The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-06-01
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Finance Committee awarding

The report OF Finance COMMITTEE, awarding TO N. u.
Hall the contract for furnishing and making cofns for
deceased city paupers, was read and adopted.
The special committee appointed the oath inst, in
reference to the purchase OF ten-acr lot No. re-
twelve thousand (S12,000) dollars in the year
pom bonds of the city, and recommend that purchase
| be made.
! The bond of VIM. E. Kennedy Chief of the Fire
| Department was read and accepted by the Board.
The petition of Geo B. Bertrand referred to the
| City Attorney.
Ordinances and resolutions introduced and adopted
By Trustee G. w. Kendall
Be 1t ordained By the Mayor and Trustees, leg0t
seby conuened That the Mayor be empowered, and is
hereby authorized in the of the city of Shreve
port to purchase ten lot No from its owners and
that he is authorized to give twelve az thousand
Sl00) dollars coupon bonds for said ten acre lot said
lot to be used City Park.
Be 1T further ordained, That the City Attorney be
directed to assist the Mayor taking title to the prop
erty purchased, in in pursuance of this ordinance
Be 1t Reso1ued de- That the Mayor be authorized to
withdraw from Geo. A. Pike, Financial Agent of the
city of Shreveport the twelve bonds required for the
purchase of ten-acre lot No. 7.
By Trustee G. W. Kendall:
Be 1t Rssolged, de-, That the Mayor be and he is
hereby authorized to appoint committee OF three to
purchase a suitable lot for Pest House Quarantine
Ground, recommended by the ex-City Physician, Dr.
T. P. Hockiss in his report of March, 1870.
His Honor appointed on said committee Trustees T.
By Trustee s. C. Head
Be 1t ordained By the Mayor and Board Of Trustees
IN legal assembly c0noened That Mr.. Wright be author
lied to feed prisoners regularly every day that they
may be confined in prison. and that the Street Commits
sioner is required to approve the bill for the same;
and that he be allowed the same compensation, per
day, as he is now receiving.
Bet ordained By the Mayor and Trustees legal assem-
big congend That instead of requiring the contractors
Robson and Baer, to build the revement wall provided
for in ordinances passed March land April 3d. 1870,
that they be instructed and are, by this instructed to
build and put abuttment reveting WALL similar
to the built by Byand Mofit two feet said
wall he bult and anchored
cations and plan to be submitted by the City Engineer,
and to run parallel to revetmen wall provided for in
said ordinances, dated above and to be - feet in
front of said revetment wall. The abuttment herein
provided for to at the northsde of Cotton
street and above up to the river to the mddeor
centre of block (59) ffty-nne.
Be 1t further Ordained That the City Engineer shall
estimate the amount and quality of lumber and mbers
(and costs of putting up the same required to build
the revetment wall provided for in said ordinances
and shall also estimate the amount and quanty of um-
Der and timbers land costs Of putting and building
the same) required to build the revetment wall pro-
yided for in this ordinance and that said contractors
shall credit on the promised them in the agree
ment entered into, in pursuance OF said ordinances,
whatever sum or amount of money saidlEnglneer may
estimate the difference between said material land
the costs of work budng) required to build reyet
ment wall per said ordinances, and the reveng or
abutmen wall herein provided for that to say the
city shall be entitled to credit on the amount OF the
original contract of the difference between the entire
costs of the wood and work of revetment wall, pro-
vided for in said ordinances, and by original agree
ment, and the entire costs of the on the wall
provided for in this ordinance.
Be FURTHER ordained, That said contractors shall fill
the space between the levee, which the reVetment
wall line, provided for in said ordinances was to be
placed, and the abuttmen wall herein provided for,
with dirt at seventy cents per yard the estimate OF the
number of yards of filling dirt between these said
walls or lines to be made by the City Engineer, and
paid for by the city same terms and conditions as
provided for in said ordinances.
Be further ordained, That it is not the intention
of the Mayor and Trustees to annul in any way VIC
lae said ordinances but to make and enter into by
mutual consent'a supplementary agreement or con-
tract with said contractors to do extra work. in pursu
of this ordinance
By Trustee j. W. Arnold
Be 1t RESOLVED, That the ordinances passed on May
"a, 1870 in relation to contract with Robson and
Baer be annulled and that the Controller be directed
not to publish them
The following communication was received:
To the Mayor and Trustees of the City of Shreveport
Gentlemen-We accept the conditions and obligations
embodied in your ordinance of May %, 1870, and
will proceed to do the work
(Signed) ROBSON BAER,
per William Robson
Shreveport, May %, 1870
The Board then adjourned E. NJ. STURGESS,
Controller.