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

| convened II was moved by Mr. j. NJ
Smith, seconded by Mr.. R. C. Abney
that,
/ Whereas, a special election as call
| ed by this Police Jury was held OF
April 18th, 1919, in the Parish Of
st. Tammany, and
| Whereas, it is the duty of this
| Police Jury to open the ballot boxe:
| used at said special election, examine
! and count the ballots and canvass
the result of said election, therefore
BE it ordained, That this Police
Jury do now proceed to open the bal
| lot boxes used at the said special
election, examine and count the bal
| lots in number and amount, examine
and canvass the re urns and declare
| the result of the said election; and
that the President appoint two tell
ers to count the votes and compile
| the result.
And be further ordained, That a
| process verbal of the opening of the
said ballot boxes be made and that
! the canvass OF the returns and result
hereof be shown on the said process
verbal and thai the said process
verbal be signed by all the mem bc,s
| Of the Police Jury, the tellers and ta9
officers thereof.
This motion being put to a vote
the result was: Yes, ten Nays,
none.
And the motion was duly carried
and the ordinance adopted.
Whereupon the President annoUna-
ed the appointment of Messrs. Tneo-
dore Dendinger, Jr., and J. NJ. Smith
as tellers; and in open session the
said tellers, in the presence of all Of
the members Of the Police Jury, pro-
ceeded to open the ballot boxes and
count the votes cast at the election
| held April 18th, 1919, in the Parish
of st. Tammany, Louisiana; each
box from each polling place in the
said Parish being opened separately
and thereupon proceeded to examine
and count the ballots in each box,
and examined and canVassed the re-
turns made by the officers of the said
special election at each polling place
and verified the said returns with the
| result, which is declared as follows
At Ward One ID, Madisonville,
| La, there were found So votes, rep
resenting an assessed valuation of
| Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand
Nine Hundred and Fifty-three Dol
lars ($214, 953. 00) cast in favor OF
| the propositions:
To authorize the Police Jury Of
the Parish of ST. Tammany to in
| cur debt on behalf of and in the
| nf rich Of
many to the amount of Seven Hun
| dred Fifty Thousand ($750, 000)
| Dollars, and to issue and sell ne
gotiable semi-annual Interest bear
| ing coupon bonds evidencing the
| said Indebtedness (the amount of
| said Indebtedness being less than
te nper cent. of the assessed valua-
| ton Of the property in the said
Parish); said bonds to bear inter-
est at the rate of five 60 per cent.
per annum, payable semi-annualiy.
| the interest and principal of said
| bonds to be payable in ssuch
| amounts and at such places as the
said Police Jury may determine,
and within twenty-six years from
the date of the bonds; and both
the principal and interest of said
bonds to be secured by sufficient
! tax to be levied and collected each
year in accordance with Article
Psi of the Constitution and Laws
of the State Of Louisiana; the pro-
| ceeds from the sale OF the said
bonds at not less than par to be
used in constructing and improV-
ing the public roads and highways
in the Parish of St. Tammany,
Louisiana,
And there were found no votes repre-
senting an assessed valuation of no
dollars cast against the proposition
above set forth.
At Second Ward, First Precinct,
Sandy Ford, there were found &c
votes, representing an assessed valu-
alton of Forty-two Thousand One
Hundred Fifty-five (s42,155.00) Dol
lars, cast in favor of the proposition
as above set forth, and there were
found 5 votes, representing an as
sessed valuation of Five Thousand
Nine Hundred Seventy-fve Dollars
| (s5,975.O0) cast against the propo-
sitio.n as above set forth.
At Second Ward, Second Precinct,
Folsom, there were found % votes,
representing an assessed valuation Of
Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred
Forty-six Dollars ($16, 846.00) cast
in favor of the aforesaid proposition,
and there were found votes, repre-
senting an assessed valuation Of Four
Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-slx
Dollars ($4,886.00) cast against the
aforesaid proposition.
At Ward Three, Covington. La
there were found 223 votes, repre-
senting an assessed valuation of Four
Hundred Thirty-tWo Thousand Nine
Hundred Forty-eight ($432, 948.O0l
Dollars cast in favor OF the afore
said proposition, and there were
found votes, representing an as
sessed valuation of Eight Thousand
One Hundred Thirty-eight Dollars
($S,138.00) cast against the afore-
said proposition.
At Ward Four, Manleviila, La,
there were found SO votes, represent
ing an assessed valuation Of One
Hundred Fourteen THOUSAND Five
Hundred Eighteen (s114,51S} Dol
lars cast in favor Of the aforesaid
proposition, and there Wac3 found 4
votes representing an assessed valua-
ton of Thirty Thousand Three Hun
dred Thirteen (S30,313.0n Dollars
cast against the aforesaid PROPOSE
ton.
At Ward Five, Bush, La, there