The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-01
AN ORDINANCE

Ordering an election within School District No. Is
of Bossier Parish, La, as established by the
School Board of said parish, to take the sense of
the taxpayers on the question OF q 3 mill tax for
ten years for the purpose Of supplementing the
salaries Of teachers and building and repairing
school houses in said district.
Whereas, the petition, signed by more than one
third of the property taxpayers of School District
No Is, as established by resolution of the School
Board of Bossier Parish, La Of date July 2, 1907,
in regular session convened has been presented to
this body, asking that special election ba ordered
in said District No. Is to take the sense of the tax
payers upon the question of levying annually a
special school tax Of mills upon all property
within said district for period of ten years, for
the purpose of supplementing salaries of teachers
and building and repairing school houses in said
district, and, whereas, said School District No. Is
has been duly created and its boundaries defined by
the School Board of Bossier Parish at regular
meeting held On July 2, 1907,
Be it Ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
School District No. Is, as created by the School
Board Of Bossier Parish July 2 1907, for the pur-
pose Of aseertaining the sense of the taxpayers of
said district on the question OF levying special
school tax of mills on the dollar of the assessed
property OF said district for period OF ten years,
beginning at the earliest date possible after the
said election and according to law for the purpose
of supplementing the salaries OF teachers, and
building and repairing school houses in and for
said district, which is defined as follows:
Beginning on the Bodcau Bayou, at the north
east of the southeast quarter of section 80,
township %, range II, thence due west to the
southwest corner Of the northeast quarter of sec
ton 33, township %, range IL west; thence north
to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of
section g1 township % nerth, range IL west thence
due east on section lines to the Bodcau Bayou;
thence down the right bank of said Rodcau Bayou
to the point OF beginning.
That said special election In said school district
be held without expense to the parish.
j. c. LOGAN, President Police Jury.
R. B. HILL, Clerk Police Jury.
AN ORDINANCE
Relative 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 provisionsi
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 s2oo, d6o and to be paid for as follows
All the money which the City Of Shreveport now
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
payment on the new traffic bridge, and all the tolls
which the said city shall collect over and above hel
share of bridge operating expenses on the new
bridge after it is erected shall be used 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 an6
Pacific Railway Company bridge, less her share o.
expenses, until the completion of the new bridge.
All the tolls which shall be collected from the
Bosser Parish end of said new traffic bridge ovel
and above her share of bridge operating expenses
shall be used as part payment on said bridge unit
it is paid for.
1t is further agreed, that after said new trafi,
bridge is paid for it shall thereafter forever bt
simply maintenance bridge. That is to say, only
so much tolls shall be collected from time to TIM
as will be necessary to maintain said bridge. NJ
tolls whatever shall be collected for revenue.
Be it further ordained, etc., That the Presiden
OF the Police Jury be and is hereby authorized tt
sign said contract when prepared in the name o
said Parish of Bossier. j. G. LOGAN,
R. B. HILL, Clerk. 1fesloent rohce jury.