The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-08
(OFFICIAL.
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
FRANKLIN Ia. Feb 4 1908

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man, President; A. Allan, T. Au-
coin, B. Levy, Simon Leopold, B.
O'Brien and Hy. Penn; absent, F.
c. Marsh, w. N. Gooch and E. B.
Spiller.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and adopted.
The following letter was read:
President or Secretary Police Jury.
st. Mary Parish. Franklin p. o.,
La:
Gentlemen On February 22nd.
| 1908, the Eye, Ear. Nose Il Throat
Hospital will Inaugurate their Hospital
and their new Clinic Building
We wish to extend to each member
of your Honorable Body an invitation
to same and therefore request that you
furnish the undersigned with their
names and addresses.
Thanking you in advance for your
attention.
Yours very truly.
| w. II. COOK,
| Chairman Inauguration Committee.
Letter received and ordered
filed, and the Secretary instructed
to acknowledge receipt.
Mr.. Milling offered the follow
ing resolution.
Be it resolved, by the Police Jury of
the Parish Of st. Mary, That the Pres
ident of he Police Jury be instructed
to confer with Mr. Sam Ewing. with a
view to having him put the Jail in
thorough repair. to ascertain what
work is necessary, and appropriate
the cost, get bids, etc. and report to
the next meeting of the Police Jury,
and agree with Mr.. Ewing on his COM
pensation for experimenting the work.
Adopted.
Moved and seconded, that the
President be authorized to draw
warrant to take up new courthouse
bond.
On motion of Mr.. O'Brien, duly
seconded. the bills of Martin &
Byerle, Jos. Chapron, Chas. Ibert
and August Ehrhardt be referred
to the District Attorney for. an
opinion.
On motion duly seconded, the
Jury took a recess until p. m.
The Jury reconvened at p.
M. with quorum present.
On m otion of Mr.. O'Brien, duly
seconded, Mr.. Simon Leopold was
appointed a committee of one to
look into the matter of Flair Ro-
bichaux.
Adopted.
On motion duly seconded, Mr..
Allan was appointed a committee
Of one to look into the matter of
Sinitierre Gnsane).
Adopted.
On motion duly seconded, Frank
lin Darcas and John Murphy be !
stricken from the pauper list, both
beiLg dead.
Adopted.
Moved by Mr.. Aucoin and duly
seconded that Pierre Daigle be
placed on the pauper list at $500
per month.
Adopted.
Moved by Mr.. O'Brien and sec
onded that the matter of the ferry
privilege between Berwick and
Morgan City be referred to the
District Attorney for an opinion
regarding the standing of the Po-
lice Jury, both Morgan City and
Berwick being incorporated towns
Adopted.
Mr.. Peterman, the President,
called Mr.. Allan to the chair.
Mr.. Peterman moved to adopt
the following ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE
Levying Special Tax of one mill in
aid of the Atchafalaya Bay Ship
Channel Co.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of ST. Mary
in legal session convened. That in
with a vote of majority
OF the property taxpayers. in number
and in assessed valuation, at a special
election held according to law on
Tuesday, August 20 1907, a special
tax of one mill on the dollar to raise
the sum of siXty-fve hundred and no
per cent (S65OO0O) Dollars per annum
for a period of seven years, or the
aggregate sum of fOrty-five thousand
and no per cent (S45. 100000 Dollars:
viz: the years 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911,
1912, 1913 and 1914, be and the same !
S hereby levied upon all the taxable
property in st Mary Parish in aid of
he Atchafalaya Bay Ship Channel
Co., its successors and assigns, from
md after Jan. l, 1908. The said tax 1
% be levied and collected as other tax
IS assessed in the Parish of st. Mary,
commencing with the year 1908, and to
De paid over as collected from year to {
Tear to the said Atchafalaya Bay j
Ship Channel Co., its successors and
assigns, subject to the conditions and
Of the petition of the prop
rty taxpayers of said parish, as set |
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