St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-05
AN ORDINANCE.

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 a special election
be and the same is hereby called and
ordered to be held in the said Parish
of ST. Tammany on April 18th, 1919,
between the hours Of seven 90
o'clock a. m. and five (5) O'Clock p.
M, and that at said election there
shall be submitted to the taxpayers
resident citizens of said parish quail
hed 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. ram
many in the amount OF Seven Hun
bred and Fifty Thousand $3.50, O0O)
Dollars, and to issue an dseA serial
negotiable semi-annual interest bear
ing coupon bonds eVidencing the said
Indebtedness (the amount of the said
Indebtedness being less than ten COP
per cent of the assessed valuation OF
the property in said parish); said
to run for period OF 26 years,
and to bear interest at the rate of
tive go 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 281 Of the Constitution
and the laws of the State of Louisl-
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 be published in the Official
journal OF the Parish of St. Tam
many, for thirty 500 days a notice
of the said special election, said
hotice to embrace substantially all
things above set forth and also notice
that this Police Jury will meet In
open session at the District Court
house in Covington, La, at ten (1O}
o'clock a. m, on Thursday, the l7th
day of April, 1919, and then and
there proceed to open the ballot box
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 he is here
by authorized and directed to nave
the necessary ballots printed for the
said special election, which ballots
shall contain the foregoing PROPOSE
lion and be drawn up in accordance
with law and the. provisions OF TINS
ordinance; and he is also authorized
to arrange for providing the ballot
boxes, the necessary blanks for tally
sheets and compiled statements.
Be it further ordained, That the
Clerk of Court and Ex-Ofticio Regis
trar Of Voters shall furnish to the
election officers hereinafter named
FIR said special election with llst
a, the taxpayers in said parish en-
titled to vote in person or by proxy
at the said special election. together
with the assessed valuation of each
taxDayer's property as shown by the
assessment roll last made and hled
nrior to said special election.
Re it further ordained, That the
following polling places, all within
he Parish of St. Tammany, are mere
Nv designated and determined upon;