The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
THE POLICE JURY
official Proceedings of the Session
Held August 10. 1911.

I've FOllCc jury VI bdCluo ) Ct 'S'
Louisiana, met this 10th day Of A"g-
lust, 1911, at 10 am, in regular ses-
Siol, w. Y. Crawford presiding, VIII
tn" follow ~ members Or:sen'. r
). L. Douglas, w. w. Wynn, s. P. Blu.
ney, ]. M. Miller, j. C. Mahlen, Geo
A. POLICEMAN, William Winter. A. J
! Scott, J. A. Sebastian, F. C. Maggie
&c. M. Hutchinson. Absent B. B
Smith and J. F. Fisher.
On motion of Mr.. Douglas, the
1 president appointed H. E. Barnes tC
survey and make profile of grading
work near Thompson place in WARD
one and advertise for bids for this
work to be opened at next meeting
of the jury.
The rules of the jury were then
suspended and L. R. Smith, R. R
Emery and others representing the
Chamber of Commerce asked the jul
ry for an expression to be reported
to the Shreveport-Dallas Highway
Convention at its afternoon session,
relative to the proposed highway to
the Texas line.
Judges Littleton, Huffman and
others addressed the jury on the
same line, and the president assured
them the matter would receive due
consideration at the close of the
days meeting.
The secretary reports that G. V.
Evans had completed the two brid-
ges in Ward Five on Guice and
Dockery Bayous at S210 per foot,
aggregating si37.4O, which was al
lowed.
Mr.. Wayles Brown, president of
the law library asked the jury to al
low $3.50 per month for one year
to pay for the services of a libra
rian.
Mr. Douglas moved that the re-
quest be refused, as the Bar Associ-
alton had agreed to defray that ex-
pense.
Substitute by Mr.. Winter that the
jury pay $3.50 per month for one
year.
The yea and nay vote being called
resulted as follows:
Ayes: Mahlen, Winter, POLICEMAN,
Scott, Sebastian, Hutchinson, Craw-
ford.
Nays: Douglas, Wynn, Miller,
Nagle.
At the request of DR.. Gulledge,
president Crawford was authorized
to confer with the Kansas City Ry.
Co., relative to having a joint rail-
road and wagon bridge over Caddo
Lake at Mooringsport. On the rec
ommendation of the finance COM
mittee the jury decided to have four
arc lamps placed on the Texas street.
side of the court house square to
correspond with the lights used by
the merchant on that thoroughfare,
and rejecting the petition for lights
on the other three sides.
Mr.. Crawford reported that he and
DR.. Alexander had examined the
ward offered at the Charity Hospital
for sick prisoners and found that it
would be less expensive to fix up the
ward in the Jail and more desirable
than the one at the hospital.
Contract for pauper collins and
transportation to the cemetery was
awarded Roll Osborne at $500 each
per bid on file.
The contract for furnishing the
parish with medicines for the ensu-
ing year was awarded to Renfro's
Pharmacy for i8cts for prescriptions
and a discount of 10 per cent on re-
gular drugs per bid on file.
The finance committee report that
they had rejected the claim of $500
from the city for treatment of small
pox patients at the pest house, which
report was on motion adopted.
The secretary reported that letters
addressed to Messrs. Queries, YOU
rec and WELLER relative to dedica-
ton of right of way through their
property for proposed road in Ward
Eight had never been answered.
To the Honorable Police Jury of
Caddo Parish: We the undersigned
citizens of Belcher and surrounding
neighborhood respectfully .ask that
the road from Belcher to the river
at Wild Lucia which was established
in 1900 and recently closed, be re-
opened. (Signers.)
By Mr.. Douglas:
AN ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in regu-
lar session convened, that the certain
road or servitude herein below de-
scribed, is hereby declared to be a /
public highway for Caddo Parish,
said road being 40 feet in width hav-
ing been acquired by open and pub
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