St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-10

COUNCIL.
MEETING.
Meetin of the Town Council
Held on August 6.
Pound Keeper is Appointed
and Fees Fixed.
Council Petitioned as to the
Dumping of Trash.
Z Communication Asking for
Communication Asking for
Repair Of Sidewalk.
Covington, August 8, 1919.

The council met IN regular eC66lOn
on above date. Present-Actine
Mayor p. ]. Lacroix, D. l. Addison
| M. Planche, l.. A. PerreaDd. Leon
Hebert. Absent-Mayor f. G. Mar.
| rero, Emile Beaucoudray.
The minutes of last meeting were
read.
Moved and seconded that the min
utes be received as read and placed
| on the minute book.
The next thing in motion was the
following bid from Chas. H. Hetnts
for pound keeper for the ensuing
year:
To the Honorable Mayor and Mem
bers of the Town Council Of the
Town of Covington.
l herewith submit this my bid fol
pound keeper of the town of Cow
ington for the ensuing ye1r.
l will accept the position OF pound
keeper based upon the following fees,
to-wit:
Catching hogs ...... Loo per head
Catching goats ...... .75 per head
Catching sheep ...... rs Per head
Said fees to be paid by the owners
of said animals at the time they re-
deem said animals. Should the own
er or owners fail or refuse to redeem
said animal within the time 61od for
said redemption then / am to have
authority to advertise and seal said
animals after due public notice as
required by law, at public auction,
for cash, to the highest bidder. Ny
fees, costs OF the keep of eald AMI
mails, costs of advertisement, ETC., to
be paid out of said amount realized
from the sale OF said animals, bal
ance, ii any, to be turned over to
the owner.
Should the town council pass a
dog ordinance hereafter, / agree to
catch all dogs at the rate Of 81 per
head. Said amount to be pAia me
by the owner of said animal At the
time he redeems the came. Should
the owner fail or refuse to redeem
said animal within the time fixed for
said redemption, then agree to de-
stroy said animals at the rate of soc
per head. Said amount to be paid
by the aown of Covington.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. H. HEINTZ.
Moved and seconded that Mr..
Chas. H. Heintz's bid be accepted.
The following petition was read:
To the Honorable town Council.
We, the tax payers and citizens
OF the town of Covington. La, do
hereby petition your honorable body
to have the town discontinue dump
ing trash on vacant lot situated on
corner Of Jefferson and 28th Avenue
as the same is unhealthy and In
furious to surrounding property.
Respectfully submitted,
E. P. Singletary, Elias Haik, Phil
lip Hautey, F. Dummet, v. Cooper.
Moved and seconded that the above
petition be referred to the Improve.
ment Committee.
Carried.
The following communication was
read:
DR.. F. G. Marrero, Mayor of the
Town of Covington.
Dear Sir:-About two years aEc
we had brick sidewalk and curb
ing put in front Of our property. cor.
ner Boston and Florida Streets. with
the curbing sufficiently deep 1.-THE
bitches in the condition that they
were at that time) to make q good
substantial sidewalk and curbink.
but since then the bitches have been
repeatedly dug deeper until finally
the footing of the curbing was un-
earthed which naturally caused 1t tc
fall in. Now, feel that It is your
duty to make the necessary repairs
putting the sidewalk and curbink ir
their original condition, in other
words, feel that It is your duty te
replace the damage that you have
done through your Street Commits
sioner.
Trusting that you will give this
matter your prompt attention, am
Respectfully,
MRS. S. v. KENTZEL.
Per w. H. Kentxel.
Moved and seconded that the
above communication be referred to
the Improvement Committee.
Carried.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Corporation tax and cost 13s1.99
Four mill school tax. -. 1870
Special mill tax 366.34
Licenses -. 10 %
Flhes ......... $500
35ss.17