St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-07-19
PETITION.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
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To the Honorable, the Police Jury
OF the Parish of st. Tammany
State of Louisiana.
The undersigned citizens and prop.
erty tar payers of police jury ward 3
parish of St. Tammany, La, being
and constituting more than 6ne-third
OF the property taxpayers in said
police jury ward, parish of St. Tam
many. entitled to vote in the election
herein prayed for, in number and
value. respectfully request your hon
orable body to order special cleo
ton to be held In police jury ward
), parish OF st. Tammany, La. for the
purpose Of submitting to the prop
erty taxpayers of said police jury
ward 3, parish of st. Tammany, La.
who are qualified to vote in said cleo
ton under the constitution and laws
OF the State Of Louisiana, the ques-
ton whether the said property tax
payers 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 period Of ten (1O) years, q
special tax of two (2) mills on the
dollar on all Of the assessable prop
erty in said police jury ward 3, of
st. Tammany parish, La, until the
full sum of twenty-six thousand five
hundred ($26,5O0) dollars is there
by collected.
Said tax to be levied for and said
sum to be paid to the Gulfport &
Western Railroad Company, cor
poration organized under the lawe
of the State of Mississippi and domi-
ciled at Gulfport, in the county of
Harrison, State of Mississippi, for the
purpose of aiding in building and the
operation of railroad from a point
on the east side of police jury ward T
s, parish of ST. Tammany, La, and |
in westerly direction across
said police jury ward and through |
police jury ward 10 and police jury
ward 3, to point in the town of
parish of st. Tammany,
La. Said special tax to be levied and
collected during the years 1914, 1915.
1915, 1917. 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921. I,
1922 and 1923, and the proceeds
hereof up to the aforesaid sum of
wenty-six thousand five hundred
.$26, 5000 dollars, to be paid annual
as collected, to the said Gulfport &
Western Railroad Company. its sue |
essors or assigns, provided that the I
aid railroad shall be completed and
d operation ON or before the LIST 6
ay of July, 1915, from Gulfport. s
diss.. to a point in the town of Cow /
ngton, parish of st. Tammany, La.
That said special election be order
and held pursuant to Article 270 {
the constitution of the State of 9
oufsiana. Act No. 202, page 4S3 of F
ne General Assembly of Louisiana d
n the year 1898. and Act No. 20. t
age &c of the General Assembly b
the State of Louisiana, for t
le year 1904, and in all respects +
ccording to law, not sooner than y
lirty (30) days after the official F
utilization of this petition and the ii
rdinance Of your honorable body or. 7
ering said election. 7
That the police jury on behalf of t,
olice jury ward 8. of the parish OF O
!. Tammany, La, shall after due
Id legal delays and the due an6
gal PRONUNCIATION of said election
pass an ordinance levy
g such tax for the time and for the OF
'ars hereinabOve specified, and des- til
mating the years for which said tax in
all be levied and collected. to
Signed by 1872 property taxpayers. al
Moved by Geo. F. Bierhorst, Sec
ded by Jno. A. Todd. that a COM ct
lttee be appointed to check up the (er
,ners of the petitions, with the as pc
Isment rolls and poll list. leo