St. Tammany farmer., 1913-08-09

commissioners and clerk of said elec
Ition at the polling booth IN C0ving
Iton. La: Commissioner S. D. An
|derson, M. c. Day and Robert Z. An
bert. Julian H. Smith.
i Section g.. BE It further ordained
|etc.. That this ordinance shall tak'
effect from and after it's promulga
|tion.,
1, Yeas: Louis Peters, VIM. Bruhl
H. Schultz. Geo. r. Bierhorst, p. p
Talley, A. D. Crawford. Jno. A. Todd
II. B. Howe and +. Z. Dutsch.
ABS Mt: B. A. Schneider.
The following petition was pre-
sentet,::
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of st. Tammany.
To the Honorable, the Police Jury O.
the arish Of st. Tammany, Stat
of Louisiana.
The undersigned citizens and prop
Ierty taxpayers of police jury ward 8
parish Of st. Tammany, La, beinl
and constituting more than one thire
Of the property taxpayers IN saio
police Jury ward, parish OF st. ram
/ many. Louisiana, entitled to vote II
the election herein prayed for, II
number and value, respectfully, re
quest your honorable body to orGel
a special election to be held in poilce
Jury ward 6, parish of st. Tammany
la. for the purpose of submitting
to the property taxpayers OF sald
police Jury ward s, parish OF ~.
| Tammany. La, who are Qualineo u
vote in said election under the con,
stitution and laws Of the state o.
Louisiana. the question whether the
said property taxpayers 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 q period O.
ten (1O) years, a special tax OF TWO
(2) mills on the dollar on all o.
the assessable property in said police
Jury ward 6, of st. Tammany parish
La. until the full sum of seventeen
thousand ($17, ,000) is thereby col
lected.
Said tax to be levied for and safe
sum to be paid to the Gul1port q
Western ailroa0 Company, COT
poration organized under the laws Q.
the State Of Mississippi, and domlcll.
ed at Gulfport, County OF Harrison
State of Mississippi, for the purpose
of aiding in building and the opera
ton OF a railroad from a point
the east side OF police jury ward 6
parish of st. TammaLy, La, and run
ming in a westerly direction across
said police jury ward 6. and throug}
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, 1913, 1919. 1920
1921, 1922 and 1928, and the pro-
ceeds thereof up to the aforesaid sum
of seventeen thousand ($17 ,0OO}
dollars to be pad annually as
collected, to the said Gulfport 4
Western Railroad Company, its sue
cessors or assigns, provided that the
said railroad shall be completed anc
in operation on or before the 1st day
of July, 1915. from Gulfport. Miss.
to point in the town OF Covtngton
parish of st. Tammany, La.
That said special election be or
dered and held pursuant to Article
27O OF the constitution OF the STATE
~ the ConaraI Assembly, AZ Ioufsi.
ana ~ for the wear 1saS and Act No.
90 a, ra1a ao M 81 - M tha ceneraI al Assemhly
~ +ha St.to ~ T.oniaiana for the vea1
1oo1 erd In al rosnocta accordine
- law not sooner than thirty faO1
dove aftor the ofsic;aI nnhIication 4.
th;. natition and the ordinance 4.
your honorable body ordering said
al A$SAvH
eiection.
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AN OhDlNA TN ANCE =
An ordinance ordering an election
In pursuance to petition OF the prop
erty taxpayers of police Jury ward s
parish Of St Tammany. Louisiana
for the purpose Of submitting to the
taxpayers entitled to vote