St. Tammany farmer., 1911-11-25
TOWN COUNCIL.
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above ordinance be adopLeu. opon
which motion the following voted
yea: R. L. Aubert, E. Beaucouo-
rav Leon Hebert Paul ]. Lacrolx,
T louis Smith. And the following
voted nav. None Abs :nt-M. r.
is'i'Ne' F. G. MARRERo,
N. NJ. HEBERT, sJR., Mayor.
Secretary.
Tho following ordinance levying
. ~ mills for general revenue pur-
pose and a 4 mills tax, for the puo!ic
school house, upon all tne La1aole
property within the town OF Covlns
ton. was introduced by Leon HeoerI
and the same was read IN 1uii' as
follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 9.
An ordinance to provide revenue TOT
the town of Covington for the
wear 1912, for the purpose OF pay
ing the statutory, usual, necessary
and ordinary charges OF said town
for the said year 1912.
Section /. Be it ordained by the |
mavor and town council of the town |
of Coyington That 7h mills on the
dollar is hereby levied on all the
taxable property, taxable unoer tne
laws of the State OF LOUISIANA, sl..
uated within the corporate iElts OF
the town of Covington, accordlns W
the assessed value of said property
as shown on the assessment roll OF
the town of Covington for the year
1911 which assessment !s now on
file in the office of the secretary OF
the town council, for the purpose
of raising and providing sufficient
revenues to meet the statutory,
usual. necessary and ordinary charg-
es and obligations of the said town
of Covington, for the year 1917, as
shown by the budget for the year
1912, adopted by the said town
council.
Section 2. Be it further erdain-
ed. etc., That in addition to the levy
of the miilage specified above, an ad-
ditional mill tax on the dollar Is
hereby levied for the year 1911, on
all taxable property, taxable under
the laws of the State of Louisiana,
situated in the town OF CoVlngton.
according to the assessed value OF
said property es shown by the as
sessment roll for the year 1911, as
| a special tax incurred by the tax
PAYERS at special election held for
the purpose of erecting O pubic
school building in the town or Gov
ington, and that as said special tax
of mills is collected the same De
turned over to the School Treasurer
for the purpose of paying the inter-
est and principal of the bonds au-
thorized at said special election.
| Section 8. Be it further ordained
etc, That the tax collector be and
he is hereby authorized and instruct
/! ed to proceed with the collection or
| the taxes for the year 1911, accord
ing to the assessment roll for 1911,
and the provisions and instructions
herein.
| It was moved by Leon Hebert,
Iseconded by Paul J. Lacroix, that
the above ordinance be adopted.
Upon which motion the following
voted yea: Robert L. Aubert, E.
Beaucoudray, Leon Hebert, Paul J.
lLacroix and J. Louis Smith. And
the following voted nay: None
Absent-M. P. Planche.
F. G.. MARRERO,
L IN
Secretary.
| BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1912.
Revenues from taxation,
as per assessment roll
Il for the year 1911. 65O0.0(
Revenues from license
taxes levied for the
wear 1911. 10000
Total revenues for
the year 1911. 142OO.ON
Amounts to be paid out OF sait
amount:
, TO payment of all sala-
ries for officers and
employees oo4o.o'
+ TO payment for electric
VI lights for the town
for 1911. ......... 5eVo.o
To payment for water
Y services for the town
for 1911. 5oV.o
To payment of appropri-
alton to Firemen AS
t sociation looV.o
G To payment on outstand-
], ing Indebtedness due
by town for shells. lOOO.O
To payment of salaries
g for teachers of Gov
r ington high school,. l20O.o
To payment of mafnte-
nance of the M. c. B.
d Library 4oV.o
g To payment of due on
, note and interest for
e purchase of Bogue Fa-
II laya Park. ........ 660.O
b TO payment for working
streets, ETC., or so
much thereof as may
- be necessary 2450.0
n Total amount of
c. Budget for 1912 14200.O
The items fixed in the above Bu'
get for the year 1912 is based c
&c the specifcate appropriation for eae
Y tenn hereinabove shown. That a
= surpluses of each or any of sa
2. TENS, should there be any, is to /
IS paid into the General Fund, subje
> to such appropriations as may
I deemed necessary hereafter.