St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-12
AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance calling a special cleo
ton in the Parish Of st. Tam
MANY Louisiana

An ordinance calling a special cleo
ton in the Parish Of st. Tam
many, Louisiana.
Be it ordained by the police jury
Of the Parish of st. Tammany, State
Of Louisiana, That special election
be and the same is hereby called and
ordered to be held in the said Parish
Of st. Tammany on April 10Th, 1919,
between the hours of seven 81
o'clock a. m. and five 90 o'clock p.
m, and that at said election there
shall be submitted to the taxpayers
resident citizens OF said parish quail
fed under the Constitution and laws
OF this State to vote at the said cleo
ton, proposition to authorize the
police jury of the Parish OF st. Tam
many to incur debt on behalf OF and
in the name of the Parish Of st. Tam
many in the amount OF Seven Hun
dred and Fifty Thousand (S75O,OOO)
Dollars, and to issue an dseu serial
negotiable semi-annual interest bear
ing coupon bonds evidenclng the SAID
indebtedness (the amount OF the said
Indebtedness being less than ten (lO)
per cent of the assessed valuation OF
the property in said parish); said
to run for a period OF 26 years,
and to bear interest at the rate OF
five CD per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually, the principal and in
terest of said bonds to be payable
in such amounts and at such places
as the governing authority may de-
termine, and both principal and
interest of said bonds to be secured
by a sufficient tax to be levied and
collected each year in accordance
with Article 2S1 Of the Constitution.
and the laws of the State of Louis1-
ana, the proceeds from the sale OF
the said bonds at no less than par
to be used in constructing and I'M
proving the public roads and high
ways within the Parish of st. Tam
many, Louisiana.
Be it further ordained, That there
shall he published in the Official
journal of the Parish of st. Tam
many, for thirty 900 days a notice
of the said special election, SAID
notice to embrace substantially ali
thingsabove set forth and also notlce
that this Police Jury will meet IN
open session at the District Court
house in Covington, La, at ten (l0j
O'Clock a. M, on Thursday, the 18th
day of April, 1919, and then ana
there proceed to open the ballot oo2-
es used in said election, examine ana
count the ballots in number ana
amount, examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare the result OF the
said election.
Be it ordained, That the President
Of the Police Jury be and ne IS mere
by authorized and directed to nave
the necessary ballots printed Tor the
said special election, which ballots
shall contain the foregoing PROPOSE
tion and be drawn up in accordance
with law and the provisions OF TINS
ordinance; and he is also authorized
10 arrange for providing the ballot
boxes. the necessary blanks for Tally |
sheets and compiled statements.
AZ il further ordained, That the
rlerk of Court and Ex-Otticio Regis
rrar of Voters shall furnish to the
.lection officers hereinafter named
For said special election with nst |
~ he taxpayers in said parish en-
titled to vote in person or by proxy
# the said special election, together
With the assessed valuation OF eacn
property as shown by tne
assessment roll last made ana hleo
,rior to said special election:
,Re II further ordained, That the
olloving polling places, all WITHIN
10 Parish OF st. Tammany, are mere
y designated and Determined upon'