The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-15
An ORDINANCE


an ORDINANCE
Submitting proposition to incur dee
and issue negotiable bonds thesefor
to pave and improve streets and
alleys in8 city of Shreveport
Section l. Be it ordained by the City
Council % the city of Shreveport, in
regular session convened, that in &C
cordance with Article 281 op the Con-
stitution of ahe State of Louisiana s@d
Act No. las Of the Acts of the Aegis-
lature of the State of Louisiana Of 1902,
and all other laws on the same subject
matter, the following proposition be
submitted for approval or rejection to
the property 8axpayers of the city OF
Shreveport duly qualified to vote ae-
cord1ng to law, B-wit:
The the CITY of Shreveport, aa1rougA
its council, be authorized and enpow-
cred to incur debt of one hundred and
eighty weight thousand ($I88,ooo.oo) dol
lars for the purpose Of paving and i'm
within the city of Shreveport:
Crockett from Market to Texas.
Travis from Market to Commons
Fannin from Mcneil to Commerce.
Caddo from Market TO alley Gear ci
Ards & Co.
Cotton tom Marshal d 4exas ave
nue..
Commerce from Gotton d xaks.
Spring from Bridge to Battle.
Spring from Caddo TO Travis.
Market from Cotton to Jones.
Marshall Bom Travis 20 Davis.
Edwards from Travis to Crockett.
Mcneil from Travis to Cotton.
Lousiansb sweet 8ron Travis 10
Texas.
Common from Travis 70 Cotton.
Louisiana avenue to Donovan street.
Donovan street to Jordan street.
Louisiana street from lake stree& 10
Louisiana avenue.
Louisiana avenue from HouislaAa
street to Donovan street.
Donovan street from Louisiana ave-
nue to South line of Carter subdivision.
Donovan street extension from south
line Carter subdivision to Jordan street
Western avenue from Sprague :
Hope.
Hope from Western avenue q Texas
avenue.
Anna from Western avenue % Bierre
avenue.
Allen avenue from Anna 20 Garden.
Garden from Allen avenue to Pierre
avenue.
Jordan from Eexas avenue d Pierre
avenue
Winston from Jordan to Murphy.
Southern avenue from Jordan to Da-
SHELL.
Jacobs street from Fairfield avenue to
Southern avenue.
Lacy from Fairfield avenue 20 South
ern avenue.
Fairfield avenue drom OashielY %
First.
Irving place from Jordan 20 Olive.
Jordan from Irving place to Creswel1.
Stoner avenue from Louisiana ave-
nue. to cemetery entrance.
Christian street from Sprague to Tex
as avenue.
Egan from Louisiana avenue to Cres-
we'll.
Texas road from Cedar to corporation
line.
Murphy from Winston to Greenwood
I Jones from Spring to Commerce.
And to issue bonds of the said city to
the extent of one hundred and eighty
eight thousand ($189,ooo.oo) dollars for
said purpose, running for a period of
thirty (3o) years, to be dated January
I, 1903, with interest payable semi
annually, at the rate of four Cd per
cent per annum; and, in order to pay
same, to levy and assess special tax of
two and one-eighth (2I-8) mills per
annum for the following years, to-wit
1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909,
1910, IoII, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916,
1917, 1918, 1910, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923,
1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1923, 1929, 1890,
1881, 1882, or as many years thereof as
will suffice for the payment of principal
and interest of said bonds; said bonds
not to be negotiated until required for
said improvements, and any past due
coupons attached at date of negotiation
to be clipped off of same.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained. that
an election in the city of Shreveport be
and is hereby called for Tuesday, May
II, 1903, between the hours of o'clock
am. and o'clock pm, at which the
above proposition shall be voted on by
the legally qualified voters of said CITY,
and the mayor is hereby instructed to
give due iiotiCe vi tHlS pIOpOSlt1On and
the said election in the official journal
of the city for more than thirty (,o)
clear davs.
Adopted by following vote:
Ayes: Allen, Busbey, Conger, Currie,
Dickson, Foster, Jenkins, Lowenthal,
Ouigles, Rand, Snyder, Thoman, Tus-
ten, Wise.
Nays. None.
March 80, 1903.
ANDREW QUERIES; Mayor.
c. G. RIVES, Comptroller.
T. G. HAYES,
Auditor and Ex-Oficio Secretary.
April 5, 1903.
SEALED BIDS INVITEB