St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-07-19

ton ut the polling booth in Covina
ton, La: Commissioner S. d. Ar
derson, N. C. Day and Robert L. Al
bert. Clerk-Julian H. Smith.
i Section 8. Be it further ordained
ETC.. That this ordinance shall tax
effect from and after its promulga
ton.
! Yeas: Louis Peters. VIM. Bruh
HI. Schultz, Geo. F. Bierhorst, E. T
Talley, A. D. Crawford, Jno. A. Todd
~. 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 t. Honorable, the Police Jury o
the Harish of st. Tammany, Sta:
of louisiana.
The undersigned citizens and prop
erty taxpayers of police jury ward 6
parish Of St. Tammahy, La, being
and constituting more than one thir'
of the property taxpayers in sale
police jury ward, parish of st. Tam
many, Louisiana, entitled to vote II
the election herein prayed for. II
number and value, respectfully. lie
quest your honorable body to orie1
q special election to be held in polio.
jury ward 6, parish of st. Tammany
La, for the purpose OF submitting
to the property taxpayers OF sale
police jury ward s, parish OF 81
Tammany, La, who are qualified t.
vote in said election under the con
stitution and laws of the State o.
Louisiana. the question whether the
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 a period
ten (10) years, a special tax OF two
(2) mills on the dollar on all o!
the assessable property in said police
jury ward s. of St. Tammany parish
La, until the full sum of seventeen
thousand ($17,OOO) is thereby col
lected.
Said tax to be levied for and sale
sum to be paid to the Gulfport &
Western abroad Company, a cor
poration organized under the laws o.
the State of Mississippi, and domicil.
ed at Gulfport. County of Harrison
State of Mississippi, for the purpose
of aiding in building and the opera.
ton of a railroad from point e
the east side of police jury ward 6
parish of st. TammaLy, La, and run
ming in westerly direction across
said police jury ward s, and through
police jury ward 10 and police jury
ward 3, to a point in the town o:
Covfngtcn, 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,OOO)
dollars to be pad annually as
collected, to the said Gulfport &
Western Railroad Company, its sue.
cessors or assigns, provided that the
said railroad shall be completed anG
in operation on or before the LIST day
of July, 1915, from Gulfport, Miss
to point in the town of Covington
parish of st. Tammany, La.
That said special election be or
dered and held pursuant to Article
27O of the constitution of the STATE
Of Louisiana, Act No. 202, page 4S:
of the General Assembly of Louisi.
ma, for the year 1898, and Act No.
%, page 26 of the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana for the veal
1904, and in all respects according
% law. not sooner than thirty 900 |
lays after the official publication O
his petition and the ordinance O. |
7our honorable body ordering said |
election.
That the police jury on behalf of |
'olice jury ward 6, of the parish of |
It. Tammany, La, shall, after due |
md legal delays and the due aud
esal PRONUNCIATION of said elec,ion
pass an ordinance levy
ng such tax for the time and for the
ears hereinabOve specified, and des
gnating the years for which said tay
hail be levied and collected.
Signed by fiftrthree (53) prop
rty taxpayers.
Moved by Geo. F. Bierhorst, Sec
nded by Jno. A. Todd, that a com.
littee be appointed to check up thu
gners of the petition with the as.
rolls and poll list. K
The following committee was an. {
ointed:
9Th ward, A. D. Crawford and Gee (
Bierhorst. 1t
The committee reported that they +,
'undi a sufficient number of voters e
i'd signed the petition. K
Moved by A. d. Crawford, second.
by Geo. F. Bierhorst, that the fol- g
wing ordinance be adopted: e
AN OpnINAN<sr It
An ordinance ordering an election
pursuance to petition of the prop II
ty taxpayers of police jury ward 6 J
irish o. st. Tammany, Louisiana
r the purpose of submitting to the
operty taxpayers entitled to vote Is,
Great. the proposition of whether
not they will authorize the police
ry OF st. Tanlmany parish to levy
ID collect annually, from year tc 7
ar. a special tax Of two (2) mile
the dollar. for ten (1O) years. OF
assessable property in said ward
the amount of seventeen thou lei
n d { $17,000.O0) dollars p
favor OF the Gulfport & Western q,
'ilroad Company, for the purpose O
aiding said Gulfport & Western p'
'llroad Company, in building and m
Grating a standard guage steam II
broad from the town of Gulfport. n,
49,, to point in the town Of Gov. q
ton. Louisiana, the avails of such .
to be paid annually to said rail. ju
I'd company, it's successors or as. II
MS, provided that said Gulfport & ~ ~
'stern Railroad Company, or such =,
lroad as it may form part of shall We
re been completed and in opera St
on or before the LIST day of July :. -
D.. 1915, fixing the date and pro- Va
ing the manner Of ho'dling such Of
ction. to
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