St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-01-15

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to distribute to the Commissioners
appointed to hold said special elec-
ton all necessary ballot boxes, lists
of tax payers entitled to vote either
in person or by proxy at said special
election, together with the valuation
of property of each as shown by the
last assessment approved and filed,
and all necessary lists of voters, tally
sheets and compiled statements.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc., That the polling places for said
election and the commissioners and
clerks hereby appointed to hold said
special election shall be as follows:
Slidell, La, for the Ninth Ward, at
the Town Hall. &c.,
Usual polling booth for the Eighth
Ward. "
Election commissioners for Ninth
Ward: r. ]. Eddins, G. B. Harri-
son, H. c. Cleveland; R. l.. Smith,
clerk; F. F. Wigginton, clerk; A. A
Parker, deputy sheriff.
Eighth Ward commissioners: W.
G. Powe, F. Egleston, w. M. Lauer;
Jno. C. Hager, clerk; DR.. c. F. Farm
er, clerk; -. -. Walls, deputy
sheriff.
The polls shall open at 7 O'Clock
a. NJ, and close at o'clock p. m,
and at said special election duly
qualified voters who are property tax
payers may vote, provided that wo-
men tax payers resident within said
Road District No. Two may vote in
person or by written proxy, without
registration.
| Section T. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That the President of this Police
Jury as the governing authority OF
Road District No. Two of the Parish
is hereby directed to give notice OF
the special election hereby ordered to
he held by his proclamation to be
published according to law, and in
said proclamation he shall announce
| that at L o'clock a. M, on February
II, 1921, the Police Jury of the Par
ish Of St. Tammany, State of Louisi-
| ana, as the governing authority OF
Road District No. Two of said Parish,
! will meet at it's usual meeting place
at the courthouse in the town Of
COvington, and will in open session
proceed to open the ballot boxes used
at said special election, count the bal
lots in both number and amount, can
vass the returns of said special cleo
ton and declare the results thereof.
On roll call the members of the
|Police Jury voted as follows:
Yea: Dendinger, Fendlason, Poole,
Smith, Cooper, Singletary, Davis,
]
Nay: None. Ey
Absent: None
The following ordinance was in-
troduced: :.
! Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Tammany, State
of Louisiana, as the governing au-
thority of Road District No. Two OF
the Parish of St. Tammany, hereto
fore created and appointed by this
Police Jury, be and the same is here
by vested with full power and au-
thority, after the proposed bonds of
said District are voted, to provide
specifications for the location and
construction of the roads in said Dis
trict, this Police Jury hereby grant
to said Supervising Board all of the
authority with reference to the loca-
ton and construction of said roads
that it can legally grant to said
Board.
On roll call members voted as fol-
lows: Yea: Dendinger, Fendlason,
Poole, Smith, Cooper, Singletary,
Davis, Schneider, Howe, Burken-
stock. Nay: None.
Absent: None.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury,
Parish of st. Tammany, State of Lou-
isiana, as the governing authority OF
Road District No. Two of said Par
ish, that the Bank of Slidell, located
in the Town of S1idell, La, within
said Road District No. Two, be and
the same is, hereby designated as the
Idepositary of all funds derived from
the sale of the proposed issue Of
bonds, in behalf Of said District and
from taxes collected for the payment
of said bonds in principal and in
terest.
SPECIAL ELECTION PROCLAMA-
TION.
Pursuant to an ordinance adopted
by the Police Jury of the Parish Of
St. Tammany, State of Louisiana, as
the governing authority of Road Dis
trict No. Two Of said Parish, at is
meeting held on January II, 1921, I,
J. B. Howe, president of the said
Police Jury, hereby give notice that
a special election will be held in and
Throughout said Road District No.
Two of the Parish of St. Tammanv,
on February Is, 1921, at which will
be submitted the following PROPOSE
ton, to-wit:
To incur debt and issue bonds
therefor in behalf of Road District
No. Two of the Parish of St. Tam
many, State of Louisiana, in the sum
of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
($250,000) Dollars, to run twenty
years from date and to bear interest
at the rate of five per centum per
annum from date until paid, payable
annually or semi-annually, for the
) purpose of constructing and main
tanning public roads within said Road
District No. Two, known as Chef
lMenteur Highway (Link of the Span