The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-07-20
necessary repairs made on the Parish

necessary repairs made on the Parish
Jail.
A committee from the Board of School
Directors for the Parish of Bossier,
headed by Mr.. N. w. Sentell, the Pres
ident of said board, appeared before the
Police Jury and requested further aid
for the benefit of the public schools of
the parish. After discussion pro and
con, the following motion, with second,
was duly carried:
That there be, and it is hereby order
ed, an election held throughout the
entire Parish of Bossier for the purpose
of taking the sense of the qualified
electors on the proposition of an addi-
tional 2 mill tax being levied on prop
erty of Bossier Parish in the following
/ mill for public schools
and mill for good roads.
On the above proposition Mr.. McDade
voted "no."
The foregoing resolution, or motion,
was reconsidered and, upon vote, the
motion for the election was annulled and
the election ordered not to be held, by
unanimous vote of the Police Jury.
The following motion was then offered:
That the rate of taxation for the Par
ish of Bossier for the current year shall
be and is hereby fixed at 10 mills on the
dollar of the assessed value of the prop
erty subject to taxation in the Parish OF
Bossier in the following proportions:
For parochial purposes, 6 mills.
For school purposes, mills.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Be it resolved by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Bossiep in legal session
convened, That the action of the special
committee, composed of J. w. Elston,
President of the Police Jury of Bossier
Parish, and C. G. Rives, Superintendent
OF Accounts and Finance for the City
Council of the City of Shreveport, in
agreeing with the President of the
", S. and P. Railway Company to ac-
cept $4,000 in full payment Of the in
terest Of Bossier Parish and the City OF
Shreveport in the railway bridge at the
foot of Cotton Street be approved, and
the Mayor of the City OF Shreveport,
together with the Superintendent OF
Accounts and Finance and the Presi-
dent of the Police Jury of Bossier Par
ish, be, and they are hereby authorised
to sign final contract with the ", S.
and P. Railwry Company for SIS, 600, to
be used in the construction Of new
bridge, provided that the present bridge
shall continue to be used as traffic
bridge until the completion of the new
bridge.
Be it further resolved, etc., That the
President of this body be and he is here
by authorized to sign contract with the
Mayor and Superintendent of Accounts
and Finance Of the City of Shreveport
as follows, to-wit:
State of Louisiana, This contract and
Parish Of Caddo. agreement, made
and entered into this date between the
City of Shreveport, herein represented
by its Mayor, J. H. Eastman, and the
Superintendent of Accounts and FL
nance, G.. G. Rives, party of the first
part, and the Police Jury of the Parish
of Bossier, herein represented by its
President, j. w. Elston, party of the
second part, witnesseth:
1t is agreed that the said city and par
ish together construct a traffic bridge
| across Red River 1000 feet below the
present ", S. and P. railway bridge,
landing at lot IA, block F, and just east
of block So, owned by S. N. Kerley, in
accordance with plans and specifications
adopted by the City Council of the City
| of Shreveport and the Police Jury of the
Parish of Bossier.
| That for the construction OF said
bridge there be set aside the bridge fund
now in the treasury of the City OF
Shreveport and all tolls on the present
bridge hereafter collected by the City
of Shreveport and all tolls on the pres
ent bridge collected by the Parish OF
Bossier from and after July /, 1911.
1t is further agreed that the one
seventh interest of the Parish OF BOssieI
and the City of Shreveport in said
", S. and p. railway bridge be sold tc
the ", S. and p. Railway Company fol
the sum of $4,000, said amount to be
used in the construction of the new
bridge, but the present bridge to con-
tinue as traffic bridge until the CON-
pletion of the new one.
It is further agreed that the said city
and parish proceed to advertise for bids
and let the contract for the construction
of the piers, and that the contract fol
the bridge proper be let after the COM
pletion of said piers.
| It is further agreed that the presen
rate of tolls be charged on the nev
bridge until the total cost of same shall
have been paid, and that the bridge thel
become free bridge, with only the col
lection of such tolls as may be necessar.
for it's maintenance.
The following resolution, setting asid
tolls from Red River bridge from ant
after July 1, 1911, for fund for the con
struction of a new bridge, was unani
mously adopted:
II Be it resolved by the Police Jury Q
, the Parish of Bossier, in legal sessio
convened, That from and after July
i 1911, all tolls collected on the Red Rive
{ bridge at Bossier City be and the sam
|; are hereby set aside as fund for tn
! construction of the new traffic bridg
connecting Bossier Parish and the Cit
of Shreveport.
The following resolution, adoptin
plans for the construction of the ne
traffic bridge to connect Bossier Paris
and the City of Shreveport, were unani
mously adopted:
Be it resolved by the Police Jury {
a Bossier Parish, in legal session cor