The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-06-30
AN ORDINANCE.


Section l. Be 1t ordained by the po-
lice jury OF the parish of CaddO, that
said parish be and is hereby formed
into a road district, i'll compliance with
Article POI of the Constitution of 1893.
Sec p Be it further ordained, etc,
that in order to raise funds for the
purpose of constructing, maintaining
and repairing the public roads of said
parish, that one mill per annum of the
taxes levied by said police jury of Cad
10 parish for the year 1901, and for
zach succeeding year, is hereby set
aside and levied on all taxable prop
erty assessed upon the tax roll of said
parish for said year and each succeed
ing year.
Sec 3. Be it further ordained, etc.
that for the same. purpose there is
hereby imposed a per capita tax of one
dollar per annwn upon each able-bod-
led male inhabitant of said parish be-
tween the ages of Is and s. years; pro
vided, that the provisions of this sec
ton shall not be operative in incorpO-
rated towns md cities in said parish
that maintain their own streets. r'f
Sec 4. Be it ordained, etc, that any
person subject to a per capita tax who
shall fail or refuse to pay the same on
or before the Ist day of January of
each year shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall be subject to indict-
ment by the grand jury of said parish,
or prosecution by the district attorney
o. said parish, or to prosecution b. the
district attorney of said parish by bill
of Indictment, to be prosecuted before
the district court of said parish, and
upon conviction shall be fined in a sum
of not less than $3.50 nor more than
$500 and all costs of the prosecution
and in default of the payment of said
fine and all costs he shall be sentenced
to work upon the public roads of said
parish undr provisions of this ordi-
nance two days for every dollar of
fines and costs.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc,
that there is hereby imposed and levied
an annual license tax upon the owner
of each vehicle, including bicycles,
kept and used for locomotion over the
public roads of said parish in said par
ish, as follows:
Carriage; surrey or drag ........I so
Buggy .L...l ....! ......L.... 1 90
One-horse wagon ....4.-...-....e rs
Iwo-hoFse wagon. .,...., go. $3.50. so
Four horse wagon -. ...., ..... Is
Six-horse wagon -. .......... 90
Log wagon ....'.. '!...... 90
. ANY other vehicle not herein named
$I.oo, provided said annual license tax
shall not be imposed upon any vehicle
upon which a state, parish or city Ii
cense tax is now levied under existing
laws.
Sec. g. Be it further ordained. etc.,
that if the owner of any vehicle or
bicycle in said parish shall fail or re-
. fuse to paw said annual vehicle or bicy-
Gle tax on or before the 1st day of jan
uarv of aech year, he shall be deemed
a DELINQUENT, and the sheriff and fax
collector of said parish is hereby au-
thorized TO proceed before any court of
competent jurisdiction to sue for and
+, collect the same with all costs and j, 10
per cent on amount due as attorney S
fees, as in ordinary suits
Sec. :. Be it further ordained etc,
that there shall be a committee known
as THE Good Roads Committee" and
to consist Of three members Of the jury
of said parish, to be selected by said
Jury. whose duty IT shall be to select a
superintendent of public roads for said
parish. if necessary, and TO fix his com
i~ensation; to receive and take charge
lof the road fund and to disburse the
same to purchase necessary mules
wagons. scrapers. tents, road machines
and other road implements, etc, to EN-
Dioy foremen and laborers' for eacl
Icamp oruft: and said committee shall
have full, power to, direct what road
shall be worked. when and by whom
and monthly reDOrts shall he made II
run by sad. committee 70 SAID polio
jury. ............-....... .......
Sec s. Be it further ordsihed, etc
that said committee shall have FIJI
charpe Of the working and nlaiutenanc'
Of all convicts sentenced by the distric
nudge of said parish, and bv the city
judge of the city of Shreveport to .worl
/. upon the public roads Of said parish.
A. l. DURiNG 4R, Clerk ci S''1S''''
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