The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-01-16

three be appointed to examine and
have such necessary repairs as are
needed on Bodcau Bridge. Said
committee to be required to adver-
tise for bidders on said work. j.
W. deter, G. ID. Sandidge,'J L.
Many, committee.
On motion, j. B. Wilmington
was appointed road overseer from
Spring Hill church to Rocky Mount.
J. +. Adser, road overseer from
Black Bayou bridge to Cypress
Bayou, Oh old Sleigh road, aud work
all hands on said road.
The Parish Treasurer presented
his quarterly report. as follows:
W. IL. Scanland, Parish Treasurer,
In account with
1898. BUssier Parish.
Oct. TO balance on hand--..-$ 2l9 y
TO amount to oorrect-------. l U3
Oct. I0-To amount from E. 5. Dortch,
President Police Jury, on Bridge
Fund HOO %
Oct 2l-By amount paid City Shreve-
port, bridge settlement tor August
and September % 50
Nov. 2j.-To amount from President
f S Dortch on Bridge Fund. .... HOO 90
Jan 1i.-To amount from Collector on
Roll, 1875 for quarter ending Dec.
81, SE49 bS, less per cent--.-.... 4512 %
Jan. l4.-To amount from Collector ON
Licenses, 1872, $l6O5, less per ct. 1924 IS
$3.50 30
Oct. BY Warrants Nos. 707 to 755,
inclusive. ........ ............ 1881 o6
Oct. BY telegram. 30
Oct. BY amount paid J. J. Davis,
order &. ID Sandidg e.... 6 SO
Oct. by amount paid W. L. Bell
n Co... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100 Is
Oct. l4.-By amount paid Thos. Hick-
man, order c. ID. Sandidgc. 10 10
Nov. ll.-By amount paid j. n. Plat,
order {. d. Sandidge. 50 90
Nov. 23-By amounts paid j. j. Davis,
order {. ID. Sandidge. 20 IS
Dee H. BY amount paid j. II. FULL
love, order Z. Dcrtch. ..-.--. 80
Dec i2.-By amount paid to j p. Ivy,
order G. ID. Sindldge SO II
1896.
Jan, BY amt paid w. B. Simpson,
order J. a. Scwall and J. T. Maury CSC 10
January 9.-By amount paid City of
Shreveport, &c settlement for
months OF October, November
and December, statement hereto
attached. % u
Jan. lily amount paid J. J. Davis,
order +. s. Dortch .-....... 50 IS
Jan. l1-By Warrant No. 152. ..-... 937 80
Jan. LILY amount paid to j. 7. Ivy,
order Z, s. Dortoh. ..... q 20
Jan. ii-By balance down. 509i %
$3.50 IS
Jan. Ito balance on hand. .... S5O9i 50
The above statement was accepted
as settlement in full to date, and
vouchers burned in open session.
A. Il. Thompson presented the
following statement of Licenses col
lected for Year 1895, and on roll OF
1895:
To amount paid Treasurer. S25 90
TO Blank License returned ..... 1885 90
$685. 90
BY Licenses for 1895: ;-:.:;:: $685. 90
The following ordinance was offer
ed by E. S. Dtorch, President, and
duly seconded by J. T. Manry, and
having been read, was adopted by
the following vote: Yeas-E. S.
Dortch, President; j. T. Marry, 7.
NJ. Barnett, T. NJ. Love, c.. D. San
didge, J. W. Jeter and J. A. Sewall.
Nays-none.
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering special election in ac-
! n
Acts of 1894, of the Legislature Of
the State of Louisiana, approved
July 18th, 1894, whereat shall be
submitted to the property tax, payers
of parish ward No. l, of the Parish
of Bossier, in the State of Louisiana,
entitled to vote under the laws of the
said State, the question of levying a
special tax at the rate of five mills
on the dollar per annum for a period
of ten years beginning with the LIST
day Of January, 1897, in the aid of
the construction of the Kansas City,
Watkins Il Gulf railway, by the
Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf Railway
Company, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Louis
lana, in conformity with the petition
of more than one third of the proper
ty taxpayers and tax-paying electors
of parish ward No. l, in the parish
of Bossier aforesaid, hereto annexed
and made part Their O., and subject
to the conditions and stipulations set
forth in the said petition and made a
part hereof, providing for the mode
OF holding said eledtion, making re-
turns, etc.
Section l. Be, it Ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Bossier,
in the State of Louisiana, in legal
session convened, That special cleo
ton be held in parish ward No. l, in
the parish aforesaid, on Thursday
the 10th day of February 1896, al
which shall be submitted to the
property taxpayers of the said par
ish ward, of the parish aforesaid, who
are entitled to vote under the laws
! of the State of T,nuiciopo tho r,oc