St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-07-22
MEETING Of
POLICE JURY
Sheriff's Annual Report Ac-
cepted; Quietus Given.
Appropriated $4,000 for the
HookWorm Treatment.
Request Made by DIR Adams
Before the Board.
Tax Ordinance Passed for
Coming Year.

Covington, La, July II, 1911.
The Police Jury met in regular
session on above date
Present-Geo. Koepp, Jr., Presi-
dent: Mark Fitzgerald, Herman
Schultz, Geo. r. Bierhorst, Crawford
Williams, A. D. Crawford, J. J. Gu
sachs, B. A. Schneider and ]. w.
| Decker.
| Absent-None.
On motion, duly seconded. the
reading of the minutes of the previ-
Gus meeting was dispensed with.
The president stated that it was
in order to elect officers for the en-
suing year.
The following officers were unani-
mously elected for the ensuing year:
President-Geo. Koepp, Jr.
Secretary-E. D. Kentzel.
Treasarer-A. A. Frederick.
The St. Tammany Farmer was
made the official journal for the en-
suing year.
DR.. J. F. Pigott was elected health
officer
1t was moved and duly seconded
that $1,000 be appropriated toward
conveying Mrs. Chas. Schmolke to
New Orleans and careing for her.
Carried,
The salaries OF the justices of the
peace and constables were fixed for
the ensuing year as falloWs:
First Ward $4,000 each.k
Second Ward-$4000 001seach.
Third Ward-$5O.O each.
Fourth Ward-$4O.00 each.
Fifth Ward 4OsgO each.
Sixth Ward--$40.0 .06 each.- s.,
Seventh Ward-s4O.O 90 each.
The following petition was reau.:-
To the Honorable President and
Members of the Police Jury of
the Parish of ST. Tammany, State
of Louisiana.
The petition of NemOur Cousin OF
said parish with spect represents:
That in April, 1909, petitioner had
certain lands owned by him near
Bayou Lacombe surveyed by Howard
Burns, Deputy Parish Surveyor Of
tliis Parish, and caused said lands
to be subdivided into squares, lots,
streets, alleys, etc., all as designated
and shown on plat of said survey
made by Howard Burns, surveyor, in
April, 1909, which plat of survey was
filed as an official record in the
| clerks Office of St. Tammany Par
ish, ON May II, 1909.
That the lands SO surveyed and
plated on said map were designated
| thereon as the First Cousin Addition
to the, town of Oaklawn, on Bayou
Lacombe, St. Tammany Parish, La,
and consisted of two parts designat-
ed on said map as the Southern Di-
vision and the Western Division
all as will eb seen my reference to
said official map.
Petitioner AYERS that on the 18th
day of May, 1909, he signed and
executed a dedication inscribed on
said map, by which he dedicated to
public use, all the streets and alleys
laid off and designated on said map
in said Southern and Western Di.
visions of the town of Oaklawn.
Petitioner shows that it was his
int ention at the time to sell ant
dispose of the lots and squares il
said divisions of land, but that he
has never sold any of said lots OF
squares, and still owns all of tht
! same.
That the streets and alleys lait
Off on said map have never beer
used by the public, that they hav,
been abandoned and are no longe
needed for public purposes.
That petitioner desires to avail
himself of the provisions of Act No
ISL of the General Assembly of tn
State of Louisiana of the year 1910
: authorizing Police Juries to set asid
the dedication of public streets, lots
: etc, within their Jurisdiction.
Wherefore petitioner prays tha
e your honorable body revoke and SC
1 aside the dedication of the street
4 and alleyways in said Southern an
Western Divisions of the town c
e Oaklawn at Bayou Lacombe, desif
$ mated on the aforesaid map so mad
e by Howard Burns, Deputy Paris
I Surveyor, so that the ownership {
= said streets and alleways sha
l revert to petitioner and again b.
e come subject to taxation.
And he prays for general relic
$ etc. ELLIS & WHITE,
Attorneys for Petitione
On motion of j. J. Cusachs, Sc
orded by ]. w. Decker, the folio,
ing resolution was adopted:
If Be it ordained by the Police Jul
o of the Parish of St. Tammany, th
n the dedication to public use heret
# fore made by Nemours Cousin {
$ May II, 1909, of streets and allie
J. ways designted on plat OF surv'
IS made by Howard Burns, Depu
s. Parish Surveyor, as shown by mi
p filed in the clerks Office of st. Tai
many Parish, May IT, 1903, sa
streets and alleways being on t
i Southern and Western Divisions
the First Cousin Addition TO t
al town of Oaklawn in st. Tamma
1t Parish, La, be and the same is !