The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-04-09
BENTON, Ia, JAN. Is, 1896.

following vote: Yeas-E. S. Dortch,
p,ae;1ont.I r. ,1onrv + N Dorno+4
,n ~ ~ g
NJ Love " H. oanelo9e' D. W.
Jeter and J. A. Sewall. Nays-none.
An Ordinance ordering Special Election in
3Sr%rd"n'e With Act No. I33, Of the Acts of
isana approvcI JuIv ISL Ssr wMereot at shall li2
be SubmitrrI to the property tax payers OF
'rnn ,'ti S.ta S"[ 49, "i In" i"lsH OF hoSSrr
under the laws oltIlc said State, the Question
OF ii;cTy,nS sprcl"I tax at the rate Of five
ten years. h"ynnin~ WHIT with the p r,r T v ;'y OF OF
J.nuary, IS'' IN the aid Of til" c,nstr"y5i"n
way bi thu Kanss Cirr T.HiI Wa,iH, KIM n,1 J H'l 1l
halfway Company, q, corporation cr-anizr,l
"d ""rr trt 'nt LAWS OF tine n,"tr Oh ErisAnH in
onc,third of the prorcrtv tax PAYERS and and
tax rayin- r!yetor7 of parrish wai4 No. l, in
lextd m and md made part rhrr%"f a' nI's1I Sb;rr, '
t" the conditions and stipul4tions SET :orth
,," II, ,H S"l" nctiiom an" n""G pert hereof re
ton, making returns ctc.
Section |. BE it Ordained bv tho
Police .Jurv of the Parish of Hoss;or
in the State of Louisiana in LEGAL
session convened That a sneciaI elec-
ton be held in parish ward 10. l, in
the parish aforesaid, on Thursday,
the 9th day of April, 1896, at
which Shall be submitted to the
property tax payers of the said par
lsh ward, OF the parish aforesaid, who
are entitled to vote under the laws
of the State of Louisiana, the Ques-
ton Of levying 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, i'll aid Of the
construction as heTeinbetore describ-
Ell, by the Kansas City, Watkins and
Gulf Halfway Company, a corpora
ton organised under the laws of the
State OF Louisiana, said tax to be
levied and paid out according to law,
upon the express terms and condi
tlonS as set forth IN the following
petition OF the property taxpayers
OF the parish ward as aforesaid, VIZ:
To the Honorable Police Jury of
the Parish of Bossier, State of Lopis-
lana: We, the UNDERSIGNED DetitiOn-
ers CONSTITUTING more than one-tbird
of the property tax-pavers in the
parish ward No. !. of Bossier parish
said State. respectfully represent that
the construction Of the Kansas Citv
Watkins and Gulf railroad through
the SAID parish ward will be of Great
benefit to the ncoDle and Dronartv
thereof:
Wherefore, we respectfullvnetition
YOUR Honorable Police jury TO lew q
special tax Of 5 mills ANNUALLY for
the period of ten wears. as proyiled
bv law, from the first dav of january
1897. payable on the order of said
ConpaDv accorCinr to law in aid Of
the construction Of the Kansas Citv
Watkins and Gulf Railway. ,)v the
Kansas Citv, Watkins and Gulf Rail-
way COMPANY, a corporation organ
lied under the laws of the State of
Louisiana, from a point of said parish
ward No. | on the south boundary
anl running thence in northwestern
ly direction through the entire length
OF said parish ward, passing within
three-fourtLs of 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 the said tax is to be paid
said corporation until after the com
pletion of said road through said
parish ward No. l; and will erect
depots at snch points in said parish
ward No. l, on said railway, as tbs
commerce thereof may in the iudg.
ment of the said Company require,
and will construct said line through