The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-08
NOTICE OF ELECTION.


d unanimously pass the following
-dinance, to-wit:
y Mr.. Dickson.
AN ORDINANCE
king voting places and appointing
commissioners and clerks of cleo
ton for each ward to serve in the
following elections: (D 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 right to
use, occupy and otherwise obstruct
Spring street between blocks d and
J of block 81, or Roland Jones adj
dition, in the city of Shreveport,
and also the alley i'll said block u.
(4) 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. 80 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, 1903; also prescribing the
form of ballots to be used, duty OF
registrar to furnish list of taNpay-
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 I. Be it ordained by the city
ouncil, in legal and regular assembly
onvened, that the following polling
laces in the city of Shreveport (belng
he same polling places at which the
asst election in this city was heidi
e and are hereby fixed as the polling
laces at which shall be held the cleo
ions on Tuesday, May the 18th, 1908,
lready ordered, for voting CD on the
roposition to issue four Cd per cent
hirty (,3o) year bonds to the amount
f one hundre and lightweight thous-
nd ($188,ooo.oo) dollars to be paid by
special tax of two and one-elghth
2 I-S) mills per year for thirty (3o)
ears, or SO such a smaller number of
ears as may be necessary, for paving
nd improving the streets and alleys OF
he city of Shreveport. (2) On the
to issue four CD per cent
wenty (2o) year bonds to the amount
f ninety thousand ($eo,ooo.oo) dollars,
0 be paid by a special tax of one and
ne-fourth & T-4) mills per year for
wenty (2o) years, Or such a smaller
lumber of years as may be necessary,
or purchasing ground and building
hereon a city hall for the use and bene
It of said city. Cd On the question of
ranting to the Kansas City, Shreveport
nd Gulf Railway Company the right
0 use, occupy and otherwise obstruct
,nring street between blocks D and J
f block 81, or Roland Jones addition,
n the city of Shreveport, and also the
Hey in said block D. CD On the ques-
ion of granting. to the Shreveport Base
Ball Association the right to use, occu-
" and otherwise obstruct the alley
orth of Walnut street in Parkview
ubdivision between Park avenue and
sycamore streets, in the city of Shreve-
ort. 80 On the question of mourning
ebt and issuing negotiable bonds for
he purpose of laying and constructing
storm sewer ON Crockett, Louisiana,
darshall and Mcneil streets, and
torn sewer on Edwards and Travis
treets; also storm sewer from inter
ection of Lawrence street and Texas
venue to intersection of Christian and
'ravis streets, and in order to pay
nerefor, to issue four Cd per cent
nirty (3o) year bonds to the amount of
wenty thousand 100000 dollars, to
e paid by a special tax of one-fourth
la of one mill per year for thirty
3o) years, Or such a fewer number of
ears as may be necessary; also that the
commissioners and cler ks of
aid election at each polling place be
nd are hereby named:
Ward I of City-Engine house on
'ravis street: Commissioners, Ben
White, H. A. Winter, Ben Landman;
Jerk, NJ. A. McCutclen.
Ward 2 of City-Court house: Com
,issioners, Jules Dreyfuss, J. New.
ord, H. F. Doll; clerk, F. R. Galloway.
Ward 3 of City,. D. PAGES old
hop, now occupied by c. c. Hardman
Co.: Commissioners, w. H. Williams,
Goldstein, G. A. Turner; clerk, Wal
n Marburg.
Ward of City-Bickham' store on
ordan street: Commissioners, w. A.
tabry, J. F. WEIGH, F. w. Pals; clerk,
[. Dingle.
Ward 5 of City-Charles Steers store
n Texas avenue: Commissioners, Will
am Lowe, w. S. Perick, Jr., D. B.
hamilton; clerk, V. L. Fulton.
Ward of city,. Sudlin's old store
n Plank Road: Commissioners, w. G.
Tadley, DIR. John P Scott, Lee Gull
tt: clerk, Robert R. Emory.