The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-18
PollceJury Proceedlnks.

lana. met in Benton this day. Tuesday.
March .. 1920 in regular session. with all
members present ut roll call. viz: J. Z.
Logan. J. +. McIDade. J. r. Many. ~ W.
Stewart l.. NJ. I,urks and J. Il. Mcl,ade.
\ quorum bcin: present. the following
proceedings were had:
The minutes of the meeting Of January
18th and February :. 1870. were read in
open session and approved as read.
1t was morrd by Mr.. Burks, duly
seconded by Mr.. r. Mcl,adc. that the
Parish of Bosscr discontinue dipping cattle.
The motion being submitted to vote. after
discussion. resulted rs follows: Yes
MrSsrS. J. +. McI'atc. Many and Turks:
no-MesSrS. Logan. Stewart and J. q.
McIDadr. The vote being Il tie the motion
WAS declared lost.
1t was then moved and seconded. and
duly carried, that the motion to discontinue
dipping cattle be rccOnsidered.
1t WAS moved and seconded that the
dipping of cattle be continued for the year
1920 and that the dipping of same begin
on or about April LIST Of said year. The
motion being submitted to vote resulted
McDade. Stewart and J. q. Mcl,adr
no-Mrssrs. Many and Burks. The vote
being four for the motion and two against.
it waS declared duly carried.
1t was moved. seconded and carried that
Il warrant be drawn In favor OF the Asses
sor's salary fund for $500 to dcfr;,y
expenses Of his office.
Mr.. j. +. MclMdc. was appointed as Il
committee of one to ascertain the! cost of
lightin. system for the Court lIhusc and
report at the next meeting of this body.
On motion and second. duly carried. DR..
Burns WAS instructed to have cOrlstruc ted
two dipping watts. one to |" located near
the Montgomery place. in Bodcau swamp.
and The other to BE- located mt I.akcpOrt.
Ib..1j< I,,rx ham, ,rV.1%
slider bids for 2aO' gallons Of cattle dip. in
5-gallon cans-the only two bids filed being
those of the Sherman Williams Company
and William Cooper 4 Nephew.
The bid of William Cooper and Nephew,
as submitted. with Il slight change in ship
ping ordcrSs was accepted and an order for
$500 gallons of cattle dip was given them.
Prior to the foregoing motion relative
to cattle dipping several petitions were
presented to the Police Jury. signed by IL
number Of citizens of BosSier Parish, and
contained the following: I'VE. the under
signed citizens Of Bossicr Parish. are
opposed to cattle dipping. which petition
was read and considered. as we'll us the
Tclicr Jury having listened to 81 number
had prior to the adoption Of the motion to
continue dipping.
The following petition was presented to
the Police Jury and its request granted.
=, same to he carried out without cost to the
parish. tO-wit
Bcnton. La.. March .. 1920.
To the Honorable P"licc JuIy NJ BoxSicf
| Parish. LOHixidH0.
We. the undersigned land, owners and
| property tax payers of Ward Five of HoSsicr
Parish. Louisiana. respectfully request your
| honorable BODY to change the location of
| the public road in Ward Five, which road
Bellevue shreveport road by way Of Norman
place. so that the said public road will run
| dircrtly Strai.t from the observation-disclosures
road to the Bellevue Shreveport road. This
| change to be made with the understanding
that il standard width rightofway for
said road will be granted by the property
owners and said change will be made with
out cost to the parish.
j. &. Jones, J. T.. Jones, J. NJ. Lewis
W. ". Lay. \. NJ. league, H. +. Young
| l.. +. Merritt. J. II. Scarborough
| J. E. Shacklcford. w. V. Lay. l.. o.
Jagcrs. W. +. Rnnig !. \. Humgratlncr
y. NJ. Merritt. 4. ". Jones. ". f.
| Lewis. J. T.. Rundy. !. T. Merritt
William Nett. Mack Coleman. J. F.
Merritt.
The following claims. as audited by tn,
| Auditing Committee Of the Police Jury
were allowed and warrants ordered drawn
| for same. viz:
| General Fund
NJ. l.. Bath Co.. license book. 1920
| $21.O9 account. Clerks Office. 1a1S. SOD
account. Clerk office. 1920. $43.;S-$t;7 80;
Remington Typewriter Co.. repairs and
supplies. Clerks office. xl5.
\. Ii. Phillips. Sheriff. serving criminal
| summons. $50.
T. \. Hughes. Sheriff. serving crimina
| summons 1.-TWO accOuntSl. X.po.
Il. f. Wyche X Sons, merchandise, Court
| House. S4.S1. ~
c. ". Smith, Sheriff. serving crimina
summons. $3.50.
Allen Manufacturing Co.. window lights
i etc. Court liouse. S:'2a.
| J. u. Gleason, work at Court House
$1O.95: work on Jail pump. $s.SO-$19.75
Ward SiI--
F:lston Prince 4 Mcl,adr. merchandise
$:;S.S'.
Willis 4 Brown. lumber, S1a.72.
Doylinc Mercantile Co.. key of nails. SIS
II. \. ToOkc. road work. x:;71.:lO.
NJ. W. Finuf. work on .Adner and Bellevue
road. $50.
jail Acco"nt--
Thomas Ogilyie Hardware Co.. case o
paper. $40.
J. II. Montgomery. merchandise. $t;..7O.
Dr. {. II. orion. professional services
SIO.5O. II
:. Willcr X Son. merchandise for Jail
S1lO.1S. g..
| Louisiana Oil Refining Corporation, gas
oline for Jail pump. $l3.iS.
Gibbs. Implement and Vehicle 40. jai
pump. S16.45.
Vat i,couniA
Farmers Warehouse Co.. storage o
chemicals. S1G.JO.
Marvin Turks. 1870 feet Of causcway
$50
!. {. Thomas. repairing road. So.
| Marcus cOvin.tOn. road work. so.
]. l.. Holman putting in cauSeway. SO.
| Ward Fire
| J. II. Scarborough. account ]. Y. Joncs
himself and T.. \. Jones for road work
S91.9S. 81.
Jnxth.cs If PcMe-
J. II. Montgomery. salary. January an
February. S4.:::.
Il. II. Allen: salary. January and Eel
ruar-. and account. $3.50.
Raiford KiIgore. salary. four month:
S5.:sI.
II. {. deputy. ten months salary. S1a.:;:
7. NJ. Elston. salary. January and Eel
ruary. S:;.::2.
.CrnstabIes-ss
:. Il. Strayhan. two months. ST.,
l.. T.. Collie. four months. 81. Pc.
y. l.. Mckinney. four months. isR;.:::;
j. W. Onral. January and February. ST.
+. +. Vickcrs. twelve months, S.4.
Saldries-
ID, W. Brownlee. Parish Treasurer, tw
months. StAi.ti1.