issuance of certlncateS
of indebtedness for road work to be
done under contracts, and providing III
the payment thereof
Section l. Be it enacted and ordained by tne
= Pplce. Jury Of the Parish of St. Tammany, Lllal
in order to create and provide specfaifasfd 70
be used in working and repairing the puohc
roads of the parish.
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;
and that the revenues to be derived from sai'
tax, be and are hereby set apart and appro-
priated for the repair and malntalnence OF me
public roads of the parish OF ST. Tammany, the
same to be expended for that purpose undel
contracts to be hereinafter entered into,
Section 2. That the President of the Ponce
Jury be and is hereby authorized to advertise
for bids and to enter into written contract
with responsible parties, ito work and repal.
the public roads of the parish, and to lsSu'
certificates of indebtedness to contractors TO-
work to be done under such contracts, ms
certificates of Indebtedness to be payable gu
of the special road funds above providea, 1ol'
and to bear interest at the rate OF nVe -! Pc
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: ,,,,,,,,a
That the certificates of Indebtedness payable
out of the taxes of 19o9, as well as the lntefes.
thereon, shall mature and be made payaole on
the lst day of July 1909: ,,,,,,,,
That the certificates OF lnoeDteune;ss pay
ont of the taxes of 1909, as we'll as the lnteres
thereon, shall mature and be made payaole vi
the1st day of July 1910: ,.,. ,,,,t,1t
That the certificates of Indebtedness payaplS
out Of the taxes of 1910, as well as the lnteres
SIar.>,, eLalI mature and be made payable or
the lSt day of.July 1911. II,
That the certificates of Indebtedness payaDs
out of the taxes'of as wella inc lLteic -
thereon, shall mature ana be maze pdydole vi
the 1st day of July 1912. ,,-...eo4,
Rui fine aggregate amount of the certihcate
of indebtedness to be SO issued, payable out o
the taxes of each of said years, shall not excee'
the sum of 100000 for any one year.
Section g. That road work shall be let TO
two hundred miles, and contractors shall b.
required to furnish BONO, with good am
solvent security, to the full amount of tn
contract price; for the faithful performanc
Of their obligations under said contracts.
Section 4. That the public roads OF the Paris
to he worked and repaired under the pro
visions of this ordinance are as follows:
jacksonville and Ponchatoula roads.
Indian Village road.
Vaudeville and Abita road.
SfideII and Bayou Lacombe road.
Coyington and Vaudeville road.
Covington and jacksonville road.
pearl River and Salt Bayou road. {
Coyington and Bayou Lacombe road.
Holmesyille 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 th
Secretary OF the Police Jury.
All bids to be presented at the mex
meeting of the Police Jury, on Wednes
day, May IS, 1907, at ii a. m.
The Police Jury reserves the right t
reject any and all bids.
Adopted February %, 1907.
GEO. KOEPP, JR, President
w. q. KENNEL, Secretary.
mh9-6t