St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-27
AN ORDINANCE

An ordinance providing for the ap-
pointment of a Park Commission,
and defining their powers and duties,
etc.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Town Council of the Town Of Coving-
ton. La, in regular session convened,
that the Mayor by and with the ap-
proval of the Town Council of the
Town of Covington, La, is hereby
authorized to appoint certain residents
of the Town of Covington, members
Of Park Commission, to consist of
not less than five or more than fifteen
persons.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the duties and powers of said
Park Commission, shall be as follows:
That they shall have power to enter
into contracts for the purpose of
identifying and improving the Bogue
Falaya Park, situated on the Bogue
Falaya River in the Town of Coving-
ton, La.
That they shall have the right and
authority to devise ways and means of
raising money for the purpose of max
ing such improvements or in any wise
identifying said park.
They shall have the right to charge
for any and all privileges of erecting
booths, or renting the pavilion for
private dances, for granting conces-
sions, ETC., and to do any and all
things that are necessary or requisite
for the governing, care-taking and
Improvement of said Bogue Falaya
Park. "
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, ETC., ).
That said Commission shall as soon as
constituted and appointed, meet and
adopt such rules and bylaws for their
own government as they may see fit,
and to elect such officers as are neces-
sary, except the office of chairman of
said Commission, which position is
hereby given solely to the Mayor to
elect such chairman.
Sec. d. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That at all meetings of the Park Com
mission the chairman shall preside,
and in the absence of the chairman,
any member appointed by the Com
mission for that purpose shall preside
in his stead.
Carried.
1t was moved by E. J. Frederick,
seconded by Jacob Seller that the
Clerk of Court of the Parish of St.
Tammany, La, be authorized by the
Town Council to call for a general
meeting of all such inhabitants of the
town of CoVington as are qualified to
vote in the election of Mayor and
Aldermen on the proposition of sub
hitting to the voters an amendment
to the Charter of the Town of Coving-
ton, as passed and adopted by the
Legislature of the State of Louisiana
and approved April 2, 1862 and March
16, 1870, amending and re-enacting
Section of said charter, which reads
as follows:
Sec. q. Be it further enacted, etc.,
that on the first Monday of June next,
and on the following Monday of June,
in every succeeding year, and on the
third Monday in March for the year
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, I'M
less the same shall be altered as here
matter provided for, all the free male
persons above the age of twenty-one
years, who are and have been for the
space of one year next preceding the
election, residents within the limits
aforesaid, are hereby authorized to
meet and elect Mayor and six Alder
men for the purposes hereinafter
mentioned, who shall be called the
Mayor and Aldermen for the Town of
Covington. All legal voters residing
in said Town shall be eligible to hold
any office in the corporation.
To be amended and re-enacted to
read as follows:
Sec. A. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
that on the first Monday of June, in
the year ninteen hundred and eleven,
and on the first Monday of June of
every alternate year thereafter, all
the free male persons above the age
of tWenty-one years, who are and
have been for the space of one year
next preceding the election residents
within the corporate limits of the
Town of Covington, and who are
qualified to vote under the laws of the
State of Louisiana, in accordance with
the laws regulating and governing
this question, are hereby authorized
to meet and elect Mayor and six
Aldermen for the purposes hereinafter
mentioned, who shall be called the
Mayor and Aldermen for the Town of
Covington, Louisiana. All legal voters
residing in said Town shall be eligible
to hold any Office in the corporation.
Carried.
E. V. RICHARD, Mayor.
E. J. RICHARD, Secretary.