The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-05-10

be paid into the treasury OF the par
ish, but that they declined to bind
hemselves to any conditions be-
fore that was done.
The ,mmittee Of the School
Board stated that they could not
agree to so act, as they would ex-
coed their authority if they did.
After a lengthy and full discus.
sion of the matter by the gen.
tlemen of the committees and the
members of the Police Jury the
following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Haydel, who moved it's
adoption;
Whereas, the Atchafalaya Bay Ship
Channel Co.. has sold the channel dug
by it to the United States Government,
and,
Whereas, the said company received
for the said channel from the govern
ment the full amount expended in dig
ding said channel, and,
Whereas, large amount of the
money used in digging said channel
was realized by the levy and collec-
ton of a special tax on all the prop
erty in the parish of St. Mary, and,
Whereas, the promoters of this said
channel enterprise at the time said
work was contemplated, in order to
induce the people to vote said tax,
promised, at that time, in the event
the channel was sold to the govern
ment, to return to the Police Jury Of
the Parish of St. Mary, all of the
money realized from said special tax,
to be used for public road or public
school purposes, as is evidenced by a
resolution of said company. and,
Whereas, the said channel company
now has in its possession large
amount of money realized from said
tax and is continuing to collect said
tax, and,
Whereas, the object and purpose for
which the tax was voted has been ac-
complished and the channel sold to
the government.
Therefore be it resolved by the
Police Jury OF the Parish of st. Mary,
that a committee of seven members be
appointed to meet a like committee
appointed bg the Mayors of the incor-
porated towns of the Parish of st
Mary, and a like committee be appoint
ed by the School Board, and that said
committee call upon the Atchafalaya
Bay Ship Channel Company and re-
quest that it comply with its resolution
and with the promises of its promo
tiers, and return the money now in its
possession and to be collected from
said tax to the Police Jury Of the Par
ish of st. Mary, for public roads and
public school purposes. and.
Therefore be it resolved, that when
the Channel Company returns the said
money in its possession to the Police
Jury, that the Police Jury then deliver
to the incorporated towns the amount
of money collected from said towns
and retain the balance in its hands,
aud that each of the said towns and
the Police Jury of the Parish OF st
Mary appropriate forty per cent OF
said amount to the School Board OF
the Parish Of st. Mary, for public
school purposes, and the remainder
be devoted to public roads.
There being DO second to Mr..
Haydel's motion to adopt the res
olutioD, it vas not acted upon by
the Jury.
Judge T M. Milling then ap-
peared before the Jury for the
purpose of correcting a statement,
which he had been informed had
been made before the Jury by
Mr.. Davis in his talk on the At
chafayala AK question, in regard
to the collection of the tax while
he was District Attorney and
represent = g the Police Jury at a
meeting of the stockholders Of the
Atchafayaia Ship ChanDel Com.
pany. Then Mr.. Davis stated
that he had not made the state
ment in his talk that was convey
ed to Judge Milling.
On motion of Mr.. Drackett,
seconded by Mr.. Bourgeois and
carried, that action on the Atchay
falaya tax matter be deferred O.
the Jury until it's next regular
meeting.
On motion Of Mr.. Drackett, Sec
onded by Mr.. Boudleaux and
carried, that the District Attorney
be authorized to 60 before the
Atchafayala Bay Ship Channel
Company and demand that they
return the tax money now in its
possession over to the Police Jury
without any conditions whatever,
and for him to report at the next
regular meeting.
A petition was then presented.
signed by residents in the eighth
ward, which on motion of Mr..
Goocn, seconded by Mr.. Robi-
chaux, was ordered accepted and
spread upon the minutes as fol-
lows:
State of Louisiana,
Parish of ST. Mary.
We, the undersigned citizens of the
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