St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-07-12
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Voter
!: Notice to Voters: vote in favo
of the proposition rubmitted upol
this ballot place a cross (X) mar
in the square after the word YES
to vote against it place similar mari
after the word mo. -
| Section Z. Be It further ordained
ETC., That the following named prop
lerty qualified taxpaying voters Of sal.
Ipolice jury ward are hereby appointed
commissioners and clerk Of said cleo
ltiGn at the polling booth in the .sfx.l
ward: Commissioners-Emile sin
tgletary. Levy Grow and H. @. Parker
lClerk-Dave Evans.
Section 8. Be it further ordained
etc, That this ordinance shall take
effect from and after its promulga
ton.
Yeas: Louis Peters, VIM. Bruhl
III. Schultz. Geo. r. Bierhorst, F.. E
Talley. A. D. Crawford, Jno. A. Todd
u. B. Howe and F. L. Dutsch.
Absent: B. A. Schneider.
The following petition was pre-
sented:
PETITION.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of st. Tammany.
To the Honorable. the Police Jury of
the Parish of st. Tammany. State
of Louisiana.
The undersigned citizens and prop
erty taxpayers Of police jury ward 10.
parish Of st. Tammany, La. being
and constituting more than one third
of the property taxpayers in said
police jury ward, parish Of st. Tam
many, Louisiana, entitled to vote In
the election herein prayed for, in
and value, respectfully, re-
quest your honorable body to order
q special election to be held in police
jury ward 10, parish of st. Tammany
La, for the purpose OF submitting
to the property taxpayers of said
police jury ward 10, parish Of st.
La, who are qualified tc
vote in said election under the con-
stitution and laws Of the State Of
the question whether the
said property taxpayers will authorize
your honorable body, the police jury
Of the parish Of st. Tammany, La.
10 assess. levy and collect annually
rom year to year, for q period OF
GA \AVJ yC0A0S q OPCN10A t1A "a wv
I'D mills on the dollar on all OF
he assessable property in said police
ury ward 10, Of st. Tammany parish
a. until the full sum Of sir thou
and five hundred ($6,5O0) dollars
5 thereby collected.
Said tax to be levied for and said
um to be paid to the Gulfport &
Western Railroad Company, . COR
'oration organized under the laws Of |
he State of Mississippi, and domicil
d ct Gulfport, County of Harrison
tate Of Mississippi, for the purpose
I aiding in building and the opera.
lon Of railroad from q point on
be east side Of police jury ward 8
arish OF st. Tammany, La, and run
ing In 4 westerly direction across
aid police jury ward s, and through
olice jury ward 10 and police jury Il
ard 8, through corporation Of Abits
prings. to point in the town Of
ovington, Parish Of st. Tammany
q. Said special tax to be levied
nd collected during the years 1914 t
915. 1916, 1917. 1913, 1919, 1920 /
921, 1922 and 1923, and the pro- ]
,eds thereof up to the sum OF siy 4
five hundred ($6,5OO.0O)
,llars, to be annually paid as
to the said Gulfport q q
1estern Railroad Company, It's sue ]
'ss0rs or assigns, provided that the G
i'd railroad shall be completed an6 ]
operation on or before the LIST da. ]
July, 1915. from Gulfport. Miss r
s Q point in the town Of Covington Z
irish Of st. Tammany, La. %