The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-13
THE POLICE JURY
Official Proceedings of the Session Held
Thursday, January 10, 1907.

Shreveport, La, Jan. 10, 1907 he
Police Jury OF Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
met this 10th day Of January 1907 at 10
am in regular and legal session, r.
Furrnan presiding, with the following
members present: Douglas Wynn, Jolly,
Miller, Agurs, Crawford. DreyfusS,
Mahlen, Alexander, Johnson, Hender-
SON Absent: Harkey and Moss.
On motion duly carried the minutes Of
December IS, 1900, were adopted a. pub
lished
The rules were suspended and COM
mittec representing the First Baptist
church of this city asked permission of
the jury for use of the district court
room for holding services pending the
construction of their new church, which
on motion of Mr. Agurs was unanimous
ly granted.
BY Mr.. Agurs: Resolved thai no pen
alties be charged OH PARISH and good
road taxes until after the 18th day Of
March 1907. Carried.
BY Mr.. Agurs: That the Caddo Ab
stract Company be and i, hereby au
thorized to have the United States en-
try book written up to the present time
Carried.
BY Mr. Agurs: That the matter OF ad-
ditional help for the janitor be referred
to the finance committee with power TO
act Carried.
Mr. Dreyfuss, on committee on court
house addition, reported progress and
granted further time
By Mr. Douglas: That a voting pre-
cinct be and is hereby established at Gil
liam, Ward One of Caddo parish: Car
ried
BY Mr. Agurs: That the voting pre-
cinct at James Bayou, Ward Two, Cad
do Parish, be abolished Carried.
The secretary is instructed to notify
John F. Meyers that his bid for running
Twelve Mile ferry at S24.5o will be &C
cepted by the jury provided good and
satisfactory bond is given,
By Mr.. Agurs: That the sheriff and
clerk of district court issue poll tax re-
ceipts by wards and precincts hereafter.
Carried %
The matter of crossing from Rodessa
to Arkansas line referred to the district
attorney.
By Mr. Alexander: That the road tax
collections be paid over to the parish
treasurer and that he be and is hereby
authorized to settle with the deputy
sheriffs at the rate of 5 per cent hereto
fore received from the sheriff and 10
per cent paid on the balance by the po
lice jury
Mr.. I. c. Barret, representing the
McKittrick Engineering Company, pre-
scented the following petition:
To the Honorable Pr@R1ent and
Members of the Police Jury of Caddo
Parish. Louisiana: The petition of the
McKittrick Engineering Company, Lin
tied, corporation created, Q chartered
and organized under the laws of the
State of Louisiana, with domicile at the
City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La,
of which P w McKittrick is president,
with respect represents that it is erro-
neously assessed on the assessment rolls
now on file for parish taxes for 1906.
1t represents that the actual work
which it does is confined solely to the
and repair of machinery
and sheet iron, and that it has in its
employ and works more than five 60
hands, and that under Article $50 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
of 1893 and subsequent amendments
thereto it is exempt from parochial and
municipal taxation.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that
you pass a proper resolution, directing
the assessor of the Parish of Caddo,
Louisiana, to correct the assessment roll
of 1906 by leaving your petitioner off
the assessment list for parish taxes. and
that the sheriff and ex-officio tax cOllec-
tor of the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana,
be instructed not to collect taxes upon
his said capital, machinery and lots en-
ployed in his said manufacturing plant,
being lots Nos. twenty-one (2D and
twenty-five (22) of the Paramount sub
division of the City of Shreveport, Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, and for general
relief.
By Mr. Agurs: That the matter be re-
ferred to a committee The president
appointed Agurs, Henderson and Wynn.
The district attorney called attention
of the Jury to the decision rendered re-
Gently relative to the assessment of
Misses Nelson and Austin, which, if
facts given him were correct, should be
reversed, as they were entitled to an ex-
emption on one-half of their buildings,
as portion was used exclusively for
school purposes.
On motion the matter was referred to
the above committee
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