The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-16
An Ordinance.

Whereas, petition has bees tVIa,k7
by the majority iVl number and
amount of the abutting property
holders along the following public
road in this Stale ana Parish, 20
wit: On the public road shown Ol
the map or plat of the Fairfield
Heights subdivision as southern AZ
enue extending from the nOrthera
line of said Fairfield Heights subdi-
vision to the southern line thereCs,
as per map of said subdivision dUlH
recorded in the office Of the re-
corder of said parish, as slsown C'D
map or plat hereto attached ana tlS"
public road shown on map or pYat
of the South Side Paris subdivision
duly recorded as Southern avenue
and the cross roads or streets as
shown on said map as Versailles,
Frankfort and SaXtOn avenues, and
the road known as Southern or 81
linOis avenue in the Cedar Grove
addition or subdivision extending
from the northern line of said sub
division to the southern line thereof
as shown by map duly recorded in
the office of the recorder of said
parish; as shown in red line on map
or plat attached hereto; petitioning
this jury to advertise and sell a
franchise to construct, maintain and
operate for term of 80 years, a
railway utilizing electric or other
motive power than steam on said
road and having canvassed the said
petition and finding that the major
ity in number and amount of the
abutting property holders on said
road have signed the petition;
Be it resolved by the Police Jury
in legal session at a public meeting,
that the terms and specifications of
said franchise on the said road of
such railway be and is hereby fixed
as follows:
The said railway proposed shall
be constructed under supervision of
the good roads committee, that the
franchise shall be for a term of SO
years, on said roads and electric or
other motive power than steam
shall be used thereon; on the fur
Their consideration that the work on
said ailWay shall be completed
within twelve months and the cars
operated thereon within twelve
months from the time that the said
franchise herein provided for shall
be sold to the bidder offering the
highest price therefor-the success
full bidder shall give bond with ap-
proved security in favor of the po-
lice Jury of Caddo in the sum of
$4,000 to guarantee building of the
railway within time mentioned
herein-track to be built under the
supervision of the good roads COM
mitteE. on grade. not to exceed 1-2
per cent grade-on failure to give
bond the franchise shall be imme-
diately re-offered.
Be it further resolved that the
president of the Police Jury be and
he. is hereby ordered to advertise
the sale of said franchise for at least
thirty days in a newspaper pub
lished in the Parish of Caddo and on
the day fixed by said advertisement
said president of the Police Jury
is ordered to sell at public auction
to the bidder Offering the highest
cash price for said franchise and 20
give bond as above.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordered, that
no part Of the expense of said adj
vertisement of sale of said franchise
shall be paid out of the fund under
control of the Police Jury.
DR.. Gulledge moved that the peti-
ton and ordinance be granted as
prayed for.
Amended by Mr.. Phillips that the
term of franchise be changed from
SO years to 40 years.
The vote being called on the
same was lost as fol-
lows: -.
Ayes: Thurber, Phillips, Nagle.
Nays Hollis, Huckabay, GuIledge, !
Thoman, Hutchinson.
: The vote being taken on the orig
inal motion the same prevailed and
ordinance adopted as follows:
Ayes: Hollis, Huckabay, GuIIedge,
Thoman, 1hurber, Nag!e, !
Nays: Phillips.
w. T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
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