The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30
Columbia, La, Jan. 80, 1914.
Police Jury Proceedings.
Columbia, La, Jan. 5, |


cnrr(tlOD. tO-Wit: ION motion carried
Mr.. &. K. benson was authorized &c
purchase tee necessary material 1Of
and have constructed one bridge across
BaHister Creek and one bridge on
slough in Castor swamp, both on Kelly
and Newport road" and after the
word understandable insert the word
pine, making TINS paragraph read all
Understandable pine timber, etc, instead
of all h&rchanta3e timber
And in the Attn paragraph Of ordi-
nance RIO. -~-, relative to appropriate
ing ana setting aside one-third Of one
mil for Columbia and Rayviile High
way, insert the word Lafourch instead
OF Columbia, making this paragraph
read, from the steel bridge at Bayou
Lafourch, instead Of steel bridge at
Columbia, La.
They were on motion duly seconded
and carried, adopted as corrected.
The petition of J. P. Duke and others,
asking for a public road to oxtend from
Kelly to Old Bethel church, was read,
and on motion carried, The following
named persons were appointed COM
mittee to review the route, secure the
rights of-Way and make their report to
this board at it's next regular meeting.
Petition of citizens from ward nine,
asking for discontinuance of Jackson
road and that portion of the May road
east of Pete Nelson's, and to establish
public road to extend from the Wall
road near Bay post Office to the Cotton
Plant and Newport road near Chester,
was read, and on motion duly seconded
and carried. the following named per-
sons, to-wit: D. NJ, May, E. R. Rentz
and A. W. Simpson were appointed
committee to review said route, obtain
the necessary rights-of-way and make
such recommendations as they may
deem best in the premises.
Petition from hands on Venison road,
presented, asking for change in the
Venison road for a distance of about
three-fourths of mile, leaving the old
road near Cotton Plant school house and
intersecting it near the Hundley old
place, read, and on motion duly second
ed and carried, the following named
cammittee was appointed to review
said rout, obtain the necessary rights
of-way and make such. recommends
tons as they may deem best, to-wit: r.
L. Meredith, H. M. Walker and E. L.
Meredith.
Board adjourned until l o'clock p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Petition from citizens Of ward five,
asking that Mrs. Lizzie Hunter be
placed on the INDECENT list, was read,
and on motion duly seconded and car
ried, Mrs. Hunter was ordered placed on
The INDECENT list at two dollars per
month, beginning Jan. /, 1914.
On motion duly seconded and carried,
ordinance No, appointing road over
seers in ward and road district numbers
5, 7, 8 and 10 for the year 1914, was
adopted.
On motion duly seconded and carried,
ordinance No. -, fixing the probable
budget of expenses to be borne by the
parish of Caldwell for the year 1914,
was adopted.
On motion duly seconded and carried,
ordinance No., fixing the license
tax for the parish of Caldwell for the
year 1914, was adopted.
On motion duly seconded and carried,
ordinance No. -, levying per capita
road tax in ward or road district No. 6,
parish Of Caldwell, was adopted.
On motion duly seconded and carried,
ordinance No., levying an advalo-
rem tax, and apportioning the same
for the year 1914, was adopted.
Hon. c. P. ThornhiIl addressed the
police jury relative to the right-of-
over the property of Mrs. Laura Graves
for the Columbia Rayville Highway,
and on motion duly seconded and car
ried, the following named committee,
@to-wit: Hon. H, H. Rogillio, J. J. Har-
Us and /. f. James were appointed as
special committee to visit the proper
Ply over which the right-of-way is de-
manded, with the view of determining
the damage to the property, and with
full power and authority to effect set
Element with the owner of the property
for the right-o way of the above nam
ed highway.
On motion duly seconded and carried,
John Douglas was assigned to work the
Three Notch road.
On motion duly seconded and carried.
D. c. McLain was assigned to work
Marshes Landing road.
The following report was made by
the committee appointed to confer with
committee appointed by the school
board relative to the classification of
the pine timber west of the Ouachita
river, t0-wit:
To the Hon. President of the Police
Jury: We your committee beg to re-
port that we have conferred with the
committee appointed by the school
board relative to the Classification of the
timbered lands of Caldwell parish, and
recommend that your honorable body
have the pine timbered lands west of
the Ouachita river estimated and clasi-
fed, and that you have this estimate
made as early as possible.
J, w. King,
F. L: Cottingham,
H. w. Furlow,
j. w. James.
The finance committee made their
report, which on motion duly seconded
and carried, was adopted, as follows:
Gen'l fund overdrawn $8514 10
Credit Steel Bridge Fund - $3.50 10
Credit of Per Capita Tax 1857 II
Credit Road Fund Ward 500 80
I" Z" " 2 80
!" I" 3 25S is
.s Z" 4 7O1 60
+" 8 20 Oh