The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-18
THE TOWN COUNCIL
Proceedings Of the Regular
Session Held on Thursday.
January IL.
MAYORS OFFICE,
; Winfield, La,
Jan. IL, 1907.

The Mayor anu Doaio vi
Aldermen met pursuant to adj
iourn ment on this date and was
called to order by Hon. G. Nj.
BevilI, Mayor. The following
members were present: Mcssrs.
Abel, Fletcher, Leeper and
Watts; members present and a
quorum. The minutes of the
meeting OF January 10. 1907, were
read By the clerk and adopted.
The Mayor stated that he had.
acting under the resolution adop-
ted January 10, employed MIR.
HI. P. Gamble to draft suitable
ordinances and in fact all legal
requirements looking to the pur-
chase of the lot and the building
of a Town Hall, Market House
and Police Jail, and announced
thatMr. Gamble was present with
the preliminary ordinance. Mr..
Gamble then read the following
ordinance which had been pre-
pared by him as the preliminary
to the purchase of the lot, and
the building of the Hall. etc.,
to wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the purchase Of a site for, and the
erection thereon of. q Town Hall. City Mar
ket and POLICE Jail and providing for the
funds therein to be expended.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor aud
Board Of Aldermen Of the Town of winndeld:
That suitable and convenient site for the
erection of Town Hall, City Market and Po-
lice Jail shall be purchased; provided that the
same shall not cost more than One Thousand
Dollars $4,000 o0); and the Mayor shall be and
is hereby authorized to take title for the Town
of WINFIELD and to execute q certificate Of
Indebtedness in payment therefor TO an
amount not exceeding One Thousand Dollars
(sl0oo0o).
Section Q. Be it further ordained, etc, That
there shall be and there is hereby set aside
from the revenues OF the year 1907 three mills
or a. much thereof ~ may be necessary to
extinguish the obligation to be incurred under
Section Of this ordinance.
Section 8. Be IL further ordained, etc, That
Public Building to be known as the Town
Hall Of WINFIELD shall be erected on the
property, the purchase OF which il provided
for In Section Of this ordinance provided the
same shall mot cost more than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,0oo.oO.
Section 1. Be 1t further ordained, etc, That
the construction OF the building provided for
in Section three shall be paid for in i've
yearly installILents the last four to be for
equal amounts and the irst installment for
any sum lees than either of the four; that for
each OF the said installments the Mayor is
authorized to execute certificates Of indebted
ness bearing interest 1t the rate Of Eve per
cent Per annum; that for providing = fund for
the payment Of said certificates Of indebted
ness there shall b., and there is hereby set
aside two and three-quarter u SD mills each
year, or 20 much thereof IS may be necessary,
Of the revenues Of the years 1893. 1903, 1910,
lslI, 1919; and that the same shall constitute
what shall be known as the Town Hall Fund
and NO drafts ON the same shall be honoresI for
other purposes than the extinguishment OF the
obligations to be incurred under the provisions
Of this ordinance, NOR shall loans be made
nom the said fund now provided for to settle
obligations incurred for any other fund.-
Sections. Be It further ordained, ETC., That
the certificates OF Indebtedness to be issued