St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-04-17
PART OF POLICE JURY PRO-
CEEDINGS OF TUESDAY,
APRIL 13.

date with the following members
present: H. N. Fendla3on, ]. NJ
Smith, S. R. Cowart, Fletcher Craw-
ford, W. H. Davis, E. P. Robert, J.
B. Howe, A. J. Bennett.
Absent: 4. ]. Domergue, Theo.
Dendinger.
1t was moved by E. P. Robert,
seconded by W. H. Davis, that the
sheriff be paid the sum Of 75c per
day for the feeding of prisoners
Carried.
1t was moved by ]. M. Smith and
seconded by S. r. CoWart, that fine
of $40 be imposed upon any person
or parties found guilty of dumping
garbage or any kind of refuse what
soever within 100 yards of any pub
lie road in the parish Of St. Tam
many. Carried.
1t was moved and seconded that
a watchman be kept at the Craw-
ford vat until the Goth of April,
1920, at $3.50 per night. Carried.
1t was moved and seconded that
a watchman be kept at the Robert
vat until the Goth of April, 1920, a.
$3.50 per night. Carried.
1t was moved and seconded that
the Bennett road be built according
to the survey of 1915 good roads
committee, which is on the map as
Ramsay Bennett bridge road.
Carried.
The following resolution was in
troduced.
We, the members of the police
jury OF st. Tammany parish, realtz-
ing that Louisiana is primarily an
agricultural state and that the futurs
prosperity depends on her develop
ment along this line, and realizing
further that the paramount need of
our state at this time is Greater
Agricultural College that will be
credit to the state and serve Lou
iiana's agricultural needs as they
should be served, therefore
Be it reoslved, That we heartily
endorse the work being done by the
Greater Agricultural College Asso-
citation to secure Greater Agricui-
tural College for the State Of Lou
isiana, and
Be it, further resolved, That we
hereby pledge ourselves to cooperate
with the above named Association in
it's future work to this end, especial.
ly in promoting a statewide educa-
tional publicity campaign, particu-
larly in St. Tammany parish.
Carried.
Whereas, the following letter has
been received from the Hibernit
Bank & Trust Co.:
New Orleans, March 80, 1920.
To the Police Jury of the Parish of
St. Tammany, Louisiana.
Gentlemen:-This letter is to ad-
wise you, that we are entirely agree
able to your depositing with the Gov
ngton Bank & Trust Company, OF
your city, one-half of the funds real
lied from the tax collections on the
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana,
Road Bond Issue, under the same
terms and conditions that the re-
mainder of the funds have to be de-
posted with US.
Very truyl yours,
P. H. WILKINSON,
Bond Officer.
Therefore be it resolved, That from
and after date hereof one-half of the
amount of taxes collected by the
Sheriff and Tax Collector for the
sinking fund of the Road Bond Issue
of April Is, 1919, be and the same
are ordered deposited in the propor-
tions of one-half of said amount with
the Covington Bank & Trust Com
pany and the remainder with the
said Hibernia Bank & Trust Com
pany, of New Orleans.
This resolution having been put
to a vote was unanimously carried.
Whereas, communication has
been received from the Good Roads
Commission notifying this body OF
the resignation Of Mr.. w. Oswald.
as commissioner, and recommending
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ing the paying of the teachers dur
ing the time that these schools were
closed, and l will ask that you please
decide whether it makes any differ
ence as to who orders the schools
closed
In the eighth ward l wish to re-
port that the Indian Village colored
school has closed a term of elk
months, and the teachers have open
ed the Hay Hollow school, near Fol-
som. The water pipes have been
laid to the Pearl River school from
the Ozone Water Cos. well. This
perhaps, gives the Pearl River school
as good a water supply as any school,
in the parish. The new libraries
have been received in the Pearl
River, Robert and Ridge schools.
In the Slidell school l am pleased
to report that a physical examina-
tion of all of the pupils has been
made by Drs. Griffith, Polk and
Singleton, assisted by Miss Janella
Lansing, the pubic health nurse.
Scales have been purchased for the
school, so that monthly weighing
may be held, to determine whether
the natural increase in weight Is
being made. l might say here thai
a similar examination was made by
DR.. R. B. Paine in the Vaudeville
and Lewisburg schools.
Perhaps l will be pardoned II |
express at this time my belief that
a great deal of good will be accom-
plished by the Public Health Nurse,
and the cooperation OF our local
physicians of the parish. We know
that we have always been .glad to
believe that our parish is the most
healthful and safest place for man to
live, although we are a little bit
startled by the fact that rural DIS