The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-07-27
tn the Honorable President and Mem
hers of the Police Jury of the Par
ish of St. Mary, State of Louisiana:

L
bers of the Police Jury of the Par
ish of St. Mary, State of Louisiana
We. the undersigned. comprisin.
more than one third of the propert,
nxpayers of the Parish of st. Mary
La, as appears by the assessmen
roll of said Parish, in view of th'
great benefits to be derived by tht
citizens of the Parish, from the con
struction and operation Of the Shil
Channel by the Atchafalaya Bay Shil
Channel Company. Corporation
organized under the laws of the State
ofLOuisiana, to connect the deep water
of the Atchafalaya River and Berwick
Bay with the Gulf Of Mexico by means
of : Ship Channel through Point Au
Fer Reef, respectfully petition youl
honorable body to order special
election to be held under the general
election laws of the State Of Louisiana,
10 far as applicable. and at the poll
no places at which the last preceding
GENERAL State or Congressional cleo
lion was held, according tC law, for the
nnrpose of submitting to the property
taYpayers throughout the Parish of st.
Mary the proposition OF voting a one
Mill special tax upon all the property
subject to taxation in the Parish OF St.
Mary, for period Of seven (7) years.
in aid of the great public enterprise
which has been undertaken by the
Atchafalaya Bay Ship Channel Com
psny, that of opening the mouth OF the
Achafalaya River and connecting the
deep waters of the Atchafalaya River
with the Gulf of Mexico by Ship
Channel. The said tax to be levied
for the purpose of raising the sum of
Six Thousand Five Hundred (s6, .0O)
Dollars per annum for a period Of
seven ~ years, and raising in the
aggregate the sum of FOrty-Five
Thousand Five Hundred (s45. 800. OO)
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 be
paid over direct to the Atchafalaya
Bay Ship Channel Company, its sue
cessors. assigns. or transferrees-
Atchafalaya Bay Ship Channel Com
paDy. its successors, assigns. or
transferrees Said tax to be levied
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 (l4) feet in depth and
one hundred (lOO) 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
70 be levied that your HNnora BILE 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.
x Z Milling, C s Cook, Jos H Rider.
Paul Fromenthal. T B Kimbro, H /
Squires. Mrs. N A Bush, per H L
Ssquires. Mrs F A Squires. H NJ
Young, Mrs NJ M Young. B NJ Young,
: sAngellOz, Jos. Marchand. w Smith.
Edgar Bass, F S Campbell. Andrew
boudreaux, J F. Bass. John w Gil
zen, Est John Gillen, 0 Ditch. H FL
Clark, per NJ. J. a. Mahfonz, II. Ma
vsrro. Leo Guidry, Albert 7 Cur
rand, E L Rollingson. Il J Finebonne
sam Blum, w H Vetter f d Martin
sonn J Greenwood, Earl S Barnett,
mrs Fowler, Mrs F G Becker, Mrs
49, Thornton. Mrs J B Sewell. Mrs
Mm Costello, Mrs f Bass, Ethel Cos
sSsno, Mrs E Jones, Mrs James Grout,
Ms A. G Garrett, Laura Hebert.
sUfs Guidry, Rernice Belanger. Mrs
s1ce Souner, Christine Mimmich. Mrs
~. nAngelloz, Emma Ievert. Oscar Zenor,
csam cSssnmsos. Z Pierce, u Graham, w ! >trauver,
S,Sl SSsSns MelancOn, VI sutton, l. II Price. A
snncn. Willy. A c \ucoin, Mrs rhas
~ E.s.mann. McConner. Miss \ Vltte-
~, a. Mrs Winchester, Mrs NJ B Gordy,
y y kobichaux, Mrs w Lesh. A J Adams.
Yfmler, Albert Smith, G W Mensinan,
oarnileaux, A II Augelloz, + A Bon-
Sr'TTaux, Tx, Mrs B WScott, Mrs Ed Holsworth,
s.Druin seu1uinet, @ Olivier. Il r Bowen. Olive
Fssg, FFSug, N Riesbol. r Byrd, /. Warn, II
iisIer Alfred Pecot. g Robertson, Il
ssHtadry: ~. Willie Carter. 4 Gravemberg.
-. =: LeMane, Miss J LeMane, Ms K
-. Eggs, A 3 Kleinpeter. Mrs Dreyer,
Ssn O'Niell, A b Morrison, Mrs q A
~ S:cl1Sen. Ruth Morrison, Mrs S A Simms,
Nm ,boudreaux, A Macarthur, Thomas
lung, X D Mckinley. lro Smith,
- ME- y Maioz, + W Battarbee, X V Puck
Keller, Jno A Wilkes. DIR Jno B
's~ell, 2 Munson. John 4 O'Niell, f H
~ 'U, y Chas Leopold. Bourgeois 4 Bal /
NM 3 Rougster. 4 Engenan, I A
sseson, Sunder Thorgeson, VIM
~ S, Chas Bell, Jules Mire, Leo Mire, =
nSSc9oe!er, A NJ Bodin, Chas Broussard,
[sNax [SIx LeNormand, Edman veret. Leila
sNvIman, Mrs X d McKneely, Ed Le-
MOnO, Miss victnrino Ecurr Inc Z