The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-08-02
CITY FATHERS IN
SPECIAL SESSION
Ordinance Appropriating Ad-
ditional Amount for City
Hall Building.

i DOfiiis Wa vi.
Mayors Office, |
Town of Winfield. La,
July %, 1907.
To the Honorable Members of
Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Winfield.
You are hereby notified that
hat there will be a meeting of
the Mayor and Board of Alder
men, for the purpose of pro-
viding means to complete and
equip the Town Hall and Market
House. on this day at one o'clock
p. IN. By order of the Mayor.
&. M. BEvILL,
A true copy. Mayor.
WILL A. STRONG,
Clerk.
Which notice was served on
each one of the members of the
Board of Aldermen who signed
the following acceptance of
service and waiver of delays:
| hereby accept service of this
notice and waive all delays.
S. M. ABEL.
= X. I'll. FLETCHER.
j. X. WATTS.
The Mayor called the meeting
to order and the following men,
bers were present and answered
to their names: s. M. Abel, X.
III. Fletcher and j. X. Watts.
Absent, w. F. Cooper. Three
members. and a quorum, present.
The Clerk then presented an
ordinance which had been drawn
by Town Attorney w. r. Jones,
which was read for the informa-
ton of the Board of Aldermen.
After discussion of the ordinance,
informally, Mr.. Watts introduced
the ordinance which was read AS
follows:
AN ORDINANCE
Providing additional funds Cor
the purpose of completing
and equiping the Market
House and Town Hall and
provide for payment of same.
Whereas, the sum of Three
Thousand Dollars over and above
all sums heretofore appropriated,
Is necessary to complete and
equip the Town Hall and Market
House.
Sec: /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
in special session convened, the
notice of which was duly served
on each member of the Board of
Aldermen, that the Mayor be
authorized to borrow the sum of
Three Thousand Dollars for the
purpose of completing and equip
ing the Town Hall and Market
House, and issue his certificate of
indebtedness. of the Town of
Winfield, for that amount, to
be paid out of the revenues not
already appropriated for the year
1907.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained
that said balance of the revenues
as aforesaid be set aside to
Iiquidate this Indebtedness Gre
ated by this ordinance.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained
that the sum of Eight Hundred
Dollars borrowed from the Gen
eral fund to pay for the plans
and specifications of the water
works, and the lot purchased for
the power house and reservoir be
set aside to ilquidate and pay the
Indebtedness created by this
ordinance.
Sec. 4. Be 1t further ordained
that the net revenue arising from
the rents of stalls. spaces or
rooms, the inspections of meats,
license for peddling. and the
amount realized from rents of
the auditorium be deposited with
the VIM Parish Bank for the
purpose of liquidating the in
debtedness created by Section l
of this ordinance, hereby pledging
same till the aforesaid obligations
ae Iiquldated.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained,
etc., That this ordinance take
effect from aud after Its passage,
and all ordinances contrary to or
inconsistent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
The ordinance having been
read in full, Mr.. Fletcher moved
to adopt the ordinance as read
and called for for the yeas and
nays. The following members
voted aye: Messrs. Abel, Fetch
er and Watts, 3 votes; absent
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