The Bossier banner., 1914-10-29
THE POLICE JURY.
Official Proceedings of the Meeting Heis
In This Place on the 18th.

Inc fOllCe jury VI DoSSlcl al ioA hOo
in regular session this day, Tuesday,
October Is, 1914, at the Court House, in
Benton, La, with the following named
members present at roll call:
1T. McDade, Ward One.
J.C. Logan (President) Ward Two.
M. C. Wright, Ward Three.
N. w. Stewart, Ward Four.
R. D. Wilmington, Ward Five.
J. G. McDade, Ward Six.
The minutes of the meetings of July
t4th and September 1st were read in
open seeeion and approved as read.
On motion and second, duly carried,
Miss Williamine 3. Mccormick was al
lowed S45 as damages to crop, to be
paid to renters for loss of crop, and she
is allowed the payment of four strands
of barbed wire on each side of the high
way through her property, and the
Treasurer was ordered to issue check on
the bonded fund of Road District No. l
for the S45 above allowed, and to pay
the bill for the wire when properly ap-
proved and presented to him.
The following motion was made by
Mr.. J. T. McDade and seconed by Mr..
J. G. McDade, and duly carried:
Whereas, the Police Jury of the Par
ish of Bossier, through the assistance of
the Highway Engineer and the State
Board of Engineers of the State OF
louisiana has seen fit to change the
public road leading from Benton to
Shreveport along the western boundary
of the property belonging to Mr.. J. E.
Burt, beginning near the town OF old
Benton and running south along the
lane between said J. E. Burt and Sam
Willer, to another location running east
of the Cotton Belt Railroad through the
plantation of said J. E. Burt, and,
Whereas, it will be necessary for the
Police Jury and the State Board OF En-
gineers to obtain a rightofway through
the plantation of Mr.. Burt for the loca-
tion of the new road, and,
Whereas, he said j. E. Burt, has
agreed to give in exchange the rightof-
way sixty feet wide, extending from the
southern boundary to the northern boun-
Diary of his plantation, for the location of
the new road in exchange for the old
roadbed running on the western boun-
Diary of his plantation from the northern
to the southern boundary thereof, and,
Whereas, the Police Jury and the
State Highway Engineer and the State
Board of Engineers of the State of
Louisiana, believing that this would be
| for the best interest of both parish and
State,
Be it resolvdd, That the President of
the Police Jury of Bossier Parish, with
the authorization and concurrence of
the State Highway Engineer and the
State Board of Engineers, be and is here
| by authorized to make said exchange
and sign a deed to all the rights, titles
and interest the said Police Jury may
have in and to the old roadbed running
along the western boundary of the prop
erty of the said j. E. Burt from the town
of old Benton to the southern boundary
| of the said Burt property, for and in ex-
change for the deed to the rightofway
by the said J. E. Burt to the Parish of
| Bossier and the State Board of Engi-
neers to the roadbed lately established
by the State Board of Engineers run
ming through said Burt's property east
of the Cotton Belt Railroad and known
as the new model road, extending from
Shreveport to Benton, giving and grant
ing to the said Burt all rights, titles
and interest which the said Police Jury
may have to and in the old roadbed,
with the right on the part of the said
j. E. Burt to take possession of same
as soon as the new road shall be opened
| for public traffic.
| Be it further resolved, That the Presi-
dent of the Police Jury be authorized to
agree to fence the new road On one side
along the premises of the said J. E.
| Burt, as part of the consideration OF
this exchange.
On motion and second, duly carried,
Mr.. Logan, President of the Police Jury,
was authorized and instructed to have a
fence erected along each side of the
highway-Bossier City y-Benton-begin-
ming at the foot of the hills just below
Benton and running along said highway
to point below Willow Chute, or such
distance as he may deem necessary.
By Mr.. T. McDade.l
Resolved, That the Police Jury, OF
Bossier Parish, in regular session con-
vened petitions the Highway Depart
ment of the Board Of State Engineers
for monetary State aid, under the pro-
visions of Act % OF 1910, for the COM
pletion of construction of the following
named highways:
From Bossier City to Benton-five
miles; from Bossier City to Ninock-
six miles; from Bossier City to Red
Chute-two miles; distance of about
thirteen miles.
Be it further resolved, That, whereas,
the Highway Department of the Board
of State Engineers have signified their
intention to come and make said survey
provided all expenses except the salary
of the engineer is paid, therefore.
Be it it further resolved, That the
President of the Police Jury is hereby
authorized to notify the Highway De-
partment of the Board of State Engi-
neers that all expenses approved by the
engineer making said survey, will be
paid by the Police Jury of Bossier Par
ish, and that the said President be and
is hereby authorized to draw On the Par
ish Treasurer for the payment of all
said claims approved by the State High
way Engineer.
I The foregoing resolution was unani-
mously adopted.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That jury of six freehold
ers OF Bossier Parish, Louisiana, be ap-
pointed by this honorable body to assess
and levy all the damages occasi,oned by
the construction of the model road known