St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-26

Nine Hundred Seventy ($970.OO)
Dollars 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 ($171,647.0O) Dollars
cast in favor of the aforesaid prop
osition, land there were found IS
| votes, representing an assessed valu-
| alton Of tWenty-four Thousand Eight
| Hundred Twenty-four ($24,824.
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 ($53,S07.00) 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
ton.
And it was therefore ascertained
that there was total of 545 votes
representing an assessed valuation of
One Million Two Hundred Twenty
two Thousand and Four Dollars
($1 1922, 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 a MAORI
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 carri-
ed, and this process verbal and can
vass of the votes cast at said election
held in the Parish of st. Tammany
on the 18th 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. DENDlNG Err, JR.
]. M. SMITH.
J. B. HOWE
president
F J. MARTINIlALE.
Clerk.
ROBT. ABNEY.
THEO. DENDINGER, JR.
w H. DAVIS.
E. ]. DOMERGUE.
FLETCHER CRAWFORD.
S. R. COWART.
H. N. FENDLASON.
E. P. ROBERT.
J. M. SMITH.
Adopted April II, 1919.
The 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 ($750,00O)
of Bonds of the Parish of st.
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 ($75O,OOO 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 15,500,000, and bond
issue representing an Indebtedness OF |
S750,000 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 281 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
the mourning of an in
lebtedness of Seven Hundred Fifty
Thousand ($75O,000) Dollars of said
Parish of ST. Tammany for the pur-
pose of constructing and improving
the roads and highways in the Par
tsh 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 $750,000 of Road Bonds of said
Parish, numbered from j to $50, in
elusive, of the denomination of $1,000
each, dated June 1st, 1919, bearing
interest at the rate of five per centum
per annum, from date until paid, said
interest being payable semi-annually
on the first days Of June and De-
cemiber in each year, and each of said
bonds having attached thereto semi
annual coupons to represent the said
Be it further ordained, That said
,onds and the interest thereon shall |