The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-09-25
Police Jury Proceedings

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in adjourned session, with all
members present. The minutes
Of last meeting, September Z,
1914, were read and motion car
ried and adopted.
On motion carried, the President
amounted J.J. Harris and j. N.
Bennett as a committe to draft a
resolution regulating the opera
ton of automobiles and motor.
cycles in the Parish Of Caldwell
and requested them to call on the
Hon. ST.. Richey, District At
torney, to assist in the prepare
ton of the resolution.
The Police Jury adjourned IN
til 1:30 p. m.
Board met pursuant to ADJOURN
ment with all members present.
The Committe appointed to
prepare a resolution governing
the operations Of automobiles
and motorcycles in the Parish
of Caldwell made their report,
and on motion duly seconded
and carried the following Or
dinance was UNANIMOUSLY adopted:
SEE ORDINANCE NO. 60 K
S. P. Walker, Assessor for the
Parish of Caldwell, was request
ed to furnish a certificate giving
the assessment of the Parish for
the previous or last four years,
which is as follows:
CERTIFICATE OF THE AS.
SCISSOR b.,
State of Louisiana, Parish. Of
Caldwell. This certifes that the
Assessment Rolls Of the Parish
of Caldwell for the current year
of 1914, shows an assessed val
uation of property of Two Mil
lion, Two Hundred and Forty
Thousand Dollars ($2, A0, 100000
approximately, for the Parish Of
Caldwell; and that the total as
sessment of property of said
Parish for the preceding four
wears, to-Wit: 1910, 1911, 1912,
1918, amounts to the total sum
of seven million, six hundred and
seventy-four thousand and one
hundred dollars ($7,674, 10000
or of an assessed valuation Of
one million, nine hundred and
eighteen thousand, five hundred
and twenty-five dollars ISL, 918,.
525.00) for each of said -four
years.
Thus done and signed on thi.
the 18th, day of September
: 1914, at the court house at Col
umbia, Parish of Caldwell, La
S. P. Walker,
Assessor, Parish of Caldwell.
i Whereas, the Police J,ssa (
: the Parish Of CaldWefi mas -
day under consideration, the kt-
5 Element of the matter al to
s whether the building of sthe
Columbia Rayville" and the
= Columbia Colfax" highways,
: and the repairing Of the Ouichi-
e ia steel bridge at Columbia, La,
shall proceed without delay, Ind.
Whereas, the Police JURY is
very anxious for SAID work to
proceed, and, b
Whereas, the Police Jury has
not available funds at the pres.
. ent time to proceed with the
. work, under consideration. /
9 The Police Jury after discussing
!, and considering the certificate Of
the Assessor, showing the as.
sessed valuation of the property
, of Caldwell Parish for the pas1
four years, and being convinced
n that an eight mills general pro
n perty tax on the dollar of the
assessed valuation is sufficient tt
+ pay any statuary and ordinary
charges of said Parish for the
next ten years.
h The question of funding int
I | bonds a portion of the residue
of the ten mills tax authorized
and levied under Article 292o D.
s the Constitution for the purpose
e Of aiding in the construction
+ and maintenance Of the
y Columbia Rayville h g h W a,
"Columbia-Col high W a !
e now under construction under
$ the supervision of the STATE
highway Department, and thf
repairing and maintaining TIKI
bridges on said highways, ii
d GLIDING the Ouachita steel bridg1
+ at Columbia, La, was discusses
and the following Ordinanc,
! 81 r was introduced No
n and adopted. The following
members voting yea and nav: