St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-26
Votes For, 545; Against
1O9; $1,222,004 For;
$139,203 Against.
FULL PROCEEDINGS
OF MEETING 18TH
No, and Amount of Bonds
and the Order Of Their
Maturity Fixed.
Govington, La, April IT, 1919.

Minutes of the Police Jury of the
Parish of St. Tammany, held Thurs
day. April II, 1919, for the purpose
of promulgating the result of the
special road election of April 5th,
and passing an ordinance fixing the
bonds and maturities thereof, and to
advertise for bids on the same.
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 Coyington, Louisiana, on
the 17th day of April, 1919, at ten
o'clock a. M, pursuant to the pro-
visions of the ordinance of said Police
Jury dated March IL, 1919, and the
proclamation of election by j. b.
Howe, president of the Police Jury
also of date March II, 1919. Pres
ent: Messrs. Abney, Dendinger, Do
mergue, Davis, Crawford, Cowart,
Fendlason, Howe, Robert, Smith.
Absent: None.
The Police Jury having been duly
convened it was moved by Mr. }. NJ.
Smith, seconded by Mr.. R. c. Abney,
that,
Whereas, a special election as call
ed by this Police Jury was held on
April 18th, 1919, in the Parish of
ST. Tammany, and
Whereas, it is the duty of this
Police Jury to open the ballot boxes
used at said special election, examine
and count the ballots and canvass
the result of said election, therefore
Be it ordained, That this Police
Jury do now proceed to open the bal
lot boxes used at the said special
election, examine and count the bal
lots in number and amount, examine
and canvass the returns and declare
the result of the said election; and
that the President appoint two teit-
ers to count the votes and compile
the result.
And be further ordained, That
process verbal of the opening OF the
said ballot boxes be made and that
the canvass of the returns and result
thereof he shown on the said process
verbal and tina. the said process
verbal be signed by all the members
of the Police Jury, the tellers and the
officers thereof.
This motion being put to a vote,
the result was: Yes, ten. Nays,
none.
And the motion was duly carried,
and the ordinance adopted.
Whereupon the President announa-
ed the appointment of Messrs. Tneo-
dore Dendinger, Jr., and j. NJ. Snuth
as tellers; and in open session the
said tellers, in the presence of all OF
the members of the Police Jury, pro-
ceeded to open the ballot boxes and
count the votes cast at the election
held April 18th, 1919. in the Parish
of St Tammany, Louisiana; each
box from each polling place in the
said Parish being opened separately
and thereupon proceeded to examine
and count the ballots in each ok,
and examined and canvassed the re
turns made by the officers OF the sald
special election at each polling place
and verified the said returns with the
result, which is declared as follows
At Ward One (D, MadisonVlile,
La, there were found So votes, rep
resenting an assessed valuation OF
Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand
Nine Hundred and Fifty-three Dol
lars ($214.953O0) cast in favor OF
the proposition:
To authorize the Police Jury Of
the Parish of St Tammany to in
cur debt on behalf of and in the
name of the Parish of ST. Tam
many to the amount Of Seven Hun
dred Fifty Thousand ($750, ,OGvl
Dollars, and TO issue and sell ne
gotiable semi-annual interest bear
ing coupon bonds evidencing the
said Indebtedness (the amount ot
said Indebtedness being less than
te nper cent. Of the assessed Vaiua-
tion of the property in the SAID
Parishl said bonds to bear inter
est at the rate of five (5) per cent
per annum, payable semi-annualty.
the interest and principal of said
bonds to be payable in such
amounts and at such places as the
said Police Jury may determine,
and within tweuty-siX years from
the date of the bonds: and both
the principal and interest of said
bonds to be secured by sufficient
tax to be levied and collected each
year in accoradnce with Article
281 Of the Constitution and Laws
of the State of Louisiana; the pro-
ceeds from the sale of the said