The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-22
SPECIAL NEE TING OF
BOARD Of MAYOR
AND ALDERMEN.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
HANCOCK COUNTY,

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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
/ HANCOCK COUNTY,
Pursuant to special call meeting
I of RE Board of Mayo End, Aldern; \
of the City of Bay st. Louis was held
at the CityHal on Saturday, the 18th
/ day of February, A. d. 1919.
There were present R. w. Webb,
Mayor; w. H. Starr, L. c. Carver,
aldermen; Albert Jones, City Marsal;
/ S. J. Ladner,, Secretary. Absent
r. S. Blaize, Louis Schwall, aldermen.
TIE object of the meeting is stated
in the following call:
CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING Of
BOARD OF MAYOR AND AL
DERMEN -
/ State of Mississippi,
Hancock County.
To w H. Starr, R. S. Blaize, Louis
Schwall and L. C. Carver, Aldermen
of the City of Bay St. Louis, Miss.
You are hereby notified that a
special meeting of the Board of May
or and Aldermen, of the City of Bay
st. Louis, Miss, is called to meet at
te City Hall, in said city, on Sat
urday, February 18th, at 7 o'clock z.
NJ, the object of said meeting is as
follows: Pay notes due the Mer-
chants Bank for loan, to pay city Ia
Dor, to authorize mayor to borrow
money for current expenses and to
employ attoney and prepare defense
for injunction suit against city in sea
wall matter.
r. w. WEBB, Mayor.
The City Marshal will execute and
return the above notice instapter.
r. w. WEBB, Mayor.
Attest: S. ]. Ladner, Sec'y.
Received the above call at o'clk
on this the 18th day of February,
1919.
ALBERT JONES, City Marshal.
We, the undersigned aldermen of
the City of Bay St. Louis, hereby
acknowledge service of the above call
upon US personally at least three
hours before the time of meeting and
waive copy of call.
W. H. Starr, Blaize, out of town;
Louis Schwall, L. C.. Carver,
/ have served notice on the above
ldermenat least three hours before
the time of meeting.
ALBERT JONES, City Marshal.
Moved by Alderman Starr, sec
onded by Alderman Carver, and car
ried unanimously, that the following
resolution he adopted .Ipes1fissa sssls'.
81 Whereas Section 3, Chapter 309 OF
ae laws of the State Of Mississippi
.or 1918 provides that warrants shall
not issue by any county or munici-
pality unless there is sufficient money
in the particular fund from which
the allowance is made to pay such
and
Whereas, the City of Bay st. Louis
has no money in the City Fund or
other funds as needed to paw cur
rent expenses; and
Whereas, Chapter 178 of the Laws
of 1918 empowers all municipali- !
ties to borrow money to pay all cur
rent expenses from said funds, there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the Mayor, R. w. |
Webb, be and Is hereby authorized |
and empowered to borrow S5,0O0.00 |
Five Thousand Dollars, or So much /
thereof as may be necessary, and de- !
posit the same to the credit of said |
city fund, as needed, in such amounts
as he thinks proper; that the Mayor
and other city officials or officers re-
quired by the lender be and is hereby
authorized and empowered to sign a |
note or other obligation, obligating
the city to pay such amount not lat
er than the 18th day of February,
1920, and that said amount shall not
be borrowed at q greater rate ef in
terest than six per cent.
Approved in open beard this the Is |
day of February, 1919.
r, w. WEBB, Mayor.
s. j. Ladner, Sec'y.
The following bills were allawed,
approved and ordered paid out of
the following funds:
CITY FUND.
Merchants Bank, payment of /
note, money borrowed for
city fund, taxes of 1913 and
SCHOOL FUND.
Merchants Bank, payment of
note, money borrowed for
school fund, taxes of 1918
and interest at per cent?, 4,238.45
SCHOOL BUILDING FUND.
Merchants Bank, payment of
note, money borrowed for
School Bldg Fund, taxes
1918 and interest 292:lO
BOND FBNB.
Merchants Bank, payment of
note, money bonewed Bond
Fund, taxes 1918 and inter-