St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-09-14
Supervisors Appointed To
Handle Building
of Roads.
RONDS ORDERED
TO BE PRINTED
Report of Sheriff and Other
Proceedings of
Meeting.
Covington, La, Aug. 20, 1918.

Covington, La, Aug. %, 1918.
Minutes CT the meeting % the po-
lice jury of the parish of St. Tam
many, acting as the governing au-
thority of Road District No. Of the
Parish Of st. Tammany.
The police jury of the parish of
St. Tammany met in special session
at the District Courthouse in Coying-
ton, La, on this 29th day of August.
1918, at 10 a. M, as the governing
authority of Road Distric. NO. One
of the Parish of St. Tammany, pur-
suant to the provisions Of the ordi-
nance of said police jury passed on
July 18, 1918. Present, Messrs.
il Howe, Smith, koepp, Fendiason,
Davis and Abney. Absent, Messrs.
Robert, Domergue, Crawford and
COwart.
The police jury having been du,y
/, convened as the governing authority
of the said Road District No. 1, 1t
was moved by Mr.. j. NJ. Smith, Sec
Onded by Mr.. Geo. H. koepP,
Whereas a special election as call
ed by this police jury as the govern
| ing authority of Road District No. /,
was held in the said Road District
No. | on August 27th, 1918; and
Whereas, it is the duty of this
police jury as the governing authorl-
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ballot boxes used at said special elec-
ton, examine and count the ballots
and canvass and declare the result
of said election,
Be it ordained, That :his police
Jury as the governing authority OF
Road District No. l DO now proceed
to open the ballot boxes used at the
said special election, examine and
count the ballots in number ana
amount, examine anu canvass the re-
turns and declare the result of said
election; and that the president ap-
point two tellers to coaIt the votes
and compile the result.
And be it ordained, That a process
verbal OF the opening OF the said pal
lot boxes be made and that the can
yass of the returns and the result
thereof be shown on tue said, process
verbal, and that said process verbal
be signed by all the members OF the
police jury, the tsllers and the CT
licers thereof.
This motion was put to a vote,
and the motion was declared car
ried, and the ordinance adopted.
Whereupon the president announc-
a. INT ~
Davis and r. C. Abney as tellers, and
In open session the teliers, IN the
presence of all OF the members OF
the police jury, proceeded to open
the ballot boxes and count the votes
cast at the election held Oh the 21tn
day OF August, 1918, in Road Dis
(. trict No. of the Parish Of St Tam
many. each box from each polling
place in the said Road District be-
Ing opened separately, and there
upon this governing Guthority pro-
ceeded to examine and coun. the bal
lots in each box, and examined and
canvassed the returns made by the
officers of the said specill election
ut each polling place and verified the
said returns, with the result Whlch
10 declared as follows: III the pal
lot boxes from the following place
the result was as follows:
At Ward One, Madisonvlt!e, La,
there were found So votes represent
+ ing an assessed valuation Of S223,-
O38.5O cast in favor of The Drcpus1-
ton:
To authorize the police jury Of the
parish of St. Tamma1y, act:n., as the
y governing authority Of Read District
No. of the Parish OF st. Tammany,
to incur debt on behalf Of and in the
name Of Road District No. ! Of the
I. Parish of St. Tamnany, to The
amount of One Hundred ana Fifty
{ Thousand ($15O,O00; Dollars. and
/ to issue and sell negotiable aud semi
annual interest bearing coupon bonds
evidencing the said Indebtedness tlEe
amount of the said Indebtedness be-
Ing less than 10 per cent o! the as
4 sessed valuation OF the property In
the said Road Dis.ires); said bonds
to bear interest at the rate of n\e
(5) per cent per dnnum, payaDle
semi-annually. the interest and prln-
etpal Of said bonds to ne payable IN
such amounts and at slch places as
the governing authority may de-
termine, in twenty-seyen years from
the date of the bonds, ana in \ less
time, if the governing authority IN
sts discretion. deems it to the best
interest of the Road District; and
both the principal ana interest OF
said bonds to be secured by a SUI
acient tax to be levied and collected
Zach year in accordance with Article
sSl of the Constitution Of and the
4 laws Of the State cf Louisiana, the
y proceeds from the sale OF the said
eonds at not less than par 20 be used
= constructing. improving ana main
aiming the public roads and high
# nays within Road District No cf
Ne Parish of st. Tammany, La:
. And there were found no votes,
teefesenting an assessed valua.ion OF
Aot9ing cast against he proposition
aoove set forth.
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