St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-08-16
PROCEEDINGS
POLICE JURY
AUGUST II

Coyington, La, Aug. II, 1919.
The poHce jury met on the above
date with the following member:
presen-: H. N. Fendlason, E. j
Domergue, j. M. Smith, S. r. CoWart
Fletcher Crawford, W. H. Davis, j
B. Howe. A. J. Bennett. Absent;
Z. I. Robert and Theo. Dendinger.
Mr.. Cappell appeared before the
police jury and asked for an appro-
priation cf $3.50 to the Louisiana
Child Finding and Home Society
Inc.
it vas moved and seconded thai
the appropriation be made payable
January 10, 1920. Carried.
Mrs. i. l.. Smith appealed to the
police jury to fix the Lee Road.
Resolved, That the road outfit be
turned over to the Good Roads Com
mittee for their work and to main
tain the present roads of the parish
and when such work be done that
said expense be charged to the police
jury TO be taken out of the road
fund.
1t is requested that the road COM
mittee give immediate attention to
the Lee Road and to haul shells from
the Claiborne hill to the Covington
bridge. The shells are donated by
Mr.. Waller Jahncke. Carried.
Mr.. II. E. Ellis appeared before
the body and presented petition for
the building of road from Lee Road
to Military Road. Same be referred
to the eood roads committee and in
vestiga&e the matter. Carried.
1t Was moved and seconded that
Mr.. Perkins, state director of ex-
tension work, be invited to attend
our next meeting to advise the police
jury aoOut a farm demonstration
agent. Carried.
The following report was read:
We, the Finance Committee, have
examined bills of dipping watts,
$81.01, general fund, $110.67; Grim
inal fund, $685.; road fund, $764.64
J. M. SMITH,
H. N. FENDLASON,
E ]. DOMERGUE,
Finance Committee.
The report of the Finance Com
mittee was accepted and bills order
ed paid.
Road Fund.
H. A. Rousseau, IS days work
with teams, $4,000.
Jim Hansborough, IS days work
with teams. $4,000.
Tom McGowen, II 1-2 days work
with teams, $61.25
prauoGt 1E . 1oyS work
with Ceams. $57.75.
J. B. Howe, Jr., 12 IL days work
with teams, $43.75. ...
Robt. Pow, 13 1-2 days work with
teams, $47.25.
Dan McOwen, II 1-2 days work
with teams. $4025.
]. Eddis, making wagon tongue,
Neulauser Bros, axle grease, 9Oc.
w D. Hill, repairing shell road,
road, $1.60.
Ernest Crawford, work on Floren-
vile road, $500.
Poitevent & Favre, lumber for the
road, $3256.
A. ID. Schwartz, process vebral,
road election, $500.
Slidell Grocery & Grain Co., feed
for mules, $27.74.
Smith Hardware Co., lumber for
Goodbae bridge, $4.48.
Zack Sharp, hauling lumber Pom
chatalawa bridge, $1,000.
Richard Smith, building concrete
culvert Lewisburg road, $2.75.
JOSH Smith, moving cage, etc,
$500.
E. prieto, work in fourth ward,
$3240
E. Esquinance, repairing Poncha-
talawa bridge, $1,000.
John Stevens, repairing Stevens
bridge, $500.
L. w. Harper, lumber for Stevens
bridge. 4th ward, $3.50.
E. Dubourg, repairing road, 4th
ward, $500.
Dipping Vat Fund.
Robt. Badon, hauling solution,
1915.
o. G. Duplantis, hauling solution
$1.00.
E. Prieto, work on watts, S65.74.
l.. Prieto, hauling solution, $500
P. J. Spring, hauling solution,
s1.5O.
General Fund.
CovingtoE Bank & Trust Co., safe
~ deposit box, 1 year, $500.