The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-04-22
THE POLICE JURY.
Official Proceedings of the Meeting Held
in This Place Last Week.

J. T. McDade, ward one.
J. c. Logan, ward two.
F. r. Garrett, ward three.
G. T. Mays, ward four.
A. Hoffpauir, ward five.
J. w. Elston, ward six.
The minutes of the meetings held
during January and February were read
in open session and approved.
On motion and second, duly carried,
$40 was appropriated for relief of Mrs.
S. f. Perkins, to be placed in the hands
of Capt. Thomas Lyles and to be given
to her in supplies as she needs same.
On motion and second, duly carried,
Mr.. William Richardson was allowed
$40, check for same to be made to Mr..
Hugh Arnold.
On motion and second, duly carried,
the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That no tolls be collected at
the east end of the ", S. and P. bridge
at Shreveport from carriers of rural free
delivery routes that cross said bridge.
On motion and second, duly carried,
the ordinance ordering an election in
ward six was re-enacted, the election
ordered to be held Saturday, May %,
1909, and the following ordinance was
duly adopted in open session:
AN ORDINANCE
To amend and reordain Section 1 of the
ordinance passed October II, 1905, and
promulgated January 10, 1906, entitled
can ordinance ordering an election
held in Ward 6 of the Parish of Bos-
sier, State of Louisiana, for the pur-
pose of obtaining the sense Of the
qualified electors of said ward as to
the advisability of the Police Jury de-
claring fence constructed with wire
and posts to be legal fence in said
Ward 6, fixing the date of the election,
polling places, manner OF conducting
same and qualifications Of voters"
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Bossier Parish, in legal session conven-
ed, on this, the 18th day of April, 1909,
That an election be and is hereby order
ed to be held in Ward of Bossier Par
ish for the purpose Of amending the
present hog law in said ward so as to do
| away with the four wires stretched on
posts and substitute a hog-proof fence,
the object of said amendment being to
allow hogs to run at large and that crops
shall be protected by hog proof fences.
| This amendment applying to that por-
! ton of Ward 6 outside. of Red River
bottom.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
said election shall be and is hereby
ordered to be held in said Ward of
Bossier Parish on the Goth day of May,
1909, at the regular polling places in
said ward, and that said commissioners
and clerks are to serve without cost to
Bossier Parish.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the ballots for said election shall
have written on them: "For hog-proo1
fence" or "Against hog-proof fence"
The following petition was presented
to the Police Jury, its request granted
and the election ordered to be held Sat
urday, May, 20, 1909, without expense tc
the parish, to-wit:
To the Honorable Police Jury of the Parish o.
Bossier, State of Louisiana:
We, the undersigned, constituting
more than one-fifth of the qualified
property taxpayers in public Schoo
District No. 10, created by the Schoo
Board of said parish on the Sd of April
1907, respectfully petition your honora.
bic body to order special election il
said School District No. 13 to take thu
sense of the property taxpayers qualified
to vote thereat on the question O.
amending the ordinance adopted by you
honorable body on the 10th day ofJuly
1907, levying special tax of IL mill
| on the assessed valuation of the propert!
of said school district 'for the purpose
of supplementing salaries of teacher
and building and repairing schoo
houses in said district" so as to devot'
the remainder of such special taxes, be
ginning with the year 1909 and ending
with the year 1916, to the purpose o
building school houses in said district
the title of which shall vest in the Parisl
School Board of Bossier Parish, AM
that the ballots to be used at said cleo
ton be Of the following form:
"For the amendment of ordinance Q
$ date July 10, 1907, so as to devote tn
remainder of special taxes in said distric
8 for the purpose OF building schoe
houses"
against the amendment of ordinanc
of date July 10, 1907"
. That said election be held under tn
general election laws of the State, a
polling places fixed by law, and that
;. said election shall result in favor OF sal
amendment that your honorable bod
pass an ordinance devoting the re
mainder OF said special taxes voted
said district to the purpose OF buildln
J. school houses, and for which we sha
ever pray, etc.
, E. M. Hover. w. T. Young.
:, = w. T. Colquitt. George Morris.
G.. G.. House. B. j. Coffee.
: w. E. Coleman. T. M. Yarbrough.
Charles Smith. U. w. Hutchings.
w. j. Wisenant. M. Smith.
w. J. Owsley. T. P. Switzerland
r. C. Burnecke. B. DEC. Gray.
A. c.. Burnecke.
: The following ordinance was du
" adopted in open session:
,e AN ORDINANCE
1. Ordering special election in Scho
a District No. 13 of Bossier Parish,
y established by the School Board
said parish, to take the sense of Il
t. taxpayers on the question of amendil
sr the ordinance adopted July 10, 1907.
Whereas, the petition signed by mo
than one-fifth of the property taxpaye
of School District No. t3, as establish
by resolution of the School Board
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