St. Tammany farmer., 1910-10-01
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

| GOVlngton met In regulaMS session on
the above date pursuant8o previous
adjournment.
Present-Dr. F. G. Marrero,
Mayor; E. ]. Frederick, Maurice
Planche, P. J. Lacroix and Leon
Hebert.
A quorum being present the coun-
Gil proceeded with business.
! The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read. A motion made, sec
onded and carried that the minutes
be adopted.
The commissi oners of election
submitted their report of the returns
of the election, together with the poll
list of the persons voting at said
election, Wednesday,, September 8,
1910, and the tally sheet showing
the number of votes each candidate
received at the said election. The
council considered said report, which
IS as '0''0"Si Town Of
To the Honorable NJ =
Council of the to~K q D
Louisiana.
We, the undersigned cinmi3sion-
ers of election, appointed to hold an
election for one alderman of the
town of Covington, to fill the unex-
pired term of the Hon. Jacob Seller,
resigned, pursuant to proclamation
issued by the Hon. F. G. Marrero,
Mayor of the town of Covington, did
hold said election at the courthouse,
in said town of Covington, La, on
the 9Th day of September, 1910, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock a. m.
and 4 O'Clock p. M, after which last
named hour, we caused said polls
to be closed and proceeded to can
vass the vote cast, which was as
| follows:
Emile Beaucoudray. ..... S8 votes
| A l.. Bear. ar............. l vote
| w. G. Evans. ........ vote
Total votes cast. go. 80
And, We, having found that said
Emile Beaucoudray had received
/ majority of the votes cast in said
election, we do hereby declare him
duly elected as an aldermen of the
| town of Covington, to fill the unex-
pired term of the said Hon. Jacob
Seller, resigned, or until his success
sor has been elected.
Given under our hands at Coving-
ton, La, this 8th day of September,
1910. E. J. FREDERICK,
LEON HEBERT,
J. LOUIS SMITH,
Commissioners. |
F. G. MARRERO, Mayor.
And, having inspected said poll /!
list and tally sheet, and the same |
being correct, and showing on the
face of said papers that said Emile
Beaucoudray had received SO votes,
the same being a majority cast in
said election, he, the said Emile
Beaucoudray, was formally declared
elected as alderman of the town of
Covington to fill the unexpired term
of Hon. Jacob Seller, resigned; and
said commissioners were ordered and
authorized to issue a certificate of
election to the said Emile Beaucou-
dray in accordance with the pro-
Of Covington.
The following ordinance was in
troduced and read:
ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to prohibit the removal
of any non-fire-proof building sit
uated or located within the fire
district limits as now established
within the town of Covington,
from one part of said fire district
to any other part thereof, or the
removal of any non-fire-proof
building located or situated with
out the limits of said fire district
to within said fire district and to
provide penalties for the violation
thereof.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Town Council of the town of Coving-
ton, in regular session convened,
that it shall be unlawful to remove
any non-fire-proof building of any
description located or situated with
in the limits of the fire district as
now established within the town of
Covington, from the limits of said
fire district to any other part of
within said fire district, or to re-
move any non-fre-proof building of
any description located without the
limits of said fire district to within
said fire district. ]
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the owner of property situated
or located as stated above, violat-
ing any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance, whether acting for himself or
through an agent, shall upon con-
viction before the Mayors Court, be ]
condemned topay fine of fifty dol '
lars and costs of the prosecution, or {
in the town Jail for a {
period of ten days, or fined and i'm
prisoned at the discretion of the
mayor, and in default of the pay
ment of fine and costs that he be {
further imprisoned for a period of s
ten days. And in addition to said
fine, or imprisonment, or both, he {
shall, at the same time sentence is I
passed upon him by the mayor, be l
condemned to remove said building Y
so removed, either to the place from s
which said building was removed or
to another location without the linn
its of the fire district, at the option l
Of said owner thereof, within ten t
days from date of sentence. If
after the expiration of said ten days, I
should said person fail, refuse or
neglect to remove or commence the t
removal of said building, then for i
every week said building remains c
he, the owner thereof, a
shall pay fine of fifty dollars, and Il
IN default of the payment of said C
ine, he shall be imprisoned for a
period of ten days. 2
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That this ordinance shall go
nto effect from and after it's pro- 4
nulgation.
+. G. MARRERO, Mayor v
Y. NJ. HEBERT, JR., Secretary.
1t was moved by Maurice Planche,
seconded by E. ]. Frederick, that "
he above ordinance be adopted. d
Carried. n
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