St. Tammany farmer., 1913-08-09
PETITION.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
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To the Honorable, the Police Jury
OF the Parish of St. Tammanv

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To the Honorable, the Police Jury
of the Parish of St. Tammany
State Of Louisiana.
erty tax payers Of police jury ward 8
parish OF st. Tammany, La, being
and constituting more than one-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 q special elec-
tion to be held in police jury ward
3, parish Of st. Tahmany, La. for tho
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 elec-
tion under the constitution and laws
OF the State Of Louisiana, the ques-
tfon 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 yeas to year.
Tor . period Of ten (10) years, a
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 ($26,500) 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 laws
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
s, parish of st. Tammany, La, and
running In westerly direction acress
said police jury ward 6 and through
police jury ward 10 and police jury
ward 3, to q point In the town of
parish Of st. Tammany,
La. Said special tax to be levied and
collected during the years 1914, 1915,
1916, 1917, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1921.
1922 and 1923, and the proceeds
thereof up to. the aforesaid sum Of
thousand five hundred
($26, 5000 dollars, to be paid annual
" as collected, to the said Gulfport &
Western Railroad Company, its sue
cessorS or assigns, provided that the
said railroad shall be completed and
In operation ON or before the 1st
lay Of July, 1915, from Gulfport
Miss, to q point in the town of Gov.
ngton, parish Of st. Tammany, La.
That said special election be order
ID and held pursuant to Article 27O
II the constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana, Act No. 2O2. page 483 Of
he General Assembly Of Louisiana
or the year 1898, and Act No. %:
rage IS Of the General Assembly
Il the State of Louisiana, for
he year 1904, and In all respects
to law, not sooner than
hirty (30) days after the Official
of this petition and the
ordnance Of your honorable body or
lering said election.
That the police jury on behalf Of |
'olice jury ward I. Of the parish o.
It. Tammany, La, shall after due |
md legal delays and the due and I
egal PRONUNCIATION OF said election
pass an ordinance levy
ne such tax for the time and for the
ears hereinaboye specified, and des-
gnating the years for which said tar
hall be levied and collected,
Signed by 137 property taxpayers.
Moved BY Geo. r. Bierhorst, Sec !,
nded by Jno. A. Todd, that com-