The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-07-05
Meeting Board Of Admins
traitors Road District No. |.

The Police Jury met this day as u
Board Of Administrators or Govern
ing Authority of Road District No. |. .
with Hon. Charles n Frost presjd d.
ing and the following members pres
ent: KimbrOugh Haydei, Wo,fOrd,
Olivier, Boulreaux, G0och, Drack-
EFT, Aucoin, Calm and Pharr. Absent
none.
On motion of Sidney j Wolford,
seconded by L, b. kimbrougA aud
carried. the ten inch mud she'd base
with II inch stone or gravel top as
recommended by the Federal Govern
mant and the State Highway Depart
ment as the type OF road to be con-
Structed in thi, Parish,
On motion Of john Il. Bracket, sec
onded by 7. Aucoin and carried, the
President was authorized t, apply for
tate and Fedora! aid on til" entire
road system now Contemplated aud
TO arrange with the STATE Ii ghwly
Department to make the nec4ss Try
survey OF these roads at a cost Of ap-
proXmrtely 5000 per mi
Tn following res All "a was ptfec-
ed by W. n. Gooch wh) moved It's
adoption. seconded by ldHev J Wol-
ford, the motion carrying unanimDIs-
IL:
Whereas, highway is being con
structed in Road District NJ. /. aud
twenty thousand cubic wards Of sh-IIa
are required in such C construction; and
Whereas, the proposal Of " d
Haden, OF GaIeeston, Texas, to de
liver shells for said purpose, at II
price and upon term, which have re-
ceiyed general Consideration and APP
prevail by this body: now, therefore
BE it resolved. That contract enter
ed into Nay 18th, 1919, between W. ID
Haden and Board of Supervisors Of
Road District No. !, ST. Mary Parish
Louisiana, is hereby ratified for and
in the name of the Board of Supervis-
ors Of Road District No. |. st. Mary |
of twenty thousand cubic yards of |
shells, at maximum price Of ninety |
(9Cc) cents per cubic yard: and all !
agreements. conditions and obtiga- |
tiOns, necessary to make said con-
tract binding and eXeculory are here
by assumed. as fl ~ as if the same
had been prevlOusl = submitted to AMI |
by this body: provided that |
the total amount of the obligation to |
pay shall not exceed eighteen thOus-
and dollars tSlS, 900 COY
BE it further resolved, That there |
shall be and the same is hereby set
aside from that date q sum sufficient
to satisfy same from the funds dedi-
Gated to the construction of the high
way in said Road District, and the
sum SO set aside shall remain inviol-
able and sacred to the satisfaction Of |
the obligation of the contract; pro- |
vided further that if from error or
otherwise, the full payment and salts
faction for all shells received under |
said contract shall not be made from |
said fund, then the debt shall remain |
and continue to be an obligation of
the Board of Supervisors Of Road |
District No. |, St. Mary Parish, Lou
Siana, and the Board OF Supervisors
Of Road District No. !, St. Mary
Parish, Louisiana, binds itself to call |
IN election within d reasonable time |
20 be held in said District, to submit
he question to the taxpayers Of said |
District of voting tax or bond issue
sufficient to satisfy said Indebtedness.
There being no further business be-
ore the meeting, on motion of a. L
1ahn, seconded By John Il. Drackett
md carried, same adjourned.
CIIAs. N. FROST PRESIDENT.
r. EMMETT O'NIELL, SECRETARY.