St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-08-16

"reminiscences and clerk Of said cleo
ltion at the polling booth IN COving
ton, La: Commissioners $. D. An
derson, n. 6. Day and Robert T. An
bert. Clerk Julian II. Smith.
| Section s. BE II further ordained
etc. That this ordinance shall TAX
effect from and after its promulga
ton.
Yeas: Louis Peters, VIM Bruhl
+ II. Schultz, Geo. +. Bierhorst, =. =
Talley. A. D. Crawford, Jno. a. Todd
III, B. Howze and +. 4. Dutsch.
Absent B. A. Schneider.
The following petition was pre-
sente -.
PETITION.
| STATE OF LOUISIANA,
| Parish Of st. Tammany.
To Il Honorable, the Police Jury O
ths Parish OF ST. Tammany, Sta.
II of Louisiana.
The undersigned citizens and prop
Ierty taxpayers Of police jury ward 9
parish Of st. Tammany. La, be1nt
and constituting more than one th1re
of the property taxpayers In said
police jury ward, parish OF st. Tam
many, Louisiana, entitled to vote II
the election herein prayed Tor, =
number and value, respectfully, re
quest your honorable body to erdel
Z special election to be held in police
Jury ward IS, parish OF st. Tammany
La, for the purpose OF submitting
to the property taxpayers OF saio
police jury ward s, parish or 81.
Tammany, La, who are qualinea Is
vote In said election under the con.
stitution and laws Of the State o.
Louisiana. the question whether tns
said property taxpayers will authorize
your honorable body, the police jury
Of the parish of st. Tammany, La.
to assess, levy and collect annually
from year to year. for . period 0.
ten (1O) years, q special tax OF two
(2) mills on the dollar on all Of
the assessable property in said police
jury ward s, of st. Tammany parish
La, until the full sum Of seventeen
thousand ($17.000) is thereby col
lected
Said tax to be levied for and said
sum to be paid to the Gulfport &
Western ailroan Company, q cor
poraticn organized under the laws o.
the State OF Mississippi, and dom1cil-
ed at Gulfport, County Of Harrison
State Of Mississippi, for the purpose
Of aiding IN building and the opera.
ton Of railroad from point 8
the east side OF police jury ward 8
parish Of st. TammaLy, La, and run.
ming in q westerly direction across
said police jury ward 6, and through
police jury ward 10 and police jury
ward 3, to point in the town q
Covington, Parish Of st. Tammany
La. Said special tax to be levied
and collected during the years 1914
1915. 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
1921, 1922 and 1928, and the pro
ceeds thereof up to the aforesaid sum
Of seventeen thousand ($17 ,0OO)
dollars to be paid annually 81
collected, to the said Gulfport &
Western Railroad Company, its sue
cessors or assigns, provided that thu
said railroad shall be completed ant
in operation on or before the 1st day
Of July, 1915, from Gulfport, Miss.
to q point In the town Of Covington
parish OF st. Tammany, In.
That said special election be or.
|dered and held pursuant to Article
+ 7O OF the constitution of the STATE
LOT Louisiana, Act No. 202, page 48:
of the General Assembly Of Louisi
ana, for the year 1898, and Act No
%, page 26 of the General Assembl,
of the State Of Louisiana for the veal
1904, and in all respects according
to law, not sooner than thirty (30)
days after the official publication o.
this petition and the ordinance O
your honorable body ordering said
election.
That the police jury on behalf o.
police jury ward 6, Of the parish Of
st. Tammany, La, shall, after due
and legal delays and the due an6
legal PRONUNCIATION of said erection
Immediately pass an ordinance levy.
ing such tar for the time and for tht
years hereinabove specified. and des.
ignating the years for which said tai
shall be levied and collected.
Signed by fifty-three (53) prop.
erty taxpayers.
Moved BY Geo. r. Bierhorst. sec.
onded by Jno. "A. Todd, that com
mittee be appointed to check up thu
|signers Of the petition with the As
sessment rolls and poll list
The following COMMITTEES WAS ap.
pointed:
9Th ward. a. D. Crawford and Geo
r. Bierhorst.
The committee reported that they
found suflcient number Of voters
had signed the petition.
Moved by A. D. Crawford. second
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