The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1918-09-14
STATE or MISSISSIPPI.
COUNTY OF HANCOCK,

A regular meeting of the Board OF May
or and Aldermen was held ut the City Hall
on Saturday, the 7th day of September, i.
D. 19IS, at ; SO O'Clock Z. NJ
There were present L. W. Webb, mayor;
w H. Starr Louis Schwai, l.. /. tdf-
YER aldermen; Albert Jones, City Maf-
shall ). j. Ladner, secretary. Absent
Alderman Biaize.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The Financial Report was ordered spread
on the minutes; the others filed
Mayor r. ". webb appointed August
SCHNEIDER Jr. engineer in charge o. tn
city fire engine for 30 days, same being IA
titled by the Board.
SchwalI pound keeper for the ratification
of the Board the Board failing 70 ratfy
by the following vote: Alderman Starr aR&
Schwall voting nay; l.. c. Carver refas-
ing to vote.
Mayor Il. w. Webb appointed L. Ban
gard street commissioner for six months,
same being ratified by the Board.
Mayor X. ". Webb appointed y. J.
Ladner deputy marshal for six months
same being ratified by the Board.
Mayor Il. ". Webb appointed Angus
Taconi Tcamster No. / antk Ernest Mcy-
ers Teamster No. for six months each.
same heiug ratified by the Board.
Deed of independent Hope Hook HGt
Ladder Fire Company Of the City Of hay
st. Louis, accepted and ordered par-l %
file.
Sealed bid of the wena Lumber 90.
for furnishing the City with 1856 fnnt
3Xi2 iirSt-class trough lumbcr) forS21I9S
being tie only bid moved by Alderman
Starr and seconded by Alderman SGhgal
that said bid be accepted. Carried.
M3ycd by Alderman Starr, seconded by
Alderman Schwall, that the Mayor be an
thorized to make such insurance coutrac
as he thinks proper to cover liability in
surance on city truck.
ifte- a careful consideration it was
unanimously ordered by the Board that
the tax levy for the wear 1918 be and /
hereby fixed at fifteen 90 mills. Gi&tribut
ed rs follows =
City Fund, 81 mills; School Fund
mills; School Building Fund, IA mill;
Bond Fund ! mill; SHAKING Bond Fund
mills. Total, - mills.
Moved by Alderman Starr. seconded h.
Alderman Curve, that the salary of leputv
marshal +. !. Tadner lie raised t. Sc 03
per month. Carried
Moved. SECONDED and carried that the
second floor of the building known rs the
Firemen : Hall Is hereby turned over to
the Boy Scouts Nc. I. Of Bay 81 Louis
for all uses and purposes they see fit until
further order of the Boarl
Moved by Alderman Starr seconded hy
Alderman SchWal. the following rasolu-
ton was adopted and carried.
whereas the Legislature Of the state Of
Mississippi by Chapter 27S. Of the laws
1916 authorized the City Of Bay st Louis
to issue bonds in the sum of Two Hun
dred Thousand Dollars, or so much there
of aS may he necessary for the purpose of
building seawall to protect the banks
from caving and overflow from storms and
tide water, and, whereas
The Board Of Mayor and Aldermen by an
order on the minutes on June 4th, 1917,
Minute Book 6, pages III and 112 order
ed the issuance of said bonds provided
the same be ratified and approved by tho
qualified electors of said city. that tn said
order the Board of Mayor and Aldermen or
dered an election. said election was held as
provided for by law, on June 30th, 1917
and the returns thereof canvassed aud de
clared show that the qualified electors re-
commended and approved the issuance
thereof and whereas:
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on
the eth day of July, 1917, as appears on
Minute Book G, page 124 recognized the
result of said election and ordered the is
suance of said bonds or omuch thereof
as may be necessary, and. whereas,
Bonds in the sum of Twelve Thousand
Dollars have been issued anl sold to build
certain portion of said sea wall, and the
Bond Commissioners, through its chair
man and other members appeared in per
son. stating that more funds were need
ed to complete the work now in the course
of construction. and requested the issuance
of an additional amount Of Four Thous
and Dollars t$f,000.00) and proved the nee
essity therefor.
Therefore, be it resolved that the Muni-
cipaI bonds of said city Of Bay st. Louis,
he and they are hereby ordered issued and
sold for the purpose of building a seawall
to protect the banks from caving and
overflow and storms and tide water in the
sum of -Four Thousand Dollars tS4.00000)
said bonds shall bear date January L, IDS,
be in the sum of $500.00 each and be num-
bered consecutivey from % to 32 inclusive
and shall bear interest at the rate OF per
cent per annum. payable seml-annuaiIy,
on the first day of January and the first
day of July in each calendar year, and both
interest and principal of said bonds shall
be payble at the Merchants Bank, of Bay
st. Louis. Mississippi
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mature and become due and payable seven
years after date. Bonds 20, 30, 81 and 32
shall mature and become due and payable
eight years after date, and each OF sald
numbered bonds numbered %, 26, q and
% shall have attached thereto fourteen
semi i-annual interest coupons, and each OF
said bonds numbered 20. 80 and 81 shall
have attached thereto sixteen seni-allnudI
interest coupons
Said bonds shall be autographed with
suitable devices TO prevent counterfeltlng,
shall be registered us issued be signed oy
the Mayor and countersigned by the Sec
retary of said city who shall impress the
Municipal Seal upon each bond as issued;
To each of said bonds shall be attached
interest coupons which shall be signed or
have Autographed the signature OF the
Nayor and Secretary of said city and such
Autographed signatures shall IN ali res
poets be as binding upon the City OF Bay
ST Louis as the original signatures or the
said Mayor and Secretary OF SAID CITY
would be. .
Said bonds shall be in all respects IL
tbDrraphed so as TO conform TO the re-
onirements Of the law Of the State and the
Charter of the City Of Bay St. Louis, Mis-
sissippi. !,
BE it further resolved that 1t shall be
the duty of the Mayor and the City Secreta-
ry To procure said bonds, to be lithograph'
Cd and said bonds shall be In the FOLLOWING
MS'us No "iiu ''s $4,000
State of Mississippi-County of Hancock,
CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS,
Municipal Bond-S500.00.
Know all men by these presents that the
CITY of Bay st. Louis. in Hancock county.
AIississippi is indebted to and for yaIue
received hereby promises TO pay TO bearer
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars iawfui
meney of the United States OF America on
the taate according to numbers ana series
above as duel with interest thereon at tnf
rate of six per cent per annum. payabis
semi annually on the first day OF JanuarS
and July in each year upon preSehtatiol.
and surrender of the proper coupons mere
10 annexed, bearing fac-s simiie or the sig
natures of the Mayor ana Secretary OF saIt
city. as they become due. Both prihclpas
and interest Of this bond are payable at tn
Merchants Bank in the city OF bay s1
Tanis Mississippi, and the City is hereby
held and firmly bound, and Its faith, credie
v.evan,,e aud property are hereby pledged
for the payment or the priefpai auu i1''eies'
hereof II maturity
This hord is one of series of thirty tive
1sol bonds OF like date, tenor and effect, ex-
cent as to time of payment, of an author.
Txed issue aggregating Sixteen Theusand
,.,s,,ad bty tfa corp0rata authorities