The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-07-22

Arkansas line at the center OF the Cotton
Belt railway, thence southerly along the
center of said railway to the northern
boundary of Plain Dealing District,
which is half mile south of the north
err boundary of section 26; thence to
the northeast corner of the Plain Deal
ing District, which is the middle OF the
west side of section 30; thence in
southerly direction one and one-half
miles to the southwest corner of town.
ship % north, range IL west; thence one
mile east, south one-half mile, east one
mile, south one-quarter mile, east one
mile, south one-quarter mile to the
southwest corner OF section 3, township
q north, range IL west; thence two and
one-quarter miles east, north one-half
mile, west three-quarters of mile to the
center OF section 2, same township and
range; thence north one-quarter, east
three-quarters; thence north one and
one-quarter miles to the northwest cor
ner OF the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of section SO, town.
ship q north, range IL west; thence east
to Bodcau; thence in northerly direc-
ton to the point where Bodcau crosses
the southern boundary of section II,
township % north, range II west;
thence west to the northeast corner of
section 20, township % north, range IL
west; thence north to the State line;
thence west along the State line to the
starting point.
District No. Is being bounded and de-
scribed as follows: Commence on the
north line Of section Sc, township %,
range II, one-quarter of a mile due east
OF the northwest corner of said section
and run due south through said section
and one-quarter of mile into section 1,
township q, range IL; therce due west
one-quarter of mile to the line between
sections l and 2; thence due south on
section line two and three-quarter miles
to the southwest corner of section Is;
thence due east two miles to the south
west corner of section II, township q,
| range IL; thence due north one mile on
line between sections II and Is to the
| northwest corner of section II; thence
| due east one mile to the northeast corner
OF section II; thence due north one mile
on the line between sections 8 and to
the northwest corner of section 8; thence
| on north line of sections 9 and 10 to
Bodcau Bayou; thence up said bayou in
northwesterly direction, with the me-
anderings of said bayou to its intersec-
ton with the north line of section 80,
township %, range IL; thence due west
on north line of sections 81 and 80,
township %, range ii, and section So,
township %, range II, to the point OF
beginning.
| That said election in District No. Is
be held at Red Land, the regular polling
| place in said district as now established
by law, on Saturday, August %, 1909;
and
That said election be held in District
No. 16 at Mot, the regular polling place
in said district as now established by
law, on Saturday, August %, 1909.
2. That said elections be held under
the general election laws of the State OF
Louisiana, except as hereinafter modi-
fed.
3. That the ballots to be used may be
printed or written, and shall read:
In District No. Is: "For mill tai
for the period of ten years." or "Against
a mill tax for the period of ten years. .
| In District No. Is: "For q. mil
tax for the period of ten years." OF
against 81. mill tax for the period Of
ten years."
4. That all legal voters who are prop
erty taxpayers in said districts shall be
entitled to vote, provided women who
are taxpayers in their own right shall bt
entitled to vote, either in person or by
proxy.
! 5. That the returns of said election
shall be made to the Police Jury of Bos
sier Parish, within the time prescribed
by law.
! 6. The following Commissioners ant
Clerks are hereby appointed to hold salt
elections:
/ In District No. Is, at Red Land
G. G.. Allen, NJ. B. Stampley and G. w
May, Commissioners; J. S. Dodson
Clerk.
il. In District No. is, at Mot: j. F
Kilgore, j. B. Lynn and O. c. Cason
Commissioners; A. D. Lynn, Clerk.
Thus done and signed officially Of
this, the 18th day of July, AID. 1909.
J. w. ELsToN, President P.J.
The following report, made by tn
Sheriff, was received and ordered filed:
To the Honorable President and Members of tn
!, Police Jury of Bosses Parish:
Gentlemen: beg leave to submit m
report on collections from all sources TO
J the quarter ending June 80, 1909:
On 2 mills. 567
, On 81 mills ,- . .....,.,...--..... 1913 s
On road tax $40
On vehicle tax ...,... .....-...., ga s
On licenses ............. "a
On interest ......... -. 43