The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-06

Dortch, President; J. T. Many, T.
NJ. Barnett, T. NJ. Love, c.. D. San
didge, j. W. Jeter and J. A. SewalI
Nays-uoue.
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering a ccial election in ac
cordauce with Act No. l53 of the
Acts of 1894, of the Legislature ol
The State of Louisiana, approved
July 18th, 1891, whercat shall he
submitted to the property tax payers
Of parish wand No. l, Of the Parish
Of Dossier, in the State of Louisiana
entitled to vote under the laws Of the
said State, the question Of levying q
special tax at the rate of five mills
on the dollar per annuL4 for a period
of ten years beginning with tie 1st
day of January, 1897, in the all oi
the construction of the Kansas City
Watkins & Gulf railway, by the
Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf Railway
Company. 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-payins electors
of parish ward No. l, in the parish
Of Bossier aforesaid, hereto annexed
and made part thereof, 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 election, making re-
turns, etc.
Section l. Be it Ordained by tho
Police Jury of the Parish of Bossier,
III the State Of Louisiana, in legal
session convened, That special elec-
ton be held in parish ward No. l, in
the parish aforesaid, on Thursday,
the goth day of February 1896, at
which shall he 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 Louisiana, the Ques-
ton Of levying a special tax of five
mills on the dollar of valuation on all
the taxable property of said parish
ward No. l, annually for the period
Of ten years, beginning with the 1st
day of January, 1897, in aid of the
construction as heroinbefore describ-
ed, by the Kansas City, Watkins &
Gulf Railway Company, a corpora
ton organized under the laws of the
State of Louisiana, said tax to be
levied and paid out according to lazy,
upon the express terms and condi-
tions as set forth in the following
petition of the property taxpayers
Of the parish ward as aforesaid, viz ::
PETITION.
To the Honorable Police Jury of
the Parish OF Dossier, State of Louis
lana: We, the undersigned petition
ers constituting more than one-third
of the property taxpayers i'll the
parish ward No. 1, of Bossier parish,
said State, respectfully represent that
the construction of the Kansas City,
Watkins & Gulf railroad through the
said parish ward will be Of great ben
eft to the people and property
thereof;
Wherefore, we respectfully petition
your Honorable Police Jury to levy
special tax of five mills annually for
the period of ten years as provided
by law, from the lst day of January,
1897, payable on the order of said
company according to law, in aid of
the construction OF the Kansas City,
Watkins & Gulf railway, by the
Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf Rail
way Company, corporation organiz-
ed under the laws of the State of
Louisiana, from point of said parish
ward No on the south boundary
and running thence in a northwestern
ly direction through the entire length
of said parish ward, passing within
three-fourtLs of a mile Of Knox Point,
and passing out of the said parish
ward on the north boundary over
the most practicable route through
said parish ward No. l, and provided
that none of said tax is to be paid
said corporotion until after the com
pletion of said road through said
parish ward No. l; and will erect
depots at such points in said parish
ward No. l on said railway as the
commerce thereof may in the iudg-
ment of the said company require
and will construct said line through
said parish ward No. l on the most
practicable route from the said point
Of entrance to the northern or upper
boundary Of said parish ward No. ]
completing the same ready for operat
ing the trains thereon on or before
December 3lst, 1897.
Petitioners further pray your Hon
orable body to order an election tc
take the sense of the taxpayers or
granting the aid asked for or against
said proposition, the ballots to be
written or printed in the following
form, viz.