St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-07-12
PROCEEDINGS
POL|CEJURY
IN RA|LR0D
+. MATTER
THE GUI4FPORT AND WESTERN
RAILROAD TO BE VOTED ON
BY THE PEOPLE.
TAXPAYERS PETITION
THAT ELECTION Be HELD

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THAT ELECTION Be Hell
The Police Jury Fxes the Date
the Election for
August 16, 1913.
Covfngton, La. July IL, 1913.
The police jury met in regula
! session on above date, pursuant I
adjournment.
Present: Herman Schultz. pres
dent; Louis Peters, VIM. Bruhl, Gee
+. Bierhorst. e E. Talley, A. L
crawford. JnO. A. Todd and F. I
Dutsch.
Absent: B. A. Schneider.
The following petition was pre-
scented:
PETITION.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. Tammany.
To the Honorable, the Police Jur.
OF the Parish of st. Tammany
State of Louisiana.
me undersigned citizens and prop
erty tax payers of police jury ward 3
parish of st. Tammany, La, being
ana 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 cleo
ton to be held in police jury ward
8. 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
for q period Of ten (1O) 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. a cor
p0ration 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 Z railroad from a point
on the east side Of police jury ward
s, parish of st. Tammany, La, and
running In q westerly direction across
said police jury ward and through
police jury ward 10 and police jury
ward 3, to . point in the town Of
Covington, parish of st. Tammany,
La. Said special tax to be levied and
collected during the years 1914, 1915. /
1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921,
1892 and 1923. and the proceeds
thereof up to the aforesaid sum of
twenty-six 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 LIST
day Of July, 1915. from Gulfport
Miss, to 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
Act No. 2O2, page 483 of
he General Assembly of Louisiana
or the year 1898, and Act No. 20.
age rs of the General Assembly I
4 the State of Louisiana, for 1
he year 1904. and in all respects q
to law, not sooner than
hirty (30) days after the official j
publication Of this petition and the t
rdinance of your honorable body or Z
ering said election. II
That the police jury on behalf of t
olice jury ward 3, Of the parish o. c
t. Tammany, La, shall after due
nd legal delays and the due ant
gal PRONUNCIATION of said election
Is such tax for the time and for the o
ears hereinabove specified, and des- t
mating the years for which said tax ii
lall be levied and collected. t,
Signed by 1872 property taxpayers. a
MOV0U ny IcO. r. 0l0TuOISl, SCI"
lded by Jno. A. Todd, that COM e,
ittee be appointed to check up the Ell
gners Of the petitions. with the as p
ssment rolls and poll list. CT
The following committee was ap- ii
tinted: to
Sd ward, Herman schults and Louis d,
tiers. b.
The committee reported that they
d found that q SUFFICIENT number Of ct
tiers had signed the petition ef
Moved by A. d. Crawford, second tt,
by Geo. +. Bierhorst, that the fol-
wing ordinance be adopted: H
AN ORDINANCE. II
An ordinance ordering an election ].
pursuance to petition Of the prop
, taxpayers Of police jury ward 3:
luding the town of .Covington SCI
rish Of st. Tammany. Louisiana.
) the purpose OF submitting to the
,perty taxpayers entitled to vote
treat. the proposition Of whether To
not they will authorize the police
y OF st. Tammany parish to levy
collect annually, from year tc
y, special tar Of two (2) mills ert
the doliAv for ten t10) yensss on ~