St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-31
PROCEEDINGS
POLICE JURY
CoYington, La. May 26, 1919.

Minutes of the Police Jury of the
Parish of st. Tammany, held Mon
day, May 26, 1919.
The Police Jury of the Parish of
st. Tammany, acting as the govern
ing authority of said parish, met in
special session at the District Court
house in Covington, Louisiana, on the
26th day of May, 1919, at 1890 a..
m, pursuant to an ordinance adopt
ed April II, 1919:
Present: Messrs. Howe, Do
mergue, Dendinger, Smith, Davis and
Cowart.
Absent: Messrs. Robert, Craw
ford and Fendlason.
R. c. Abney, resigned.
On motion of S. R. Cowart, sec
onded by Mr. Davis, the following
notice, which was mailed to all of
the members, be spread on the min
uteS:
Covington, La, May 10, 1919.
"You are hereby notified to attend
special meeting of the Police Jury
to be held at Covington, La, Monday
May 26, 1919, at 10:30 a. M, for
the purpose of receiving bids on the
$150,00O.00 road bonds, as advertis-
ed, as well as to fix the date of pay
ment of the principal of said bonds,
in accordance with law
The Police Jury having been duly
convened, it was moved by Mr.. Smith
seconded by Mr. Davis, that the Po-
lice Jury proceed to open the bids
received for the issue of Seven Hun
dred Fifty Thousand Dollars of road
bonds of the Parish of St. Tammany,
this being the time and place fixed
for the award of said bonds. Said
resolution being unanimously adopt
ed, the secretary of the Police Jury
thereupon presented the bids receiv-
ed for said bonds, which were there
upon duly opened and tabulated.
And it appearing that the bid OF
Hibernia Bank & Trust Co. was the
highest and best bid received for said
bonds, which bid is in words and
figures as follows:
(This bid will appear in the next
issue of The Farmer)
Mr.. Smith thereupon moved that
said bid of Hibernia Bank & Trust
Co. be accepted and that said Seven
Hundred Fifty Thousand ($75O,O0O)
Dollars Road Bonds of the Parish OF
st. Tammany be awarded to said
Hibernia Bank & Trust Co.
Said motion beng duly seconded,
was adopted by the following vote:
Yeas: Six CO..
Nays: None.
The following ordinance was there
{ upon offered by Mr.. Domergue and
seconded by Mr.. Dendinger:
AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance fixing the date of pay
ment of the principal of an issue
of Seven Hundred Fifty Thou
sand ($750,000) Dollars Road
Bonds of the Parish Of st. Tam
many, Louis Ia.
Whereas, by an ordinance adopted
on the 18th day of April, 1919, the |
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Tam |
many, authorized the issuance of
Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand |
t$75O, 600. coo Dollars Road Bonds |
OF said parish. pursuant to the au-
thority conferred upon said Police
Jury by an election held in said par
lsh on the 18th day Of April, 1919;
and,
Whereas said ordinance fixed the |
amount of said bonds which should |
mature annually in each Of the years |
1870 to 1945, inclusive, but through |
lnadVertance, did not fix the day and |
month in each year upon which said |
bonds should become due and pay
able.
Therefore be it ordained by the
Police Jury of said Parish of St |
Iammany, that said $3.50, 900 Road !
Bonds of said parish authorized to
De issued by said ordinance of April |
u, 1919, shall mature serially on the
hrst day Of June in each of the years
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