St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-10
Tandlason, Howas, Robert, Saith.


Smith, seconded by Mr.. r. c. Abney.
that,
Whereas, 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 tell
ers to count the votes and compile
the result.
And be t further ordained, That a
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 thai 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 vote,
the result was: Yes, ten. Nays,
none.
And the motion was duly carried,
and the ordinance adopted.
Whereupon the President announc-
cd the appointment of Messrs. Tneo-
dore Dendinger, Jr., and ]. M. Smith
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 box,
and examined and canVassed the re-
turns made by the officers Of the said
special election at each polling place
and verified the said returns with the
result, which is declared as follows
At Ward One "a, Madisonville,
La, there were found So votes, rep
resenting an assessed valuation of
Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand
Nine Hundred and Fifty-three Dol
lars ($214,953.00) 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 ($750,000)
Dollars, and to issue and sell ne
gotiable semi-annual interest bear
ing coupon bonds evidencing the
said Indebtedness (the amount of
said Indebtedness being less than
te nper cent. Of the assessed valua-
ton Of the property in the said
PARISH; said bonds to bear inter-
est at the rate of five 60 per cent.
per annum, payable semi-annually.
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 twenty-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 accordance with Article
Psi of the Constitution and Laws
of the State of Louisiana; the pro-
ceeds from the sale of the said
bonds at not less than par to be
used in constructing and fmproy-
ing the public roads and highways
in the Parish of st. Tammany,
Louisiana,
And there were found no votes repre-
senting an assessed valuation of no
dollars cast against the proposition
above set forth.
At Second Ward, First Precinct,
Sandy Ford, there were found 2G
votes, representing an assessed valu-
alton of Forty-two Thousand One
Hundred Fifty-fve ($42,155.00) Dol
lars, cast in favor of the proposition
as above set forth, and there were
found 5 votes, representing an as
sessed valuation of Five Thousand
Nine Hundred Seventy-ive Dollars
($5,975.0O) cast against the propo-
sition as above set forth.
At Second Ward, Second Precinct,
Folsom, there were found % votes,
an assessed valuation OF
Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred
Forty-six Dollars ($16,S46.0O) cast
in favor of the aforesaid proposition,
and there were found votes, repre-
senting an assessed valua ton OF Four
Eight Hundred Eighty-s1x
Dollars (s4,S86.O0) cast against the
aforesaid proposition.
At Ward Three, Covington. La,
there were found 223 votes, repre-
senting an assessed valuation Of Four
Hundred Thirty-tWo Thousand Nine
Hundred Forty-eight ($432,948.OO(
Dollars cast in favor Of the afore-
said proposition, and there were
found 4 votes, representing an as
sessed valuation of Eight Thousand
One Hundred Thirty-eight Dollars
cast against the afore-
said proposition.
At Ward Four, Vaudeville, La,
there were found SO votes, represent
ing an assessed valuation Of One
Hundred Fourteen THOUSAND Five
Eighteen ($114,51S) Dol
lars cast in favor of the aforesaid
and there wass found
votes representing an assessed yalua-
ton of Thirty Thousand Three Hun
dred Thirteen $3.50, 313.G0) Dollars
cast against the aforesaid proposi-
ton.
At Ward Five. Bush, La, there