The Bossier banner., 1874-07-25
ear, be adopted, in accordance

For Tax Collector, 1900 90
Incidental expenses. 1000 90
Roads and Bridges, 1000 90
School Houses. 1900 90
Total amount, $4,000 90
Be it enacted, &C., That a new
bridge be built over Willow chute,
on the Shreveport and Benton
road, at, or adjoining the present
site, and in place Of the present
bridge. That the building Of the
same let out to the lowest bidder,
between the hours for Sheriff's
sales, after due advertisement, on
the first Saturday in August next,
at the Court house door, by the
President, and the specifications
for the same, be as follows:
The bridge is to be on a. level
with the banks of the bayou; to
be fourteen feet wide, covered
with pine plank, not more than
eight inches wide,and two or more
inches thick. Six sleepers, or
more abreast, to extend from
bench to bench; sleepers to- be not
less than three by twelve inches,
sawed pine; benches to be not fur
ther apart than sixteen feet
Capsills, ls,posts,mudsills and braces
OF benches to be heart post oak,
squared by saving or hewing.-
Capsills, not less than eight by
twelve; posts, not less than eight
by eight; and mud sills not less
than ten by ten; braces, six by six,
to extent from center of mudsills
to jnnctura of posts, with capsills.
Posts TO be let into mud and cap
sills, by lemons, not to extend
through and pinned. Braces to
be pinned securely in position.
Bannisters to both sides of bridge
i floor, three feet high, to be con-
|strlcted ofpine scantliug, not less
than four by six in size; posts to
be over capsills, and equi-distant,
AMI bannisters to be securely
braced and pinned together, and
pinned to floor of bridge.
i The sleepers are to extend clear
over the capsihs, at each end by
four inches, and to be let down on
capsills, 2 inches. All tipbers in
the bridge to be new. The plank
of the floor are to be securely
spiked to sleepers at each end OF
each plank, aud the outside sleep
ers securely spiked to cap sills.
Be it. resolved, &c, That the
building of the bridge be not let,
unless the lowest bid be less thar
four hundred and seventy (S47G
0Q) dollars, and the person to
whom the same is adiudicated,
gave bond to the parish, in the
Esum of three hundred 1890 0O)
dollars, for the faithful compile
tion Of the bridge, before the frs,
day of November, 1874.
The following accounts in favor
Of w, Fl. Hill, J. F., we're allowed
One. state W R Martin, favor Of Boss
Kyle, for "a 12]
One, state VS. W Severe, favor Of D
II Wise. for 4l2
One, state vs. Geo Young, favor of w
H Hill, j P, for 2 90
One, state VS. G Jefferson, favor ofW
H Hill, for ] 90
One, state vs.sosc baldwin, favor Of
L IL {<avp4
One, state vs. ] Taylor, favor of WI
Zone, state vs. r Martin, favor Of VII
q Hill, for 4S8
One, state VS. Pleas Smith, favor Of w
H Hill, for 8 SO
One. state vs. w Severe, favor Of w b
Hill, for 2 GO
One account, in favor Of DR.. w. NJ.
Swami, for services rs Parish Ply.
sician, tor quarter ending July 3,
1874, issued in favor of 7. ]. Moore,
il for $50
: One account of E r Moore & Son, for
o} lock aud kucb, b,for-...........l 1 Z
! One. state vs. Lydia Collier, in favor OF
Jack Perry, and held by E u
I Moore & Son, for.-.....---.-.- 2 S
!. One account, in favor Of + NJ Hanks,
!. for lumber for Caney bridge. for l80
The following witpcss scripts held by
. 3 Prather, were allowed:
One, state vs. Ct McClenahan, favor Of
Eastman, for. So SC
One, state Va g McC Clenahan, favor Of
I AlfDrd, for. r.-.....-.---.-.-..... 2 6s
One, state vs. g McClenAhan, favor of
One, state vs. G. McC Clenahan, favor Of
Z r Arnold, for. - -. s:....-......-.- 6:
! One account for spikes, for -.-..--..9 q
: 81 lumber, for.. 81 q
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