St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-20
At the Expiration of Their
Prison Term.
Shoes Will Not Be Fur
nished to Prisoners.
A Number OF Bills Ap-
proved, Ordered Paid.
POLICE JURY MEETING.

Covington, La, August Is, 1910.
Police Jury met in regular session
ON the above date.
Present-Geo. Koepp, Jr., presi-
dent, M. Fitzgerald, Herman Schultz,
G. F. Bierohrst, Crawford Williams,
Dixon Crawford, ] ]. Cusacns, B. A..
Schneider and J. w. Decker.
Moved and seconded that minutes
of last meeting be dispensed with.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that all
clothes hereafter bought for prison
ers be stripes, and tnat no shoes be
furnished.
Carried.
A committee of citizens of the 5th
Ward appeared before the Police
Jury and asked that they look over
the situation of the new public road
in that ward. After the committee
had made their complaints the fol-
lowing motion was offered:
1t was moved by A. D. Crawford,
seconded by j. w. Decker, that,
whereas, as the petition for a public
road in the 5th Ward reads as fol-
lows:
Bush, La, Sept. 80, 1908.
To the honorable president and men,
bers of the Police Jury of the Par
ish of st. Tammany. La.
St. Tammany, La.
We, the undersigned citizens, Pc
tition your honorable body to grant
us public road. Said road to leave
Pearl River road about one fourth
mile above Peter Jenkins and cross
the N. O. G. N. road at Bush station
and connect with the Pearl River,
Covington and Columbia road
Signed by 81 citizens.
Therefore the Police Jury see it
unnecessary to go ON the grounds
to settle this matter.
Carried.
The following report was read:
Covington, La, Aug. Is, 1910.
To the president and members of the
Police Jury,
Gentlemen-We, your Finance
Committee, beg leave to report that
we have examined and approved bills
to the amount of $699.25.
G. F. BIERHORST.
]. w. DECKER.
H. SCHULTZ.
On motion, duly seconded, the
above report was accepted.
The following bills were approved
and ordered paid:
Henry from Pearl River to Coving-
ton jail and expenses, 500. Approx
ed for $500.
St. Tammany Ice and Mf-. Co.,
Ltd, lights and water, $500.
T. E. Brewster, Sheriff, conveying
two prisoners to Baton Rouge, 1000;
mileage and expenses, 1850; two
tlegrams to New Orleans, 95 cents;
one telegram to New Orleans, Csc;
two kilograms to New Orleans, soc;
one telegram to New Orleans, Csc;
keeping hounds to Aug. IL, 500;
paid Emile Talley for conveying
Whit Sloan from Sun, 500. Total
S40.55
Cumberland Teleghone, service for
July, 1915.
A. o. Pons, serving as juror at in
quest on body Of Sally Henderson,
$500.
Joseph Rausch, carriave hire at
inquest on body of Sally Henderson,
$500,
P, l.. Clairain, serving as juror at
inquest on body of Sally Henderson,
$500.
w. o. Perry, serving as juror at in
quest on body of w. A. Macoy, $2.0O.
w. R. Galloway, serving as juror
at inquest on body of w. A. Macoy,
$500.
j. M. Cousin, serving as juror at
inquest on body of Albert Cousin,
$500.
J. Louis Smith, servine as juror
at inquest on body of Shack Barney,
$500.
St. Tammany Farmer, publish
ing regular proceedings for month of
July, $500; tax ordinance, 80 days,
$50. Total $4250.
j. Y. Crow, service rendered as
Justice of the Peace, 9Th Ward, for
the quarter ending June 80, 1910,
$3.50.
George Decker, conveying Oscar
Williams from Slidell to Covington,
$500.
A. A. Parker, conveying Hubert
McKline from slidell to Covington,
$500.
E. Del Fosse, electric wire repairs,
$4.75.
P. ]. Lacroix, supplies for prison
ers, ETC., $500.
Mrs. L. Miles, prison board, July
18 to August IA, 1910:
Froney Willis, % days, 400;
Berlin Alsobrooks, % days, 400;
Ernest Brown. 6 DAYS. 200: Aaron