The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-11
NUMBER II
THE POLICE JURY
Official Proceedings Of the Session Held
Thur day April &. 1000

4 III m regular aud legal session. Jules
Dreyfuss presiding. with the following
members present W " Wynn. s Z
Burney, J NJ Miller. W r. Craw-
ford, ! e. Mahlen. Gcorge \ Pole
man, 4 y Smith, \ J Scott, + &
Magic J \. Sebastian. I Z Mos
Absent 4 I Douglas and + i Har
key
On motion duly carried the minutes
Of March u, 1000, were adopted As pull
lished
Mr. \ Qutrb.s, on behalf OF the
State Fair Association. asked the Jury
to relieve SAID association from paving
the parish tax Of 1908
Mr. Crawford moved that tI,,. request
be granted and said tax ren'ttel 'or .lie
year 1908 Carried
he finance committee report having
let bridge III Ward Three on Moorings-
port and State line road to K t. Noel
at SIS per foot, also awarded 4. w
Hill contract for Pile bridge over Swift
hatfH IhNtNd'l ~ ttI' ~ 'HSs' d. d'stt-
tised. at $3.50 per foot
Committee OF poor farm matters
granted further time
Committee on Grlgsby Island bridge
near Bayou Pierre granted further time,
To the Honorable Police Jury Of Cad
do Parish. Louisiana We beg to advise
that The Louisiana Company i'll building
its pipe line from the oil hsld to Grigs
by Island desires permission from your
honorable body to lay It's pipe line from
Fairfield avenue eastward along Steph
c1son avenue to Line avenue. IN the
laying Of which pipe we desire to con
form with the requirements of the com
mittec on roads from your body. and
would thank you to grant us permission
and give us such directions as you may
require.
THE LOUISIANA CO.
BY J. f. Maxwell.
Mr. Poltman moved that the request
be granted the company agreeing to
bury its pipe two feet in the clear
Carried
| The representative of the Texas
Company asked permission to use the
parish road roller on its work at Tex
arkana. at reasonable rental The
president on motion appointed Craw
ford. Scott and Moss to report on the
matter
| Rev. Jacobson and Mr. Holman ap-
peared before the jury in behalf of
prisoner named Henry Lindenbaum and
asked that the Jury relieve him of his
thirty days road sentence. as he was
physically unable to work
The president appointed Mahlen,
Smith and Nagle to confer with the
district attorney with power to act in
the premises.
The district attorney being present
stated that the Jury is without authority
to grant a release Of prisoner under
sentence
On motion Of Mir Scott the president
is hereby authorized to purchase the
necessary surveyors instruments for the
civil engineer selected by him as super
visor Of roads aud bridges, under the
terms aud conditions contained in his
letter. that if reelected at the expira
ton Of six months he would purchase
same from the parish.
The committee on ward outfits and
road matters granted further time.
They report having let contract for
tents to The Lee Hardware Company
under bid No. g.
The finance committee recommended
the appropriation OF $3.50 to the State
Far Association, $500 to be used for
Caddo Parish premiums and $3.50 for
the State.
Mr. Mahlen moved that the report ot
the committee be adopted. Carried.
Plat of road from Belcher to Stumpy
ferry presented and road granted upo"
proper tecicat,ons on the plat On mo
ton the plat was referred to Mr.. Glassell
and J. W. Dixon for signatures, and
upon it's return to the secretary, same
to be placed on record.
To the Honorable President and
Members Of the Police jury OF the
Parish of Caddo. State Of Louisiana
We, the undersigned property taxpayers
OF public school district No. o. in Ward
One, of Caddo Parish. Louisiana. re
. spectfully represent unto your honor
able body that the erecting and con
structing i'll said school district No. {
! at the village of Belcher and elsewhere
of public school houses will be OF great
benefit to the property and people, and
public school interests of said district
The following constitutes the bound
, ary of said school district Beginning
near the northeast corner Of section 2I
, township 2I. range II. on the f1gh
hank Of Red river. thence west lptie