The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-07-22
THE POLICE JURY.
Offfciai Proceedings of the Meeting Held
In This Place Last Week.

OFffcfai Proceedings of the Meeting Held
In This Place Last Week.
The Police Jury Of Bossier Parish met
In regular session this day, July Is,
1909, with the following members pres
ent at roll call, viz:
j. I. McDade, ward one.
dc. Logan, ward two.
F. r. Garrett, ward three.
u. L. Mays, ward four.
A. Hoffpauir, ward five.
j. w. Elston, ward six.
The minutes of the April meeting and
the two meetings of June 7th were
adopted in open session as read.
The Police Jury then proceeded to re-
organize for the ensuing year, when the
following officers were duly elected:
J.W. Elston was elected as President.
r. B. Hill was elected Clerk.
The following named physicians were
placed in nomination as President of the
Board of Health of Bossier Parish: DR..
I. N. Keoun, DR.. D. ]. AcAnn and DR..
WI. Baird. The first ballot resulted as
follows: Baird 2, McAnn 1, Keoun 8.
Upon second ballot, DR.. Keoun was
duly elected.
President Elston then proceeded to
appoint the following named members of
the Board of Health: Messrs. j. T.
McDade and A. Hoffpauir.
The following named were duly ap-
pointed as an Auditing Committee:
Messrs. J. C. Logan, F. r. Garrett and
G. T. Mays.
The Bridge Committee as now COM
posed was reappointed.
The following Per Capita Tax Asses
sors were duly elected:
| Ward III. N. Cornell.
Ward 1T. E. McIver.
Ward 3-Gilford Wright.
Ward Al. B. Johnston.
Ward 5-B. S. Hoffpauir.
| Ward 6-Park Elston.
A motion was passed requiring that
the Per Capita Tax Assessors file their
rolls by September 1st.
On motion and second, duly carried
Miss Winnie Brownlee was duly elected
a beneficiary to Louisiana Industrial
Institute.
On motion and second, duly carried
the appointment of young man bene-
ficiary was postponed for one year.
The following petition was presented
and its request granted:
To the Honorable Presiednt and Members of the
Police Jury OF Bosser Parish:
We, the undersigned legal voters and
property taxpayers of School District
No. IL, in said parish, desire to levy q
special tax of 21a mills on the dollar or
all taxable property situated in sale
School District No. IL for a period oil
five years, beginning with the year 1910
for the purpose of supplementing sala-
ries of teachers in the public schools Of
said district, and for the purpose o.
creating fund for building and repair.
ing school houses in said district anl
supplying said schools with furniture
and appliances.
To this end we respectfully petition
your honorable body to adopt an ordi.
nance ordering special election in sale
district to take the sense of the lega
voting taxpayers within said district ane
to do all things legally necessary to b.
done in the premises pursuant to thu
provisions of Act 214 of 1902 and amend.
ments thereto.
The boundaries of said School Dis.
trict No. IL, as created by the Board O
School Directors of Bossier Parish, arr
as follows: Beginning at a point OF
Red River at the southwest corner O
fractional section 2, township 81 north
, range IL west, thence east on section lint
to the northeast corner of section IL
township q north, range 10 west; thenc'
south five miles to the southeast corne
of section SO, township q north, rang
. IL west; thence west to township lin,
between townships 20 and q to Re-
River; thence up the east bank of Re-
| River tn the noint of heuinninp