The Bossier banner., 1915-04-22

of the construction of the following
named highways: From Shreveport TO
Benton, about 4 y miles; from Shreye-
port to Ninock, about 61s 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, are paid, therefore,
Be it further resolved, That the
President of the Police Jury is horeby
authorized to notify the Highway De-
partment of the Board of State Engi-
neers that all expenses approved by the
engineer making the survey will be paid
by the Police Jury OF Bossier Parish, and
that the said President be and ne is
hereby authorized to draw on the Parish
Treasurer for the payment of all said
claims approved by the State Highway
Engineer.
The following ordinance, presented by
Mr.. j. T. McDade, was unanimously
adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
Submitting to the property taxpayers
of Road District No. of Bossier Par
ish, Louisiana, comprising Ward Six,
except that portion OF Ward Six in
cluded in Road District No. l, being
the alluvial portion of said ward, in
the Bossier Levee District, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, qualified electors,
under the Constitution and laws of the
State, a proposition to incur debt of
$4,000 and to issue negotiable bonds
therefor, running for period of from
one to thirty years, bearing 8 per cent
interest, payable semiannualiy, for
the purpose of building, constructing
and repairing bridges, and building,
repairing and constructing permanent
hard roads in said district; also, for
the cancellation of the tax of 5 mills,
voted in said district for road pur-
poses July ID, 1913, and levied by
ordinance of the Police Jury July Is,
1918.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of Bossier Parish, in legal
session convened, That, under the au-
thority of the Constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana, and pursuant
thereto, a special election is hereby
ordered to be held on the 1st day Of
June, 1915, and the same shall be held
in Road District No. 2, comprised of
Ward Six, except that portion OF Ward
Six included in Road District No. 1,
being the alluvial portion of said ward,
in the Bossier Levee District, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, to take the sense of
the property taxpayers qualified to vote
at such elections, as provided by law, on
the proposition herewith submitted-to
incur debt of $4,000 and to issue ne
gotiable serial bonds therefor, to bear 5
per cent interest, payable semiannually,
said bonds and interest to be payable in
gold coin at the Seaboard National
Bank, in the City of New York.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the purpose for which said debt is
authorized to be incurred, and the uses
to which the proceeds from the sale of
said bonds herein provided for are to be
used, are declared to be:
For the purpose of building, con-
structing and repairing bridges, and
building, constructing and repairing
permanent hard roads in Road District
No. 2, comprising Ward Six, except that
portion of said Ward Six included in
Road District No. /, being the alluvial
portion of said ward, in the Bossier
Levee District, Bossier Parish, Louisia-
ma, as defined and created by ordinance
of the Police Jury, passed at its meeting
of April t3, 1915.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That said bonds shall be known as the
"Bridge and Road Bonds of Road Dis
trict No. 2, Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
for the year 1916" and the same shall
be issued for the purposes set fourth in
Section of this ordinance. The bond
issue herein provided for shall be fol
the sum of $4,000, represented by one
hundred bonds of the denomination o1
$500 each, to which shall be attached
coupons covering the semiannual pay
ment of interest at 5 per cent, and shall
be dated September 1, 1915.
Sec. 4. Also, for the cancellation Of
the tax of mills, voted in said district
for road purposes July IA, 1918, and
levied by ordinance of the Police Jury
July Is, 1913.
Said bonds shall bear serial numbers
from to 100 and shall be due and pay
able as follows: