The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-12
THE POLICE JURY.
Official Proceedings Of the Session
Held January 8, 1913.

ponce jury OF LduuO PARISH, Lid.
met this 9th day Of January 1913. in
regular session at 10 am, William
Winter presiding, with the follow
ing members present: R. E. L. Huck-
abay, George Thurber, w. F. Tho
man, L. B Phillips. f. C. Nagle, c.
NJ. Hutchinson. Absent: w. T. Craw-
ford, president, J. 4. Sebastian, Dr.
R. H. Gulledge. d. P. Hollis coming
in later.
On motion of Mr.. Huckabay duly
carried, the minutes of December II,
1912, We're adopted as published.
DR.. Bowling, president of the State
Board of Health, presented the fol-
lowing petition, which was on mo-
ton referred to the finance commit
tee:
Honorable Police Jury, Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, Shreveport, La: Cen
tlemen-The State Board of Health
represents to you the need of gen.
eral supervision of health matters
in your parish and respectfully ask
that you appropriate reasonable
amount with which to pay your
health officer for his services, COM
mensurate with his duties, and if
possible that he may have an in
spector to travel the parish and re
port regularly to him.
To facilitate the collection of vital
statistics, we ask that you apprO-
pirate money sufficient to enable
| the State Board of Health to
voucher against your treasurer at
he end of each month. The COM
pensatiOn to be 2oc for each birth
and 25c for each death occurring in
each ward. Where there are no
births and no deaths, then 25c to be
paid for this report You to name
the registrars fOrD each ward and
they to act under the direction and
supervision of the State Board of
Health, and duplicates of each birth
and deaths to be sent your health
officer from the State Board OF
Health. 1t is estimated that 25 births
normally occur for each 1000 inhab-
itants and that Is deaths occur for
each 1000. This will enable you to
arrive at the approximate cost. All
stationery and office expense in New
Orleans for the work in Caddo to be
paid by the State Board of Health.
Hoping to have your cooperation,
l am, Yours truly,
OSCAR BOWLING.
President Louisiana State Board of
Health.
An Ordinance
Prohibiting the killing of deer in
Caddo Parish, La, for a period
of three years.
In pursuance of a resolution of
the Conservation Commission of
Louisiana, in accordance with Act
No. 239 of the Legislature of 1912,
be it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Caddo, in regular SEES
sion convened, that it shall be I'M
lawful for any personzto kill, cap
ture or take and carry away, any
deer in Caddo Parish, La, for a pc
riod of three consecutive years from
this date.
Be it further ordained, that any
person who shall violate the provis-
ions of this ordinance, shall be fined
not more than one hundred 100000
dollars, or be imprisoned not more
than thirty days, or both in the dis
erection OF, the court.
Adopted January 9, 1913, by fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes: Huckabay, Winter, Thurber,
Thoman, Phillips, Hutchinson, and
Nagle. .--.~
Nays: None.
DR.. G. C. Chandler, city health Of
ficer, read a petition asking the Po-
lice Jury to cooperate with the.eity
in the handling of possible menin-
gifts eases, by agreeing to pay one
half of the expense, was on motion
CT Mr.. Thoman referred to the
finance committee.
A committee of citizens composed
of e P. Carstens and S. C. FulliIove
urged the jury to take immediate
action and go on record .favoring the
plan of the block system or front
basis assessments, as presented in
their petition submitted at the De-
cember meeting, and for the ap-
pointment of an expert to assist the
assessor.
Mr.. Thurber moved that the mat
ter be referred to the district at
torney for an opinion as to the. le-
gality of the proposition of employ
ing an assistant to the assessor.
Carried.