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

=|1s31. 1922 and 1928. and the pro
ceeds thereof up to the sum Of 81,
Thousand five hundred ($6,5OO.OO.
dollars. to be annually paid q
collected, to the said Gulfport {
Western Railroad Company, its sue
cessors or assigns, provided that tn,
said railroad shall be completed ant
In operation on or before the 1st da.
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 Articl,
go OF the constitution Of the State
OF Louisiana. Act No. 2O2. page 48:
OF the General Assembly Of Louisi
ana. for the year 1898, and Act No
23, page 26 of the General Assembly
OF the State Of Louisiana for the yea
! 1904, and in all respects accordins
to law, not sooner than thirty (3O)
days after the official publication o:
this petition and the ordinance o,
your honorable body ordering sail
election.
That the police jury ON behalf
police jury ward 10, of-the parish Of
st. Tammany. La, shall, after due
and legal delays and the due and
legal PRONUNCIATION of said election
Immediately pass an ordinance levy.
ing such tax for the time and for the
years hereinabove specified. and dos
ignating the years for which said tas
shall be levied and collected.
Signed by seventy-one CID prop.
|erty taxpayers.
Moved by Geo. F. Bierhorst. Sec
onded by Jno. A. Todd, that 4 COM
mittee be appointed to check up the
signers Of the petition with the as
sessment rolls and poll list.
The following committee was ap-
pointed:
10th ward. F. L. Dutch and J. D
Howe.
The committee reported that they
found sufficient number of voters
had signed the petition.
Moved by A. D. Crawford, second.
ed BY Geo. F.. Bierhorst, that the fol.
lowing ordinance be adopted:
At; ORDINANCE
An ordinance ordering an election
in pursuance to petition of the prop
erty taxpayers of police jury ward 10.
parish of st. Tammany. Louisiana
including the town of Abita Springs
for the purpose of submitting to the
property taxpayers entitled to vote
thereat, the proposition Of whether
or not they will authorize the ploice
jury OF st. Tammany parish to levy
and collect annually, from year to
year, a SPECIAL tax of two (2) mills on
the dollar for ten (1O) years, on all
accessible property in said ward, tc
the amount of six thousand five hun
dred ($65OO) dollars, in favor of the
Gulfport & Western Railroad Com.
pany. for the purpose of aiding said
Gulfport & Western Railroad Com.
pany in building and operating a
standard guage- steam railroad from
the town of Gulfport, Miss. to
point in the town Of Covington, LOU
isiana, the availls of such tax to be
paid annually to sad company, its
successors or assigns, provided said
Gulfport & Western Railroad Com
pany. or such railroads as it may form
part of shall have been completed and
In operation on or before the LIST day
of July, A. D., 1915, fixing the date
and providing the manner Of holding
such election.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
police jury Of the parish of St. Tam.
many, La, in special session conven-
ID for this purpose. That by reason
II the foregoing petition an election
IT the legally qualified property tax.
payers OF said police jury ward 10 OF
st. Tammany parish, La, be held on
he 18th day of August, 1913, at the I
'olling places at which the last pre-
eding general election was held, in
accordance with the general election
avs of the State, SO far as applicable
nd especially Article go OF the Con.
Of Louisiana and Act No.
O2 of the General Assembly of Lou
'iana approved July IA, 1898. and
ct amendatOry thereof, for the pur-
ose OF taking the sense OF the prop. /,
rty taxpayers in said police Jury
ard 10 of St. Tammany parish, La.
D levy SPECIAL tax Of two (2) mills |.
n the dollar on all of the property
said police jury ward subject to tax. I,
lion for ten years runtil the sun
six thousand five hundred ($65O0a II
oilars shall be collected and paid tc
Aid Gulfport & Western Railroad b
ompany, q corporation organized
nder the laws of the State of Mis-
ssippi and domiciled at Gulfport, in
le county of Harrison, Mississippi
aid In the. building and construc- ,
on and operation of q standard u
lage steam railroad from q point in
e east side of police jury ward six
irish Of st. Tammany. La, and rum
ing In westerly direction across