The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-08
AN ORDINANCE

following elections: Cd Submit
ting the question of mourning debt
and issuing bonds therefor for the
improvement and pavement Of
streets and alleys in the city of
Shreveport. (2) Submitting the
question of mourning debt and issu
ing bonds for the purchase of
ground and erecting thereon city
hall in the city of Shreveport. Cd
Submitting the question of granting
to the Kansas City, Shreveport and
Gulf Railway Company the ri ght to
use, occupy and otherwise obstruct
Spring street between blocks d and
dition, in the city of Shreveport,
and also the alley in said block D.
CD The question of granting to the
Shreveport Base Ball Association
the right to use, occupy and other
wise obstruct the alley north of
Walnut street in Parkview subdi-
vision between Park avenue and
Sycamore street. in the city of
Shreveport. 50 The question of
mourning debt and issuing nego-
table bonds for the purpose of lay
ing and constructing a storm sewer
on Crockett, Louisiana, Marshall
and Mcneil streets, and storm
sewer on Edwards and Travis
streets, also a storm sewer from in
tersection of Lawrence street and
Texas avenue to intersection of
Christian and Travis streets. Said
elections to be held on Tuesday,
May -, 1909 also prescribing the
form of ballots to be used duty of
registrar to furnish list of taxpay-
ers entitled to vote, fixing the hour
for the opening and closing of the
polls and disposition to be made of
returns, and appointing the day on
which the council shall convene to
canvass the returns and declare the
results of said elections
Section l. Be it ordained by the city
council, in legal and regular assembly
convened, that the following polling
places in the city of Shreveport (being
the same polling places at which the
last election in this city was heidi
be and are hereby fixed as the polling
places at which shall be held the cleo
tons on Tuesday, May the 18th, 1903.
already ordered, for voting Cd on the
proposition to issue four Cd per cent
thirty (3o) year bonds to the amount
of one hundre and eighty eight thous-
and ($I88,ooo dollars to be paid by
special tax of two and one-eighth
(21-8) mills per year for thirty (3o)
years. or SO such smaller number of
years as may be necessary, for paving
and improving the streets and alleys of
the city of Shreveport. (2) On the
proposition to issue four CD per cent
twenty (2o) year bonds to the amount
of ninety thousand ($oo,ooo.oo) dollars,
to be paid by special tax of one and
one-fourth (I I-4) mills per year for
twenty (2o) years, or such smaller
number of years as may be necessary,
for purchasing ground and building
thereon city hall for the use and bene-
fit of said city. 80 On the question of
granting to the Kansas City, Shreveport
and Gulf Railway Company the right
to use, occupy and otherwise obstruct
Snring street between blocks D and J
of block 81, Or Roland Jones addition, |
in the city Of Shreveport, and also the
llley in said block, D. CD On the ques-
ion of granting to the Shreveport Base |
Ball Association the right to use, occu-
Nv and otherwise obstruct the alley |
north of Walnut street in Parkview |
subdivision between Park avenue and
Sycamore streets, in the city of Shreve-
port. 60 On the question of mourning |
debt and issuing negotiable bonds for |
the purpose of laying and constructing |
a storm sewer on Crockett Louisiana, |
Marshall and Mcneil streets, and a |
storm sewer on Edwards anil Travis
streets; also storm sewer from inter
section of Lawrence street and Texas |
avenue to intersection of Christian and
travis streets, and in order to pay
to issue four (4) per cent
thirty (3o) year bonds to the amount of
twenty thousand ($2o,ooo.oo) dollars, to
be paid by special tax of one fourth
90 of one mill per year for thirty
(3o) years, or such fewer number of
years as may be necessary; also that the
following commissioners and clerks of
said election at each polling place be
and are hereby named:
Ward I of City-Engine house on
Travis street: Commissioners, Ben
White, H. A. Winter, Ben Landman:
:lerk, M. A. McCutchen
Ward of City-Court house: Com
nissioners. Jules Dreyfuss, J. New.
FORD. ii. r. Doll; clerk, F. r. Galloway
Ward 3 of City,. D. PAGES old
hop, now occupied by c. C. Hardman
I Co.: Commissioners, w. H. Williams,
). Goldstein, G. A. Turner; clerk, Wal
er Marburg.
Ward of City-Bickham's store on
ordan street: Commissioners w. A.
Iabry, ]. F. WEIGH, F. w. Pals clerk,
". Dingle.
Ward S of City-Charles Steers store
N Texas avenue: Commissioners, Will
lam Lowe, w. S. Penick, Jr, D. B. Is
hamilton; clerk, V. L. Fulton.
Ward 6 OF city,. Sudlin's old store
N Plank Road: Commissioners, w. G..
Vadley, Dr. John P Scott, Lee Gull
EFT; clerk, Robert R. Emory.
Ward 7 of city-Snell & Stokes store
n Texas avenue: Commissioners, F. H.
sosenblath, w. A. Troegel, w.. c. Al
ton; clerk, Ernest Laenger.
Ward 8 of city-Luchini's old barber :
hop on Plank Road: Commissioners.
!. Benoit, Elias Lake, D. H. Cas-
e. clerk r I Porter |