St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-11-15
Dipping Of Cattle Will Be
Discontinued Nov. 18th
Till After Winter.
GOVERNOR ASKED
TO ORDER ELECTION
To Fill Unexpired Term Of
A. D. Crawford, Assess
or of the Parish.
Covington, La, Nov. II, 1918.

uaI6 IN TeRuId SeSSlOn Win IhS IVA
lowing members presentp: Theo.
Dendinger, Jr., H. N. Fendlaosn, E.
J. Domergue, J. NJ. Smith, S. R. Cow
art, Fletcher Crawford, w. H. Davis.
E. P. Robert, j. B. Howe, A. J..
Bennett.
1t was moved and seconded that
police jury give $50 to F. j. Heinz
to buy clothes for pauper children
in second ward. Carried.
1t was moved and seconded trat
the police jury donate $50 for the
Robinson family at Ramsay the mon
ey be paid So weekly by Dy. Sheri1t
Walter Galatas, the money to be paid
to the store at Ramsay where theg
are to buy groceries. Carried.
1t was moved by J. M. Smith, Sec
onded by H. N. Fendlason, that all
dipping vat inspectors be notified to
stop work on the 18th of November
as their salary is only to be paid TO
that date as the dipping will be dis
continued from November Is for tie
winter. Carried.
1t was moved by J. M. Smith and
seconded by H. N. Fendlason that
the police jury borrow the sum OF
S450O from the Covington Bank &
Trust Company to meet current eX-
penses, the loan being made Until
February /, 1920.
1t was moved by Theo. Dendingar,
seconded by H. N. Fendlason, that
the sum of $32.5O be taken from the
Road District No. fund in the Com
mercial Bank & Trust Co. and placed
in the Covington Bank & Trust CO.,
to be placed in the same fund. This
transfer is made for the purpose or
dividing the funds equally between
the two banks. Carried.
1t was moved and seconded that
Louis Pizzetta be granted permission
to cut the trees from Orleans street
in Vaudeville. Carried.
It was moved and seconded that
the firm of Graham & Martin be pald
the sum of $500 for attorney fees IN
connection with the election of Road
District No. l.
1t was moved and seconded that
the communication which was read
from the State Highway Department
in regard to the survey of the Chez
mississippi Line be referred
to the Good Roads Commission.
Carried.
The following resolution was Of
fered:
Whereas, Hon. A. D. Crawford,
assessor of this parish, died on the
second day of November, 1919; ano
Whereas, under the law the term
Of office of A. D. Crawford will not
have expired until December the
first of nineteen twenty; and
Whereas, the assessor must be
duly elected by the people for the
period of the unexpired term; and
Whereas, it is urgent that his sue
cessor be elected and qualified AZ
early as possible owing to the neces-
sity for the proper promulgation ana
delivery of the assessment rolls o.
St. Tammany parish for the year
nineteen nineteen; therefore
Be it resolved, That his EXcellency,
Ruffin G. Pleasant, Governor or the
State Of Louisiana, do order special
election to be held in the Parish ot
st. Tammany to fill the unexplreo
term of the said Hon. A. d. Craw-
ford, deceased; and
Be it further reoolved, That his
Excellency order said special election
to be held simultaneously on the day
fixed for the Democratic primary, to-
wit: on the Goth day Of January,
1920.
Be it further resolved; That coun'
sci representing this board shall pre-
sent the above resolution to the Chlef
Executive at once.
Statement of T. E. Brewster, tax
collector, for the month of October