The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-21
The following report, made by the
Sheriff, was received and ordered filed:

Sheriff, was received and ordered filed:
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
, Police Jury Of Bossier PARISH:
Gentlemen: beg leave to submit nv
report on collections from all sources for
the quarter ending Dec. 81, 1908, to-wit:
On 81 mills ....-..-.......... $4114 Is
On 2b mills ............................ 235t 80
On per capita TIKI. -. 1919 IS
On vehicle tax. 296 40
On licenses ...... .....-.-...#......-. 40 70
Road tax fines (19O7) .............. % so
Scrip from convicts, fines 5 20
Delinquent list, ward 6 (i9OD. "a "A
Total. .............-.-. s81S4 04
Respectfully submitted,
]. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Messrs. Logan and Garrett having
been appointed as committee to act in
conjunction with Mr.. E. r. Mading, the
Assessor, for the purpose of agreeing on
basis of assessment of lands in Bossier
Parish for the year 1909, reported, to-
gether with Mr.. Mading, as follows:
That the basis for assessment of lands
in Bossier Parish for the year 1909 shall
be as follows:
Average improved river land pro-
tected by levee, per acre. $40 90
Average woods land protected by
levee, per acre ......---.-.....-....... 4 %
Average improved Hill land, per
acTc...---..--..---.--. w
Average unimproved Hill land, per
i
Average timber land, class &C."
per aCTe-..-.---...--.-....,----- . w
The above report was accepted and
adopted by the Police Jury.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted in open session:
Resolved, That whereas the Police
Jury did on the nth day of August,
1899, order an election to take the sense
of the qualified electors of Ward 2, Bos-
sier Parish, La, for or against the sale
of intoxicating liquors in said ward
said election was duly held on Tuesday,
September Is, 1899, and the proclama-
ton of the result of said election was
duly promulgated in the Bossier Banner,
the official organ of the parish, for the
time prescribed by law, but the minutes
of said Police Jury failed to show the
tabulated returns and the PRONUNCIATION
by the President of the Police Jury, as
required by law, now, therefore
regular session convened, That the min
utes of this meeting show that E. S.
Dortch, President of the Police Jury, by
virtue of the authority vested in him as
such, did declare that after careful
compilation by the Police Jury, duly
assembled, of the votes cast at said cleo
ton, held in Ward 2 on September 26,
1899, to be: That there were 81 votes
against the sale of intoxicating liquors
and 10 votes for it, said proclamation Of
PRONUNCIATION being made on October 10,
1899, this being mere clerical error,
the minutes are corrected nas'sc pro tunc.
The following resolution was adopted
in open session, to-wit:
Whereas, at meeting of the Council
of the village OF Bossier City, held on
January 5, 1909, a resolution was passed
instructing its attorneys TO make de-
mand on the Police Jury of Bossier
Parish to surrender jurisdiction and con-
troll of the Bossier end of the bridge
known as the ", s.. and P. Railroad
bridge, and
Whereas, formal nos,ce Of the afore-
said resolution was served on the Pres
ident of said Police Jury, therefore
Be it resolved by the Police jury of
Bossier Parish, in regular session con-
vened, That the demand of the Council
of the village of Bossier City is rejected
ar hok n$ 4
Police Jury, is hereby authorized to
defend any action at law or otherwise
that may be brought by the said Council
of the village of Bossier City, and to this
end the said President aforesaid is here
by instructed to employ attorneys to
represent the interest of said Police Jury
and the people of Bossier Parish in said
threatened litigation.
The petition of citizens Of ward FIVE,
asking for relief of Mrs. Sallie Perkins
and children was deferred until the next
meeting, and the member from said ward
was requested to ascertain her condition
and the circumstances surrounding this
case.
The following petition, asking for a
road to be opened, was granted, but that
said road is to be opened without ex-
pense to the parish, to-wit:
Ivan, La, January Z, 1909.
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Police Jury of Bossier Parish:
We, the undersigned citizens of ward
five, petition your honorable body to
grant US public road from Ivan, run
ring in northeasterly direction through
the lands of J. B. Wilmington, Mrs.
J. M. Mccall, D. NJ. Morrison, j. F..