St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-28
ORDINANCE NO. /.

ora;rance calling q special
election In the town OF Manoesllo'
:.ouisiana, for the purpose OF SUI
hitting to the property tax PAYERS
81 said town qualified to vote unue'
Tho constitution and laws OF Lou,
isiana. a proposition to levy speclal
tax Of Ave mills on all the ta1aoie
nronerty within said town, LOT q
neriod of twenty years beginning
with the wear 1913, and ending Win
tho wear 1882, for the purpose OF
constructing a sea wall or Dreah
water along the lake front OF SAID
town from Claudel street to Caronae-
let street, and filling in behind sucn
sea wall or breakwater, the title 20
which work shall be in the puollc,
and to submit to such property tax
nayers the proposition to incur deDts
for such purposes, equal " .ns
amount of proceeds OF sucn tax, .nu
to issue negotiable bonds tnere1ol.
not to exceed ten per centum ol
the assessed value OF the properly
within said town, and bearing inter-
est at the rate of five per cent per
annum. interest payable annually.
Whereas petition in writing mas
been presented to the Mayor and
BOARD of Aldermen of the town OF
Mandevile, Louisiana, signed by more
than one-fourth of the property tax
payers of said town eligible to vote
at a special election, requesting me
calling of an election by said town
authorities for the purpose OF SID
hitting to the property tax paJers
If said town qualified to vote unC'.f
the ccnstitut:cn and laws OF Lo'l.s:-
ana. a proposition to levy spec'al
tax of five mills on all Of the taxable
property within said town, for q
period OF twenty years, for the pAr-
pose of constructing sea wall OF
breakwater along the lake from. OF
said town from Claudel street 70 Ca
rondelet street. and filling IN De-
hind such sea wall or breakwater,
and to incur Indebtedness, and to
issue negotiable bonds therefor:
| therefore,
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen OF
the town of Vaudeville, that speciai
election be held in said town on the
| 22d day of October, 1912, at Which
time the question OF levying special
| tax of five mills per annum on the
| dollar upon the taxable property
within the limits of said town, for a
period of twenty years beginning
with the year 1913 and ending with
the year 1892, for the purpose OF
constructing sea wall or break
water along the lake front OF said
| town from Claudel street to Caron-
| delet sire, &al filing in behind
such sea wall or breakwater, shall
be submitted to the property tax pay
ers of said town who are entitled to
vote under the Constitution and laws
If the State of Louisiana. and a'so
20 incur debt for the purposes above
stated, and to issue negotiable bonds
therefor to the amount OF such tax
for said period of twenty years, and
| not to exceed ten per centum Of the
assessed value of the property within
said town, and bearing interest at
the rate of five per centum per an
| mum, interest payable annually.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
that said election shall be held al
the regular polling plac, in said
town, between the hours Of seven
o'clock a. m. and i've O'CLOCK p. ~.
Adopted September IL. 1912.
under the elect y. laws ri this
State.
| Approved September II, 1a1?