The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-08-10

Of this Parish Of lg6sr 80 These must b.
PAID aal Of 1915 taxes These items can
all he easily paid ont st the g. per cent
here il where Ne run un The rocks The
statutory and maturing hund Items total.
HE some So u0a go must hs paiI and NHl
De- paid bat Ne stlu hase tu carry on the
dipping ct oHf cattle which Is a State law
THIS, ~. estimate. viii cost This Parish
| bot less than tiHuu 90 up Io Iuly l. 1918
gud 80 must k,ep up the ruad and
bridge work which W. estimate VIII cost
this Parish uut less than 1s000 90 up 20
tHRpHt ga surplus fund which ought rot
Bee less thaH $4,000 GO SO we are dsliber.
atsIE going ahead aud making up o bud
get ahph calls fur au outlay OF ahaut
SAL 5an 9b and Ne have bat about $50
| IH# $50 coming .H 60 pas If with Ry
aUgt ,rsuums We Drlisyp the Parish viii
| hc able to 20 through tie coming Hspat
year snd keep un 3 cash basis This
| Committee feels safe OH saving this az
tbis time
The people 1T our parrish are nUW -.
maudlHg better and more bridges ard
thce ought tn have these bstirrments
and the poiivr 4uFA Wllt bp delighted Iu
au a1 u It's power gu get these improve
meHts and aHA others They demand. bias
| tbr people uf our parish must not com
plain about payng fur these agr1mmuds
tons lf The people insist un the Police
| Jury spending from i5apa ga Go $40 uu1 90
, "a year oH ouT ruads aud bridges and
| the State laws require us t0 spend not
lrss than s7ube Rb year fof tick sfaHi.
Ipauun aud the Police IGFy h. forced go
| keep Hp ilh' Other statutory and neres
| safA oHiiBAs H W3i Just simply 30 im.
pnssihlY ln run the parish 0u q taa rate
based uu 81 psg cent oi uur present
/ assessment A. "a matter Of fact the
| lplire JHrs should have made is ISIS
parish IaA rate based uH not less than ~
pei cent ut uur present assessment
| FbBl would have given us about enough
money io ru through uu a cash basis
| easily and H weuld Hut have made It
uerssssrh ruf us So stop any 81 the work
u"a EmlHE pH iH THIS Parish The 1918
| iaA rate has been fixed nov. and the
| l4uijrr 4ur, viW endeayuF Ca run our Far
| sb through The coming Hsfal Ysar un
e8sh basis ENrrN our bnuws lhal the
htgh cost of living falls on aur Parrish
as wrl as t falr on the indI' nlual uuf
people demand a better parish AMI tbsf
: ought % have 10. but they must FaN fuf
/ a. Nest l.Hyiaua IS uo longer "gSt"
parrish aad f ae propose 20 keep up with
| the fr>f ai the progressive Louisiana
parishes Ne r.tHHat du 81 ou our present
ltHN mcump The ruiirr fun in forced
/ &C. ftizs Htufe moHcs sHd the uHiy vas
se can Hlsy more money ls either hy
! Increasing th, assessment rolls uF IA
pTeasIHR the per cent ~ the tax rolls on
shi,h 80 ,uIlv,i parrish taSes. We we're
| t1ld tn. thp lFls assessment was made
! Hi uu - "taN cash value bazgs" u that
H tact Sc rsuuui reasonably pkprrt
much ni BH increase H our 1919 assess
m,Ht Therefore We must Increase the
prr cent on which we hsse our taa Tor
| paf~h purposes aHd this COMMITTEES
nrmh lIaes that il viii be necessary
| H 1919 To- ,ullvst ga lan peI cent ~ tbs
| assessment Toiis, uuicss our assessment
can be lifted q mllluu dollars ia 1873.
and that seems impossible at this time
n ma, De- possible to ruH tie parish neRt
year un 80 peT cent VI the rolls but this
10 uncertain The maturing bonds, ser
tiHrat"s and interest payments IN 1875
together with the statutory and usuai
disbursements Of the Parish viii require
budget Of fully s45 800 90 The Income
tn the Parish other than from taaes will
ne an
It prohibition carries. We will lose ouf
oHlF liquor license ot gl0o0, therefore
this Committee firmly believes that u wtit
bee necessary next year 60 collect on not
less than 100 pen cent Of the assessment
IA urier lo raise sufficient money to pay
uR the actual legal requirements 20 ha
made uu this Parish
The Police Juty IL giving the people Of
gur parish the yefy best there is in them
fhet are making an honest aud earnest
effort 90 Tun the parish economically and
efficiently, hui this reuulrvs money, and
t requires more money than We are nov
Iaisjua u we ate 90 keep up the wuFk
Ne ate uoW doing and make any further
extensions at all ws must raise mare
money This WuHeF must come from the
people This Committee. as does the
Police jury realizes that this IL the pea.
pies business aud We respectfully sug-
syst that this report be spread upon ouf
minutes tina, the people ot The parish mas
hyeoIn. acquainted with the financial
condition at their parish and be- prepared
tn meet the siuatup when H comes az
Even though the Police IuFl finds Il
necessary a. Increase the t8K rata 20 leo
per Dont e simply meauH that an All
iitiuBai 81 900 90 will be- raised, this tu
be- paid Bog the property owners 81 the
parish ~ IL win not be necessary 90
make the basis leo per cent, the Police
laTE wlIl most certainly But ask the peu.
Hlp &C. pat that hut will make the EBm
just enough To- keep the Parish Un cash
basjs We Ieel that the people ought
so he pe3fprty satisfied lu know that their
parish 10 an q cash hasls and that its Wat
rants are worth face vaule aii The time
This committee wishes IL we'll uudef-
stood that 10 IL moi as prssimisiir user our
present condition ~ unf future condition
We have aH abiding faith iR guF people
ard wp believe that they will meet sid
overcome every obstacle which mas arise
ben our path The people 81 oar parrish have
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