The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-06-18
Respectfully submitted
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! The ordinance relating to the city
market published in hand bill
form for the information Of the
public.
On motion OF Mr.. O'Niell, duly
seconded, the Mayor appointed
Mr.. Boudreaux committee OF
one, to act with the Secretary in
securing an inventory of all sup
plies and material on hand at the
power house.
V. Caprito applied for a license
TO sell liquor at the corner OF
| Iberia street and Buzzard lane.
Mr.. O'Niell moved that Mr.. Ca.
prito be advised to have his ap-
plication for the license printed 10
| one of the town papers for the
necessary number of times, ard
also secure the consent of the sur
rounding property holders, as re-
CURED by law.
An ordinance providing for the
renting to the tax debtor of two
mills out of the four mills special
road tax out OF the taxes of the
present year, and of succeeding
years, was introduced by Mr..
O'Niell, and on motion OF Mr..
O'NieiI, seconded by Mr.. Obi.
meyer, same was adopted.
ORDINANCE No. =.
An Ordinance to authorize the Tax
Collector of the Municipal Cor
poration OF the town OF Franklin
to remit to the tax debtor one
half of the four mill special tax,
authorized by the special election
of Nov. 18th, 1900, for the present
tax year: and to authorize the
Assessor of the town of Franklin
to reduce the assessment for each
following year, to two mills; and
to authorize a sinking fund to De
established by the Treasurer of
the town of Franklin to receive
thereinto all monies beyond that
requisite for the semi-annual in
terest upon the street bonds pro-
vided for by the special election
aforesaid.
SECTION l. Be it ordaiaed by the
Mayor and Council of the town of
Franklin, That the Tax Collector is
hereby authorized to remit to the tax
debtors within the corporate limits of
the town of Franklin One-half of the
four mill tax whose collection was
provided for by the special election
held by the people of the town of Frank
lin on Nov. 18th, 1900; and that the
Assessor of the town of Franklin is
hereby authorized to reduce the assess
ment upon the taxable property within
the corporate limits of the town of
Franklin for all future years to two
mills on the dollar.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, etc,
That the Treasurer of the town OF
Franklin is hereby authorized to paw
the semi-annual interest upon the
bonds authorized by the aforesaid
that whatever overplus there may be,
after paying said interest, that he
shall deposit the same to the credit of
the roadbond account, and keep it
separate from the general monies of
the town of Franklin; that he shall
spend it for no other purpose than to
pay a portion of the principal or the
Interest of said road bonds.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, etc.
That all ordinances or parts of Ordi-
nances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this ordi-
nance shall take effect from and after
its passage.
Approved June 18th, 1910.
}. A. PETERMAN, Mayor,
i. T. WILSON, Sect'y.
Mr.. R. l.. Sigur was nominated
and elected as Treasurer of the
town.
A report from Mr.. w. R. Gates,
chief of the fire department,
through Mr.. J. E. Loustalot on
the fire fighting apparatus of the
town was submitted, and made a
part of the minutes.
FRANKLIN, La, June Ii, 1910.
To the Honorable Mayor and Coun-
Gil of the Town of Franklin, La.
GENTLEMEN:-As per your request
On June ;, 1910, Chief Gates of the
ire department instructed me to in
'pect the fire fighting apparatus of the
own and to report to your Honorable
Body my findings, which | now do
Is follows:
On June 18th, l hired Ike Lovely
md Jas. Walker to assist me, and
agreed to pay them Sl.25 apiece for
he job. Capt. Sam Futral kindly
oaned me his horse and wagon for
he occasion which made the job lot
EASIER and | take this method Of
banking him for the loan.
AT hose house located at Kyle Lum-
Der Co., single shed l found seven
ectlons Of hose fifty feet long, total
oO feet; two sections have worn spots
tut they do not go through, this hose
S old but in good condition, two
panner wrenches, one hydrant
'rench, one leak stopper, one Y or