St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-03-01
Numerous Counts Charge.
Unlawful Acts and I'm
becoming Conduct.
MAYOR DENIES
He IS GUILTY
Charges In Interviews With
Picayune and States Is
Being Prosecuted.

me petition for the impeachment
OF mayor Glfss0n. Of Abita Sprfnps
mas been filed and the case will coine
up ct the March term OF the Distric.
Court. More than ordinary Interest
mas been aroused in the case from,
the publicity that has been given "a
It In the New Orleans papers a. well
AS the local press. When the nett,
tton was first circulated Mayors Gi;a-
son onered to bet that fifteen sigma
lures could not be obtained. Thirty
one names, however, were attached
Several OF these names Mayor Glis-
son claimed were not citizens and
taxpayers. as the law requires. This,
We understand, is not denied BY the
0pposttion. but an afIldavit furnished
District Aatt0rney Vol Brock sete
forth that more than twenty-five Of
the signers are taxpayers and citizens
It seems to have resolved itself down
to . point where the only question
u whether the charges are sufficient
and can be proved. The petition re-.
cites the following charges:
That Illegal and unlawful holding
Or attempting to- hold q meeting Of
the board Of aldermen Of the town
q Abita ap1fnxN HontrnrY and a9ainsf
the law. - provided In Act 1876 OF
1893, under which the town il In
corporated: the unlawful transaction
OF business at meeting 1T which
there was no quorum, said meeting
being q special meeting and unlaw-
fully called; that he, the mayor.
ordered the clerk to record q quorum
as present when in fact there was
not quorum Or majority of the
hoard present; that at said meeting
the ordinance levying the annual Ii.
cense tax on individuals and corpora.
tons was passed. and that certain
individuals becoming aware of the H.
legality Of the ordinance have refus-
ed to pay the tax and the town has
been denied the use Of the funds:
that he, the mayor, ordered the clerk
% inscrfbe the proceedings OF said
illegal meeting on the Official minute
book to become part of the records 4
of the town of Abita Springs; that he
and unlawfully ordered
he street commissioners to open anss
work new roads In said town, caus
ng an outlay of the towns funds
without the sanction OF the board aof
aldermen and contrary to the pro
1isions Of Act 136 Of 1898.
Count Ninth" which seems to
have been the bone of contention Of |
most prominence, we quote in full:
That some time during the latter
part of the year 1912 he did pur-
;hase for his own account certain |
road machine, at cost of fifty dol
ars. from one G. e. Whitehead, Of |
Ola, Louisiana; that he used the
aid machine on the streets OF the
own Of Abita Springs, Louisiana, end
hat he has wrongfully, unlawfully /
md contrary to law. tried to use his
,filcial influence on the various mem
,ers Of board OF aldermen sof the
own OF Abita SpringH Louisiana, In
o paying for said road machine out
he funds OF said town, which the
aid board of aldermen refused tc
lO." That there Il nothing on the
minutes of the town showing that It's
was authorized, but that
It = meeting held January 6, 1913:
le introduced the following bill: |,
Town OF Abita Springs, Dr., to c. E.
Whitehead. ore road machine, at
5O.0O." and prevailed upon tvs al
ermen present to wrongfu1iy approve
'ayment Of same out OF towns f,lnis;
hat on the 7th Of January he unlaw
ully ordered the town clerk anl sec
etAry to- issue q warrant IN the E
reasurer for same, and that The
oucher or the minutes do not show
hat the bill was presented or It's ,
ayment authorized by the board;