St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-24

Of st. Tammany, That snaa1ai "
tien b and the same il hsrsby 1.Sss:z
and ordered to be held in a. ,s'ssg3
Road District No. One Of the p.sssz.|
Of st. Tammany. La. on Ausnss ~
1918, between the hours Of seye, is Va
O'Clock a. m. and five (5) q. 4 xs2zA
that at said election there ahs,, sxsss|
submitted to the taxpayers resss.s III
citizens OF said Road District o.ssls ~
fed under the Constitution and i..sS9
of this State to vote at the said s,sss8
ton, a proposition to authorisa ..ssz
Police Jury of the Parish of 81 -
many. acting as the governing n 81
thority OF Road District No. Ona ~
the Parish of st. Tammany, to ines
debt on behalf of and in the 49,
OF Road District No. One of thu p..sssl
ish of st. Tammany, to the amo. ssS,Ss
of One Hundred and Fifty Thnrss.2 4
($15O.O0O) Dollars, and to issue - -
sell negotiable semi-annual intas.. q
bearing coupon bonds evidencins ~. &
said Indebtedness (the amount ~ m 81
said Indebtedness being less thar -
per cent of the assessed valuatio. ~ 4
the property in said Road Districtl. 8
said bonds to bear interest a ~. IS
rate of five per cent per annum. ~
able semi-annually, the interest ~
principal of said bonds to be nayehl-Sa
in such amounts and at such MR. y
as the governing authority NAV xss
termine, in twenty-seven (27) 49,.
from the date of the bonds, andSi
less time If the governing authn,s. s
ty in its discretion deems It to 49,
best interest OF the Road Distr,ce.
and both the principal and Interest ].
of said bonds to be secured BY sus.s
ficient tax to be levied and collectees
each year in accordance with ArtielSs
PSI of the Constitution Of and thss
laws of the State of Louisiana. -
proceeds from the sale of the ~
bonds at not less than par to be No.
In constructing, improving and main-
tanning the public roads and hieh.
ways within Road District No. One
of the Parish of St. Tammany, Il.
Be it further ordained, That thara
| shall be published in the oficiais
journal of the Parish of st. Tam.I
many for thirty (30) days q notice
of the said special election, seil'
notice to embrace substantially III
things above set forth and also notiess
that this Police Jury, as the govern.
ing authority of Road District No
One of the Parish of St. Tammany.
will meet in open session at the Dis.
trict Courthouse in Covington, La.
| at 10 O'Clock a. M, on August 18th.
1918. and then and there proceed Ia
open the ballot boxes used in eaid
election, examine and count the bal,
lots In number and amount, examine
and canvass the returns and declare
the result Of the said election.
Be it further ordained, That the
President Of the Police Jury be and
| he is hereby authorized. and directeA:
| to have the necessary ballots print.
ed for the said special election, which
| ballots shall contain the FOREGOING
proposition and be drawn up In e.
| cOrdance with law and the provisions
OF this ordinance; and he is also a.
thorized and directed to arrange fof
| providing the ballot boxes, the nee
essary blanks for tally sheets and
compiled statements.
Be it further ordained, that the
Clerk OF Court and Ex-of1icio Regis
trar of Voters shall furnish to til
| election officers hereinafter named
for said special election with lit
of the taxpayers in said Road Dir
| trict No. One entitled to vote in per-
son or by proxy at the said special
election, together with the assessed
valuation of each taxpayers prop
erty as shown by the assessment roll
last made and filed prior to said
special election.
| Be it further ordained, That the
following polling places, all within
! Road District No. One of the Parish
of st. Tammany, are hereby designat-
ed and determined upon:
1 In Ward 1-Madisonville, La.
In Ward 3-Covington, La.
In Ward 4-Mandeville, La.
In Ward 10-Abita Springs, Ii. 81
And that the following persons, IN
of whom are registered voters, shall
act as commissioners and clerk Of
said election, viz:
In Ward Geo. Edwards, John
Peter, Emile Fuhrmann, as commits
sioners, and Geo. r. Dutsch, as clerk.
In Ward 3-Chas. l.. Smith, s. D.
Anderson, P. s. Barell!, a. commits
sioners, and 8. r. Blossman AZ clerk.
In Ward "A. G. Depre, w. r.
Smith, Lucas Prieto, as commissions
ers. and Herman Levy, as clerk.
In Ward 1O-F. L. Dutsch, A. b.
kustenmacher. A. o. Pons. as con-
missioners, and G. e. Millar. as clerk.
And that the above mentioned Of.
ficers Of election shall seal up The
ballot boxes and deliver So me to THU
Police Jury within fOrty-cight hour!
after the closing NJ. the polls, ard
shall deliver within forty-eight hours
the other duplicate tally sheet ana
the other duplicate compiled state
ment to the Clerk " Court tor the
Parish Of St. Tammany, La.
This ordinance having been put 70
4 vote and the roll called, the lesule
was as follows: Affirmative, koepp,
Fendlason, Domergue. Smith. Cow
art, Crawford, Davis, Robert, Atney
and Howe. Against, None. Ana
the ordinance was declared carried.
AN ORDINANCE
An Ordinance employing spectal ~
torneys to perform the legal Sef-
vices in connection with the spetsal
election and bond issue ny Roao
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