The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-24
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Official Proceedings of the Session
HeldMay ~.

City Hail. Shreveport, Louisiana
May "a, IQo3-Council met in regular
adjourned session with Mayor Andrew
Querbes presiding. and following coun-
cilmen present: Allen, Currie, Foster,
Jenkins, Lowenthal, Quigles, Rand,
Snyder, Tusten, Wise.
The first order of business taken up
ws accounts. Action n full given be-
low.
By Mr.. Jenkins.
WOODARD'S REPORT.
Shreveport, La, May 70, 1908.
John Jenkins, Chairman Water Works
Committee.
| have today looked up the matter
OF the 10 per cent engineering expenses
and the amount attached as compen-
sation for the map and find in the or
dinances enacted May and O. 1901,
the authority for those charges. This
ends the investigation and | therefore
Suggest the payment of the bill and
hereafter that the city have competent
inspection of work.
Respectfully.
WILKIE WOODARD.
Regulating Pool Rooms and Turf ex-
at next meeting
By Mr.. Quigles.
AN ORDINANCE
Regulating pol roomsm and turf ex-
changes in the city of Shreveport,
Louisiana.
Section I. Be it ordained by the city
council of the city of Shreveport, in
regulr session convened, that from the
first day of July all pool rooms and
turf exchanges in said city shall be con-
fined to the following district, to-wit
Beginning at the intersection of Cyp-
ress avenue and Texas and Pacific rail-
way on Common street and including
lots I, 9 and 10, in block /; thence up
said alley to Beauregard street; thence
along Bureaugard street upto and in
cludlng lots I and 2, Ten Acre lot 2
thence along south line of lots 7 and z
hereinbefore mentioned to Hunter
street, thence up Hunter street to alley
between Elm and Christian streets
thence up said alley to Texas and Pa
cific railway; thence down Texas and
Pacific railway to point beginning
and it Is hereby made unlawful for pool
rooms or turf exchanges to be opened
conducted or operated outside of said
limits. =
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that
any owner, operator, manager, or en-
ployee of any pool room or turf ex-
change, who shall violate the provisions
of this ordinance by operating or con-
ducting pool room or turf exchange
shall be fined not less than twenty five
($2s) dollars and ten days imprison-
Inent or more than one hundred (SIoo)
dollars and ten days imprisonment, and
in default of paying said fine shall wort,
out same on the streets and alleys or
other public works of the city at the
rate Of one ($I.oo) dollar per day for
each day of labor performed.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordaine |, that
each day on which a pool room es turf
exchange shall be ope.sated oatsii. of
said limits shall constitute a seprase
offense on the part of each and every
person conducting same whether as
owners or employees.
Sec. d Be it further ordained, that
the owners or operators or nl1agers
or employees of pool rooms or t,.ti ex-
changes shall not permit NM, to buy
any tickets, make any bets, or paffici-
pate in any way in the. proceedings car
ried on in said pool rooms or turf ex-
changes.
Any one who shall violate the pro-
visions OF this section sii.lll Upon st,l.-
viction be fined not less than twenty
five ($25 dollars and ten days inpris-
onment nor more than one htlndreI
s($Ioo1 dollars and FEN days imprson-
ment for each offense, and on failure
to pay said fine shall be ordered to
work out same on the streets, alleys
or other public places Of said city at
the rate OF one $I.oo) dollar per dav for
each day of labor performed.
Sec. S. Be it further ordained tia.
all other laws or parts of laws or or
dinances regulating pool rooms and turf
exchanges in the city of Shrstsoo-t.
Louisiana, be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Passed through first reading by fol-
lowing vote:
.Ayes-AlIen, Currie, Foster, Jenkins,
LoWenthal, Quigles, Rand, Snyder,
Tusten, Wise.
Nays--None.
Referred to ordinance committee to
report next adjourned meeting
Mr.. Currie offered following amend
ment to ordinance extending water
mains Of Shreveport Water Works Co
BY MIR. Currie:
That any extension of mains that may
be made shall be subject to the same
terms and conditions as to placing hy-
drants and rental for same shall con-
form to the original contract.
On motion the same with all 9th r
matters pertaining to same subject WIS
to water committee and cit9
attorney to report next adjourned meet
irg.
By. Mr. Quigles
& Be it resolved by the city council of
The city of Shreveport in legal session
That his honor, Andrew
Queries, mayor, appoint a committee of
three to request the officials of the
Texas and Pacific railway company 10
erect "a steel bridge over Anna street,
when it becomes necessary to move the
wooden bridge over sad street TO the.
.er1ter Of the same. which will become