Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-07-06
PROCEEDINGS OF POLICE JURY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Tensas.


Be it known, That on this the
Bird day of July, 1917, it being the
first Tuesday in said month, and
the regular day for the meeting OF
the Police Jury in and for the above
parish and State, said honorable
body met at the Court House in st.
Joseph, La.
There were present: Mr.. F. II.
Curry, President; Messrs. Louis i.
Hunter, f, c. Grace, f. D. Coleman
and w. II. Ally. Absent: Messrs. F.
&. Smith and ID. II. O'Kelley.
There being a quorum present the
Board proceeded to business.
On motion, duly seconded, the
reading of the minutes of the pre-
ceding meeting was dispensed with.
The Tax Assessor presented his
Assessment Roll for the current year,
1917, and on motion duly seconded
the said Roll was duly accepted.
On application of the Louisiana
Delta Fair Association, incorporated,
asking an appropriation of s5OO.OO
in aid of said Association for the
Annual Fair, and on motion of Mr..
L. T. Hunter, seconded 10y Mr.. Ally,
the following ordinance was unani-
mOusly adopted.
Be 1t Ordained by the Police Jury
of Tensas Parish. Louisiana, that
the sum of five hundred dollars be
and hereby is appropriated in aid of
the Louisiana Delta Fair Associa-
ton, Inc, to assist in holding the
Annual Fair at Tallulah, Louisiana,
in 1917.
On motion duly seconded the fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
Be 1t Resolved, That this Board
is hereby constituted into Parish
Commission to assist in the further
ance of the State Food Preparedness
and Labor Survey of this Parish !;
each member hereof being hereby
designated community man" in
his respective ward, and the follow
ing persons are hereby appointed as
community men" to assist in said
work, to-wit:
1st Ward-Messrs. F. l.. Guthrie
and G. W.. Lindsay, Jr.
End Ward-Messrs. M. Jacoby
and W. w. Burnside.
Bird Ward @Messrs. w. M. David
son and Fremont Goodwine.
4th Ward-Messrs. Wiley Gavin
and Richard B. Lynch.
9Th Ward-Messrs. c. l.. Beisel
and f. w. Harring.
9th Ward-Messrs. J. G.. Gorton
and G. c. Goldman.
7th Ward-Messrs. ID. c. Ed
wards and Dwight Stone.
On motion of Mr.. Ally seconded
by Mr.. Hunter the following resolu-
ton was offered and adopted, to-wit:
Be it Ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of Tensas, Louisiana,
in lawful session convened, that a
tax of eight and three-quarter mills
90 the dollar of the assessed valua-
ton, be and the same is hereby
levied for the year 1917 on all prop
erty in the Parish of Tensas subject
to taxation, for general purposes.
Be it Further Ordained, That a
per capita tax of one dollar for road
purposes for the year 1917, as pro-
vided in Article POI of the Consti-
tuition of this State, is hereby levied
and imposed on all able bodied male
inhabitants between the ages of ID
and 55 years.
That license tax of one dollar
for the year of 1917, for road pur-
poses as provided in said Article 291
of the Constitution of this State, be
and the same is hereby levied on
each and every vehicle, kept and
used for locomotion over the public
roads of this Parish.
Be it Further Resolved, That the
per capita tax herein levied shall
become delinquent on November LIST
next. and the Tax Collector is di-
rected to enforce collection on said
date.
The President of this Board is
hereby authorized to borrow the
sum of six thousand dollars, to de-
fray current expenses of the Parish
and to pledge the revenues of the
Parish as security therefor.
And there being no further bust
ness, the Board adjourned sine die.
F. III. CURRY, Pres't.
f. F. Newell, Clerk.