The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-10
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

ordinance, to-wlt:
By Mr.. Dickson.
AN ORDINANCE
Fixing voting places and appointing
commissioners and clerks of cleo
ton for each ward to serve III the
following elections: CD Submit
ting the question of mourning deb1
and issuing bonds therefor for the
Improvement and pavement OF
streets and alleys in the city OF
10 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. 60
Submitting the question of granting
to the Kansas City, Shreveport and
Gulf Railway Company the right to
use, occupy and otherwise obstruct
Spring street between blocks D and
] of block 81, or Roland Jones ad-
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 subdl-
vision between Park avenue and
Sycamore street, in the city OF
Shreveport. % The question of
mourning debt and issuing nego-
table bonds for the purpose of lay
ing and constructing storm sewer
on Crockett, Louisiana, Marshall
and Mcneil streets, and storm
sewer on Edwards and Travis
streets, also 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 II, 1908; also prescribing the
form O. ballots to be used, duty of
registrar to furnish list of taxpay-
aers entitled to vote, fixing the hour
8 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 /. 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 held)
be and are hereby fixed as the polling
places at which shall be held the cleo
tions on Tuesday, May the 18th, 1908,
already ordered, for voting % on the
proposition to issue four Cd per cent
thirty (.3o) year bonds to the amount
of one ht1ndre1 and lightweight thous-
and (SI8s,oo0.oo) dollars to be paid by
a special tax of two and one-eighth
l2I-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 (Seo, ooooo) dollars,
TO be paid by a Especial tax of one and
one-fourth (II-4) mills per year for
twenty (2o) years, OF 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 ]
OF block 81, or Roland Jones addition,
In the city of Shreveport, and also the
alley in said block D. (4) On the ques-
ton Of granting to the Shreveport Base
Ball Association the right to use, occu-
pv and otherwise obstruct the alley
north of Walnut street in Parkview
subdivision between Park avenue and
Sycamore streets, in the city of Shreve-
port. 50 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 and 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 paw
therefor, to issue four f4) per cent
thirty (3o) year bonds to the amount Of
twenty thousand ($2o,ooooo) dollars, to
be paid by special tax of one-fourth
G-4) Of one mill per year for thirty
1901 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 of City Engine house on
Travis street: Commissioners, Ben
White, II. A. Winter, Ben Landman
clerk, M. A. McCutcllen.
Ward 2 of City-Court house: Com
Jules Dreyfuss, J. New.
Ford. II. F. Doll; clerk, F. r. Galloway.
Ward 5 of City. D. PAGES old
shop, now occupied by c. C. Hardman
& Co: Commissioners, w. Fl. Williams,
S. Goldstein, G. A. Turner clerk, Wal |
ter Marburg.
Ward i of CITY -Bickharn's store on
Jordan street: Commissioners, w. A.
MabTy, ]. F. WEIGH, F. w. Pals; clerk,
NJ. Dingle.
Ward of City-Charles Steers store
On Texas avenue: Commissioners, Viii
liam Lowe, w. S. Penick, Jr., D. B.
Hamilton; clerk, VI L. Fulton.
Ward 6 of city--E. Sudlin's old store
IN Plank Road: Commissioners, w. G.
Wadlcy, DR.. John P. Scott, Lee Gull
EFT clerk, Robert r. Emory.
Ward Z of city-Snel1 & Stokes store
IN Texas avenue: Commissioners. F. r. i