The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-09

raised IN favor OF this road would bt
equal and uniform throughout the
wards, through which the road wOulC
pass:
Now therefore be it resolved by the
Police Jury of the Parish of ST
Mary, La. as representing the tax
payers of all of these wards, that the
Iberia, st. Mary & Eastern Railroad
Company be and is hereby req uested
to voluntarily enter its remittur and
| consent to a reduction of the said tax
bonus to be levied and collected in the
lst. 4th, 9TH, and Sth wards Of this Par
ISL from five to three and one half
mills, thus making said bonus equal
and uniform in all the wards of this
Parish, through which said road pro-
| poses to run and which have voted
| said bonus:
And be it further resolved that the
Secretary of this body mail copy of
| these resolutions to each officer and
director OF said railroad company.
Mr.. Brig as a committee of one
to purchase car load of thing
reported he had not yet purchased
it but had been getting quota
tons.
Mr.. Roberts Milling appeared
for Mr.. Zenor and asked that the
Jury pass an ordinance relative to
the telephone and telegraph wires
along the public roads. He stated
that they were being erected and
re- erected SO low that planters
could not pass under them with
their agricultural implements and
were thus barred from using their
fields. On motion Of Mr.. Drackett
seconded by Mr.. Aucoin, the fol.
lowing ordinance was adopted:
An Ordinance ordering the Telephone
and Telegraph Companies operating
in the Parish of ST. Mary by run
ming their lines along the public
roads of said Parish, to construct
and maintain their lines and raise
their wires twenty-five feet from the
ground and So as not to interfere
with the passage hereunder of any
agricultural or mechanical appliance
or device OF any nature whatsoever
may be used by the citizens of said
parish in cultivating their lands or
removing their crops from the fields,
and to require said companies to
keep said poles out of the bitches
along said road.
Whereas, it has been brought to the |
notice of the Police Jury of the Parish |
that. certain telephone companies |
operating in the Parish of St. Mary
by running their lines along the public |
roads of the said Parish and doing a |
telephone toll business, have improp-
erly reconstructed their lines along |
the public roads of the Parish of st. |
Mary, and that the wires of such lines
are SO near the ground as to interfere
with the free use of the public roads |
by the citizens of said parish and that
the wires as now constructed are an
obstruction to the public road and
prevent the passage hereunder to and
from the public road of agricultural
implements used by the citizens.
SEC. l. Be it therefore ordained
by the Police Jury of the Parish of
St. Mary, that all Telephone and
Telegraph Companies doing business
in the Parish of st. Mary, by running
their lines along the public roads OF
said Parish, are hereby ordered by
this body to construct their lines
along the public roads of said Parish,
twenty-five feet from the ground and
50 as not to interfere with the free
use by the citizens of said parish of
such roads, and especially are the
telephone and telegraph companies |
operating in the said parish ordered +
10 raise the wires OF their lines twenty
wo feet from the ground, and to such
, height as not to interfere with or
prevent the easy passage Hereunder
# any agricultural or mechanical APP
,liance or device of any nature what
;oever which may be used by the citi-
ems of said parish in cultivating their
ands or removing their crops from
he fields.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.
That all telephone and telegraph COM
,anies shall in no manner interfere
With the working of the public roads
md the said companies are hereby re-
Iuired to remove any and ali equip ,
nent in any manner interfering with y
he public road work.
SEC. g. Be it further ordained, etc.
hat the proper authorities are here t
" ordered to enforce this ordinance, q
nd that any person or persons who /
hall in any manner violate or abridge I
be terms of this ordinance shall be
uilty of nj 0demeanor, and on con- !;
lotion thereof shall be subject to a
ne not to exceed one hundred dollars
nd Imprisonment not to exceed thirty y
avs in the Parish jail, or both at the q
iscretion of the Court. h
SEC. f. Be it further ordained etc. c
hat this ordinance be published in :
ne official jour al OF st. Mary Parish
uring the period required by law,
nd that this ordinance take effectI
ON and after its passage.
Thus dore, read, adopted and sign h
/, and seal affixed in open SESSION at IL