St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-05-01
POLICE JURY
PROCEEDINGS
OF APRIL Fl
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Covington, La, April Fl, 1920.


The police jury met on the above
date as a continuation of the meet
ing held on April 13, 1920, which
meeting was adjourned to meet this
date to discuss matters pertaining to
St. Tammany parish good roads, and
as to Federal aid, with the following
members present: Theo. Dendinger,
Jr, ward 1; H. N. Fendlason, ward
2; J. M. Smith, ward 4; S. R. Cow
art, ward 5; w. H. Davis, ward T.;
E. P. Robert, ward 8; J. B. Howe,
ward g.; A. ]. Bennett, ward 10.
Absent: E. ]. Domergue, ward g.;
Fletcher Crawford, ward 6.
1t was moved by ]. M. Smith, sec
onded by w. II. Davis, that -he
!, money spent out of the Eighth and
Ninth Wards Road Fund for bridges
in said wards, be taken out of the
Parish Fund and placed to the credit
of the Road Fund in the Eighth
and Ninth Wards, respectively. :.
Carried.
1t was moved by H. N. Fendlason,
seconded by A. j. Bennett, that Mr..
Theo. Dend niger be given authority
to purchase one barge of shells from
the Jahncke Navigation Co.
Carried.
AN ORDINANCE.
Whereas, this Police Jury by ne
gotiations pending between the at
torney of said body and the State
Highway Department stands in po-
sition to receive three hundred and
thirteen thousand ($313, 3,00O) dol
lars Federal Aid on certain designat-
ed state highways operating through
the parish; and
Whereas, in order to secure the
said aid it is necessary to dedicate a
sum sufficient to meet the amount
proposed by the Government; and
Whereas, the sixty-four miles of
said state highways operating in the
parish will cost approximately six
hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars ($62O,000); now therefore
Be it resolved, That this Police
Jury does hereby ded cate, set aside.
and pledge the said sum of three
hundred and thirteen thousand dol
lars ($313,O0O) out of the proceeds
of a sale of the bond issue Of $3.50 :
900 voted April Is, 1919, now on
deposit in the Hibernia Bank L
Trust Company of New Orleans, Lou
isiana, for the purpose Of meeting
Federal requirements as per accept
ances of State and Federal Aid this
day passed by ordinance and for the
purpose of meeting further sums
which may hereafter be accepted by
ordinance; and
Be it further resolved, That the
Good Roads Commission and the
fiscal agent, to-Wit: Hibernla Bank
& Trust Company, of New Orleans,
Louisiana, be and they are hereby
notified and instructed to deposit to
a separate account the sum of three
hundred and thirteen thousand dol
lars ($313,000) to be segregated for
the purpose of meeting the require
ment due on the contract between
the State Highway Department, the
Parish of st. Tammany, and the Bu-
reau of Public Roads, for the placing
of Federal Aid in the Parish.
The above resolution beng put to
vote was unanimously carried.
AN ORDINANCE.
Whereas, the Good Roads Com
mission by. letter of April 10, 1929,
have submitted a statement to this
Police Jury calling for revision OF
the road building program to the ex-
tent that this Police Jury shall des-
ignate from and after this date what
roads shall be constructed in the
future and what roads, if any, are
to be eliminated from the program
owing to the fact, as alleged in the
said letter, that funds will not be
sufficient to complete all the roads
as originally proposed; now there
fore
Be it resolved, That after setting
aside the sum of three hundred and
thirteen thousand dollars (s313 :
FOO0) for the purpose of meeting the
Federal Aid program on the State
highways operating in the Parish of
st. Tammany and which are desig-
mated as follows, to-wit: