The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-02-02

1890 Penooo VI Tie parish Oh CdluWel
Flor the year 1912.
be It further ordained, that the sait
en mills is hereby apportioned as fol
Rows:
! 4-mills General Fund.
J S-mills Ouachita Steel Bulge Fund
/ 3-mills School Fund.
Il BE it further ordained, that this ordi
nance take effect from and after it.
ladoption. Adopted this Jan. 10, 1912
4 H. H. ROGILLlO, Pres.
! R. R. REDDITT, Clerk.
4 On motion carried, ordinance
/. No. 4 fixing the license tax or
leach and every kind of business
in the parish of Caldwell for the
I year 1912, was adopted.
Il ORDINANCE NO. q,
l Fixing the License Tax in the Parish Of
\ Caldwell for the year 1912.
i BE it ordained by the Police Jury OF
4 the Parish of Caldwell, in regular ses,
sion convened, that the license now
ltixed by the State of Louisiana on each
r md every kind of business shall be the
i license tax Of the Parish of Caldwell
for the year 1912.
j Be it further ordained, that this ordi,
nance take effect from and after its
Fadoption. Adopted this Jan. 10, 1912.
| H. H. ROGILLIO, Pres.
/ R. r. REDDITT, Clerk.
4 On motion carried, G. P. Bal.
ley is hereby authorized to pur-
charse the material for the
bridge across Tom Meredith
lcreek on Columbia and Ouachita
1road.
/ On motion carried, ordinance
| No. 5, levying a per capita tax
of one dollar per annum on all
male persons residing in wards
or road districts Nos. l, 2, 3, 4
and 8 of the parish of Caldwell,
between the ages of 10 and so
years, for the purpose of main
tanning and constructing public
roads and bridges in said wards
or road districts, was adopted.
ORDINANCE NO. 5.
An ordinance adopted by the Police
Jury Of the Parish of Caldwell, levy
ing per capita tax of one dallar per
annum on all male persons residing
in, wards or road districts Nos. l, 2,
"a 4 and OF. the Parish of Caldwell,
between the ages of Is and so years,
n for the purpose of constructing,
Z maintaining and repairing the public
roads and bridges in said wards or
road districts; providing for the as
b! sessnaent and collection Of the same,
\ and pso 4ding penalties for the failure
to pay such.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury Of
the Parish of Caldwell, that there shall
be and is hereby levied, per capita
tax Of one dollar per annum on all male
persons between the ages of Is and so
years residing in wards or road districts
Nos. l, 2, 8, 4, and 8 Of the parish of
Caldwell, beginning with the year of
1912, for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining and repairing the public
roads and bridges of the said wards or
road districts in the parish of Cald we'll,
which tax shalt be collected for the
year Of 1912, and every year thereafter
until this ordinance may be repealed.
Be it further ordained, that it shall
be the duty Of the assessor of state
and parish taxes for the parish Of
Caldwell, to assess all such persons
with said tax at the same time that he
assesses poll and other taxes and to
extend the same on the assessment
the parish in the same manner.
Be it further resolved, that said tax
shall become due and payable on the
first day Of October 1912, and on the
same day of each and every year there
after, and that the assessor shall be
entitled to the same compensation for
the assessing of said tax as he is allow
ed by law for the assessing of other
taxes.
Be it further ordained, that the tax
collector of the parish of Caldwell shall
collect the said tax in the same manner
that he collects other taxes, and that
he shall receive the same compensation
therefor as is allowed by law for the
collection of other taxes.
Be it further ordained, that if any
person against whom such tax may be
legally assessed, shall neglect, fail
or refuse to pay the snme when due
and npon demand, shall be proceeded
sgainst by information filed by the dis
trict attorney or by indictment by the
grand jury, and upon trial and convic-
ton thereof, he shall be fined in sum