St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-10

| AA~s special o1n8sN
ton be and the same is hereby e.Ii.ss,s'|
and ordered to be held in tia .,.szs
Road District No. One OF the ,p.-t..ss:Fs
OF st. Tammany, La. on Aueus. $ I
1918, between the hours of seven 49,
o'clock a. m. and five 50 D. M. 20 80
that at said election there sh.ia - -
submitted to the taxpayers reaid...1S
citizens of said Road District nm.ssss
fed under the Constitution and is,.s
OF this State to vote at the said el..'
ton, proposition to authorize IA.
Police Jury of the Parish of St. Tam'
many, acting as the governing al.
thority Of Road District No. One -
the Parish of St. Tammany. to incs.
debt on behalf of and in the nan.
of Road District No. One of tho Pc
1sh OF st. Tammany, to the amonr.
OF One Hundred and Fifty THOUSAND
($15O,O0O) Dollars, and to issue arS
sell negotiable semi-annual inter..s
bearing coupon bonds evidencinr ~.
said Indebtedness (the amount ~ tn
said Indebtedness being less than ten
per cent of the assessed valuation q
the property in said Road Districtl.
said bonds to bear interest at IL.
rate of five per cent per annum. ney-4
able sem1-annually, the interest "A
principal of said bonds to be payahls
In such amounts and at such places
as the governing authority NAV az.
termine, in twenty-seven (27) year.
from the date of the bonds, and Il
| less time If the governing authori
ty in its discretion deems it to tha
best interest of the Road Districf.
and both the principal and interest
OF said bonds to be secured by suf-
ficient tax to be levied and collectaA
each year in accordance with Article
2S1 of the Constitution of and thu
laws of the State OF Louisiana. the
proceeds from the sale of the said
bonds at not less than par to be used
in constructing, improving and main
tanning the public roads and hieh-
ways within Road District No. One
of the Parish of St. Tammany, La. i
Be it further ordained, That thera
shall be published in the Official
journal of the Parish Of St. Tam
many for thirty 600 days a notice
of the said special election, said
notice to embrace substantially all
things above set forth and also notice
that this Police Jury, as the govern-
ing authority Of Road District Mo-
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 29th.
1918. and then and there proceed to
open the ballot boxes used in said
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 directed
to have the necessary ballots print.
ed for the said special election, which
ballots shall contain the FOREGOING
proposition and be drawn up in &C.
cordance with law and the provisions
OF this ordinance; and he is also au-
thorized and directed to arrange for
providing the ballot boxes, the nee
essary blanks for tally sheets and
compiled statements.
Clerk of Court and Ex-oficio Regis
trar of Voters shall furnish to the
election officers hereinafter named
for said special election with list
OF the taxpayers in said Road Dis
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:
In Ward 1-Madisonville, La.
In Ward 3-Covington, La.
In Ward 4-Mandeville, La.
In Ward 10-Abita Springs, La.
And that the following persons, all
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, $. d.
Anderson, P. s. Barell:, as commis-
sioners, and S. r. Blossman as 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 COM
missioners, and G. e. Millar. as clerk.
And that the above mentinnel of
f1cers Of election shall seal up the
ballot boxes and deliver same to this
Police Jury within forty eight hours
after the closing of me polls. ard
shall deliver within forty-eight hours
the other duplicate tally sheet and
the other duplicate compiled state-
ment to the Clerk ~ Court for the
Parish of St. Tammany, La.
This ordinance having been put to
vote and the roll called, the result
was as follows: Affirmative, koepp,
Fendlason, Domergue, smi:h. Cow
art. Crawford, Davis, Robert. Ahney
and Howe. Against, None. And
the ordinance was declared carried.
AN ORDINANCE
An Ordinance employing special at
torneys to perform the legal ser
vices in connection with the SPECIAL
election and bond issue ny Road
District No. One of the Parish OF
st. Tammany, Louisiana.
Be it ordained, etc, That, where
as, it is necessary to have expert