The Caucasian., 1913-11-16
NaeIe a. Sf Hutchinson.

Mr.. Qbintcr 10 tho @alGC.
! con motioN the rut0s OF tgag 5'lry
pwere euspendesS cnal @ 4earing gl@p@
TO sisitorS.
Judge s.. e. Nall. representing The
southern 6.umber eng Rardw0r'
Company of Tivian, Ca, stated that
they had been erroneously assessed
with capital stock at $4,000, and
asked the jury to refund them
Sl25.0O, the parish's portion Of the
| tax. Mr.. Crawford moved that the
matter be referee to the finance
committee, the ASSESSOR ana the dis
trict attorney.
The matter of improving ainvood
avenue continued.
Lucas and Forbing road matter
continued for want of dedication.
DR.. Gulledge requested further
time on change in Oil City and Cad
do City road, awaiting re-survey
by the engineer. Carried.
Further time granted Mr.. Nagle to
make repairs on Emery bridge.
Mr.. Winter, on committee, report
| ed letting of contract to A. Skoog,
contractor. for the erection of a
concrete and steel building to be
! used as a Juvenile reformatory at
the Parish Farm, at cost of
S5,686.OO, the work to be begun at
once and rushed to completion. That
bond and contract had been filed
and recorded
Mr.. Thoman moved that the he
port be adopted ano the committee
discharged. Carried.
DR.. Gulledge moved that the petit
tioIl Of J. E. WhitwOrth presented at
last meeting be granted and offered
the following resolution:
Be it resolved by the Police Jury
of Caddo Parish, La, in regular ses-
sion convened, that whereas, on Au-
gust i3, 1908. by act passed before
F. A. Leonard, clerk and ex-officio
notary public, Julian E. Whitworth
donated to the Parish Of Caddo for
use as a public road strip of
ground across lot one M of the
Duncan subdivision and across lot
3 of section 24, township Is north,
range IA west, and with the condi-
ton that should the same not be
used as a public road it should re-
vert to said donor, and whereas a
portion of said property has been
abandoned and is not now used for
such purpose, now therefore be it
resolved that that portion of said
property described on the attached
map as lots one, two, three, four
and five containing approximately
one and 74-t00 acres be declared
abandoned and not used for the
purpose designated in the act re
ferred to and the title to same to
revert to the said Julian E. Whit
worth.
Adopted by following vote:
! Hollis, Huekabay, Gulledge,
Winter, Thoman, Thurber, Phillips,
Sebastian, Nagle, Hutchinson, Craw-
ford.
Nays-None.
] The engineer reported that the
appropriation proceedings had been
i dropped in regard to right Of way
through J. G. Jones property OIL
Greenwood road, as they had gone
around and not through his prop
erty according to original survey.
On motion the committee was dis
charged.
The Midland Bridge Company,
through their representative, re-
ported the said bridge company
would not accept the parish's GER
/! tifieates of indebtedness bearing 5
per cent interest in payment for the
work, but they were ready to pro-
ceed with the work if the Police
Jury would finance thesdeal.
On motion of DR.. Gulledge the
matter was referred to the finance
committee and the president look
| ing to the construction Of said
bridge and the financing thereof,
with power to act in the premises.
Carried.
The following report was sub
mitted by Mr.. Thurber, chairman of
the committee:
Shreveport, La, Nov. i3, i9i3.-To
the President and Members Of the
Police Jury Of Caddo Parish: Gem
ltlemen-Your committee appointed
to inquire into the advisability of
adopting the SOmers system of as
sessments for the City Of Shreve-
port, beg to report that we have in
vestigated the matter and have in
vited discussion thereof and that we
arrived at the conclusion that con-
ditions do not call for an expendi-
Ifnre of money such as is proposed