St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-09-03
Vaudeville TO
HOLD ELECTION
IN NAVIGATION
DISTRICT MOI
Ordinance Passed to Vote
On Bond Issue $4,000
for Bayou, Wharves.
ELECTION TO BE
HELD OCTOBER 10.
Polls Will Open at 7 a. M,
Close ats p. M; Clerks
and Commissioners.

anu COIIlIlilSSlOllCIS
Meeting of the Navigation Com
missioners Of the First Navigation
District Of the Parish of St. Tam
many, Louisiana, this 3Oth day OF
August, 1921. .-G".
Present: j. E. Lemieux, w. NJ.
BeaujeauX, Geo. w. Smith, Geo. M.
Liockner, f. Edw. Vix.
All members being present the
meeting was called to order by JAS
per e. LemieuX.
On motion, duly seconded, Jasper
e. Lemieux was nominated and elect
ed as president; w. M. BeaujeauX
as vice-president, and F. EdW. VIM
as secretary and treasurer OF the
Navigation District.
On motion, duly seconded, all
monies belonging to said Dlstrlc>
shall be deposited in the Mandeville
Branch Of the Commercial Bank l.
Trust Company.
On motion, duly seconded, the fol
lowing ordinance was unanimously
adopted:
AN ORDINANCE.
Ordering a special election in Navl-
CATION District No. /, st. TAM
many parish, Louisiana, for the
purpose of submitting to the
qualified electors Of the said
Navigation District the question
of a bond issue of $25, 100000,
the proceeds OF said issue to BE
used to dig channel at the
mouth of Bayou Casting; to
struct a reve,ment for the pro-
. lection of said channel; to build
Wharves and make all necessary
and proper improvements alonS
said BAYOU, in order to make
said Bayou sufficient in size to
receive and accommodate barg-
es, schooners, motor boats and
every other kind of vessel.
Whereas, it is necessary and de-
sirable that funds be raised for the
purpose of digging channel at the
mouth of Bayou Casting; construct
ing a revetment for the protection
of said channel; building WharVes
and making all necessary and proper
improvements along said Bayou, III
order to make said Bayou sufficient
in size to receive and accommodate
sbarges. schooners, motor boats and
every other kind of vessel; now,
therefore
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Board of Commissioners of Nav1ga-
tion District No. l. of st. Tammany
Parish, Louisiana, That a special
election be and the same is hereby
called to be held in the Fourth Ward
of the Parish of St. Tammany, Lou
isiana, on the 10th day OF OCTOBER,
1921, at which shall be submitted the
following proposition, to-wit:
To incur debt and issue bonds
therefor in behalf of Navigation Dis
trict No. l of St. Tammany Parish,
Louisiana, in the sum of $25, 10000,
to run twenty years from date and to
bear interest at the rate of tive per
centum per annum from GATE ,unt'i
paid, payable annually or seml-an-
nually, to dig a channel at the mouth
of Bayou Casting; to construct re-
vetment for the protection Of said
channel: to build wharves and make
all necessary and proper improve
ments along said Bayou, in order to
make said Bayou sufficient in size to
receive and accommodate barges.
schooners, motor boats and every
other kind of vessel.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That the secretary Of the said
Navigation District No. /, OF st.
Tamnlany Parish, Louisiana, be ana
he is hereby authorized and directed
to have prepared for use at the said
election a sufficient number OF bal
lots. on each of which shall be print
ed the proposition above set forth
and in 5stantially the following
form: @-Zs
Ballot.
Special election to be held in Navl-
CATION District No. l OF the PARISH
of St. Tammany, State OF Louisiana,
on the 10th day of October, 1921,
pursuant to an ordinance
ordering same, adopted by
the Board Of Commission VIC
ers Of Navigation District
No. l Of st. TamElany Par
ish, as the governing au-
thority of said Navigation
District, on the 30th day
of August, 1921.
Proposition to incur debt
and issue bonds therefor
in behalf of the said Nav!- NO 4
CATION District No, Of st.
Tammany Parish, State OF
Louisiana, in the sum OF
$25, 100000, to run twenty
years from date and to
bear interest at the rate OF
> per cent per annum, to s:
dig channel at the mouth OF Bayou
Casting; to construct reyetment
for the protection Of said channel.
to build wharves and make all nee
essary and proper improvements
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