The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1917-06-16
CITY COUNCIL PRO-
CEED|NGS FOR JUNE
State of Mississippi
Hancock, County
City Of Rav =f T ouic

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The Board reconvened Monday, June
4th, at z o'clock, 1917.
There were present.. B. Capdepon,
mayor; E. s. Blaize, Hy Colson, Louis
Schwall, aldermen; 8, j. Ladner. Sec
retary; absent, w. A. Mcdonald, alder
man; Albert Jones, city marshal.
! On motion of Alderman Blaize, Sec
onded by Alderman Sehwall, that the
plans and specifications for seawall of
David U. Harris presented to Board by
Board of Bond Commissioners, be adopt
ed and filed with the city secretary.
Carried.
Moved by Alderman Blaize, seconded
| by Alderman Schwall, the followin g re-
solution was adopted. The Bond Com
mission of the city of Bay St. Louis
having presented to the Board of May
or and Aldermen copy of the report,
plans, specifications made by David u.
Harris, civil engineer, for the erection
of seawall to protect Front street of
said city of Bay ST. Louis, which re-
port, plans and specifications were re-
ceived by the Bond Commission and
adopted with modifc ations as shown
thereon, it is, therefore, ordered, by the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen that the
action of the said Bond Commission be
and the same is hereby ratified, it ap-
pearing that there is sufficient amount
of money in the municipal bond fund of
the city of Bay St. Louis for the con-
struction of seawall to protect the
Front street of said city in District No
3, as shown on the map made by David
u. Harris, civil engineer, and the Bond
Commission of said city having passed
a.resolution expressing its desire to pro-
eeed to have said work done out of the
said fund, therefore, be it ordered by
the Board of Mayor and Alderm en-
that said expressed desiremeets its ap-
proval, and said Bond Commission is
authorized to proceed to have said work
done either by contract, or,if they deem
it to the best interest of the city to en-
ploy labor apd purchase material and
have such work done by the city.
On motion of Alderman Schwall, Sec
onded by Alderman Colson, the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
| Whereas, there are not sufficient funds
IN the Municipal Improvement Bd. Fd
to complete the prop ,sed seawall asper
report of the Bond Commissioners, ana,
whereas, not over the sum Of $500, 10000
| will be necessary from said report to
| complete said work; be it, therefore, re-
solved, that the bonds Of the city ofBay
ST. Louis be issued for $500, 100000 or
so much thereof as might be necessary
to build said wall; said bonds issued
under the acts of 1916, being House
Bill No. 922, Chapter PSI of the laws
of 1916, and it appearing that this
amount being over per cent OF the 10
per cent of the assessed value of the
property in the city of Bay St. Louis,
and it is necessary to hold an election
to have the approval Of the voters to is
cue said bonds, it is, therefore, ordered
that an election be hell on Saturday,
June 30th, 1917, to vote on the question
of whether or not the said bonds in the
sum of S200,000.OO or so much as might
be necessary, and the secretary be in
structed to publish notice in manner
provided for by law; whereupon the
mayor appointed P. Penn. Davis, w. H.
Mcdaniel and Frank Taconi, commits
sioners, to hold said election, and En-
nest Meyer as peace and returning Of
ficer. 1t is ordered that the said COM
missioners have printed the necessary
tickets for said election. 1t is further
ordered that the said ballots to be voted
upon and the question submitted for
voters shall be as follows:
For Bond Issue
Against Bond Issue.
Notice of Special Election-Bond Issue.
| Notice is hereby given that a special
election will be held at the City Hall on
Saturday, the 30th day of June A. D.
lt9l7, during legal hours, to determine
whether said city of Bay ST. Louis shall
issue bonds TO the amount of $500 ,0000l
| for seawall or SO much as may be nec-
essary. l.. b. Capdepon, Mayor.
| Attest: S. J. Ladner, Secretary.
There being no further business, the
Board adjourned to meeting in course
SYLVAN j. LADNER, Secretary.