The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-22

Sec. 2 . Be it further ordained, that
there shall be superintendent of sale
department whose duty it shall be tc
keep the paved streets and paved alleys
of the city of Shreveport thoroughly
swept and cleaned and the sweepings
kto be hauled and dumped al places tc
I be designated by the mayor and street
cleaning and sprinkling committee.
The superintendent shall Receive as
compensation Tor his services a saXry
of seventy five (S75.oo) dollars per
month.
Sec. :, Be it 01rthsr ordained tEss
employees to operate sprnklers or
sweepers shall seceiv. noe NOR. than
one dollar and fifty cents ,SI.5o) per
day; employees to drive carts and other
day 1abOrers noe hereinafter mentioned
shall receive nos more sllar one dollar
and twenty-five cents (SI.25) peg day
all of whom shall be unde~ the divec-
ton 20 the superintendent.
Sec. . Be y further OBTAINED, that
the .navoe and The stvees cleaning and
sprlnkling committee arc hereby al,-
thorized to purchase - mules at a cost
of not enore than Sis each: q sprink-
Yers at = cost C6 nOs more than S21O
each; . sWeeDers az cOss q not nore
than S237 each: o carts at = COS, % not
more than $50 each; /, BARS oS harness
az q cost of nos more than $40 each; 4
SEES single harness at a cost % slOe more
than SIS each E MIGRANTS AZ q cost of
not R1ore shan $50 each.
Sec. q Be it further o4daine& tflae
Me sum of six 8lousanA four hundred
an6 fftv-.wo dollars and sighty-five
cents tS6,45285) or 50 much thereof as
may De necessary, be appropriated from
the street cleaning and sprinkling fund
to make the purchases enumerated in
section four e. of this ordinance, and
that che sum of nine Hundred dollars
$4,000 per month be appropriated from
the street cleaning and sprinkling fund
to pay The salary of the superintendent,
the wages Of all othe employees. ne
feeding Of the seams, and accidental
expenses.
Sec 6. D. 1t fures sr4ained. shat
all moneys arising from the license tax
OF 1903 in excess Of sixty-eight thous-
ana dollars eS6S,Ooo), or as e1uch ass
may be necessary. be and is hereby ap-'
to and shall be placed 70 the
credit of the streee cleaning and sprink-
ling fund.
Passed through its frs, @aline ay
following vote:
Ayes: Allen. Busbey, Conger, Sick
son, Foster, Jenkins, 8owenthal. Ouig-
les. Rand, Snyder, Thonan. 8usten,
Wise.
Nays: &ons.
By Mr. Allen
Iha, Haags circu. bs exempt s-om
license Saxation provided 70 per cent of
he entire gross 8eceipts derived from
performances during entire stay in
be donated TO sharity. Ole
stitution to be designated by ccuncg
Adopted.
By Mr.. Snvde~-
Shreveport, La, Sch. a. aoos.-To
he Mayor and City Council: The old |
council granted us permission 90 Nse
certain streets for the purpose of Civ
ng stree, faip and carnival in De-
:ember last, but for several reasons the |
same was postponed until May, 1908.
he fair mentioned was DO have |
aiken place under the auspices of the
1enevleve Orphanage. and percentage
If the entire gross receipts of said car
nval, same being 10 per cent, to go to |
he orphanage. In addition to the use of
certain streets the council granted us
he privilege to collect licenses for the
week of the fair. The licenses of course
'elated only to matters connected with
he fair In other words, "fakirs. graft
RS, etc, will nee be allowed a.. secure
licenses. All licenses q De issued by
is for use and benefi- of Genevieve
Orphanage. We were also granted as
urance that 40 license would be issued |
or other shows during week, except a
ircus.
We now ask A1e same permission of
-ou gentlemen, promising at the end of |
he carnival to place the streets and
in the same condition as
ound, free from all unsantary matter.
We desire the use of the following
e'eets during the wedN % May & to 9
inclusive. promising noe ss blockade
anne: Sexas @-om Commerce o. Ed
varA. Markee from Trav,s - Milan,
nd Edwards stree a intersection p
7eNas. Wagon traffic wip in 90 manner
re Nlterfercd with 9he same sercent-
ge, 10 per cent of che gross receipts.
o be donated to the @enevievs Orphan
ge. We of course &sire 70 license
privilege. Respectfully. n
EHR1sC1a 8ROS. f.
Aor 6enevieve SrDhanage.
BY o. eenkins-
That instead % ,o see Sers % Dc o.
lated % &enevisve OrSl1aSaoe ehas 10
cad 20 pee cens.
Adopted q
As amende8 Reti,c~ ass skants1
BY Mr. Snyder
20 tho Honorable Nayoe asla Coun-
. % che 8ty of ShreveDort-,.entle-S
nen: The Vicksburg. Shreveport and
Pacific Railway Gompany respectfully
SKIS permission to ptr. second story
vsr the office 4ortion 90 o. sreight
epoe on 8omnerce stree. in Rilis city,
0 be constructed of wood btu. coverc.
With galvanizc4 oon soofng. Respecs
ully. d.. GORLs Supt
By Mr.. Gongee-