The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-18
THE TOWN COUNCIL
Proceedings Of the Regular
Session Held on Thursday,
January 10.
MAYORS OFFICE,

JdH. 1us I'ut.
The Mayor and Board of
Aldermen met this day pursuant
to adjournment and was called to
order by Hon. c. M. Bevill,
mayor. The following members
were present: Messrs. Abel.
Cooper, Fletcher, Leeper and
Watts, 5 members and a quorum
present,
The minutes of the meeting on
January 3rd were read and ap-
proved.
Mr.. r. +. Brewer presented a
claim for $500 as special officer
during the holidays of 1905
which, on notion Of Mr.. Cooper.
was allowed and clerk authorized
to draw his warrant for the
amount.
Mr.. Abel then introduced the
following ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE.
Providing for the building of curbing and
side walks on both sides OF Main. Jones.
Court and Abel streets around the Court
House square; providing for the manner Of
building and material of which they are to
be built, the width OF the side walks and the
thickness Of the curbing and to fix the limit
of time in which the work must be done;
providing for the building Of the same by the
town where the property holders refuse or
neglect to build them after due notice.
Section /. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board OF Aldermen Of the town of Winnfield
in regular session convened: That the prop
erty holders in the town Of WINFIELD owning
property on Main street, jones' street, Court
street and Abel street fronting on the Court
House Square shall curb and pave the side
walks In front of their property with brick,
stone or concrete as may be directed by the
Committee of the Board of Aldermen. the
grade to be furnished by the Street Commits
sioner OF the town from the grade lines adop-
ted by the Board Of Aldermen and on fle IN
the Mayors Office
Section 2. Be il further ordained, etc: That
the curbing IL made Of concrete shall be eight
inches thick; r OF brick 1t shall be the thick
ness or the length Of brick and must be laid
in cement mortar; II OF slabs Of stone it may
be six inches thick and each section cut square
so ~ 70 make perfect Joint. The sidewalks
in front Of the business houses on Che streets
mentioned in Section one % OF this ordinance
M ~s.~l~< ~ he adj a
conform to grade and material Of the adjoin-
ing property. The sidewalks on the side Of
said street next to the Court House, may be
laid in brick or cement concrete but must not
be less than eight feet wide on the inside Of
the twelve feet side walk between the curb
and property line. The outside Of the curb
shan be twelve feet from the property line.
Section 3. Be 1t further ordained, etc: That
1t shall be the duty Of the Street Commissioner
to notify the property holders when they shall
do the work provided for in this ordinance,
and in case the said property holders refuse or
NEGLECT to do the work within thirty days after
the service Of the notice, then the Street Com
missioner shall be authorized tc do the said
work and assess the cost to the property and
collect the same in the manner provided BY
law for collecting such indebtedness to the
town
Section l. Be it further ordained, etc: That
this ordinance take effect from and after its
adoption and all ordinances in conflict here
with be and the same are hereby repealed.
The ordinance having been
read, on motion of Mr.. Abel,
duly seconded, was adopted by
the following vote: Messrs. Abel,
Cooper, Fletcher. Leeper and
Watts; 5 yeas and no nays, and
becomes ordinance No. 3d.
The Mayor appointed the
following committee on street
improvement: Messrs. Cooper
and Abel. On motion the mayor
was added to that committee.
The Mayor then informed the
members of the Board of Alder
men that after previously con-
sulting them that he had pur-
chased . lot for the purpose of
building . Town Hall, Market
House and Police Jail. The lot
purchased is known as the Elk
horn Restaurant lot on Main
street and that he had submitted
= proposition to the banks tc
borrow the money to construc'
the building and that satisfactor,
arrangements had been made
with the VIM Parish Bank, ant
that it was necessary to have ths