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

mittee be appointed to check up tn
Isigners Of the petitions, with the %
sessment rolls and poll list.
The following committee was ap
pointed:
Sd ward, Herman schultz and Loui
Peters.
The committee. reported that the.
had found that sufficient number Q
voters had signed the petition
Moved by A. D. Crawford, second
ed by Geo. r.. Bierhorst, that tho fol
lowing ordinance be adopted:
AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance ordering an election
in pursuance to petition OF the prop
erty taxpayers OF police jury ward 5
including the town of Covington
parish of st. Tammany. Louisiana
for the purpose of submitting to TIT
property taxpayers entitled to VOTE
thereat the proposition Of whether
or not they will authorize the police
Jury of st. Tammany parish to lev.
and collect annually, from year =
year, special tax OF two III mill
on the dollar for ten (10) years, o.
all assessable property in said ware
to the amount of twenty-six thou
sand five hundred ($26, 5000 dollars
n favor OF the Gulfport & Weste.r
Railroad Company, for the purpose
OF aiding said Gulfport & Western
Railroad Company, In building anc
operating a standard guage steam
railroad from the town OF Gulfport
Miss, to q point In the town OF Gov.
sineton. Louisiana, the avatls OF sucn
a tax to be paid annually to said rail-.
road company, it's successors or as.
signs. provided that said Gulfport :
Western Railroad Company, or sucn
railroad as 1t may form part OF snai
have been completed and in opera
tion on or before the LIST day OF july
q d. 1915. fixing the date and pro
yiding the manner OF holding sucn
election.
Section 1. Be it ordained by tne
police jury Of the parish OF ST. tam
many, La, in special session conVen.
ed for this purpose, That Dy reason
of the foregoing petition an eiectlon
Of the legally qualified property tax
payers OF said police jury ward three
Of St. Tammany parish, La, be heie
on the 18th day of August. 1918. q.
the polling places at which the las'
nrecedjnE general election was held
IN accordance with the general cleo
tion laws of the State, so Tar o.
applicable, and especially Article ~
If the constitution of Louisiana ano
Act No 202 Of the General Assembly
of Louisiana approved July II, 1898
and act amendatory thereof Tor the
purpose OF taking the sense OF tne
nroperty taxpayers in said police Jury
ward 3. OF st. Tammany parish. La.
70 lew a special tax OF two (z) MUS
an the dollar on all of the propert,
in said police jury ward subject g
taxation for ten (1O) years or unit
the sum of twenty-six Thousand nvs
hundred dollars shall pc coAectee
and paid to said Gulfport 4 western
railroad Company, corporation OF.
eanized under the laws OF the Stale
Of Mississippi and domiciled at Gull
mort. in the county of Harrison, MIS-,
siasippi to aid in the building ano
construction and operation OF g STAND
ard Ruage steam railroad from :
5nnint il the east side OF police jury
ward six parish Of st. Tammany, Ia.
and running in q westerly direction
across said police jury ward SIX anc
through police jury ward ten ane
police Jury ward three, to q POM
in the town of Coyington, parish
St Tammany, La, said special tai
to be levied ana coilece sn,1 W 1o a
during the years 1914, 1912 1 Sao
1917, 1918. 1919, lSzO, 1871. 49,
and 1928, and the proceeds Insreo
to be paid annually as coiiecteu "
to the sum Of tWenty-slx tnousane
i've hundred ($z6.5OO) doilaIs
to the Gulfport 4 western hallIoao
Company, its successors or assisns
provided said GulfpOrt western
Railroad Company, or sucn rAliiVsa ~
as It may form part o., snan = =.
completed and IN operation =. :.
before the 1st day OF July, 1917. 1r0n
Gulfport. MISS, 70 point ~ 81. =.
town OF COvington,, arlsn VI -
Tammany. La.
Section 2. Be It TURNER orualneu
etc, That the petftlon OF Inc pIup.
erty taxpayers and notice OF electio1
fixing time ana polllng places, ~.
the manner OF noloing saIu elss..o l.
and giving names q colnin, ns lsal .
OF election. and prescribing sne nan
ner OF counting the votes anu ma ~.
returns thereof snail ne puDIisne.
for more than thirty l5ol nays pre- $.
cedfng the holding OF sara e1ecllon y
the omc1al journal 81 o'. an ~
parish, II.
Section re Y IurtneI oIualne.1