St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-12
CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT.
L. A. PERREAND,
Secretary.

We, the undersigned committee
appointed at the meeting Of the
Police Jury held on the second Tues
day of February, 1919, for the pur-
pose of comforting with the Poite-
vent & Facre Lumber Company in
regard to the return of the road be-
tween Abita Springs, Louisiana, and
st. Tammany, Louisiana, beg leave
to submit the following contract,
which they have entered into with
the Poitevent & Favre Lumber Com
pany on behalf of the Parish Of st.
rammany, and ask that same be re-
ceived, filed and ratified:
This contract and agreement enter
ed into by and between the Poite-
vent & Favre Lumber Company, a
corporation organized under the laws
of the State of Mississippi and domi-
ciled at Pennington, Miss, herein
represented by its Vice-President,
John S. Poitevent, duly authorized.
nereinafterWards called the Party of
the First Part, and The Parish OF
st. Tammany of the State of Louisi-
ana, herein represented by E. J. Do
mergue and Joseph Smith, duly au-
thorized, acknowledgements called the
Party of the Second Part, witnesseth:
Whereas, the Party of the First
Part is the owner of the old road
bed Of the East Louisiana Railroad,
extending from Abita Springs, Lou
isiana, to St. Tammany, Louisiana;
and,
Whereas, the said road bed was
no longer used for railroad Eur-
poses; and whereas, the Party of the
Second Part desired to establish a
public dirt road on said road bed be-
tween said two points; and,
Whereas, the Party Of the First
Part was willing that a dirt road
should be established on said road
bed under the following condition,
namely:
That if at any time the Party of
the First Part desired the returu of
said road bed to them at any time,
that the Party Of the Second Part
would Immediately return same with
all the improvements thereon to the
Party of the First Part, free Of all
encumbrances, the Party of the First
Part to pay the Party of the Second
Part the actual money which had
been expended by the Party of the
Second Part, ON said road, which
proposition was accepted by the
Party of the Second Part.
That in accordance with said agree
ment, the Party of the Second Part
did take possession Of said road bed
between Abita Springs, Louisiana,
and St. Tammany. Louisiana, and
have used same as a public road fol
the past several years.
Now, the Party of the First Fart
exercising it's rights under said agree.
ment, has notified the Party of the
| Second Part that its business re
quires the return of said road, ant
requested the return thereof, and ths
| Party of the First Part having ten
dered to the Party Of the Second par
| the sum actually expended by thu
| Party of the Second Part on salt
road in accordance with said agree
ment as hereinabove set forth, ant
| odIu OS1AGw AAA
cumbent on the Party of the Seeont
Part to return said~road and tn
improvements thereon to the Part,
of the First Part unless some oshe
agreement can be entered into; AN
the Party Of the Second Part, be
lieving it to be to the best interest
of the Parish of st. Tammany, an
the citizens thereof, that the oil
agreement be annulled, abrogate
and set aside, and that a new agree
ment be entered into in regard
said road, the following contract an
: agreement is entered into by and b
, tween the parties hereto to take tt
lDlace of and in substitution Of Il
, contract heretofore in existence, {
i hereinabove set forth.