The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-18

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The rate of taxation is hereby fixed at mills on
the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property
assessed, to be divided follows: Schools, 81
mills; general fund.- 81 mills; roads and bridges,
mills. Respectfully submitted,
G. D. SANDIDGE.
A. HoFFPAUIR.
j. G. LOGAN.
The following ordinance was duly adopted in
AN ORDINANCE
Relative to contract to be entered into between the
City OF Shreveport and Parish OF Bossier, pro-
viding for the building of traffic bridge across
Red River.
Be it Ordained by the Police Jury of Bossier
Parish, in legal and regular session convened,
That the said parish enter into contract with the
City of Shreveport, said contract to embrace the
following provisions:
The City of Shreveport and the Parish of Bossier
agree jointly to erect traffic bridge across Red
River, said bridge to be draw bridge, not to cost
more than 500, 900, and to be paid for follows:
All the money which the City of Shreveport now
has on hand to the credit OF the bridge fund shall
be used as part payment on the said new traffic
bridge all the tolls over and above her share of
bridge expenses which the said city shall collect
the present Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
Railway Company bridge shall be used in part
payment on the new traffic bridge, and all the tolls
which the said city shall collect and above her
share of bridge operating expenses on the new
bridge after it is erected shall be used as part pay
ment on the said new bridge until it is paid for.
That Bossier Parish shall use all of her share OF
the tolls of the present Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific Railway Company bridge, less her share of
expenses, until the completion of the new bridge.
All the tolls which shall be collected from the
Bossier Parish end of said traffic bridge over
and above her share of bridge operating expenses
shall be used as part payment on said bridge until
it is paid for.
1t is further agreed, that after said new traffic
bridge is paid for it shall thereafter forever be
simply maintenance bridge. That is to say, only
so much tolls shall be collected from time to time
as will be necessary to maintain said bridge. No
tolls whatever shall be collected for revenue.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That the President
of the Police Jury be and is hereby authorized to
sign said contract when prepared in the name Of
said Parish Of Bossier j. c.. LOGAN,
President Police Jury.
R. B. HILL, Clerk Police Jury.
On motion, duly seconded, the following petition
was ordered filed as presented and spread upon the
minutes, which, after due consideration by this
body, was granted, to-wit:
To the Honorable President and Members Police Jury
of Bossier Parish La
The petition of the undersigned citizens of School
District No. 8, in said parish and State, with res
pect, sets forth:
That the mill special school tax voted in said
district at an election held under Act 214 of 1902,
on the oath day of May 1907, for the purposes set
| forth in petition addressed to your honorable
body, and of record in your ordinance book, page
u, has been ascertained by actual test to yield
revenue, than necessary to carry out the pur-
poses set forth in said petition.
f Petitioners represent that many OF the taxpayers
in said district are nonresidents, and protest
against the payment of an onerous tax which has
proved to be unnecessary. That in one instance q
protest by both resident and nonresident taxpayers
manifested itself in an injunction suit enjoinine
the Sheriff from the collection OF any taxes at all
aictri ar1H hot
suit was satisfactorily compromised on basis Of
21a mills on the dollar.
4 Petitioners further represent that reduction in
the rate of taxation from to mills on the dOllal
of the assessed valuation of property In the distrc
would be conducive to harmony among all con-
cerned, and that the yield would still be sufcien
for all purposes desired.
Wherefore, petitioners pray that your honorable
body order an election to be held In said Distric
No. at the earliest period possible, and In COM
pliance with the laws relating to special elections
for the purpose of taking the sense of the votinf
taxpayers on the question of reducing the rate o
taxation from to 21a mills on each dollars Wortl
of property assessed.
<. Z. Wyche T.W w. stinson.
r. H. Gulledge J. P. Creswell.
Palmer Dickson. j. G. Larkin.
H. ". Miers Ed Alexander.
J. A. Edwards. j. b. Wyche.
T. E. Mckenzie, w. M. Mccall.
VIM. j. Dawson. L. L. Landlord.
ia. Bumgardner. j. s. Belcher,
S. T. Taylor. Richmond Jones.
: L. Swords |. w. Wilmington.
A. d. Scanland. r. E. Lee.
L. S. McGaughey. A. Silliman.
e. S. Burt. Nv. Wallace.
j. s. Allison. j. F. Edwards.
w. d. Lassiter, sr. L.G. Smith.
S. Hetherwick Jos. E. Johnston.
!: R. L. Adger. T. T. Land
; T. j. TAYLOR w w. Carter.
r. E. Thomas. T. j. Tidwell lby H.
!; w. g. Burt. r. 3. Hill.