The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-01
Mass Meeting Of Taxpay.
ers to be Held Tonight
in City Hall to Discuss
Road Question
Mayor Shannon Issues Call for
All to Attend in Order that
Concensus Of Opinion
May be Taken

Mayor NJ. D. Shannon has issued a
call for a mass meeting of the >ity'S
taxpayers to take place in the City
Hall tonight. The object OF the meet
ing is to explain to the property own
ers the stand taken by the city au-
thorities in upholding the rights of
the citys charter and in guarding the
interests OF the taxpayers, and to take
the concensus of opinion on the pro-
posed road tax
The mayor and representatives, of
the city want some endorsement OF
their action in order that when they
! take action there will be no comeback
on the grounds that the people were
not fully represented, and that such
action was to be construed as coming
from the municipal authorities of the
city and not from the representative
property owners of the municipality
This argument has been advanced in
the past. in spite of the fact that the
municipal officers of the city were
duly elected for the purpose of up
holding the constitution Of the union
and of the state, and to speak for and
protect the rights of the municipality
which they represent.
1t is this duty they are endeavoring
to perform when they refuse to per-
nit violation of the rights of their
charter by the police jury or any
body created by the jury. They do
not propose to have the burden of a
tax forced upon the property holders
by any creature of the jury.
The authorities of the city of Nor
gan City are strictly in favor of the
move for good roads in the parish,
but proposed bond issue for improv-
ing the streets of the city is now
pending in this city. Such a bond is
sue will entail an added taxation up
on the property owners, and the city
authorities are not desirous of hay.
ing two taxes put upon the shoulders
of the taxpayers at once, even were
the city liable to the tax. In order to
contribute it's share to the building of |
good roads throughout the parish, the
city authorities have proposed a trade
to the supervisors of Road District
No. l in which the city offers to con-
tribute the equivalent to the parish
of what the parish would get from
this municipality from the proceeds
of the tax. This action has had a ten
dency to set Alright the impression
that the representatives of the city
were opposed to the roads movement.
1t is from the proceeds of a city
bond issue that the city proposes to
get the funds to contribute to the
parish issue. In this way, the city |
plans to kill two birds with the same
stone by providing for the streets of |
the ely and at the same time do its |
part in building roads in the parish |
issue for the roads carried, the road |
The board has promised that if the |
in the sixth ward would get first at
tention The fact that there is to be
no discrimination against this end of |
the parish has tended to create |
spirit of cooperation between the |
board and the citizens of this end |
The local authorities fully appreciate |
the desire of the board for fairness |
to all concerned, but they cannot per-
nit the rights granted by the state
when the city was incorporated to
be violated. They stand to guard |
the interests of the people whom they
represent