The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1914-02-12

day, the sum of one hundred dollars
or as much thereof as may be neces-
sarv is hereby appropriated to be paid
on the warrant of the President with
proper voucher attached.
Yeas. Messrs. Pierson, Williams,
Aams, Cockerham. Knott. Parker,
Derbanne and Russell. Nays, none.
Carried unanimously.
By Mr.. Knott:
Be it ordained etc. That the Presi-
dent is hereby authorized and directed
to do and perform all acts necessary
towards carrying out the OBJECTS ana
purposes of the ordinances or THIS
body touching the construction and
Improvement of gravellng or other
wise the model road from Natchlto-
ches to Grand Ecore and the other
roads in District No. l, and to that
end he is fully authorized and i'm
powered to obtain plans and specltl-
cations of the improvements TO be
made, to advertise for bids, and to
contract for such Improvements. .
Yeas, Messrs Pierson, Williams,
Adams, Cockerham, Knott Parker,
Derbanne and Russell. Nays, none.
Carried unanimously.
BY Mr.. Pierson:
Resolve. That the Police Jury re-
new the appropriation for Agrlcul-
turaI Demonstration work in this
Parish for the year 1914. Carried.
Bv Mr.. Pierson:
Resolved. That J. w. Cockprham,
!. o. Williams and +. J. w. Knott.
be appointed a special committee and
invested with all power of this body
to confer with the Banks in this par
of Natchitoches with view, OF Sc
lecting fiscal agency for the year
1914, and to borrow such sum or sums
as may be required to secure The full
and final payment of any sum or
sums contracted for or borrowed for
the General Fund, The Good Road
Fund, and the Parish Bridge Fund
of the parish of Natchitoches by said
special committee, the Police jury
does hereby pledge and obiigate itself
to set aside and dedicate TO above
mentioned funds out of Ten Mills
levy to be levied and collectable for
the year 1914, as follows:
Net less than 5 mills for General
Fund.
Not less than enc half mill for
Good Road Fund.
Not less than three quarter mill for
Parish Bridge Fund.
In event that amOnnt derived from
taxes for the yea" 1914 do not suffice
then and the same schedule OF dis
tribution of the taxes of 1914 shall
be continued in force.
Yeas: Messrs. PiersOn. Adams.
Cockerham, Knott. Parker, Derbanne
and Russell. Nays; None.
Carried.
By Mr.. Derbanne:
Resolved that the same committee
acting 1913. be appointed to carry on
Good Road work in ward s, for the
year 1914.
By Mr.. Cockerham:
Resolved that the Parish License
for the year 1914 be collected the
same as the State. Carried.
By Mr. Plerson;
That the following petition OF the
citizens of ward one De accepted.
To the Hon. President and members
of the Police Jury parish OF Natchlto-
cheS La.
We the undersigned tax payers of
ward one residing within the limits
of the following described proposed
Road District respectfully shows:
lst. That in order to construct and
maintain the public roads within
the following limits Of ward one, OF
this parish. do respectfully petition
YOUR Honorable body to create roau
district, containing the following ter
ritory and yortion of ward one, viz:
Commencing outside the cily limits
of the city OF Natchitoches on what
is known as the southern line OF sec
tion 43 in township 9. north range q,
west, then running in a northern
direction or or the western line or
said section until you strike southern
line of section Is, thence west on said
line to southeast corner Of said Sec
tioD Is, thence north GA western line
of said section thence due west TO
the range line between ranges anu
s, thence on said range to Bayou
Pierre, thence up Bayou Pierre to the
ward line between one and six. thence
south on said wards line to the
southeast corner Of section Is. town
ship 8, ncrth range 8,wesl, then east
along the southern line of sections
Is, IL, Is, Is, IL and 13 to where said
line strikes the southern prong OF
Sibley's Lake, then along the north
ern meridian of said prong of Sibleys