The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-06-05
Proceedings Of the Board Of Trustees.


MAYORS OFF1cE--CITY or SHREVEPORT
May 80 1857.
AT a called meeting of the Mayor and Trustees Of
the city of Shreveport, there present His Honor
Mayor Boarman; Trustees Dickinson, Kelly, Head
and Linman
The following ordinance, introduced by Trustee
Head adopted, Trustee Dickinson voting against
the ordinance
Be II oraa5asa BY ts NQyor md Trustees, IN legal as
se15Ly coRge7le That the of $1,000 be appropri-
ated special fund, which shall be known as a con-
tngent fund.- and appropriated in the following
ner $3.50 to be advanced to the Fire Company for the
purpose Of purchasing lumber and material for con
struetinga temporary engine house; and that sr750
be reserved and paid out only for incidental and san
tary purposes the order of the Mayor of the city
countersgned by the City Physician and that the May
or and Controller be authorised to sign the necessary
amount of city change notes.
The following ordinance, introduced by Trustee
Head, was adopted by the following vote For-kelly
and Head; against -Lnman and Dickinson, the Mayor
voting in favor of the ordinance.
Be 1t ordained By tie Mayor and Trustees That the
Controller be authorised to pay all the debts of the
city now due and approved with six months scrip bear
ing eight per cent. interest from date of ISSUE that
this scrip be receivable for dues only after it's maturity,
and that the Mayor and Controller shall sign the
IN denominations of not less than $50.
Trustee Head was appointed a member OF the Finance
Committee, to fill the vacancy.
The Board then adjourned.
ALECk BoARMAN, Mayor.
FRED, A. LEONARD, Controller.
Consignees Of Merchandise per Steamboats,.
Phelps Dc CO. NJ Tapp, Cedar Grove, 2 pkgs; V J
TaPP, Kaufman m do; Clapp Brown, Troupe, do;
MrsJ w Neal, do / do; G & Berthold, Mount Enter
prise, do G ". Marshall, do H Wherritt Shrev-
port 2 DO; Norvel. Mount Enterprise, III do.
Walsh q Boiseeau.--James McFadden, Tyler, pks;
Smith & Perry, Elysian Fields. / do; VIM Flournoy,
Greenwood, do; Planters National Baak, Shreve-
port do; w " Allen, Mansfield, % do NJ Roquet,
Nocogdoches, 2 do; G Heard, Jonesville, do F E
Woods Marshall, 10 do; DIR. Perry, Jonesville
do; Heinrich Hetfner, Marshall, 10 do Lucen Flour
uoy, Greenwood, $50 do; John Rudd, Texas, do.
Gregg &c 4Haase1.--G G Gregg &co, Marshall, pkg;
do; Rogers MeCutcheon, Shreveport IL do; Tucker
/ Thurmond do $50 do; Purnell, Marshall, 100 do
J B Rentro, Larssa, do; Geo Mertzbacher, Marshall
81 do.
Stacey d Fa5aal.-B Q Rhome, Selma j pkg; T q
Rhodes, Pine Ill., do; Loeb, Marshall, do; J M &
S. do; 7 Reavis, New Salem, IS do; II Galloway,
Marshall, do; Meyer Lopez do do
H0ceW Durham d I0nakias-J P Minis, SCOTS De-
pot, pkg Hicks, Aycock a. Mallard, Rusk, do; Mrs
i Parsons Marshall,3 do Smith Il Scott do y do; u
J Marshall 6 do; Lewis Todd, do; George Turner,
! do.
Nm r. Iap5ey Dc Co.'S HAarf Boat-Jas L Low
cry, Starve, % Pkgs; w Heard, Marshall, s do; ]
Vanhook, do do " D Ward &co, 400 do.
john 9. Etstner.--R Wilkinson, log pkgs; w J
Hughes, 6 do; i Jones, 30 do.
coNsIGSEEs PER TEXAS EXPRESS COMPANY.
B Looney eco, Shreveport, pkg; Geo Henderson,
do do; Jones & Cuylor do do Dolson Jones do
do; Fl Ards eco. do do; Riersen Gagard, do do
V Shdet, do do; Wlmbefly, Ards Geo. do do; D
Young, do 2 do; J Marks, do do; Wesley Robin
son. do Dc; swinburne, do do; Miss Adella Jar
rott, Marshall, do Jas A Boldng, do do; l. G De
lise, do do J Burke, do do; G Chamberlain do
do; & " Russell Acc, jefferson do; Henry
stone, do do; Meadows Tulrentine, Gordon, / do;
fore AGO. Simpsenville, do; C Golding GAINESVILLE
90; y a Cook, Dangerteld, do; Il Dulaney, Bon