St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-03

votes representing an assessed valua-
ton of Thirteen Thousand Two Hun
dred Fifty-three ($13,253.0O) Do
lars cast against the aforesaid propo.
sition
At Ward Eight, Pearl River, La.
there were found "a votes, represent
ing an assessed valuation of Fifty
two Thousand Eight Hundred Forty
eight ($52,84800) Dollars cast in
favor of the aforesaid proposition
and there were found votes rep
resenting an assessed valuation OF
] Nine Hundred Seventy ($970.00)
tDollars cast against the aforesaid
! proposition.
At Ward Nine, Slidell, La, there
were found As votes, representing an
assessed valuation Of One Hundred
Seventy-one Thousand Six Hundred
Forty-seven ($171,647.00) Dollars
cast in favor of the aforesaid prop
osition, and there were found Is
votes, representing an assessed valu-
alton Of twenty-four Thousand Eight
Hundred Twenty-four ($24,824.O0)
Dollars cast against the aforesaid
proposition.
At Ward Ten, Abita Springs, La,
there were found 81 votes, repre-
senting an assessed valuation of
Fifty-three Thousand Eight Hundred
and Seven $3.50, $4,000 Dollars cast
in favor of the aforesai dproposition
and there were no votes representing
an assessed valuation. of no dollars
cast against the aforesaid PROPOSE
1 ton.
And it was therefore ascertained
that there was total of 545 votes
One Million Two Hundred Twenty
two Thousand and Four Dollars
! ($1, 222, 004.00) cast in favor of the
aforesaid proposition; and there was
a total of 100 votes representing an
assessed valuation of One Hundred
Thirty-nine Thousand One Hundred
and Ninety-three Dollars (S139, 203)
cast against the aforesaid PROPOSE
| ton, as above outlined, and it is
| therefore shown there was majori-
| ty of votes, both in number and
amount, cast in favor of the afore-
said proposition, which said PROPOSE
ton is therefore declared to be CARR
ed, and this process verbal and can
vass of the votes cast at said election
held in the Parish of St. Tammany
on the / 9TH day of April, 1919, hav-
ing been duly written and read, was
thereupon signed by the Tellers, by
| the President and Clerk of the Police
Jury of the Parish of ST. Tammany,
Louisiana, and by each member of
said Police Jury present at said
meeting.
Tellers:
THEO. DENDINGER, JR.
J. IN. SMITH.
J.B. HOWE
president.
F J. lMARTINDALE,
Clerk
ROBT. ABNEY.
THEO. DENDINGER, JR.
w. H. DAVIS.
E. J. DOMERGUE.
| FLETCHER CRAWFORD.
S. R. COWART..
H. N. FENDLASON.
E. P. ROBERT.
j. NJ. SMITH.
= Adopted April II, 1919
NThe following ordinance was offer
ed by Mr.. j. M. Smith, and seconded
| by Mr. Theo. Dendinger, Jr.:
AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance authorizing the issu-
ance of Seven Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars (s750, 000)
nf u Iu Of hn De IF
Tammany, Louisiana, prescrib-
ing the form thereof and pro-
viding for the levy of taxes for
the payment of the principal
and interest of said bonds
Whereas, according to the returns
of an election held in the Parish of
ST. Tammany, La, on the 18th day
of April, 1919, under the authority
granted by the terms. of said cleo
ton, the Police Jury of the Parish
of St. Tammany and the governing
authority thereof was authorized to
| incur debt and issue road bonds to
the amount of Seven Hundred Fifty
Thousand 10000 Dollars, and
Whereas, the Assessor of the Par
ish of ST. Tammany has certified that
the assessed valuation of all prop
erty of the Parish of St. Tammany
for the year 1918 for parish taxes
aggregates 100000, and a bond
issue representing an Indebtedness of
$3.50, 1000 is less than 10 per cent of
the assessed valuation of the taxable
property of the Parish of st. Tam
many as assessed for parish taxation.
Therefore be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Tam
many, in compliance with the terms
of Article 2S1 of the Constitution Of
the State of Louisiana and Act 256
of 1910, as amended, and acting as
the governing authority of the Par
ish of ST. Tammany, and the Police
Jury having been duly authorized at
an election held in said Parish on
the 18th day of April, 1919, hereby
authorizes the mourning of an in
debtedness of Seven Hundred Fifty
Thousand ($750, 000) Dollars of said
Parish of st. Tammany for the pur-
pose of constructing and improving
the roads and highways in the Par
ish of ST. Tammany and to repre-
sent said Indebtedness the said Police
Jury of the Parish of St. Tammany
does hereby authorize the issuance
of $3.50, 600 of Road Bonds of said
Parish, numbered from 1 to $50, in
elusive, of the denomination of $1,000
each, dated June LIST, 1919, bearing
interest at the rate of five per centum