The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-08-17
Aug. s. 1906, read and approved

committee on fixing salaries of
officers, recommend that the
salary of the marshal shall be
raised from fifty 10 seventy-five
dollars per month and that the
salary of the street commissioner
shall remain the same except that
the commissions for collecting
the licenses be raised to 10 per
cent. instead of five. On motion
by Mr.. Leeper, duly seconded,
the recommendations We're
adopted.
Mr.. Leeper, chairman of COM
mittee on street and roadway to
mill town via Louisiana Railway
and Navigation Company's depot
report that it Is necessary to get
across the Elliott property before
they can do anything further in
that direction. The committee
recommended that the Mayor be
authorized to make a tender of
the sum of sixty dollars for a
right of way across Mr.. Elliott's
property, and in case he refuses
the tender, that the mayor be
authorized to bring suit in the
name of the town to appropriate
the ground in question.
On motion of Mr.. Abel the
recommendations of the commit
tee were adopted and the CON-
mittee granted further time.
Mr.. Leeper introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
Be it resolved by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen. That the
mayor be and he is authorized to
make a tender of the sum of
sixty dollars to Mr.. G. H. Elliott
for forty feet across on the
east end of the lot marked on
the map filed with the clerk of
the District Court, as May
Avenue, and in case he should
refuse the said tender and make
a title to the town of Winfield,
Louisiana, that the mayor be and
he is authorized to instruct the
attorney for the town to institute
a suit to appropriate the ground
for the extension of Front Street
across said property east end OF
said May Avenue.
/ On motion of Mr.. Leeper the
resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Leeper introduced and
offered the following ordinance.
which was read in full as follows.
to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Closing TO public traftic and vacating portion:
of Pinevillle Street or alley, Perkins Alley
Long Alley, Coates Alley, Lena Avenue
and Washington Avenue in the town Of
WINFIELD, LOUISIANA.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board OF Aldermen Of the town OF WINFIELD
Louisiana. in regular session convened, Tha
that portion OF Pineville Street or alley and
that portion of Long Alley and that portion
of Coates Alley, between the North line o.
| Lena Avenue and q point sixty (6o) feet South
of the South line of said Lena Avenue, and al
that portion Of Lena Avenue East Of the Eas
line of Front Street, and all that portion o.
Lena Avenue westerly from the West line o
Front Street to a line parallel with and twenty
five (25) feet distant westerly at right angiel
to the center line Of the connecting tack o.
the fremont & Gulf Railroad with the tract
of the Arkansas Southern Railroad Company
as now located, and all that portion OF Wash
lington Avenue West OF . line twenty-five l25
feet distant easterly at right angles to the
center line of said connecting track, to thu
East boundary line Of the RICH: OF way Of SAID
Arkansas Southern Railroad Company in thu
town of WINFIELD. Louisiana, be and thu
same are hereby completely closed to public
traffic and vacated, the portions q said streets
alleys and avenues so closed and vacstet
being fully set forth and shown by and betweel
the red lines on plat thereof hereto annexed
and made part of this ordinance and marked
"A" for the purpose Of Identification.
i Sec 2. Be 1t further ordained, ETC., Tha
this ordinance shall take effect from and afte
is passage.
Sec. 3. Be 1t further ordained, etc., That al
ordinances in conflict herewith be and tn,
same are hereby repealed.
Mr.. Leeper moved that th'
rules be suspended and that thu
ordinance as read be Immediately
considered and placed on passage
which motion was adopted by the
following vote, to-wit:
| Yeas, Abel, Cooper, Leeper
vuyxa Ahs,ck Elafohor