Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-11-23

town from Mr.. Richardson. The lease
having expired, Mr.. Richardson asked
the Commission Council If they would
give him permission to remove the
building or make other disposition OF
| It, as he had sold the lot on which it
| is now situated.
Commissioner Cowgirl then offered
motion, seconded by Commissioner
Johnson, to the effect that, 80 far as
the City Of Bogalusa is concerned,
Mr.. Richardson be permitted to remove
the Jail building.
Vote:-Commissioner Cowgirl, Com
missioner Middleton, Commissioner
Wilcox, Commissioner Johnson, Mayor
Sulliyan-Yea
There was then some discussion
concerning the condition of bridges
Mayor Sullivan stated that, at the
suggestion Of the City Attorney and
on his own knowledge of the situation
he had instructed the Commissioner
Of Streets and Parks to close the Col
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umbia Street bridge to traffic until
1t was repaired. Commissioner Cow
gill stated that, although he could not
state positively, he believed the
bridge could be reopened in four OF
five days.
Commissioner Middleton called at
tention to the fact that some gambling
devices were being operated by a
show then in operation on Pleasant
Hill. The City Attorney was instruct
ed to take charge of the matter and
with Commissioner Middleton and thu
Chief of Police, to close such gambling
machines and devices.
Commissioner Wilcox submitted his
report on the Public Schools for DC
tober, as follows:
Attendance of White Children:
Enrolled, boys, $40; girls, 6S2, total
1852. Average number present, boys
SOB; girls, 619, total 1,116. Average
number absent, boys, 81; girls, 50, to
tai, 1876. Percent of attendance, boys
SO per cent; girls, 80 per cent; total
SO per cent. Percent of absence
boys, II per cent; girls, 10 per cent;
total, II per cent Number Of pupils
tardy, boys, 152; girls, lat; total, 299
Number of pupils truant, boys, 4;
girls, -; total, a..
L
Attendance of Colored Children:
Enrolled, boys, 2S3; girls, 3O9; total
592. Average number present, boys
241; girls, 26O; total, sol. Average
number absent, boys, AZ; girls, 40;
total, 81. Percent of attendance
boys, IS per cent; girls, 81 per cent;
total, SAX per cent. Percent Of alb
sence, boys, Is per cent; girls, II
per cent; total, 15h. Number o.
pupils tardy, boys, rs; girls, so; total
70.
Commissioner Johnson presented
bills as follows:
Current Fund:
D. Bienn, Bedding, etc.. for Jail
$4,000. Ozone Ice Co., V ton Goa
for City Hall, $3.50. Cooper Bros.
Hauling Lumber, 1920. Cumberland
Tel. & Tel. Co., October bills, 1886
Robinson & Roberts, Oil for City Hall
SO.40. Morgan Bankston, Feeding
prisoners, October, 1884. J.D. Nam
melli, l day Coroner's Juror, $500. H
j. May / day Coroner's Juror, $500
G. H. Rogers, i day Coroners Juror
$500. w. w. Henderson, day Cor
oner's Juror, $500. A. A. Overstreet
| day Coroner's Juror, $500. ]. M
Adams, day Coroner's Juror, $500
0. ]. Sherman, day Coroner's Juror
$500. e. A. Quick, day Coroners
Juror, $500. g.. P. Landry, day Cor
oner's Juror, $500, A. M. Shoemaker
day COroner's Juror, $500. j. R
King, Expense account to N. O., $3.50
T. A. Magee, Expense account, Special
Work, $500. w. L. Holmes, Auto
hire, Police Dept, $O.75. Geo. R.
Gates, Auto hire, Police Dept, $3.50
E. L. knight, Auto hire, Police Dept,
$275. Leo Moak, Auto hire, Police
Dept, $3.50. w. A. Mexican, Auto
hire, Police Dept, $3.50. C. P. Sims
Auto hire, City Clerk, $500. M. A,
Thigpen, Recording Proc. Verbal Bond
Issue, 81 Is. M. A. Thigpen, making
list tax payers and certifying to same,
$3.50. M. A. Thigpen, certifying as
to bond issue, $3.50. Gus Mexican,
Auto hire, Police Dept, 1925.
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